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PubMed1996

A new task for the information literacy training by the university libraries: electronic media and computer networking.

Education and training of traditional information literacy, for librarians as well as for teachers and students, is no more adequate for current demands, even if well established and not over-sophisticated. The present electronic era in the information media and technology has not been fully adopted by all its users, although all of them acknowledge its high efficiency for learning, teaching, and research. Since the year 1993/94 the members of the Institute of Scientific Information (ISI) qualified in librarianship and medicine, prepared a course for pregraduate medical students (group A) and another one for postgraduates in biomedicine (group B). Since the year 1995/96 a course has been established for bachelor studies (C). Special courses or demonstrations corresponding to the demands of those users have been organized for teachers (group D) and for members of the ISI (group E). Group A (30 students/yr, a 4 hours course in "Medical Informatics") received theoretical and practical training in principles of bibliography oriented to searching in basic biomedical databases. Group B (60-80 st/yr, 24-28 hrs/yr in "The Craft of Science") was trained in principles of scientific communication and research data presentation incl. intensive workshops with databases. Group C (50 st/yr, 30 hrs/yr in "Scientific Information") received similar training as group B but with a more practical accentation. Group D (4 persons/yr, 20 hrs/yr) and E (15 p/yr, 30 hrs/yr) proposed their topics themselves. Besides, all the groups received intense training in Internet access. The lasting feed-back contact with the majority of participants of the above courses, mainly with researchers and postgraduate students, have confirmed the advantageousness of these ISI activities.

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PubMed1976

Effects of binding policy and other factors on the availability of journal issues.

Random samples of journal issues, derived from a test set of 106 biomedical journal titles, were checked against the shelves of the Woodward Biomedical Library under circulating and noncirculating conditions. As well as circulation, binding procedures and duplication of sets were seen to affect availability. Indications are that the practice of binding journals upon completion of the volume may remove them from use at a time of peak demand. The usefulness of second sets of journals appeared to decline rapidly within a few years after publication. A change from circulating to noncirculating conditions may have increased availability certain journals by discouraging use.

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Talking it through.

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Health Facility Closure↗
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Proving the evidence.

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PubMed1998

Fundamental concepts of problem-based learning for the new facilitator.

Problem-based learning (PBL) is a powerful small group learning tool that should be part of the armamentarium of every serious educator. Classic PBL uses ill-structured problems to simulate the conditions that occur in the real environment. Students play an active role and use an iterative process of seeking new information based on identified learning issues, restructuring the information in light of the new knowledge, gathering additional information, and so forth. Faculty play a facilitatory role, not a traditional instructional role, by posing metacognitive questions to students. These questions serve to assist in organizing, generalizing, and evaluating knowledge; to probe for supporting evidence; to explore faulty reasoning; to stimulate discussion of attitudes; and to develop self-directed learning and self-assessment skills. Professional librarians play significant roles in the PBL environment extending from traditional service provider to resource person to educator. Students and faculty usually find the learning experience productive and enjoyable.

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CyberNurse.

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PubMed1997

How much should it cost? An introduction to management use of costing information.

With the introduction of the internal market the health service is changing rapidly and health libraries must change with it. Many libraries are requested to cost their services. The demand comes from external customers and from their own organizations. This paper discusses the various reasons for costing services and how costing information can influence our management decision making. The paper challenges librarians to move costing processes away from a mechanistic approach, towards a means of demonstrating the worth of a library resources unit in cost and qualitative terms. Using costing information for cost control purposes, comparison of cost with other providers, setting prices or determining future service delivery levels is discussed, as well as considering the question of external provision of library services. Use of information on fixed and variable costs and assessing break-even levels of service provision is illustrated as a helpful guide to library survival.

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