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PubMed1978

A dental library current awareness service.

A simple, manual current awareness service at the University of Southern California School of Dentistry, designed to provide the user with photocopied tables of contents from selected journals, is described. Other available current awareness and selective dissemination of information services are discussed, and a general comparison and cost analysis is made between the USC program and SDILINE. The service was evaluated by means of a questionnaire distributed to the 30 faculty participants. Results indicate that the service is of value in the teaching and research programs of the school, and has a high degree of user acceptance. Cost of the service is minimal considering the benefits to the faculty.

California↗
PubMed1993

The future role of the health sciences library in the Department of Veterans Affairs.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) conducted a survey to ascertain the perceptions of 322 library service chiefs and health care administrators within the VA health care system. Participants were asked to rate the desirability and probability of twenty-five predetermined statements and to identify the forces that would have an impact, either positive or negative, on whatever statements became reality. The response rate was 93%. Analysis of the data indicated that there was no significant difference between the library managers and health care administrators in their perceptions. Results indicate that both groups believe libraries serve an integral role in VA medical centers and that library services cannot be provided as successfully off site. The data also appear to reveal a clear consensus on the part of both groups for increased library involvement in educational activities and information delivery.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗
PubMed2002

From information jungle trails to superhighways for health caregivers in the Pacific.

Micronesia has very sparse local library services but this is improving. For those libraries with any health science collection, only paper indexes might be available which provide limited search capabilities. Some now provide regional access to knowledge-based information in the health sciences literature with the Guam Medical Library (NHGU Library) staffed by a certified medical librarian. Over the past two decades, the authors, librarians at the NHGU Library and the RFK Library, initiated expanded and timely access to biomedical information for health professionals throughout the Pacific region. Now, health caregivers in the Pacific may affilliate for Loansome Doc service by simply contacting the NHGU Library. In 1996, with the support of the University of Guam, the RFK Library became an NLM resource library and actively began working with the Pacific Southwest Regional Medical Library Service (PSRMLS) of the NLM to provide expanded service to isolated health caregivers in Micronesia. Moreover, NHGU Library belongs to a loose network of (US) federal and Department of Defense libraries that share information and copies of articles among themselves for no cost. In this way medical services can now readily access a wider network of health information.

Guam↗
PubMed2000

The evolution of rural outreach from Package Library to Grateful Med: introduction to the symposium.

Outreach is now a prevailing activity in health sciences libraries. As an introduction to a series of papers on current library outreach to rural communities, this paper traces the evolution of such activities by proponents in health sciences libraries from 1924 to 1992. Definitions of rural and outreach are followed by a consideration of the expanding audience groups. The evolution in approaches covers the package library and enhancements in extension service, library development, circuit librarianship, and self-service arrangements made possible by such programs as the Georgia Interactive Network (GaIN) and Grateful Med.

Computer Communication Networks↗
PubMed2001

Opportunities on the Web: a role for information professionals, using the development of the BMA Library Online Service as a case study.

The paper considers how attributes and skills fundamental to the information profession may be applied to the development and management of Web-based services and resources. It also looks at the need for the acquisition of new skills as part of a continuing professional development programme. The report considers the changing role of the Webmaster and the implications this might have in terms of the role of information professionals. To offer a practical example, from within the healthcare sector, the article goes on to describe the development of BMA Library Online. This is the BMA Library's own suite of Web-based information services and resources for personal members, institutional members and staff. The library's own Web team has been responsible for the development and maintenance of BMA Library Online. To conclude, the paper looks forward to future possibilities for information professionals as Web developers and at how this might be influenced by changes in the Webmaster role. It is crucial that skills and expertise are shared as the roles that go to make up a Webmaster or Webmaster team continue to merge and evolve, and with the possible wider distribution of provision of Web content within organizations.

Information Management↗
PubMed1969

Planning for a library system: Connecticut Regional Medical Program.

A formal medical library system is developing nationally to improve library service, but not all users or even all librarians are alert to the need. The main stimulus seems to come from federal money and from leaders at the top, rather than from the small local library and its user, yet progress depends on participation at all levels. Planning for a state-wide medical library system as part of the Connecticut Regional Medical Program began with a survey of the state's medical library resources, which led to a grant request for operating funds to strengthen reference and inter-library loan service in Connecticut and to begin a training and consultation program for medical librarians in the state. These activities are intended to expand and intensify in Connecticut those back-up services provided for all of New England by the New England regional medical library service at the Countway Library in Boston and also are related to the other Regional Medical Program activities planned for Connecticut.

Connecticut↗
PubMed2004

Building a bioinformatics community of practice through library education programs.

This paper addresses the following questions:What makes the community of practice concept an intriguing framework for developing library services for bioinformatics? What is the campus context and setting? What has been the Health Sciences Library's role in bioinformatics at the University of North Carolina (UNC) Chapel Hill? What are the Health Sciences Library's goals? What services are currently offered? How will these services be evaluated and developed? How can libraries demonstrate their value? Providing library services for an emerging community such as bioinformatics and computational biology presents special challenges for libraries including understanding needs, defining and communicating the library's role, building relationships within the community, preparing staff, and securing funding. Like many academic health sciences libraries, the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill Health Sciences Library is addressing these challenges in the context of its overall mission and goals.

Academic Medical Centers↗
PubMed1990

Medical audit and libraries--an opportunity for progress.

Working for patients has necessitated the use of medical audit as a quality assurance tool. This paper presents an overview of the form and content of audit, and examines the supporting role of the library. It notes the failure of many Regional Medical Audit Implementation Plans to recognize the value of library services, and proposes a strategy to enable librarians to play an active part in the process, and by doing so to increase awareness of library services and improve decision making.

Decision Making↗
PubMed2006

[Nursing professionals' reading habits; a study in a hospital in Granada].

In all the hospital library standards, as well as in the existing Accreditation Norms for hospitals, a section is included which cites the distinct professionals who work at the institution which the library services must attend to provide for their scientific information needs. Among the sanitary collectives, nursing professionals are explicitly listed. Nonetheless, since the creation of hospital library services in Spain, many librarians have noticed that the nursing professionals, which compose the most numerous group in a hospital, have a very low library visitation rate in relationship to other collectives such as doctors in particular. Desiring to have objective data regarding library use, and not merely perceptions, the authors planned out a study in a large, 1.200 bed, hospital where more than 1.000 professionals comprise the nursing staff. The authors wanted to verify the nursing staff's needs for scientific information, their habits regarding their scientific information needs, and the possible difficulties which they encounter trying to acquire this type of information; furthermore, the authors wanted to know the nursing professionals' attitude towards this issue.

Habits↗
PubMed1975

Library and information services for small hospitals.

The quality of medical care is dependent on effective and expeditious information services for physicians and other health workers. Small hospitals have been at a particular disadvantage in this respect, mainly because unit costs of library services have been quite high when delivered on a small scale with traditional resources and methods. The importance of this problem is suggested by the fact that more than half of the US hospitals have less than 100 beds, and that library services have been primitive or nonexistent in most of these institutions. Certain recent developments will permit most of these smaller hospitals to provide creditable information services at modest cost.

Costs and Cost Analysis↗