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    Statewide Initiative to Embed Consumer Health Librarians in Public Libraries: A Case Study

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    Author
    Flaherty, Mary Grace
    Grier, Persko L., Jr.
    Date
    2014-11-20
    Publisher
    Taylor & Francis
    Peer Reviewed
    Yes
    Type
    Article
    
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    http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01616846.2014.970109
    Description
    In 2004 a collaborative, statewide outreach project in Delaware was undertaken where consumer health librarians were embedded in public libraries. In order to explore the effect of the embedded librarians on the quality of health information provision, unobtrusive reference visits were made to half of the public libraries in the state. The query “Do vaccines cause autism?” was posed to library staff; resources provided were recorded. In 67 percent of visits, public library staff provided authoritative health information resources. It appears the embedded librarians had a positive residual effect on the provision of authoritative health resources for addressing an ambiguous query.
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    Flaherty, M. G. & Grier, P. J. (2014). Statewide Initiative to Embed Consumer Health Librarians in Public Libraries: A Case Study. Public Library Quarterly, 33(4), 296-303.
    Keyword
    Public libraries
    Consumer Health Information
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10713/4314
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1080/01616846.2014.970109
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