The Medical Library Association Guide to Developing Consumer Health Collections

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<span><span>The Medical Library Association Guide to Developing Consumer Health Collections</span><span>guides both library graduate school students and seasoned librarians from academic, health sciences, and public libraries, to develop, maintain, nurture, and advertise consumer health collections.<br><br>This authoritative guide from the respected Medical Library Association covers all that is involved in developing a new consumer health library including:</span></span><br><ul><li><span>Conducting community needs assessments and forging community partnerships</span></li><li><span>Concerns about physical space, computers, and materials</span></li><li><span>Funding, budgeting, and staffing</span></li><li><span>Privacy and confidentiality concerns</span></li><li><span>Publicity and advertising</span></li></ul><span><span><br>This book guides both graduate library school students and seasoned librarians from all types of librariesacademic, health center, hospital, public, and school--to develop, maintain and nurture not only consumer health collections, but also community partnerships and outreach programs. Examples of librarians innovative and creative consumer health initiatives are included.<br><br>Chapters include all that is involved in developing a consumer health collection including conducting community needs assessments; concerns about physical space, computers, and materials; budgeting, licensing, and staffing; privacy and confidentiality concerns; and community partnership and outreach.</span></span>

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<span><span>Claire B. Joseph</span><span>is director of the Medical Library at South Nassau Communities Hospital, Oceanside, Long Island, New York. She has been a librarian for more than 40 years and a health sciences librarian for nearly 30 years. She is active in the Medical Library Association, serving as Chair of the Hospital Libraries Section, Chair-Elect of the Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section, Secretary of the Consumer and Patient Health Information Section, and Chair of the New YorkNew Jersey Chapter, along with serving on a variety of committees. In addition, she is Book Review Editor for the</span><span>Journal of Hospital Librarianship.</span></span>

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