Abstract available through The Fifteenth Distance Library Services Conference Proceedings.

A quantitative survey was conducted in two Canberra hospitals that aimed at ascertaining the impact of information provided by medical libraries on clinical decision making. Specifically, this research study investigated clinical, cognitive and quality value of information provided by the medical librarians to the management of patients and doctors' ability to handle clinical cases differently as a result of such information. Furthermore, the relative value of information received from the library was assessed by comparing it to the value of information received from other sources in dealing with clinical problems. The research involved medical specialists and registrars affiliated with these hospitals. Doctors were asked to select any clinical situation which they frequently or currently encounter and for which further information would be useful to them. Once their information requests were identified, they were then asked to present such requests to the hospital library. In order to avoid any special treatment, participants were urged not to identify themselves to the library staff as partaking in the study. It was important that participants did not search for the information themselves. The doctors were asked to evaluate the material provided by the library in relation to clinical care and, thereafter, complete a short questionnaire. This research took place between October 1994 and March 1995. The questionnaires were sent to 288 doctors. This represented the total population of specialists and registrars affiliated with both hospitals at the time of the study. Analysis of the results is based on a 34% useable response rate. Medical specialists were by far the higher number of respondents (70%) as compared with registrars (30%). Eighty-one per cent of the doctors said that the information provided by the library refreshed their memory and 82% said that it would contribute to better quality of medical care. Eighty-six per cent indicated that some of this information was new to them and 99% said that the information provided was up to date. Ninety-four per cent said that the information provided by the library was of clinical value to them. As the result of the information provided by the library 75% of respondents would either definitely or probably handle some aspects of the clinical situation differently than they would have done it otherwise. The level of importance of the change for the optimal care of patients was assessed with 54% regarding it as important, 42% as moderately important. Specifically, as the result of the information provided, the doctors were able to change the following: diagnosis 10%, choice of lab tests 20%, choice of other diagnostic investigations 24%, choice of drugs 27%, choice of other management 58%, reduce length of hospitalisation 10%, post-operative care of patients 25%, advice given to patients 47%. On the basis of the received information the doctors were able to avoid the following: hospitalisation of patients 11%, risk of hospital acquired infection 8%, surgical intervention 19%, tests or other investigation 23%, additional out-patient visits 12%. Discussions with colleagues were reported to be most valued sources of information for the purpose of clinical decisions (59%), followed by diagnostic imaging (49%), librarian (45%), lab tests (42%) and patients' medical records (30%). The librarian's role as contributing to the process of clinical decisions was rated highly with 88% ranking it as either important or moderately important. The results of significance p test statistic performed at 0.05 significance level suggested that, for this study, there was a significant relationship between the frequency of library use and doctors' ability to change the choice of laboratory tests, diagnostic investigations, and the choice of prescribed drugs. The results of this research study demonstrate that medical librarians can positively contribute to clinical management of patients by providing timely and accurate information. Further research is recommended in order to determine the impact of the whole range of library services on health care outcomes.

<p>The aim of this study was to determine whether or not knowledge was shared and created in the library of the University of the Western Cape (UWC). The study adopted the SECI model of Nonaka and Takeuchi (1995) as its theoretical framework. The service delivery points at the UWC library are as follows:&nbsp / Circulation section, which deals with walk-in&nbsp / users. These are users who, on a daily basis borrow books from and return books to the library. This section normally deals with queries such as users whose library cards are&nbsp / blocked due to outstanding library fines. It comprises front - desk staff, shelf attendants and inter-library loan staff members.&nbsp / Staff members working in the information section (IS)&nbsp / are referred to as faculty librarians (FAC/L&rsquo / s), who are regarded as section heads and liaise with faculties on campus on a regular basis. The information section deals with walk-in&nbsp / users on a daily basis.&nbsp / The other sections, namely cataloguing, acquisition and periodicals, provide mostly &lsquo / behind the scenes&rsquo / services, but their work is of such a nature that&nbsp / users have no access to their sections due to the strict policy with regard to areas of the library in which staff are working with new books and journals. Books and journals that are&nbsp / not on the cataloguing system are kept in the acquisitions and cataloguing section. This also has a significant impact on service delivery in the library. These sections have to&nbsp / ensure that books and journals are processed, in order for users to get access to these resources. This study attempted to answer the following research questions&nbsp / Is there&nbsp / evidence of knowledge sharing and creation in the UWC library? If so, what practices currently exist?&nbsp / How do staff share and create knowledge for service delivery not with general&nbsp / library users, but within and between the acquisitions, cataloguing and information sections?</p>

<p>The aim of this study was to determine whether or not knowledge was shared and created in the library of the University of the Western Cape (UWC). The study adopted the SECI model of Nonaka and Takeuchi (1995) as its theoretical framework. The service delivery points at the UWC library are as follows:&nbsp / Circulation section, which deals with walk-in&nbsp / users. These are users who, on a daily basis borrow books from and return books to the library. This section normally deals with queries such as users whose library cards are&nbsp / blocked due to outstanding library fines. It comprises front - desk staff, shelf attendants and inter-library loan staff members.&nbsp / Staff members working in the information section (IS)&nbsp / are referred to as faculty librarians (FAC/L&rsquo / s), who are regarded as section heads and liaise with faculties on campus on a regular basis. The information section deals with walk-in&nbsp / users on a daily basis.&nbsp / The other sections, namely cataloguing, acquisition and periodicals, provide mostly &lsquo / behind the scenes&rsquo / services, but their work is of such a nature that&nbsp / users have no access to their sections due to the strict policy with regard to areas of the library in which staff are working with new books and journals. Books and journals that are&nbsp / not on the cataloguing system are kept in the acquisitions and cataloguing section. This also has a significant impact on service delivery in the library. These sections have to&nbsp / ensure that books and journals are processed, in order for users to get access to these resources. This study attempted to answer the following research questions&nbsp / Is there&nbsp / evidence of knowledge sharing and creation in the UWC library? If so, what practices currently exist?&nbsp / How do staff share and create knowledge for service delivery not with general&nbsp / library users, but within and between the acquisitions, cataloguing and information sections?</p>

Made available in DSpace on 2016-01-26T18:49:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTACAO Regina DEFESA 3DEZ2013.pdf: 6465764 bytes, checksum: af58ad60cf3d62c266c18ace881754ce (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-12-03 / This research has as its theme the pedagogical function of the University Library throughout the educational training of undergraduate students at a private university in the state of São Paulo, Unoeste Universidade do Oeste Paulista. Its issue mostly refers to these questions: University Library, while an organization and provider of information resources, through professionals who work in it, can influence pedagogically academic life of undergraduate students of the institution? Is it possible to detect how this influence operates on its users? Is it possible to the Librarian, while performing such services to the students, develops the role of educator, participating in the process of their training? The main objective of this study was to evaluate the role of pedagogical education of the University Library played by its professional in academic undergraduate students of Unoeste. As specific goals, check if services provide support to the students and observe if they match their academic and informational expectation and requirements. Examine the potential and weaknesses of services offered to the students and also evaluate those students that are arriving and those who are leaving the University, and show the results, in order to analyse the existence of academic growth during the years they remained in the institution and used the Libraries services, and through it prove the importance of Library for their professional training. It s a quali-quantitative exploratory research, with field research as its source of information, as sought data directly from the population surveyed, and also, a case study, in which one particular case was favored, the undergraduate student, classroom modality, of this institution. To collect data, we applied an online form called SAV Evaluation System , in two stages to students from eight undergraduate courses at the first and last semester; firstly, 285 were evaluated, and at the second stage, 20% that corresponds to 90 students of the second semester students of 2013, totaling 375 students. To data analysis were used the answers from the forms and statistical graphics, during the first and second stages of this research, proving the relevance and informational support that Librarians and library services offered by the University play in the educational context, highlighting the educational influence of services offered to this intitution s students. / A presente pesquisa tem como tema, a função pedagógica educativa da Biblioteca Universitária na formação dos discentes de graduação, em uma universidade privada do interior do Estado de São Paulo, a Unoeste - Universidade do Oeste Paulista. A sua problemática se refere principalmente às questões: A Biblioteca Universitária, enquanto organização e provedora de recursos informacionais, por meio dos profissionais, que nela atuam, pode influenciar pedagogicamente a vida acadêmica dos discentes de graduação da instituição? É possível detectar, de que maneira se opera essa influência sobre os seus usuários? O Bibliotecário ao realizar tais serviços aos discentes desempenha a função de educador, participando no processo de formação profissional deles? O objetivo principal desse estudo foi avaliar o papel pedagógico educativo da Biblioteca Universitária desempenhado pelos seus profissionais, na formação acadêmica dos discentes de graduação na Unoeste. Quanto aos objetivos específicos, verificar se os serviços oferecidos fornecem apoio aos discentes e se atendem suas expectativas e exigências acadêmicas e informacionais. Examinar as potencialidades e fragilidades dos serviços oferecidos aos discentes e ainda, avaliar os alunos que estão saindo e os ingressantes na instituição, e demonstrar os resultados, se houve crescimento acadêmico no decorrer do período que esteve na instituição e utilizou os serviços das Bibliotecas, e desta forma comprovar a participação da Biblioteca em sua formação profissional. Trata-se de uma pesquisa quali-quantitativa de natureza exploratória, com campo, como fonte de informação, pois buscou os dados diretamente com a população pesquisada, e, também, de um estudo de caso, em que privilegiou um caso em particular, o de alunos de graduação, modalidade presencial, dessa instituição. Para a coleta de dados, foi aplicado um formulário on-line denominado de SAV Sistema de Avaliação , em duas etapas aos discentes de oito cursos de graduação no primeiro termo e no último termo; na primeira, foram avaliados 285 alunos, e na segunda etapa 20%, que corresponde a 90 alunos ingressantes no segundo semestre de 2013, totalizando 375 alunos. Para a análise dos dados, utilizou-se de respostas obtidas no formulário e gráficos estatísticos, tanto na primeira, como na segunda etapa da pesquisa, comprovando a relevância e o apoio informacional que os bibliotecários e os serviços oferecidos pela Biblioteca desempenham no contexto educacional, destacando a influência educativa dos serviços prestados para os discentes da instituição.

Magister Bibliothecologiae - MBibl / The aim of this study was to determine whether or not knowledge was shared and created in the library of the University of the Western Cape (UWC). The study adopted the SECI model of Nonaka and Takeuchi (1995) as its theoretical framework. The service delivery points at the UWC library are as follows: Circulation section, which deals with walk-in users. These are users who, on a daily basis borrow books from and return books to the library. This section normally deals with queries such as users whose library cards are blocked due to outstanding library fines. It comprises front - desk staff, shelf attendants and inter-library loan staff members. Staff members working in the information section (IS) are referred to as faculty librarians (FAC/L’s), who are regarded as section heads and liaise with faculties on campus on a regular basis. The information section deals with walk-in users on a daily basis. The other sections, namely cataloguing, acquisition and periodicals, provide mostly ‘behind the scenes’ services, but their work is of such a nature that users have no access to their sections due to the strict policy with regard to areas of the library in which staff are working with new books and journals. Books and journals that are not on the cataloguing system are kept in the acquisitions and cataloguing section. This also has a significant impact on service delivery in the library. These sections have to ensure that books and journals are processed, in order for users to get access to these resources. This study attempted to answer the following research questions Is there evidence of knowledge sharing and creation in the UWC library? If so, what practices currently exist? How do staff share and create knowledge for service delivery not with general library users, but within and between the acquisitions, cataloguing and information sections? / South Africa

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The main objective of this study was to evaluate the role of pedagogical education of the University Library played by its professional in academic undergraduate students of Unoeste. As specific goals, check if services provide support to the students and observe if they match their academic and informational expectation and requirements. Examine the potential and weaknesses of services offered to the students and also evaluate those students that are arriving and those who are leaving the University, and show the results, in order to analyse the existence of academic growth during the years they remained in the institution and used the Libraries services, and through it prove the importance of Library for their professional training. It s a quali-quantitative exploratory research, with field research as its source of information, as sought data directly from the population surveyed, and also, a case study, in which one particular case was favored, the undergraduate student, classroom modality, of this institution. To collect data, we applied an online form called SAV Evaluation System , in two stages to students from eight undergraduate courses at the first and last semester; firstly, 285 were evaluated, and at the second stage, 20% that corresponds to 90 students of the second semester students of 2013, totaling 375 students. To data analysis were used the answers from the forms and statistical graphics, during the first and second stages of this research, proving the relevance and informational support that Librarians and library services offered by the University play in the educational context, highlighting the educational influence of services offered to this intitution s students. / A presente pesquisa tem como tema, a função pedagógica educativa da Biblioteca Universitária na formação dos discentes de graduação, em uma universidade privada do interior do Estado de São Paulo, a Unoeste - Universidade do Oeste Paulista. A sua problemática se refere principalmente às questões: A Biblioteca Universitária, enquanto organização e provedora de recursos informacionais, por meio dos profissionais, que nela atuam, pode influenciar pedagogicamente a vida acadêmica dos discentes de graduação da instituição? É possível detectar, de que maneira se opera essa influência sobre os seus usuários? O Bibliotecário ao realizar tais serviços aos discentes desempenha a função de educador, participando no processo de formação profissional deles? O objetivo principal desse estudo foi avaliar o papel pedagógico educativo da Biblioteca Universitária desempenhado pelos seus profissionais, na formação acadêmica dos discentes de graduação na Unoeste. Quanto aos objetivos específicos, verificar se os serviços oferecidos fornecem apoio aos discentes e se atendem suas expectativas e exigências acadêmicas e informacionais. Examinar as potencialidades e fragilidades dos serviços oferecidos aos discentes e ainda, avaliar os alunos que estão saindo e os ingressantes na instituição, e demonstrar os resultados, se houve crescimento acadêmico no decorrer do período que esteve na instituição e utilizou os serviços das Bibliotecas, e desta forma comprovar a participação da Biblioteca em sua formação profissional. Trata-se de uma pesquisa quali-quantitativa de natureza exploratória, com campo, como fonte de informação, pois buscou os dados diretamente com a população pesquisada, e, também, de um estudo de caso, em que privilegiou um caso em particular, o de alunos de graduação, modalidade presencial, dessa instituição. Para a coleta de dados, foi aplicado um formulário on-line denominado de SAV Sistema de Avaliação , em duas etapas aos discentes de oito cursos de graduação no primeiro termo e no último termo; na primeira, foram avaliados 285 alunos, e na segunda etapa 20%, que corresponde a 90 alunos ingressantes no segundo semestre de 2013, totalizando 375 alunos. Para a análise dos dados, utilizou-se de respostas obtidas no formulário e gráficos estatísticos, tanto na primeira, como na segunda etapa da pesquisa, comprovando a relevância e o apoio informacional que os bibliotecários e os serviços oferecidos pela Biblioteca desempenham no contexto educacional, destacando a influência educativa dos serviços prestados para os discentes da instituição.

The main objective of libraries in higher education institutions is to enable access to information that will meet the teaching, learning and research needs of the institutions’ communities (Department of Arts and Culture, 2015:18). Technology makes it easier to accomplish this by allowing librarians to embed products and services directly into the teaching, learning and research environments used by the communities. Course Management Systems such as Blackboard, are used by higher learning institutions to provide blended learning experiences. Many face-to-face lectures rely on an online module, and students appear to be more comfortable using the various online tools than ever before. For librarians, the online component of such a hybrid learning model is an opportunity to extend the traditional face-to-face library training and information literacy sessions into the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). Virtually embedded librarians enable students’ access to library information online (Hoffman & Ramin, 2010:298) and libraries that have shifted towards embedding in online courses reach users at their point of need (Paganelli and Paganelli, 2017:55). If these statements are true, the question remains whether the end user is satisfied with the services rendered online or not. Many surveys have been conducted to assess users’ satisfaction with library resources and the quality of library services (Zhang, 2015:273). Some studies investigated library use patterns of different user groups but few studies focus on the needs of Engineering students (Zhang, 2015:273) and if these needs are being addressed by embedded library services and products. The objective of this research was to establish the role that Engineering students expect an Information Specialist to play in a VLE, to identify the products and services the Engineering students expect the Information Specialist to provide, and to what extent. This was done using a case study research design. As was expected, this research confirmed that the Engineering students recognise the importance of librarians embedding in their online modules. It is anticipated that librarians who embed online will be able to meet the needs of the students and build strong relationships with the students. If that does become the case, it is feasible to expect that the students’ use of library resources will increase. The next phase would be to build and launch a pilot project. Recommendations made for embedding in a VLE were (1) to consult with the faculty, library staff, and the instructional designer before the librarian attempts to launch embedded activities; (2) to identify the top in-demand products and services that can be embedded for each course as a matter of urgency; (3) to pilot the program with a few students and library staff and obtain feedback before the initiative is made publicly available to all students; and (4) to align the expectations or activities of the program with those of the course. / Mini Dissertation (MIT)--University of Pretoria, 2018. / Information Science / MIT / Unrestricted

The aim of this work is to analyze public library services focusing on teenagers. Theoretical part describes definition of a public library and its services and analysis of some services focusig on teenagers offered by Czech and foreign libraries. Practical part is devoted to analysis of history and the current situation of surveyed public libraries (in Tábor, Strakonice, Český Krumlov and Soběslav). There is also a research included in this section - it is questioning libraries which services they offer to teenagers or why they don't offer this services. This work presents analysis of the different sizes of Czech public libraries in services focused on teenagers and also summary of this services offered by Czech and foreign libraries. Keywords Public library Public library services Teenagers Teens Young adult Youth

The diploma thesis deals with the issue of public library services for visually impaired users. Firstly, the thesis provides a theoretical introduction to the topic. It describes several projects related to the topic, activities of chosen non-profit organizations and fundamental legislation. Secondly, the thesis focuses on provision of library services for visually impaired in public libraries in the Czech Republic and abroad. The practical part of the thesis consists of an analysis of four Czech public libraries and of a qualitative research. Finally, the findings are summarized into several recommendations which could help libraries successfully offer services for visually impaired users.