Effects of librarian-provided services in healthcare settings: a systematic review

Objective

To assess the effects of librarian-provided services in healthcare settings on patient, healthcare provider, and researcher outcomes.

Materials and methods

Medline, CINAHL, ERIC, LISA (Library and Information Science Abstracts), and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials were searched from inception to June 2013. Studies involving librarian-provided services for patients encountering the healthcare system, healthcare providers, or researchers were eligible for inclusion. All librarian-provided services in healthcare settings were considered as an intervention, including hospitals, primary care settings, or public health clinics.

Results

Twenty-five articles fulfilled our eligibility criteria, including 22 primary publications and three companion reports. The majority of studies (15/22 primary publications) examined librarians providing instruction in literature searching to healthcare trainees, and measured literature searching proficiency. Other studies analyzed librarian-provided literature searching services and instruction in question formulation as well as the impact of librarian-provided services on patient length of stay in hospital. No studies were found that investigated librarians providing direct services to researchers or patients in healthcare settings.

Conclusions

Librarian-provided services directed to participants in training programs (eg, students, residents) improve skills in searching the literature to facilitate the integration of research evidence into clinical decision-making. Services provided to clinicians were shown to be effective in saving time for health professionals and providing relevant information for decision-making. Two studies indicated patient length of stay was reduced when clinicians requested literature searches related to a patient''s case.     

社会支持对图书馆馆员总体幸福感的影响

目的研究图书馆馆员的总体幸福感与社会支持之间的关系。方法用社会支持量表和总体幸福感量表对四川省达州市某大学及县区图书馆213名馆员进行测评，并对测评结果进行统计分析。结果女性馆员与男性馆员、40岁及以上馆员与40岁以下馆员、县区馆员与高校馆员相比，前者几乎都感到社会对他们各方面的支持较多，其总体幸福感明显比后者强，差异均有统计学意义（P〈0．01）。结论有关部门和领导要特别关注男性馆员、年轻馆员的成长，高校要给予图书馆馆员必要的社会支持，提高他们的荣耀感和自身的幸福感。     

高校图书馆员亚健康状态的促发因素及对策

 

根据高校图书馆的职业特性从十一个方面剖析了高校图书馆员亚健康状态的促发因素，并提出一些预防措施。

     

我国图书馆工作者发表循证医学主题文献的计量学分析

以相关数据库为主要检索工具,通过手检和机检相结合的方式,检出我国图书馆馆员在国内期刊中发表的涉及循证医学主题的文献,并对其年度数量分布、载文期刊状况、文献类型和专业分布、作者等进行文献计量学分析,调查分析我国图书馆工作者对循证医学的关注程度和认识水平.研究发现,我国图书馆工作者对循证医学和循证方法越来越重视,但仅有为数不多的人关注到国外循证图书馆事业的研究.     

刍议医院图书馆员的职业压力管理

医院图书馆员在日常工作中承受着很大的职业压力,这些压力影响着其身心健康。综合分析这些压力的来源,提出切实有效的调控措施,可使图书馆人员健康快乐地投入工作。     

Building PROMIS item banks: librarians as co-investigators

Purpose  There is growing interest in the use of item response theory (IRT) for creation of measures of health-related quality of life (HRQOL). A first step in IRT modeling is development of item banks. Our aim is to describe the value of including librarians and to describe processes used by librarians, in the creation of such banks. Method  Working collaboratively with PROMIS researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, a team of librarians designed and implemented comprehensive literature searches in a selected set of information resources, for the purpose of identifying existing measures of patient-reported emotional distress. Results  A step-by-step search protocol developed by librarians produced a set of 525 keywords and controlled vocabulary terms for use in search statements in 3 bibliographic databases. These searches produced 6,169 literature citations, allowing investigators to add 444 measurement scales to their item banks. Conclusion  Inclusion of librarians on the Pittsburgh PROMIS research team allowed investigators to create large initial item banks, increasing the likelihood that the banks would attain high measurement precision during subsequent psychometric analyses. In addition, a comprehensive literature search protocol was developed that can now serve as a guide for other investigators in the creation of IRT item banks.     

图书馆员继续教育工作之探讨

 

分析了我国图书馆员继续教育工作的现状和不足：继续教育缺乏公平和内在动力，缺乏科学的人才竞争机制;提出了建立人才培训制度，完善考核评估体系等建议。

     

图书馆员继续教育的现状与展望

简要介绍了国外图书馆员继续教育政策的概况,分析了我国图书馆员开展继续教育的现状,提出通过运用和完善各种激励机制等方式,调动图书馆员参加继续教育的积极性.     

浅谈医院图书馆馆员如何帮助科研人员做好科研选题

从医院临床医学科研选题的原则及课题的种类入手，着重论述了图书馆馆员如何帮助医院临床医务科研人员做好科研选题，以及图书馆馆员在辅助科研选题时应具备的素质。     

高校图书馆开展大学生心理健康教育的构想

在分析当今大学生的心理特点及存在的心理问题的基础上，提出了高校图书馆开展大学生心理健康教育的基本构想。