Knowledge-Based Information Services: Definitions

Knowledge-Based Information Services: Definitions

SERVES MEDICAL STAFF: Your library provides services to the M.D.'s in your institution.
SERVES HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES: Your library provides services to a wide range of hospital employees both clinical and administrative.
SERVES INDEPENDENT RESIDENCY TRAINING PROGRAMS: Your library provides services to a residency program at your institution for which your institution holds the accreditation.
SERVES MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL RESIDENCY PROGRAMS: Your library provides services to residents from more than one medical school or medical center. These residencies are considered rotational.
SERVES MEDICAL STUDENTS: Your library provides services to medical students affiliated with a medical school.
SERVES NURSING STUDENTS: Your library provides services to nursing students who are affiliated with your hospital: AA program, RN, BSN program/MSN or Doctoral level.
SERVES ALLIED HEALTH STUDENTS: Your library provides services to students in affiliated allied health programs--Radiology tech, Lab tech, P.T., O.T. etc.
SERVES PATIENTS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITY: Your library provides services on an appropriate level to patients, families and/or is open to your community.
INDEPENDENT LIBRARY BUDGET, FROM HOSPITAL: Your library is supported and you have control over hospital funds allotted to you.
MEDICAL STAFF FINANCIAL SUPPORT: Your library receives funds from your medical staff on a regular recurring basis, apart from and in addition to hospital funds.
OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING: Your library has access to alternate sources of funding (i.e. endowments, grants, donations, etc.)
CHARGE TO YOUR PRIMARY USERS FOR ILL: Your library charges your users for ILL services.
CHARGE TO YOUR PRIMARY USERS FOR SEARCHES: Your library charges your users for library mediated literature searches.
CHARGE TO YOUR PRIMARY USERS FOR SELF-SERVICE PHOTOCOPIES: Your library charges your users either through a coin/key or card operated photocopies that users perform for themselves.
CHARGE TO YOUR PRIMARY USERS FOR MEDIATED PHOTOCOPIES: Your library provides a photocopy service that you charge to your users.
MONOGRAPHS: TEXTBOOKS: Your library has a collection of monographs/textbooks that are available to your users.
JOURNAL BACKFILES: Your library has a collection of journal backfiles available to your users in either paper, microform or electronic format.
CURRENT JOURNALS: Your library subscribes to current year journals either in paper or electronic format which are available to your users.
RESPONSIBLE FOR INSTITUTION-WIDE JOURNALS: You or your staff are responsible for ordering journals for your institution which are housed in locations outside your library.
RESPONSIBLE FOR INSTITUTION-WIDE BOOKS: You or your staff are responsible for ordering books for your institution which are housed in locations outside your library.
FULL-TEXT ELECTRONIC FORMATTED RESOURCES: Your library provides access to services such as the Health Reference Center, interactive anatomical atlases.
MEDIATED LITERATURE SEARCHES: Your library provides a mediated search service for your users.
END USER LITERATURE SEARCHES: Your library makes available end user search services.
LIBRARY-BASED INFORMATION RESOURCES ON INSTITUTION-WIDE NETWORK: Your library provides access to its resources for users some or all throughout the institution via a main frame, Lan, Wan or Web based.
REFERENCE SERVICES: Your library provides your users with reference services ranging from directional - "Where is the water fountain", to more complicated reference questions requiring you or your staff to consult one or more books or online sources to ongoing support for research projects.
INTERLIBRARY BORROWING: Your library borrows for your users materials from other institutions.
INTERLIBRARY LOANING: Your library loans materials from your collection to other institutions.
LOANSOME DOC: Your library is a registered Loansome Doc provider.
ROUTINE FAX ILL: Your library on a routine basis provides interlibrary loans that are faxed by or to you (i.e. not urgent or special circumstances).
SELF-SERVICE PHOTOCOPYING: Your library makes available a photocopy machine that is available for the use of your users.
MEDIATED PHOTOCOPYING: You, your staff or volunteers who report to you perform photocopying for your users.
INSTITUTIONAL ARCHIVES: Your library is responsible for maintaining the historical archives for your institution.
24-HOUR ACCESS UTILIZATION: Your library is routinely available to your users during the hours when no library staff are present.
LIBRARY-BASED AV EQUIPMENT: Your library houses equipment that your users can use to view or listen to audiovisual materials
CIRCULATE AV EQUIPMENT: Your library provide AV equipment for use throughout your institution.
MEDIA PRODUCTION SERVICES: You or your staff are responsible for media production in slide, video or other formats.
EXTENSIVE LIBRARY-BASED AV COLLECTION: Your library maintains a collection of slide, video, or electronic interactive materials for your users.
WWW ACCESS FOR LIBRARY STAFF: The library staff has access to and uses the WWW for reference or bibliographic purposes.
WWW ACCESS FOR USERS: The library provides access to the WWW for users either within the library or throughout the institution.
NOTARY SERVICES: Your library makes these available to your users.
POSTAGE STAMPS: Your library makes these available to your users.
TAX FORMS: Your library makes these available to your users.
LIBRARY STAFF PC'S: The staff in your library have access to PC'S.
USER PC'S FOR NON-LIBRARY USE: Your library makes available to your users access to PC'S for word processing, databases, spread sheets, graphics or slide making capabilities.
ESTABLISHED CLINICAL LIBRARIAN PROGRAM: You or your staff perform the function of a clinical librarian accompanying clinical staff on rounds and providing literature for specific patient charts.
ESTABLISHED CONSUMER HEALTH PROGRAM: Your library provides materials for patient and family health education either to staff for teaching in a formal presentation or in a separate patient education resource center.
ACCOUNTABLE FOR INSTITUTIONAL CLOSED CIRCUIT TV SYSTEM: You or your staff are responsible for maintaining a CCTV system, scheduling, providing videos and providing information to staff and patients.
ACCOUNTABLE FOR INSTITUTIONAL CONFERENCE ROOM SCHEDULING: You or your staff are responsible for scheduling conference rooms either located in your library or in other locations throughout your facility.
AUTOMATED SERIALS CHECK-IN: Your library makes use of a computer based journal check-in system.
CURRENT AWARENESS SERVICES: Your library provides to its users a SDI or table of contents service to inform them of the ongoing current information of their interest.
ONLINE PUBLIC CATALOG (OPAC): Your users have access to your library catalog through electronic means.
FORMAL USER INSTRUCTION PROGRAMS: You or your staff provide training to your users in online searching, WWW services, word processing, e-mail, slide making or other programs.
UTILIZE VOLUNTEERS ON A REGULAR BASIS: You have the services of reliable volunteers in your library on an ongoing scheduled basis.
CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION (CME) RESPONSIBILITIES: You or your staff are responsible for scheduling, recording and providing CME to your users.
RESPONSIBLE FOR MULTI-SITE LIBRARIES: You are responsible for libraries in more than one location, either satellite libraries physically separate from you location or in a more than one location within your facility.
LIBRARY INVOLVED IN INSTITUTION-WIDE HOME PAGE: You or your staff have involvement in providing resources for a home page, either intranet - just within your institution or internet - available outside your institution as well.
OTHER? PLEASE SPECIFY: You or your staff have responsibilities or provide services which are not covered in the checklist above.

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