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The Medical Library Association Guide to Developing Consumer Health Collections
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The Medical Library Association Guide to Developing Consumer Health Collections
About this book
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.
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.
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Yes, you can access The Medical Library Association Guide to Developing Consumer Health Collections by Claire B. Joseph in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Languages & Linguistics & Library & Information Science. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: How and Where to Begin
- Chapter 2: Your Library’s 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 Confidentiality
- Chapter 7: Community Outreach Planning
- Chapter 8: Health Literacy and Librarians
- Chapter 9: Multicultural/Inclusive Consumer Health Information
- Chapter 10: Where Consumers Go to Find Health Information
- Chapter 11: Consumer Health Information Outreach for Every Library
- About the Author