Where Am I to Go? Use of the Internet for Consumer Health Information by Two Vulnerable Communities

The elderly and African Americans are groups sometimes described as vulnerable or at risk for health complications, and both are communities for whom consumer health information is believed to be important. A review of recent research literature on the information behaviors of these two special populations is provided, and information is presented from the research literature about the use of the Internet by the elderly and by African Americans. Both groups seem to prefer information from their health care providers and/or from established sources, but both groups do seek consumer health information and are increasingly using the Internet for information searches. The characteristics of desirable Web-based consumer health information for these groups are presented, as well as tools or tips that are available for evaluating Web-based consumer health information for these special populations. Finally, specific consumer health Web sites that provide quality information and that are especially useful for the elderly and for African Americans are identified.published or submitted for publicatio

Library and Information Science Education for the New Medical Environment and the Age of Integrated Information

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Specialists as Professionals in Research Libraries: An Overview of Trends and an Analysis of Job Announcements

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Sarah Cole Brown, AHIP, FMLA, 1911–2015

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The "Lunch With a Scientist" Project: An Information Behavior Study in an Academic H

This poster addresses the iConference themes of ???What is ???engagement??? in a research institution???? and ???personal information management.??? It presents findings from a qualitative study of information behaviors in a population of scientists and clinicians that seeks to understand how the respondents search for information, what sources of information they use, and what decisions they make around the management of their information resources. It is specifically a project that exemplifies the iConference review criterion on ???multi- (or inter- or cross-) disciplinarity??? in both its research team and its subject participants. It also speaks to the iConference review criterion of ???addressing ways in which scholarly work and educational activities can connect to constituencies beyond the iSchool community.??? The poster reports on work currently underway by an interdisciplinary team of investigators who are studying collaboration behaviors among personnel in a large multi-disciplinary clinical research environment, as part of an NIH-funded initiative in translational research. This poster is a by-product of the larger work; the larger work is focussed on two main research questions: what are the key social issues that researchers face when attempting to form collaborations and how do they currently solve these problems