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Hospital Librarianship
By Jeff Mason
Client Services Librarian
Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region
For LIS 591, June 21, 2007
Goals
• Provide insight into hospital librarianship• RQ Health Sciences Library Overview• Challenges• Benefits• Research
• Get you to consider hospital libraries as a career.
About Me
• I am not from Saskatchewan!• BSc (Toronto) - 2002• MLIS (Western) - 2005
• 8 month co-op Taylor Library• Science & Tech• Instructional Strategies• EBM• Hired 1 month before last class
Why Regina?
• 4th interview
• Felt like a good fit
• Lots of opportunity
RQ Health Sciences Library
• RQHR• From Regina to Manitoba border• ~9000 staff (FT, PT)
• U of Saskatchewan College of Medicine• College of Nursing (SIAST)• College of Pharmacy and Nutrition
• Southern Alberta Institute of Technology• Respiratory Therapists
RQ HSL - 2
• 3 locations• Main, Regina General Hospital• 2 (3) professional librarians
• 1 professional archivist• 5 support staff• 1 co-op student
RQ HSL - 3
• Collections• Policy - Clinical & Current• E-Resources
• Saskatchewan Health Information Resources Partnership (http://www.shirp.ca)
• In-house collections• UpToDate• Natural Standard• E-Therapeutics/E-CPS• Lexi-Comp Online
RQ HSL - 4
• Other services• Reference
• They ask, we answer - >1000/year
• ILL• They want it, we get it.• SFX
• Instruction• Individual/group, planned/walk-in
My Role
• Liaison Librarian• Nutrition and Food Services
(Dieticians/Dietetic Interns)• Pharmacy• Respiratory Therapy
Challenges
• Information Technology• Library does not have own IT• Barrier - typical of health care
• Limited resources• We are lucky
• Administration• Need buy in• Understanding the political landscape
Challenges - 2
• Workload• Reference is repetitive, tiring• Finding balance
• Physician/staff demands• Don’t understand limitations
Benefits
• Real world application• My work helps improve patient care
• RQs• Committees
• Best databases• America’s gift to the world is MEDLINE• CINAHL, not far behind
• Stability• Health care funding increasing, not decreasing
Benefits - 2
• Diversity• Learn something new every day• Get questions from all areas of health care
• Do everything• Great way to get professional experience
Benefits - 3
• Opportunity• Associations
• Sask Health Libraries Association• Canadian Health Libraries Association
• Book reviews• Conference presentations
• Medical Libraries Association
• Multitype Database Licensing Program• Others
• How to Teach EBHC
Research
• Needs assessment• Surveyed physicians and staff• ~50% response rate
• Found areas in need of improvement• Access/use of electronic resources• Marketing of library and services
• We are doing a lot of things right
Google Project
• Presentation to CHLA 2007
• “Advanced Google Instruction as a Tool for Promoting Evidence-Based Practice”
• Drop-in course • Show users how to use Google more
effectively• Promote EBP by discussing limitations, etc.
Google Project - 2
• Good initial response to class
• Introduced survey to learn more• Why they use Google
• Why they attended class• Etc.
• Some surprising results
Google Project - 3
• Who attended?
• 188 usable responses
• 5 groups
• Health care providers• Health administrators• Allied health care providers• Educators/researchers (includes students)• Other
Google Project - 4• Current use of Google
• >50% ALWAYS use Google as their search engine.
57%36%
7%
Alw ays
Sometimes
New to Google
Google Project - 5
Use of Google for work information
Google Project - 6
• What Users Like About Google
• 28% - User friendly• 24% - Fast• 17% - Scope
Google Project - 7
• Opposite of Scope15% - Irrelevant results
• Opposite of User -friendly
21 % - Do not know how to use Google effectively
• Opposite of Scope38 % - Too many results
ObservationSurvey Result
• What Users Do Not Like About Google
Google Project - 8
• Where else do users find information?
1 – Google2 – Subscription databases
3 – Free databases4 – Other search engines 5 – Library staff
Google Project - 9
• Why users attended session
• 42% - learn to search better/save time• 30% - just want to learn
• Was the session useful?
• 57% - extremely useful• 8% - not useful
Google Project - 10
• Survey supports original ideas:
• Google is being used heavily• Is being used for health care decisions
• Staff do not use it effectively
• There is a need to provide this type of education
Google Project - 11
• Providing staff with a session they want/need:• Allows library to promote EBP by
explaining strengths and weaknesses of Google/Internet sources.
• Raises library profile, reaches non-traditional users
• Increases credibility of librarians
Conclusion
• Co-op opportunities• RQ, SHIRP, and Saskatoon HR
• Lots of exciting things coming• National Network of Libraries of Medicine• Integrating library into health record
• Hospital/special libraries great way to get started.
Thank You!
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