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Consumer Health Information Provision in Rural Public Libraries: A Comparison of Two Library Systems
Direct linkFlaherty, Mary Grace – Library Quarterly, 2013
To better understand health information provision in the public library setting, two cooperative library systems that serve primarily rural populations in upstate New York were studied. The central library in one of those systems established a consumer health information center (CHIC) in 1999. In the other system, the central library does not have…
Descriptors: Library Services, Public Libraries, Printed Materials, Library Personnel
Peer reviewedMiller, Connie; Tegler, Patricia – Library Quarterly, 1988
Reports the results of a study comparing the performance of commercial document suppliers with the performance of traditional interlibrary loan. The discussion covers comparisons of speed, cost, the effect of publication characteristics on speed and cost, and success rates, as well as implications of the findings for interlibrary loan services.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Business, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness
