A needs assessment of healthcare providers in the rural, 23-country Eastern AHEC region results in changes to the delivery of library and information services

Ketterman, Elizabeth

Simpson, Susan

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Determining New Directions for a Rural Academic Library/Outreach Services ProgramLessons learned from a 2006 needs assessment of healthcare providers• Susan Simpson, MLS AHIP–Associate Director, ECU Laupus Library• Beth Ketterman, MLS–Head of Outreach, ECU Laupus Library–Eastern AHEC (EAHEC) Librarian• Mission of EAHEC:To meet the region's health and health workforce needs by providing educational programs in partnership with academic institutions, health care agencies, and other organizations committed to improving the health of the people of North Carolina. • Laupus is the contract library to support research needs of EAHECBackground• The last needs assessment for the EAHEC region’s healthcare providers was conducted in 2001• New librarian became Head of Outreach in January of 2005• Time for new direction• Prior needs assessments were prepared and conducted solely by the Outreach librarian• An external surveyor was contracted to conduct the assessment – ECU’s Regional Development Services MethodsResultsDirectionsLessons LearnedQuestions/comments?

Determining New Directions for a Rural Academic Library/ Outreach Services Program: What was learned from a 2006 needs assessment of healthcare providers.

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Determining New Directions for a Rural Academic Library/ Outreach Services Program: What was learned from a 2006 needs assessment of healthcare providers.

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