Being a solo librarian in healthcare pivoting for 21st century healthcare information delivery

52 Pages·2015·0.512 MB·English

by  Burns, Elizabeth

Being a Solo Librarian in Healthcare
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Being a Solo Librarian
in Healthcare
Pivoting for 21st Century Healthcare
Information Delivery
Elizabeth Burns, MLS
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Contents
Abouttheauthor ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
1 Forethoughts 1
2 Bedrockservices 5
Literaturesearches 5
Evidence-basedpractice(EB) 6
BarrierstopracticingEB 8
Teachingandtraining 12
Informationanddocumentdelivery 14
3 Purchasing 17
Bookpurchasing 17
Journalpurchasing 18
Databasepurchasing 18
Marketresearch 19
Thelibrary’sROI 19
4 Maintainingelectronic resources 21
E-resourceslifecycle 21
Licenseagreements 22
Jobbers 23
E-resourcessummary 23
5 All-around support 25
Supportinthehospital 25
Supportoutsidethehospital 27
Self-support 28
6 Afterthoughts 29
Remodelingthewheelbarrow 29
References 33
Index 35
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About the author
Elizabeth Burns is currently a Medical Librarian at the Kansas City
Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Kansas City, MO. She is a member of
the Medical Library Association (MLA), the Mid-Continent Medical
Library Association (MCMLA), and the Health Sciences Library Network
of Kansas City (HSLNKC).
In 2006, she received the HSLNKC award for Outstanding One-Person
Health Science Library. She was presented the Barbara McDowell Award
for Excellence in Hospital Librarianship in 2009. This award was estab-
lished in 1984 in honor of Barbara McDowell, Chief of Library Services in
Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Nominees are judged on Hospital Library leader-
ship/innovation, Local group participation/leadership, Chapter participation/
leadership, and National participation/leadership.
She has presented at MLA and has served on various committees in the
HSLNKC group and MCMLA. In particular, she was a member of the
MCMLALibraryAdvocacyCommitteeandthenwasChairofthecommittee
from2010to2013.