RESUMO
Librarians in the federal sector, like librarians in other medical center libraries, increasingly find it necessary to prove their worth to administrators of their facilities in order to keep their libraries open. The Federal Libraries Section of the Medical Library Association developed a survey for use by federal librarians to help them quantify the value of library reference services provided. Using this survey, these librarians gathered statistics to show the library's effect on patient care, education, and administrative questions.
Assuntos
Comportamento do Consumidor/estatística & dados numéricos , Pessoal de Saúde/psicologia , Disseminação de Informação , Gestão da Informação/organização & administração , Bibliotecários/psicologia , Bibliotecas Médicas/organização & administração , Bibliotecas Médicas/estatística & dados numéricos , Adulto , Governo Federal , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Inquéritos e Questionários , Estados UnidosRESUMO
This article is a retrospective look at the changes in hospital libraries from 1970 to 2014 based on the author's experience and a survey of the literature related to hospital libraries indexed in PubMed from 1970 to the present. New roles for librarians and methods for conveying the value of libraries to administrators are described.
Assuntos
Armazenamento e Recuperação da Informação/tendências , Bibliotecários , Bibliotecas Hospitalares/tendências , Bases de Dados Factuais , Estudos RetrospectivosRESUMO
In Tennessee, several medical library outreach projects have involved collaborative work with health-care professionals, public librarians, consumers, faith-based organizations and community service agencies. The authors are medical librarians who worked as consultants, trainers and project directors to promote health literacy using PubMed medline and other health information resources in the several funding projects described here. We explain the programmes briefly, focusing on lessons learned and suggestions for those who follow us.
