التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Knowledge Gaps Among Public Librarians Seeking Vaccination Information: A Qualitative Study. |
| المؤلفون: |
SMITH, CATHERINE ARNOTT1 casmith24@wisc.edu, HUNDAL, SAVREEN2, KESELMAN, ALLA3 |
| المصدر: |
Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet. Jan-Mar2014, Vol. 18 Issue 1, p44-66. 23p. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
*Library education, *Public libraries, *Librarians, *Library science, *Research methodology, *Medicine information services, *MEDLINE, *Online information services, *Library reference services, *Information resources, *Information literacy, *Information needs, Interviewing, Research funding, Consumer information services, Pilot projects, Off-label use (Drugs), Data analysis software, Medical coding |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
United States |
| الشركة/الكيان: |
National Library of Medicine (U.S.) |
| مستخلص: |
Public libraries have been called the “first responders” to the specialized health information needs of the general public. The challenges inherent in consumer health information (CHI) service are centered around thePatron, theLibrarian, theInformation Resources, and theLibrary itself. The pilot study involved interviews with nine individual library workers in eight public libraries in four library systems: the District of Columbia, Montgomery and Prince George's Counties in Maryland, and Fairfax County in Virginia. Library workers were asked about common consumer health information requests, the nature of their collections, and the role of public libraries in meeting these information needs. The subjects were also presented with a hypothetical scenario, and their responses suggest knowledge gaps. The findings point to the increasing necessity and importance of training and support for public librarians, as well as the importance of understanding where the medical knowledge gaps exist. Public librarians need to commit to formal evaluation of their skill sets and knowledge gaps, in order to identify areas to which libraries can devote limited resources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts |
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