Medical Library Association Guide to Developing Consumer Health Collections

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

Av Claire B. Joseph

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The Medical Library Association Guide to Developing Consumer Health Collections guides both library graduate school students and seasoned librarians from academic, health sciences, and public libraries, to develop, maintain, nurture, and advertise consumer health collections.This authoritative guide from the respected Medical Library Association covers all that is involved in developing a new consumer health library including: Conducting community needs assessments and forging community partnershipsConcerns about physical space, computers, and materialsFunding, budgeting, and staffingPrivacy and confidentiality concernsPublicity and advertisingThis book guides both graduate library school students and seasoned librarians from all types of libraries—academic, health center, hospital, public, and school--to develop, maintain and nurture not only consumer health collections, but also community partnerships and outreach programs. Examples of librarians’ innovative and creative consumer health initiatives are included.Chapters include all that is involved in developing a consumer health collection including conducting community needs assessments; concerns about physical space, computers, and materials; budgeting, licensing, and staffing; privacy and confidentiality concerns; and community partnership and outreach.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-03-27
Mått159 x 238 x 19 mm
Vikt408 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieMedical Library Association Books Series
Antal sidor174
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781442281691

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Claire B. Joseph is director of the Medical Library at South Nassau Communities Hospital, Oceanside, Long Island, New York. She has been a librarian for more than 40 years and a health sciences librarian for nearly 30 years. She is active in the Medical Library Association, serving as Chair of the Hospital Libraries Section, Chair-Elect of the Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section, Secretary of the Consumer and Patient Health Information Section, and Chair of the New York—New Jersey Chapter, along with serving on a variety of committees. In addition, she is Book Review Editor for the Journal of Hospital Librarianship.

Chapter 1: How and Where to Begin: The Main IngredientsChapter 2: Your Neighborhood and Its Effects on the Health of your Community Chapter 3: Building the CollectionChapter 4: Grants Chapter 5: Staff Customer ServiceChapter 6: Library Privacy and Confidentially Chapter 7: Community Outreach PlanningChapter 8: Health Literacy Chapter 9: Multicultural and Inclusive Consumer Health Information Chapter 10: Where Customers go to Find Health Information: Apps, Social Media and Wikipedia Chapter 11: Consumer Health Information Programs & Outreach for Every Library

With over 40 years of library experience and as longtime book review column editor for the Journal of Hospital Librarianship, Joseph shares her evidence-based library practice expertise in the latest volume of the Medical Library Association’s book series. The series showcases current topics in health sciences librarianship in a way that appeals broadly to the general library field by describing practical approaches and resources relevant to any library setting. Though the title implies a focus on collection development, the book covers the gamut of library consumer outreach from conducting community needs assessments and writing grants to planning community activities and developing multicultural collections to serve a variety of specialized populations. Of particular interest is a chapter describing where consumers often locate health information with recommendations on guiding library patrons in finding and evaluating health information judiciously. This text is most appropriate for practicing health sciences librarians and for public librarians interested in consumer health information and/or community outreach programming. Summing Up: Recommended for practicing librarians.