IFMH
Inform Volume 16, Number 3
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CONTENTS:
Information
literacy: present and future challenges
Peter Godwin, Academic Services Manager, London
South Bank University
Health is one of the most
demanding subject areas for librarians to support. Our experience
at London South Bank, with over 7000 health students (nursing
studies, allied health, primary and social care, occupational
health and safety) demonstrates this. Expanding numbers of tightly
timetabled practicals mean students are plunged into undertaking
research for which they are ill prepared. Librarians seek to find
appropriate information literacy delivery frameworks and the
chance to deliver them. The development of Google Scholar, other
meta search tools and simpler database interfaces can release more
material to students painlessly. However, it will not remove the
need for them to build up their information literacy competencies,
rather it will change the emphasis of these competencies.
This article by is based on a presentation given at the November 2005 IFMH study day
E-Learning and
Information Literacy.
Implementing
an information literacy audit in the School of Healthcare, Leeds
University
Alison Lahlafi, Faculty Team Librarian (Health Team),
Leeds University Library
This paper
describes the development of an audit tool to review the current
level of integration of information literacy within programmes
offered by the School of Healthcare. It describes the background
to the audit, the audit aims and methodology. Audit findings and
recommendations are highlighted, and the usefulness of the audit
is assessed.
This article by is based on a presentation given at the
November 2005 IFMH study day
E-Learning and
Information Literacy.
An overview
of key e-learning themes and developments
David Peacock, Knowledge Services Manager,
Northumberland and Tyne & Wear Strategic Health Authority
This paper is a
whistle stop tour around the main themes and developments of
e-learning. It is focused around some key questions, which are
fundamental to our understanding and ability to support e-learning
effectively.
This article by is based on a presentation given at
the November 2005 IFMH study day
E-Learning and
Information Literacy.
Multiple
choice questions for a virtual learning environment for nurses
Karen Smith,
Information Specialist/Health Information and Training Librarian,
York University
This article,
based on a presentation given at the November 2005 IFMH study day
E-Learning and
Information Literacy,
describes a
pilot project taking place at York University, which aims to use a
virtual learning environment to support online/distance learning
in the Health Sciences.
FOLIO:
e-quipping health information professionals for evolving roles
Lynda Ayiku,
Andrew Booth, Alan O’Rourke & Anthea Sutton, School of Health and
Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield
FOLIO (Facilitated Online
Learning as an Interactive Opportunity) is an online continuing
professional programme, commissioned by the National Library for
Health (NLH). This article, based on a
presentation given at the November 2005 IFMH study day
E-Learning and
Information Literacy,
explores both the design and the delivery of the FOLIO courses
including providing support to the "long-distance learner".
Made to
measure: evaluating the effectiveness of information literacy:
workshop report
Alison Brettle,
Research Fellow, Salford University, and Joanne Greenhalgh, Senior
Research Fellow,
School of
Healthcare, University of Leeds
Many health
librarians deliver information skills training and spend a large
amount of time and resources in doing so. In an era that is
driving us to be evidence based and provide a value for money and
quality service, it is essential that librarians demonstrate that
their training is effective. Two systematic reviews concluded
that users value training, but there is limited evidence to
determine whether information skills are improved following
training. It was also recommended that more objective rather than
subjective measures be used to demonstrate whether training
actually makes a difference. A further review and survey
established that the measures available had not been sufficiently
tested and were not always feasible to use. What do librarians
want to help them evaluate their training and what should a
measure comprise?
This article by is based on a presentation given at
the November 2005 IFMH study day
E-Learning and
Information Literacy.
Randomised
controlled trial comparing the effect of e-learning, with a taught
workshop on the knowledge and skills of health professionals
Nicola
Pearce-Smith, Information Scientist, Department of Knowledge and
Information Science, University of Oxford
Searching for
evidence is an essential skill for any health professional wishing
to apply evidence to practice. Training health professionals to
search databases is thought to improve their skills and knowledge,
but evidence of this in the literature is not extensive. Health
librarians regularly teach directional search workshops, but do
not know whether these social cognitive learning methods are more
effective than other educational methods. Self-directed online, or
e-learning, is becoming more widespread, but there is little
evidence to show whether this is an effective training method.
This paper presents the methods and results of a randomised
controlled trial comparing two different educational interventions
for teaching search skills to health professionals.
Evolution of
evidence: global perspectives on linking research with practice: 3rd
international evidence based librarianship conference – 16-19th
October 2005, Brisbane, Australia
Alison Brettle,
Research Fellow (Information), Salford Centre for Nursing,
Midwifery and Collaborative Research Institute of Health and
Social Care, University of Salford
Alison Brettle reports back from the 3rd International Evidence
Based Librarianship Conference which IFMH was a sponsor for.
IFM Healthcare News Maria J Grant, Chair, Information
for the Management of Healthcare (IFMH)
IFMH Committee meeting: 22nd
September 2005: digest of minutes
Karen Macpherson, Secretary, Information for the Management of
Healthcare (IFMH)
E-Learning and
Information Literacy: Resource Guide
Richard Bridgen, Lincolnshire Health Information and Library
Service
Surf's Up - Internet sites of interest
Anthea
Sutton, Information Officer (Reviews and Special Projects), SCHARR,
and Caron Hartley, Research Librarian, King's Fund Information and
Library Service
Sidelines
Jo Akers, Julie Glanville, Kate Light, Lindsey
Myers and Kath Wright, Centre for Reviews
and Dissemination, University of York
E-Library Scotland Update: Managed Knowledge Networks (MKNs) go
from strength to strength in Scotland
Annette Thain, MKN Project Manager, NHS Education for Scotland
National
Library for Health Update Sharon Hadley,
Training and Production Facilitator, National Library for Health (NLH)
NLH Management News Lynette Cawthra, Joint Project Manager,
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