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Hunting for the library value: Benchmarking as a communication tool
Get PDFInternational cooperation is an essential part of library and information professionals\u27 work. Three European health and medical libraries started a benchmarking project in year 2013, aiming at comparing services among our libraries in order to find and implement best practices. We wanted to share ideas, solutions and examples. The purpose of this paper is to give the final report of the five-year benchmarking project. The project was a continuous best-practice benchmarking process. At the end the process, we essentially experienced this kind of library benchmarking as a communication and development tool. International benchmarking provides new skills for information professional
Meaningful and strategic alignment: A roadmap for library success
Get PDFIt is vitally important for libraries to have strategic plans aligned with institutional vision and missions, and with actionable goals aligned with the user needs. Library plans are often developed in a “library knows best” vacuum without considering the user perspective. Often assumptions regarding the needs of key library stakeholders are clouded by history and tradition and by asking the wrong questions of the community. By carefully reviewing institutional plans, identifying key stakeholders, thoughtfully assessing user needs, and then applying library staff expertise, libraries can develop meaningful plans with Specific, Measurable, Actionable, Relevant or Results-oriented or Realistic, Time-bound (SMART) goals
The healing presence of art
Get PDFThe arts offer a broad range of historically-documented benefits to mental, physical and social health. UK-based charity Paintings in Hospitals was a pioneer of the modern “arts in health” movement and has provided arts services to willing healthcare partners for 60 years. Despite a large and continually-growing body of clinical evidence supporting the health benefits of the arts, and a recent parliamentary report suggesting that the arts could alleviate structural and financial stresses on health and social care services, resistance to nationwide integration of the arts with healthcare remains. The majority of this resistance stems from misunderstanding and misinformation that must be properly addressed before the “arts in health” sector is able to fulfil its potential
Searchaton: a gamified, team-based on-site teaching format for literature searching for medical students
Get PDFThe Medical Faculty and the University Medical Library of the University of Basel jointly developed a new learning unit called Searchaton. This learning unit aimed at providing knowledge for the point-of-care literature search in everyday clinical practice. To make this as practical and customer-oriented as possible, the faculty and library interacted closely with medical experts. During the Searchaton, the task was to translate a patient case into a clinical question and to find an answer to that question. The format combined collaborative working and gamification with an aspect of time pressure to better reflect everyday clinical situations. The participants benefited greatly from the intensive support and were able to assess their searching skills in the context of evidence-based clinical decision-making