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PubMed1996

What nurses think of library services: a research study.

The need for more research in nursing has been highlighted by many organisations and official bodies. However, there is evidence to suggest that many nurses involved in research are reluctant to use libraries. This study aimed to ascertain the attitudes of nursing researchers towards libraries by means of questionnaires and interviews. A five-page questionnaire was sent to 289 nursing researchers throughout the UK in July 1994. Common problems found by the researchers were lack of time to get to the library (67 per cent), the library not having the information required (60 per cent) and the library being too far away (40 per cent). The author suggests that nurses and researchers should work more in co-operation with the librarian.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗
PubMed2004

Library service delivery via hand-held computers--the right information at the point of care.

Today's health and medical librarians are well aware of the move towards evidence-based clinical practice which has emerged during the past decade. Hand-in-hand with this trend is the need for health practitioners to have access to the best possible evidence to help them in their clinical decision making. Libraries have a key role in the provision of information to their clients, and this means keeping abreast, not only of the various information sources available, but also the means by which those sources may be used. This paper will examine the effects that the hand-held computer is having on the work practices of our clients-library users. It is hoped that the paper will give an insight into the various types of library material which are suitable for use with hand-held devices, and an understanding of their advantages and limitations.

Computers, Handheld↗
PubMed1986

The patient-centered bibliography: uniting library services with the mission of the psychiatric hospital.

The primary function of a hospital is patient care. The development of a patient-centered bibliography is suggested as the most effective way of organizing information and insuring its use in the psychiatric hospital. The patient-centered bibliography is a collection of readings which are especially pertinent to the care of an individual patient. It consists of a core of current literature organized around the patient's multiaxial diagnosis (including psychosocial stresses), but may also include articles on psychopharmacology, special psychotherapeutic techniques, and literature on family dynamics. The collection can be expanded to include patient-centered information for two other purposes as well: milieu therapy and patient education.

Bibliographies as Topic↗
PubMed1993

Charging for library and information services in medical libraries: a review of the literature and a survey of current practice.

A summary of some of the issues concerned with charging for library services (particularly information services and services provided by medical libraries) is given. The results of a survey carried out in July 1992 are presented. The survey asked respondents to indicate which library services they charged for, the level of charges and the extent to which charges to those outside the organization and those within it differed. Twenty-five libraries (response rate of 69%) replied to the survey. Some further areas for research and discussion are indicated.

Decision Making, Organizational↗
PubMed2006

Not just for celebrities: collaborating with a PR representative to market library education services.

Hardin Library for the Health Sciences offers an education service called Hardin House Calls. In collaboration with the University of Iowa libraries' public relations coordinator, the education team developed a marketing campaign for Hardin House Calls. Marketing strategies included designing a new logo, meeting with external relations representatives and faculty, distributing a user survey, and producing and distributing posters and advertisements. These marketing strategies greatly increased the visibility and use of Hardin House Calls. The campaign also led to a series of faculty development sessions, education collaborations with smaller health sciences departments, and collection development opportunities. Promoting an instructional service through a public relations frameworkwas found to be a highly successful strategy.

Cooperative Behavior↗
PubMed1989

Health information services: a submission to LISC (Library Information Services Council) by the Library Association on behalf of its Medical, Health and Welfare Libraries Group.

The Library Association Medical, Health and Welfare Libraries Group was asked by the Library and Information Services Council (LISC) for England to submit a paper on health information services for the lay person and this presented a timely opportunity to consider the situation thus far and possibilities for the future. A working group was set up from amongst those active in the field to pool ideas and experience, and it was fortunate also in being able to include consideration of Elaine Kempson's recently published study Informing health consumers. It was felt particularly that whilst a number of worthwhile services were developing there was no guarantee of adequate local provision and that in the absence of any sort of framework there was considerable danger of duplication of effort and isolation on the part of the practitioners. The paper was considered by LISC in October 1988 and in the intervening period our recommendation that public library development incentive funding might be used to enable a public library to co-operate with other local statutory and voluntary agencies in the setting up of a pilot local health information centre, perhaps capitalizing on existing expertise by buying-in a database such as that of Help for Health, has been fulfilled by the establishment of the Dorset Health Information Service whose progress will be watched with interest. Nevertheless there is still much to be achieved in this field and it is hoped that this paper will prove a useful basis for continued discussion.

England↗