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PubMed1986

The evolution of a hospital library patient education literature program.

The library staff of the Englewood Hospital Medical Library has developed a patient education literature program to meet the needs of patients and the public for health information. A subcommittee on patient education of the Medical Library Committee oversees the project. Lists of health resources, by subject, have been compiled and are available on nursing stations and in patient waiting areas. Materials are delivered by doctors, nurse clinicians or librarians (at a doctor's request) and documented in the nurse's notes. Community members are also encouraged to come into the library by appointment to seek answers to their health questions.

Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over↗
PubMed1985

Integrated information management and hospital libraries.

It is demonstrated that hospitals are information-dependent and that there is need for integration of information generated and gathered through their subsystems. This paper discusses recommendations of the Matheson Report for an integrated information management system which would link these subsystems. The library's statement of mission, means for self-assessment, and analysis of information needs and uses are explored. Future directions with examples of new roles for the library are outlined.

Decision Making↗
PubMed1996

The hospital library as provider of consumer health information.

The health care environment of the 1990s demands that hospital libraries develop creative strategies for providing consumer health information (CHI). Librarians at the Reuben L. Sharp Health Sciences Library at Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center have developed a multifaceted approach to the problem. Using a combination of institutional resources, private funding, and cooperative arrangements with public libraries, the Sharp Library helps to serve the consumer health information needs of the southern New Jersey community.

Community Participation↗
PubMed1985

Expanded roles for hospital libraries: a direction for successful change.

Hospitals are changing to cope with a new environment and their libraries are changing with them. We demonstrate that hospital librarians can influence the change process and that expanding the role of the library is one option. Four case reports are presented to illustrate generic problems and how each library has coped with them. The issues facing hospital libraries today are viewed within the broader perspective of the American health care system.

Delivery of Health Care↗
PubMed2005

Using volunteers in Ontario hospital libraries: views of library managers.

BACKGROUND: Volunteers have been a resource for all types of libraries for many years. Little research has been done to describe the attitudes librarians have toward library volunteers. More specifically, the attitudes of hospital librarians toward volunteers have never been studied. OBJECTIVE: The objective was to explore and describe the extent of volunteer use and to determine library managers' attitudes toward volunteers. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: An anonymous, self-report 38-item questionnaire was mailed to the target population of 89 hospital library managers in Ontario. Seventy-nine useable questionnaires were analyzed from an adjusted sample of 86 eligible respondents, resulting in a response rate of 92%. SPSS 11.5 was used to analyze the data. FINDINGS: The data revealed the attitudes of managers using volunteers did not differ significantly from the attitudes of managers not using volunteers. The findings showed that a majority of managers did not believe their libraries were adequately staffed with paid employees. Sufficient evidence was found of an association between a manager's belief in the adequacy of staffing in the library and the use of volunteers in the library (chi2(1, N=76)=4.11, P=0.043). Specifically, volunteers were more likely to be used by managers who did not believe their libraries were adequately staffed. The presence of a union in the library and the use of volunteers were also associated (chi2(1, N=77)=4.77, P=0.029). When unions were present in the library, volunteers were less likely to be used. IMPLICATIONS: This research has implications for hospital library managers in the management of volunteers. Volunteers should not be viewed as a quick fix or as a long-term solution for a library's understaffing problem.

Administrative Personnel↗