Globalisation of health library careers: evaluating reflective account of an emigrant on his career mobility in the UK

Immigration and international labour markets have been popular topics in the recent times. Exploring what core skills and competencies are needed to survive in the second culture is an area of great concern for many disciplines including health librarianship.

How health library professional from one country can fulfil the skills demands of international market. This case study will entail the learning journey of an immigrant, who achieved career mobility in health librarianship in the UK.

Today, when ‘health information without frontiers’ is possible due to technology, infrastructure and initiatives like open access; then it also carries a value in exploring the concept of such ‘global health librarian’ whose skills-mix is applicable in the global market of health libraries.

This study will elaborate some tips, tricks and recommendations for the health librarians to achieve career mobility and success in the foreign country.