Scarecrow Press
Pages: 192
Trim: 5¾ x 8¾
978-0-8108-4199-4 • Hardback • October 2001 • $103.00 • (£79.00)
Lynda M. Baker is Associate Professor, Library and Information Science Program, Wayne State University.Virginia Manbeck is Project Consultant to The New York Public Library's CHOICES in Health Information service.
Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Acknowledgments
Chapter 3 Introduction
Chapter 4 1 Community Analysis: Know the Healthcare Consumer
Chapter 5 2 Community Analysis: Know the Healthcare Environment
Chapter 6 3 CHI Collections in Public Libraries: A Historical Perspective
Chapter 7 4 Collection Development Issues
Chapter 8 5 Internet Resources
Chapter 9 6 Promoting the CHI Collection Service
Chapter 10 7 Outreach Program
Chapter 11 8 Staff Development
Chapter 12 9 Evaluation of CHI Collection and Service
Chapter 13 Index
Chapter 14 About the Authors
The authors clearly present anticipated health questions asked by consumers on popular medical diagnoses...This work is appropriate for professional practitioners who provide CHI services to the public. Public and hospital libraries...will benefit most from this resource.
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