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Erratum
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Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - March 11, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: ERRATUM Source Type: research

 
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Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - March 11, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: ERRATUM Source Type: research

Issue Information
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Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - March 11, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research

Health Libraries Group at 75
AbstractCelebrating its 75th year in 2022, Lynsey Hawker and Imrana Ghumra, Co-Chairs of the Health Libraries Group (HLG) look back on its origins, celebrate key activities and achievements. From its humble beginnings as the Medical Section of the UK Library Associations ’ University and Research Section, becoming a Section in its own right, its evolution as the Medical, Health and Welfare Libraries Group. Celebrating its publications, awards, partnership working and advocacy work, they invite you to share your memories and reflections on the HLG and its previous incarnations. (Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal)
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - March 11, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Lynsey Hawker, Imrana Ghumra, Co ‐Chairs Health Libraries Group  Tags: EDITORIAL Source Type: research

Graduate students in public health predict their actual usage of different library services and resources quite accurately
ConclusionSuch tracking of group expectations, experience and predicted usage helps library managers ’ plan where support is required. (Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal)
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - March 11, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: John P. Bourgeois Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

A qualitative study of the health information seeking behaviour of adolescent girls in Iran indicates that public libraries could help supply information required about puberty
ConclusionHealth information seeking constitutes the main part of adolescent girls ’ daily lives. Identification of adolescent girls’ health information needs, the main channels of information seeking, and the barriers the girls face while information seeking can help public libraries adopt the right policies regarding the provision of health information services. (Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal)
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - February 23, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Abolfazl Taheri, Omid Yousefianzadeh, Marziyeh Saeedizadeh Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Interest in dentistry in early months of the COVID ‐19 global pandemic: A Google Trends approach
ConclusionThe peak public interest in dentistry has been prior to the peak of COVID-19 new cases in most countries. The use of Internet data can provide useful information about pandemics and many other diseases. (Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal)
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - February 15, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nuray Bagci, Ilkay Peker Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Barriers and facilitators of implementing an information system for health grey literature in Iran: Experts ’ views and perspectives
ConclusionDesigning a national system for health grey literature in Iran needs a powerful authority, removing possible intersectional conflicts, a selection committee, written policies and strict quality control criteria, and protocols for storage, access, retrieval and metadata evaluation. (Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal)
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - February 12, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Abbas Mirzaei, Sirous Panahi, Mostafa Langarizadeh, Shahram Sedghi Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Dissertations into Practice: 10  years on, 40 articles later
AbstractFrances Johnson, Regular Feature Editor, looks back on the first 10  years of student projects published inDissertations into Practice. Forty articles later, she notes that the value of these short features, then as now, is in recognising the potential of student research to a wider audience and the implications of their research on practice. (Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal)
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - February 8, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Frances Johnson Tags: DISSERTATIONS INTO PRACTICE Source Type: research

Global trends health science libraries: Part 3
AbstractThis is the last of three articles based on a series of articles published in theHealth Information and Libraries Journal's Regular Feature (International Perspectives and Initiatives). Key trends from 12 countries in Europe, North America, Africa, and Asia were identified. In this issue, the last five trends are considered: (1) Participation in collaborations, networks, partnerships, social networks; (2) Repurposing library space; (3) Focus on user experience; (4) Impact of technology on the provision of services; and (5) Engaging with the public. Readers are challenged to compare these trends with their own exper...
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - February 3, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Jeannette Murphy Tags: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES AND INITIATIVES Source Type: research

Engaging with technology: Projects and research initiated by health information professionals
AbstractThe 2021 virtual issue of the Health Information and Libraries Journal is published to link to the Future Technologies Conference 2021, which takes place in Vancouver, Canada, 28 –29 October 2021. This event, which began in 2016, presents the best of current systems research and practice. One of the themes of the 2021 conference is Smart Healthcare. Although libraries may appear to be far removed from some of the breakthroughs reported in the Future Technologies Conference , what is clear is that unlike those who work with technology, librarians work closely with the end users of health information—clinicians, ...
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - January 28, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Jeannette Murphy Tags: EDITORIAL Source Type: research

Critical incident technique helps determine how health library and information services influence clinical decision making and patient care: A literature review
ConclusionsThe studies identified in this review offer a variety of methods for using CIT that other libraries might consider for their own impact studies. (Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal)
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - January 21, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Halimeh Sadeghi, Mohsen Nowkarizi, Masumeh Tajafari Tags: REVIEW ARTICLE Source Type: research

Global trends health science libraries: Part 2
AbstractThis is the second of three articles which explore trends in health science libraries. It is based on a series of articles calledNew Directions in Health Science Libraries published in a HILJ regular feature (International Perspectives and Initiatives) between June 2017 and March 2020. The series covered 12 countries: The United States, Canada, Australia, China, England, two countries in Africa (Uganda and Tanzania) and five in Europe (Sweden, Romania, Belgium, Germany, and Switzerland). The commissioning editor identified potential authors and invited them to write a short piece. They were given a briefing sheet w...
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - January 19, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Jeannette Murphy Tags: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES AND INITIATIVES Source Type: research

Forthcoming Papers
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Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - December 20, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: FORTHCOMING PAPER Source Type: research

Issue Information
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Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - December 20, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research