Building projects: redefining hospital libraries

Shipman, Jean P.; Stoddart, Joan M.; Peay, Wayne J.

doi:10.3163/1536-5050.100.3.005

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“…These site closures and remodeling reduced the square footage that the libraries occupied by 17%. As our collection moves to electronic platforms, our spaces need to adapt to current space trends [7][8][9].…”

Section: Library Spacementioning

confidence: 99%

Creating a library holding group: an approach to large system integration

Huffman¹,

Martin²,

Delawaska-Elliott³

2016

J Med Libr Assoc

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Purpose: Faced with resource constraints, many hospital libraries have considered joint operations. This case study describes how Providence Health & Services created a single group to provide library services.Methods: Using a holding group model, staff worked to unify more than 6,100 nonlibrary subscriptions and 14 internal library sites.Results: Our library services grew by unifying 2,138 nonlibrary subscriptions and 11 library sites and hiring more library staff. We expanded access to 26,018 more patrons.Conclusions: A model with built-in flexibility allowed successful library expansion. Although challenges remain, this success points to a viable model of unified operations.

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Section: Library Spacementioning

confidence: 99%

Creating a library holding group: an approach to large system integration

Huffman¹,

Martin²,

Delawaska-Elliott³

2016

J Med Libr Assoc

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“…For the library environment, the majority of health facility libraries did not have adequate group study ( Figure 5) or instructional space, a challenge given that only 10% (N 0 8/77) of libraries experienced size increases during the past 5 years (Table 5). To respond to the changing needs of users and institutions, health facility libraries can reinvent the existing library environment by gaining space from decreasingly used print collections and working with stakeholders to create dynamic, collaborative learning spaces [32]. Library staffing is another area that shows room for improvement with some health facility libraries not meeting the minimum staffing requirements as outlined in the Standards.…”

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Results of a Survey to Benchmark Canadian Health Facility Libraries

Ducas

Demczuk

Macdonald

2015

J Can Health Libr Assoc

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Introduction: A benchmarking survey of Canadian health facility libraries was conducted to provide statistical data to support health librarians in the anagement of their libraries. The objectives were to determine the status of hospital libraries in Canada and to evaluate whether libraries meet the 2006 CHLA/ABSC Standards for Library and Information Services in Canadian Healthcare Facilities.Methods: An online survey of 63 questions, with headings of institutional profile, administration, staffing, environment, resources, and services, was created and distributed to 250 heads of hospital libraries and to Canadian library email listservs.Results: Many libraries are meeting some aspects of the Standards for administration and organization, management, traditional promotion, and accessibility. Areas of improvement include services, nontraditional promotion, library environment, and staffing.Discussion: There are no current benchmarking data available for Canadian hospital libraries and there have been many political, economic, and technological changes in past years that have had a substantial impact on libraries. Anecdotal data suggest that librarians have responded to these changes through library closures, mergers, consortial affiliations, and modifications to services. Librarians will be able to use the collected data to compare services, establish best practices, make management decisions, and prepare self-studies for accreditation purposes.

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“…The strategic plan also addressed the issue of physical space, which is an ongoing concern for hospital libraries all over the country [16]. Library space is often looked at by hospitals as space that could be better used by costgenerating entities.…”

Section: Library Spacementioning

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Combining resources, combining forces: regionalizing hospital library services in a large statewide health system

Martin

Delawska-Elliott

2015

J Med Libr Assoc

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After a reduction in full-time equivalents, 2 libraries in large teaching hospitals and 2 libraries in small community hospitals in a western US statewide health system saw opportunity for expansion through a regional reorganization. Despite a loss of 2/3 of the professional staff and a budgetary decrease of 27% over the previous 3 years, the libraries were able to grow business, usage, awareness, and collections through organizational innovation and improved efficiency. This paper describes the experience--including process, challenges, and lessons learned--of an organizational shift to regionalized services, collections, and staffing. Insights from this process may help similar organizations going through restructuring.

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Building projects: redefining hospital libraries

Cited by 7 publications

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Creating a library holding group: an approach to large system integration

Creating a library holding group: an approach to large system integration

Results of a Survey to Benchmark Canadian Health Facility Libraries

Combining resources, combining forces: regionalizing hospital library services in a large statewide health system

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