E-readers: new opportunities for hospital patients and staff
Autor: | Dorothy P. Sinha, Janet M. Schneider, Priscilla L. Stephenson, Teresa R. Coady |
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Rok vydání: | 2012 |
Předmět: |
Libraries
Medical Hospitals Veterans medicine.medical_treatment education Health Informatics Library and Information Sciences User-Computer Interface Nursing Bibliotherapy Medical Staff Hospital Medicine Hospital patients health care economics and organizations Service (business) Inpatients Scope (project management) business.industry Professional development Veterans health humanities United States Computers Handheld E readers business Administration (government) |
Zdroj: | Medical reference services quarterly. 31(2) |
ISSN: | 1540-9597 |
Popis: | E-readers provide an opportunity for hospital librarians to reach out to staff and patients with new approaches to library lending. Librarians in four Veterans Health Administration medical centers are using e-readers to enlarge their scope of service in unique ways. The libraries of VA hospitals in Minneapolis, Des Moines, Tampa, and Philadelphia have developed several ways to reach out to new library users. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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