Beyond traditional library spaces: the practicalities of closing hospital libraries and opening a virtual library [PDF]
The formation of the University of Manitoba Health Sciences Libraries (UMHSL) was the result of signing consecutive agreements over a period of 24 years between the University of Manitoba (UM) and Winnipeg area hospitals, now collectively known as the ...
Carol Cooke
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Standards of practice for hospital libraries and librarians, 2022: Medical Library Association Hospital Libraries Caucus Standards Task Force [PDF]
The Hospital Library Caucus of the Medical Library Association (MLA) follows the practice established in 1953 of developing quality indicators and best practices in the newly developing and fast-changing world of hospital libraries.
Jill Tarabula +7 more
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Expert-recommended tasks for hospital librarians during a healthcare system merger or acquisition: an e-Delphi consensus statement [PDF]
Objective: Limited empirical research is available to guide hospital librarians through a healthcare system merger or acquisition. To address this knowledge gap, an e-Delphi research study was used to develop recommended tasks that librarians should ...
Stacy Posillico +2 more
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Standards for hospital libraries 2007Hospital Libraries Section Standards Committee [PDF]
Abstract The Medical Library Association’s Standards for Hospital Libraries 2002 has been developed as a guide for hospital administrators, librarians, and accrediting bodies to ensure that hospitals have the resources and services to effectively meet their needs for knowledge-based information.
Margaret, Bandy +6 more
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Objective: The study purpose was to understand how early months of the COVID-19 pandemic altered interlibrary loan (ILL) and document delivery (DD) in North American health science libraries (HSLs), specifically the decision-making and workflow ...
Jennifer K. Lloyd +4 more
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Relationship between Social Adjustment and Professional Ethics among Librarians in Libraries of Tehran Universities of Medical Sciences [PDF]
Background and aim: The professional ethics of librarianship consist of methods and behaviors that increase client desire for a library. One of the variables that results from professional ethics is social adjustment.
Sedigheh Mohammadesmaeil, Zahra Bagheri
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Virtual Services in the Health Sciences Library: A Handbook
Health sciences libraries serving universities and medical facilities have long used technology to provide library services, but COVID-19 presented libraries with unique challenges.
Barbara M. Pope
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Virtual resident showcase: leveraging an institutional repository during COVID-19 social distancing
While institutional repositories are common in medical schools and academic health centers, they have been used by only a small number of health systems to track and promote their research and scholarly activity.
Heather J. Martin, Amanda Schwartz
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Digital libraries in a clinical setting: Friend or foe? [PDF]
Clinical requirements for quick accessibility to reputable, up-to-date information have increased the importance of web accessible digital libraries for this user community.
Adams, A, Blandford, A
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The tenth Janet Doe Lecture, a forty-year perspective: still relevant after all these years
Erich Meyerhoff was an academic health sciences librarian and a distinguished member of the Medical Library Association when he was invited to present the Janet Doe Lecture in 1977.
Wayne J. Peay, Helen-Ann Brown Epstein
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