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Evaluating Post-Graduate Curricula for Emerging Professionals: A Case Study of the National Library of Medicine's Associate Fellowship Program
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Frank Vitale; Samantha Wilairat – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2024
The Associate Fellowship Program (AFP) at the National Library of Medicine (NLM), a post-graduate training residency for early career librarians, incorporates a curriculum component introducing participants to the operational areas of the NLM. Recent organizational shifts catalyzed a curriculum evaluation to examine its alignment with the mission…
Descriptors: Fellowships, Government Libraries, Medical Libraries, Emerging Occupations
How Can You Tell if It's Working? Recent Developments in Impact Evaluation and Their Implications for Information Literacy Practice
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Sharon Markless; David Streatfield – Journal of Information Literacy, 2017
This paper surveys the (patchy and uneven) advances in LIS impact evaluation over the past ten years and notes the surge forward in public library impact evaluation, before looking more broadly at the international and educational impact evaluation scene and noting the advance of programme-theory driven approaches. The authors then identify…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Instructional Effectiveness, Trend Analysis, Library Science
Evaluating a Chat Reference Service at the University of South Alabama's Baugh Biomedical Library
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Clanton, Clista C.; Staggs, Geneva B.; Williams, Thomas L. – Public Services Quarterly, 2006
The University of South Alabama's Baugh Biomedical Library recently initiated a chat reference service targeted at distance education students in the biomedical sciences. After one year of service, the library conducted an evaluation of the chat reference to assess the success of this mode of reference service. Both traditional reference and…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Medical Libraries, Reference Services, Synchronous Communication
A Randomized Trial of Librarian Educational Participation in Clinical Settings.
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Marshall, Joanne Gard; Neufeld, Victor R. – Journal of Medical Education, 1981
In order to evaluate the librarian's educational role in patient care settings, an information service was provided for health professionals, patients, and families by two part-time clinical librarians at McMaster University. Results showed that the clinical librarians were accepted by health professionals and services were viewed as successful.…
Descriptors: Health Personnel, Higher Education, Information Seeking, Information Services
Audiovisuals and Non-Print Learning Resources in a Health Sciences Library.
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Robinow, Beatrix H. – Journal of Biocommunication, 1979
Describes the assembly and delivery of the self-instructional learning resources of the premedical undergraduate program at McMaster University, placing emphasis on the practical library problems of cataloging, shelving, maintenance, and distribution of such audiovisual materials as pathology specimens, films, videotape, and slide/tape sets.…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Cataloging, Classification, Educational Philosophy
Use of an Information Retrieval Service in an Obstetrics/Gynecology Residency Program.
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And Others; Gunning, John E. – Journal of Medical Education, 1980
A program that uses the clinical librarian as a member of the patient care team has been developed by an obstetrics and gynecology department of a university medical center to keep faculty and hospital house staff knowledgeable about current developments and research. Program objectives, methodology, costs, evaluation, and information utilization…
Descriptors: Graduate Medical Education, Gynecology, Higher Education, Hospitals