characteristics and skills for medical librarians as the information experts in accidents and disasters

Introduction: the accident and disaster team's access to reliable and up-to-date information can mean faster crisis management, requiring specialist forces in this field. therefore, this research aims to determine the characteristics and skills medical librarians need to be disaster and disaster information experts.methods: the current research is descriptive and has been conducted using a narrative review method. in this study, 46 articles were found based on searches conducted in databases and websites of journals, which met the researchers' criteria for inclusion in the study. in the next step, to achieve the main goal of the research, the content of these articles was examined and analyzed in-depth, and as a result, the characteristics and skills needed by librarians of accidents and disasters were extracted.results: the results showed that the characteristics and skills needed in the order of abundance in the sources include the provision of information services, the use of information technology tools, collection managers, training in disaster response activities, institutional supporters, internal planners, government partners, mental health support, safe shelter, community resilience, familiarity with crisis management topics, and meeting needs.conclusion: the results of the source review showed that librarians can play an influential role in the field of accidents and disasters. for this purpose, they must have the required characteristics and skills acquired through workshops or training courses, which add lesson units to educational topics.