Claire B. Joseph

The Medical Library Association Guide to Developing Consumer Health Collections (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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 advertising This 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 174
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. März 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216246459
• Artikelnr.: 74833342

Autorenporträt

Claire B. Joseph has over 30 years experience in health sciences libraries. She is the Medical Library Director at Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital in Oceanside, NY. Claire is the author of The Medical Library Association Guide to Developing Consumer Health Collections, published by Rowman & Littlefield in 2018, and is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet. Claire continues to be active in MLA, its Caucuses, and Chapters; she has served as Chair of three MLA Caucuses (CAPHIS, Hospital Libraries, and NAHRS) and one MLA Chapter. (New York-New Jersey).

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: How and Where to Begin: The Main Ingredients
Chapter 2: Your Neighborhood and Its Effects on the Health of your
Community
Chapter 3: Building the Collection
Chapter 4: Grants
Chapter 5: Staff Customer Service
Chapter 6: Library Privacy and Confidentially
Chapter 7: Community Outreach Planning
Chapter 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