The health information specialist: a new resource for hospital library services and education programs

Growing pressures for more effective education programs at community hospitals demand better and more responsive hospital library resources and services. It is suggested that, with a modest amount of additional training and support, a community hospital librarian can play a key role in (1) improving the effectiveness of the hospital's library services and resources, (2) assisting hospital educators with the task of developing, implementing, and evaluating education programs, and (3) facilitating coordination of health information resources and services with all aspects of hospital education programs. An expanded, more active role, that of the Health Information Specialist, is suggested for hospital librarians. A one-week training program for librarians and special orientation for hospital educators and administrators plus followup field consultation for all three is described and proposed as an implementation strategy to provide the background and impetus needed to help hospital librarians evolve and expand their functional role into that of a Health Information Specialist.     

关于高校图书馆馆员素质的几个问题

在图书馆的诸多要素中,馆员是最重要的要素,因为图书馆的各项工作和服务都是由馆员来完成的,也就是说,只有高素质的馆员才能生产出高水平的工作和服务。本文针对高校图书馆馆员素质不高的现状,提出了提高馆员素质的有效途径和方法。     

Exploring library service models at Fudan University and Appalachian State University: Experiences from an International Librarian Exchange program

In 2008, Fudan University Library (FDUL) in Shanghai and Belk Library and Information Commons at Appalachian State University (ASU) in Boone, North Carolina created a three-year librarian exchange program. The first pair of librarian exchanges occurred during the 2009–2010 academic year, with the Appalachian State librarian traveling to Fudan for five weeks during the Fall of 2009, and the first librarian from Fudan traveling to Appalachian State for five months in the spring and summer of 2010. This paper documents how the first exchanges revealed interesting similarities and differences in the academic library service models between the two universities which are illustrative of general similarities and differences between Chinese and American academic library services. The paper also discusses how any academic library can benefit from the experience of a librarian exchange program with a partner library in another country.The experience gained from these first exchanges confirms on an international level the basic assertion that a major role of an academic library is to support the university’s curriculum.Moreover it can be extrapolated from discussions held between librarians of the two institutions that in both the United States and China the curriculum evolves in response to reforms on campus and to changing trends within the country’s education system. It was also determined that the modes of library services in both cultures change as new technologies arise and that the pace of technological change within academic libraries is rapid and ongoing. Participants in the exchange discovered that there are strengths and weaknesses in both the ASU and FDUL service models and that the librarians from both systems can learn from one another and absorb best practices from their exchange partners. This paper reflects the views and experiences of the exchange librarians (Shi and Johnson) and also author Shao, who is a Chinese national working as a faculty fellow librarian at Appalachian State University.     

论开展学科馆员服务工作的几个关键问题——在CALIS第一期学科馆员培训班后的再思考

大多数图书馆都开展了学科馆员服务,但有些非常重要的问题被图书馆界的研究者们忽略了。例如,学科馆员应具备专业背景,以支撑学科馆员服务工作;图书馆应确立馆藏资源建设在学科馆员制度中的核心地位,明确学科馆员从事具体资源采选工作的职责;图书馆应建设合理、完善的学科馆员考核制度、激励机制。     

Budgeting for hospital libraries

Budgeting is a responsibility faced by all hospital librarians. Hospital administrators expect the librarian to present a financial plan for the year ahead. The budget must predict expenditures for personnel, library materials, purchased services, and equipment. The current and previous year's financial outlay should be coordinated with the budget year. To present a budget effectively, a librarian must relate financial requirements to goals of the institution of which the library is a part.     

Exploring library service models at Fudan University and Appalachian State University: Experiences from an International Librarian Exchange program

In 2008, Fudan University Library (FDUL) in Shanghai and Belk Library and Information Commons at Appalachian State University (ASU) in Boone, North Carolina created a three-year librarian exchange program. The first pair of librarian exchanges occurred during the 2009–2010 academic year, with the Appalachian State librarian traveling to Fudan for five weeks during the Fall of 2009, and the first librarian from Fudan traveling to Appalachian State for five months in the spring and summer of 2010. This paper documents how the first exchanges revealed interesting similarities and differences in the academic library service models between the two universities which are illustrative of general similarities and differences between Chinese and American academic library services. The paper also discusses how any academic library can benefit from the experience of a librarian exchange program with a partner library in another country.

The experience gained from these first exchanges confirms on an international level the basic assertion that a major role of an academic library is to support the university’s curriculum.

Moreover it can be extrapolated from discussions held between librarians of the two institutions that in both the United States and China the curriculum evolves in response to reforms on campus and to changing trends within the country’s education system. It was also determined that the modes of library services in both cultures change as new technologies arise and that the pace of technological change within academic libraries is rapid and ongoing. Participants in the exchange discovered that there are strengths and weaknesses in both the ASU and FDUL service models and that the librarians from both systems can learn from one another and absorb best practices from their exchange partners. This paper reflects the views and experiences of the exchange librarians (Shi and Johnson) and also author Shao, who is a Chinese national working as a faculty fellow librarian at Appalachian State University.     

谈图书馆的科学人本管理

图书馆员已经成为影响当代图书馆发展的主要因素,图书馆应当实行以图书馆员为中心的科学人本管理。图书馆实行科学人本管理的目标是使每个图书馆员的潜力发挥出来;使知识资源的作用充分发挥出来;使馆员和读者建立紧密的知识交流关系。图书馆实行科学人本管理需要一套与之相对应的机制。未来的图书馆员将充当重要的知识领航角色。     

Self-Efficacy of Academic Librarians: Implications for Public Services Managers

The question of academic librarian status has resulted in academic librarians approaching relationships with faculty as one of deference, where they cede power to disciplinary faculty regardless of their own expertise. To date, no research has explored why academic librarians engage in deference behavior when working with disciplinary faculty. Self-efficacy, a person's beliefs in their ability to perform a task, may be an appropriate theoretical framework to begin exploring this behavior. This pilot study explores the perceived self-efficacy of Colorado academic librarians holding an instruction and/or liaison role (n = 68) in order to examine academic librarians' levels of perceived self-efficacy and its relationship to faculty status and years in profession. Results indicate that there is not a significant relationship between perceived self-efficacy and faculty status or years in profession but that gender is significantly associated with perceived self-efficacy. Results also indicate a change in self-efficacy as library faculty progress between faculty ranks. Avenues for future research on academic librarian self-efficacy are suggested and implications for public services managers are discussed.     

面向知识服务的高校图书馆学科馆员培养模式

学科馆员在高校图书馆知识服务中扮演着非常重要的角色,高校图书馆知识服务的开展对学科馆员的素质和知识结构提出了较高的要求。在分析图书馆知识服务内涵的基础上,探讨了学科馆员的培养模式,以提高学科馆员知识服务能力。     

Library Outreach Positions: From Planning to Practice

East Tennessee State University has a diverse student population of approximately 12,500 students. Recent statistics have indicated that the student body is bypassing the physical library building, including reference services, and connecting to online sources from off campus. With only six public service librarians whose duties include interlibrary loan, instruction, and other key library functions, librarians are limited in their ability to provide outreach to those students who might never enter the library. In this article, the authors describe the decision process in developing outreach librarian positions for the graduate programs librarian and the undergraduate student services librarian and discuss the specific services that these librarians provide to students.     

A Foot in the Door

Abstract

The Houston Community College System (HCCS) is one of the largest community colleges in the nation, serving over 52,000 students. Though there is no dedicated full-time distance education (DE) librarian at HCCS, “traditional” librarians are meeting the needs of a rapidly growing population of DE and hybrid students by adapting to new roles and applying technology in innovative ways. An adventuresome cadre of information professionals has been reaching out to students to engage them where learning takes place. These “virtual librarians” are embedded in Web-based courses in order to promote library services to students who may never set foot in a HCCS campus library. As DE enrollment continues to expand, however, it has become necessary to consolidate efforts, and this is being accomplished through the utilization of a Web log (blog) and syndication tools, as well as some additional free applications.     

Retooling Library Services for Online Students in Tough Economic Times

ABSTRACT

At a time in our economy when library budgets are strained and staffing is under the microscope, librarians need to reassess and retool their library services for online students to provide quality, depth, and community without causing meltdown. The authors analyze some of the retooling undergone at their library to meet the shifting demographics of students who in 10 years have grown from 1,000 online students to 14,500 and increased to 65% of the students now taking online classes. To meet this challenge, the library centralized library services by closing the regional Library Information Centers and established a Multimedia Department focused on developing tutorials and online training materials, established an outreach librarian position, and worked with reference and instruction librarians to expand their roles as liaisons to the various academic programs. The library is learning to work smarter, not necessarily harder, and much leaner.     

Experiences as an Embedded Librarian in Online Courses

Embedded librarianship gives librarians a prime opportunity to have a direct, positive impact in a clinical setting, classroom setting, or within a working group by providing integrated services that cater to the group's needs. Extending embedded librarian services beyond the various physical settings and into online classrooms is an exceptional way for librarians to engage online learners. This group of students is growing rapidly in numbers and could benefit greatly from having library services and resources incorporated into their classes. The author's services as an embedded librarian in fully online courses at a medium-sized university will be discussed, as will strategies, lessons learned, and opportunities for engaging in this realm. To develop a foundation of knowledge on embedded librarianship, an overview of this topic is provided.     

图书馆读者服务合同之探析-从作为合同一方当事人的图书馆的角度

藏书、读者、工作人员被认为是图书馆的三大要素,而将这三大要素连接在一起的当属图书馆读者服务合同,读者正是从与图书馆订立的读者服务合同中感受到图书馆的服务质量与服务态度,并通过读者服务合同达到获取自己所需知识与信息的缔约目的。作为读者服务合同的一方当事人,图书馆从读者服务合同的订立到履行都离不开图书馆工作人员的职务行为,图书馆工作人员在日常工作中的一言一行直接代表着图书馆,与图书馆信誉的高低有着本质上的关联,故应将图书馆工作人员的职务行为上升到遵守《合同法》相关规定的高度来予以认识。     

高校图书馆嵌入式馆员服务模式研究

论文从介绍嵌入式馆员的概念着手,分析了嵌入式馆员兴起的缘由。针对高校图书馆服务对象的特点,分别从嵌入院系、教学和社区三个方面,论述了高校嵌入式馆员服务模式的构建,并指出其面临的挑战和应对策略。     

图书馆员应有的形象及修养--从文学作品中的三个图书馆员谈起

撷取文学作品中出现的三个图书馆员形象,分析作家眼中的图书馆员形象以及他们所具备的修养,探讨当今图书馆员在实际工作中如何改善服务、重塑形象、提升修养。     

Consumer health information services in the hospital setting

Before planning for provision of Consumer Health Information Services, the librarian and administration must anticipate the problems encountered in sharing funds, personnel, space, and materials with an existing medical or patient education library. Establishing new space within or outside the hospital, or participating in community projects which meet consumer health information needs, are important considerations for planners. This article sets forth the place of some CHI services in the hospital setting, and how they relate to other library services. Differences between hospital library support for Patient Education and for Consumer Health Information services are discussed.     

馆员学者化与学者型馆员

分析了“馆员学者化”提法不科学的原因,认为图书馆工作始终存在简单劳动与复杂劳动的差别,馆员需要高、中、低不同文化层次的人员构成。阐明了学者型馆员的涵义,指出培养学者型馆员是大学图书馆的性质和任务决定的,也是提高图书馆在高校中地位的需要,应该把培养和造就一大批学者型馆员作为高校图书馆队伍建设的长期任务。     

高校图书馆以项目制推动服务创新的实践探索与思考——以东北大学图书馆服务创新立项工作为例

[目的/意义] 图书情报领域正在出现新业态、迎来发展新契机，传统的业务组织模式依赖单一馆员、单个职能部门已无法有效地完成紧急性、临时性、复杂性任务，无法更好支撑高校图书馆的新发展，无法更好应对全民阅读、"双一流"建设、文化传承、读者需求多元化等不断出现的外部新挑战，为此需要变革图书馆的组织体制，更好地发挥馆员的主观能动性与创造力。[方法/过程] 借鉴项目制的原理，结合东北大学图书馆服务创新立项工作的实践，探索高校图书馆适应新挑战、新任务的方式方法。[结果/结论] 运用项目制更有利于组织开展高校图书馆服务创新活动，有利于调动馆员的积极性和创造性，促进高校图书馆服务能力的提升。     

The Changing Instructional Paradigm and Emerging Technologies: New Opportunities for Reference Librarians and Educators

As the next millennium approaches, libraries must change and evolve in the very near future in order to survive. Reference services can no longer stay behind a desk or wihtin a building's walls. Instead, reference librarians must examine their clientele, determine their unique information needs, and develop and market appropriate collections and services. The changing instructional paradigm in America's classrooms provides an opportunity for reference librarians to modify and expand their efforts to encourage information use and literacy for education faculty, student teachers, classroom teachers and administrators. This paper briefly discusses present day information seeking and library use by educators and then suggests new overtures to this library patron community.