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Revealing your value through meaningful messages
Get PDFOur role, as librarians and information specialists, must be viewed as relevant and important to stakeholders. Yet key services traditionally associated with libraries now appear to be easily available elsewhere and people often underestimate what we do. We can help redefine these perceptions by changing the way we communicate. Value propositions are simple, yet compelling, messages that summarise the benefits stakeholders will obtain by using our services and resources. These statements are written for a specific audience, based on what they value and what we offer that is special and unique. This article provides the tools to create your own value proposition statements; so that you may articulate your true value in a way that matters, to those that matter
Editorial - It\u27s all about mobile!
Get PDFDear EAHIL friends,Whilst the preparations for the forthcoming Workshop in Edinburgh are underway, we are going to press with the second issue of 2015. This is a really special issue that focuses on a topic of great actuality: “Use of mobile devices and technologies in medical libraries”.JEAHIL has published many themed issues in the past, but for the first time now there is an experienced Guest Editor taking care of this monograph: Oliver Obst, member of the Editorial Board of the Journal
Letter from the President, September 2015
Get PDFDear Colleagues,In keeping with the theme of this issue, I’d like to use this letter to reflect on what I learned from being a part of the organising team of the Workshop. In a way, this is a letter to future conference and workshop organisers but I hope the points could be extrapolated more generally too
Report on Special Interest Group on MeSH EAHIL + ICAHIS + ICLC Workshop Edinburgh, June 11th 2015
Get PDFThe Special Interest Group (SIG) on Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) met on June 11, 2015 at lunch time in the beautiful venue of the Main Library at Edinburgh University.The 2015 SIG on MeSH, saw the participation of almost thirty Workshop delegates from Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Romania, Rwanda, Spain, Sweden, Tanzania, Turkey, United Kingdom and USA, who skipped their lunch or brought it with them in order to know more about important MeSH and PubMed developments. Most of the participants in the meeting were not MeSH translators, but rather information specialists and librarians interested in PubMed, medical terminologies, and more generally in National Library of Medicine (NLM) electronic resources
Information needs of the public health workforce in 2015
No full textThis research investigates the information needs of the public health workforce in 2015. It builds on previousresearch to look at information access, information use, information skills and barriers to information. Two online surveys were created and disseminated gathering both qualitative and quantitative data. Results showed that there are various uses for information. Respondents felt confident in their literature search skills but less confident in managing bibliographic references and critical appraisal. There were common barriers to information including lack of time and financial restrictions. The results from this information needs assessment support findings from previous research. Further research should explore ways to overcome barriers to information and get a better understanding of individual sector needs and barriers to information