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Janine J Henri - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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management public service and access issues serving special collections in an architecture Branch Library
Journal of Library Administration, 2003Co-Authors: Janine J HenriAbstract:Administering special collections within an academic Branch Library presents challenges in the areas of public services, collection management, facilities planning, and staffing. In art and architecture libraries, special collections can include a variety of materials such as rare books, trade catalogs, builder's guides, graphic and visual materials, artists' books, archival records in many formats, and files of ephemera. Public service issues relating to the administration of special collections housed in an architecture Branch Library (and its off-site repositories) will be addressed. Collection care and access services will be examined in light of recent technologies.
J Muir A Gray - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the use of quality benchmarking in assessing web resources for the dermatology virtual Branch Library of the national electronic Library for health nelh
Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2001Co-Authors: M Kamel N Boulos, Abdul V Roudsari, C Gordon, J Muir A GrayAbstract:BACKGROUND: In 1998, the U.K. National Health Service Information for Health Strategy proposed the implementation of a National electronic Library for Health to provide clinicians, healthcare managers and planners, patients and the public with easy, round the clock access to high quality, up-to-date electronic information on health and healthcare. The Virtual Branch Libraries are among the most important components of the National electronic Library for Health . They aim at creating online knowledge based communities, each concerned with some specific clinical and other health-related topics. OBJECTIVES: This study is about the envisaged Dermatology Virtual Branch Libraries of the National electronic Library for Health . It aims at selecting suitable dermatology Web resources for inclusion in the forthcoming Virtual Branch Libraries after establishing preliminary quality benchmarking rules for this task. Psoriasis, being a common dermatological condition, has been chosen as a starting point. METHODS: Because quality is a principal concern of the National electronic Library for Health, the study includes a review of the major quality benchmarking systems available today for assessing health-related Web sites. The methodology of developing a quality benchmarking system has been also reviewed. Aided by metasearch Web tools, candidate resources were hand-selected in light of the reviewed benchmarking systems and specific criteria set by the authors. RESULTS: Over 90 professional and patient-oriented Web resources on psoriasis and dermatology in general are suggested for inclusion in the forthcoming Dermatology Virtual Branch Libraries. The idea of an all-in knowledge-hallmarking instrument for the National electronic Library for Health is also proposed based on the reviewed quality benchmarking systems. CONCLUSIONS: Skilled, methodical, organized human reviewing, selection and filtering based on well-defined quality appraisal criteria seems likely to be the key ingredient in the envisaged National electronic Library for Health service. Furthermore, by promoting the application of agreed quality guidelines and codes of ethics by all health information providers and not just within the National electronic Library for Health, the overall quality of the Web will improve with time and the Web will ultimately become a reliable and integral part of the care space. [J Med Internet Res 2001;3(1):e5]
Linda Garr Markwell - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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hospital Library foreign language labs the experiences of two hospital libraries
Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 2006Co-Authors: Julia S Whelan, Elizabeth Schneider, Karl Woody Woodworth, Linda Garr MarkwellAbstract:Increasingly, hospital-based physicians, residents, and medical students are welcoming into their care foreign-born patients, who do not speak English. Most hospitals today have an Interpretive Services Department, but many of the physicians, residents, and medical students want to become more proficient in the most frequently spoken foreign languages in their respective locales. To help recruit and retain a diverse workforce, some hospitals sponsor English programs for staff. The Treadwell Library at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, and the Grady Branch Library at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, have developed a special collection and hospital Library-based language laboratories in order to meet this need.
Judith Segal - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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psychology psychiatry collection development the social work Branch Library
Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 1992Co-Authors: Judith SegalAbstract:In a time of budgetary cutbacks, maintenance of a Branch Library collection creates serious financial problems for academic libraries. This article explores some of these problems, suggesting a way of determining the need and degree of duplication. The proposed method for formula allocation was developed for a graduate school of social work but is applicable to other professional school Branch libraries. It calls for statistical evaluation of acquisitions, collections, and other major services.
M Kamel N Boulos - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the use of quality benchmarking in assessing web resources for the dermatology virtual Branch Library of the national electronic Library for health nelh
Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2001Co-Authors: M Kamel N Boulos, Abdul V Roudsari, C Gordon, J Muir A GrayAbstract:BACKGROUND: In 1998, the U.K. National Health Service Information for Health Strategy proposed the implementation of a National electronic Library for Health to provide clinicians, healthcare managers and planners, patients and the public with easy, round the clock access to high quality, up-to-date electronic information on health and healthcare. The Virtual Branch Libraries are among the most important components of the National electronic Library for Health . They aim at creating online knowledge based communities, each concerned with some specific clinical and other health-related topics. OBJECTIVES: This study is about the envisaged Dermatology Virtual Branch Libraries of the National electronic Library for Health . It aims at selecting suitable dermatology Web resources for inclusion in the forthcoming Virtual Branch Libraries after establishing preliminary quality benchmarking rules for this task. Psoriasis, being a common dermatological condition, has been chosen as a starting point. METHODS: Because quality is a principal concern of the National electronic Library for Health, the study includes a review of the major quality benchmarking systems available today for assessing health-related Web sites. The methodology of developing a quality benchmarking system has been also reviewed. Aided by metasearch Web tools, candidate resources were hand-selected in light of the reviewed benchmarking systems and specific criteria set by the authors. RESULTS: Over 90 professional and patient-oriented Web resources on psoriasis and dermatology in general are suggested for inclusion in the forthcoming Dermatology Virtual Branch Libraries. The idea of an all-in knowledge-hallmarking instrument for the National electronic Library for Health is also proposed based on the reviewed quality benchmarking systems. CONCLUSIONS: Skilled, methodical, organized human reviewing, selection and filtering based on well-defined quality appraisal criteria seems likely to be the key ingredient in the envisaged National electronic Library for Health service. Furthermore, by promoting the application of agreed quality guidelines and codes of ethics by all health information providers and not just within the National electronic Library for Health, the overall quality of the Web will improve with time and the Web will ultimately become a reliable and integral part of the care space. [J Med Internet Res 2001;3(1):e5]