Introduction to Health Sciences Librarianship

ISBN-13: 9780789035950 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 522 str.

M. Sandra Wood

Opis

The general term 'health sciences libraries' covers a wide range of areas beyond medical libraries, such as biomedical, nursing, allied health, pharmacy, and others. This text provides a sound foundation to all aspects of these types of libraries to students and librarians new to the field.

Spis treści

Section I: Introduction/Overview 1. Overview of Health Sciences Libraries and Librarianship  Mary Moore  2. The Health Care Environment  Logan Ludwig  Appendix 2. A. Selected Federal Legislation with Important Health Aspects, Including Health Care Information Policy Legislation  Section II: Technical Services  3. Journal Collection Development: Challenges, Issues, and Strategies  Laurie L. Thompson, Mori Lou Higa 4. Monographic and Digital Resource Collection Development  Esther Carrigan, Mori Lou Higa, Rajia Tobia  5. Organizing Resources for Information Access  Maggie Wineburgh-Freed  Appendix 5. A. Resource Bibliography for Organizing Information Section III: Public Services  6. Access Issues, Elizabeth R. Lorbeer, Cindy Scroggins 7. Information Services in Health Sciences Libraries  Elizabeth H. Wood  8. Information Retrieval in the Health Sciences  Elizabeth H. Wood  9. Marketing, Public Relations, and Communication  Patricia C. Higginbottom, Lisa A. Ennis  Appendix 9. A. Additional Readings  10. Information Literacy Education in Health Sciences Libraries Stewart M. Brower  11. Evidence-Based Practice  Jonathan D. Eldredge  12. Health Informatics  K. Ann McKibbon, Ellen Gay Detlefsen  Section IV: Administration 13. Management in Academic Health Sciences Libraries  Francesca Allegri, Martha Bedard  14. Management of and Issues Specific to Hospital Libraries  Dixie A. Jones 15. Library Space Planning  Elizabeth Connor  Section V: Special Topics 16. Special Services Provided by Health Sciences Libraries  Brenda L. Seago  17. Health Sciences Librarianship in Rare Book and Special Collections  Stephen J. Greenberg, Patricia E. Gallagher  18. Consumer Health Information  Catherine Arnott Smith  Glossary  Index 

O autorze

M. Sandra Wood is Librarian Emerita, Pennsylvania State University. Her experience and interests are in general reference, management of reference services, database and Internet searching, and user instruction. Ms. Wood is Editor of Medical Reference Services Quarterly and Journal of Consumer Health, and Co-editor of the Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries. She is author or editor of numerous books, including Health Care Resources on the Internet: A Guide for Librarians and Health Care Consumers. She received the Medical Library Association's Eliot Award, and the Chapter Achievement Award from the Philadelphia Chapter/MLA. Ms. Wood was elected to MLA's Board of Directors (1991–1995), and served as MLA's Treasurer. Ms. Wood has been a Distinguished Member of the Academy of Health Information Professionals since 1990, and a Fellow of the Medical Library Association since 1998. She retired in December 2005 with over 35 years of experience as a medical reference librarian.