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A clinical librarian in a hospital critical care unit may generate a positive return on investment
ConclusionEmploying a clinical librarian in a critical care unit can generate a positive ROI. (Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal)
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - November 16, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Ned Hartfiel, Girendra Sadera, Victoria Treadway, Catherine Lawrence, Rhiannon Tudor Edwards Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Medical and health informatics services during and after the COVID ‐19 pandemic should be virtual, tailored, responsive and interactive: a case study in Belgium
This article shows how a medical and biomedical research library changed practices, and reassessed user needs for the COVID‐19 emergency. Discusses changes to online education (and collaborative working) to provide user‐friendly services, researcher support tailored to need and re‐visioning library space.J.M. (Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal)
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - October 28, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nele S. Pauwels, Ann De Meulemeester, Alessia Romagnoli, Heidi Buysse, Renaat Peleman Tags: Regular Feature: International Perspectives And Initiatives Source Type: research

A qualitative study of the maternal health information ‐seeking behavior of women of reproductive age in Mpwapwa district, Tanzania
ConclusionAccess to relevant and reliable maternal health information is essential in creating awareness and empowering women to make informed decisions about their reproductive health. Women ’s use of informal sources to meet their various information needs increases the chances of receiving unreliable information that may result in coming up with poor decisions making. (Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal)
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - October 14, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Mohamed Kassim Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Issue Information
Health Information& Libraries Journal, Volume 37, Issue 3, Page i-iv, September 2020. (Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal)
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - September 20, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: Issue Information Source Type: research

In this issue … and forthcoming papers
Health Information& Libraries Journal, Volume 37, Issue 3, Page 248-249, September 2020. (Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal)
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - September 20, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: Editorial Source Type: research

Library Jargon Creates Barriers for Potential Users of Health Library and Information Services
AbstractThis paper is based on Helen Kiely ’s Masters dissertation on MA in Library and Information Service Management, successfully completed at the University of Sheffield in 2018. The aim of the study was to explore the extent to which users of a health care library service understood common terminology used by clinical librarians/infor mation professionals. A survey was developed based on the terminology used for common services and was distributed to staff and students at an acute NHS Foundation Trust. One hundred and eight people participated over a four week period and were asked to provide definitions to the term...
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - August 30, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Helen Kiely Tags: Regular Feature: Dissertations Into Practice Source Type: research

Librarians collaborate successfully with nursing faculty and a writing centre to support nursing students doing professional doctorates
This study explores how a three ‐way collaboration between a University library, writing centre and faculty created avenues of training and support for students within a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program in an American University. The role of each partner involved in the collaboration is discussed alongside the profile of the DNP students. Lesson planning and classroom techniques for DNP information literacy classes are described and feedback from the partners and the students are discussed. The study confirms that collaboration is effective in improving research and writing skills.D.I. (Source: Health Information...
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - August 27, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Matthew Bernstein, Linda Roney, Meredith Kazer, Elizabeth H. Boquet Tags: Teaching and Learning in Action Source Type: research