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Toolkit: Engaging Stakeholders: Introduction

In today’s complex healthcare environment, hospital librarians play a critical role in advancing patient care, research, and organizational effectiveness. This page explores the evolving landscape of hospital librarianship, emphasizing the importance of engaging key stakeholders and providing data-driven leadership to align library services with institutional goals. By developing foundational business skills, including strategic planning, marketing, demonstrating return on investment (ROI), and performance assessment, hospital librarians can position their services as indispensable assets. Through collaborative partnerships across the healthcare system, librarians can ensure continuous improvement, enhance visibility, and contribute meaningfully to clinical and operational success.