IFLA Health and Biosciences Libraries Section

Satellite Session: "Libraries without borders: Navigating towards global understanding"

World Library and Information Congress: 74th IFLA General Conference and Council, 10-14 August 2008, Québec, Canada

Selected Papers and Presentations

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Library Efforts in Support of Evidence-based Research
- Being evidence-based: the shoemaker's daughter gets roller blades
  Ann McKibbon, Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Canada [Presentation (PowerPoint, 963KB)]
- Development of an information skills training delivered to staff of the Centre of Health and Social Services of the Grand Littoral
  Dominique Caron, Spécialiste en ressources documentaires–santé, Bibliothèque de l'Université Laval, Canada [Paper (PDF, 22KB) | [Presentation (PowerPoint, 1.2MB)]
- Calgary Health Information Network: Measuring the Success of a New Partnership
  Elizabeth Aitkin, Librarian, Rockyview General Hospital Knowledge Centre, and Renee Reaume, Health Information Network Calgary, Calgary, Canada [Paper (PDF, 32KB) | Presentation (PowerPoint, 3.1MB)]
- Supporting evidence-based education and research via the e-learning platform: a curriculum-integrated approach
  Julia Chan, Yu Chun Keung Medical Library, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong [Paper (PDF, 72KB) | Presentation (PowerPoint, 4.6MB)]
- Where do I start… Training non-medical librarians and technicians in the how and what of medical resources and evidence
  Mindy Thuna, University of Toronto Mississauga Library, Canada [Paper (PDF, 247KB) | Presentation (PDF, 148KB)]
- The medical librarian's role in the promotion the evidence: a Cuban experience
  Ania Torres Pombert, National Coordinator Centre of Clinical Trials (CENCEC), Cuba [Paper (PDF, 61KB) | Presentation (PowerPoint, 426KB)]
- Personal Collaboration: Improving Your Community’s Health Literacy
  Ysabel R. Bertolucci, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Oakland, CA, USA [Paper (PDF, 44KB) | Presentation (PowerPoint, 205KB)]
- Making the case for librarian-mediated searching in academic health libraries
  Suzanne Maranda, Bracken Health Sciences Library, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada [Paper (PDF, 233KB) | Presentation (PowerPoint, 1.14MB)]
- 3-Step Plan to Review and Renew Evidence-based Information-Seeking Skills
  Ulrike Dieterle, Distance Services and Outreach Coordinator, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin- Health Sciences, Learning Center, Madison, Wisconsin, USA [Paper (PDF, 55KB) | Presentation (PowerPoint, 389KB)]
Research Conducted by Health Science Librarians
- Information Overload and Information Poverty: Do they impair healthcare services managers’ effectiveness?
  Jackie MacDonald, Library and Knowledge Management Services, Annapolis Valley Health, South Shore Health, South West Health & Dalhousie, School of Nursing–Yarmouth Site, Yarmouth, NS, Canada [Presentation (PowerPoint, 325KB)]
- Public Health Practitioners Information Access & Use: Conjoint Analysis as a Tool for Determining Information Preferences
  Claire Twose, Welch Medical Library, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA [Paper (PDF, 107KB) | Presentation (PowerPoint, 946KB)]
- Information use behavior of clinicians of Evidence based medicine (EBM) process in Thailand
  Somrux Sahapong, Lampang Manmart, Dusadee Ayuvat, Somkiat Potisat, Thailand [Paper (PDF, 168KB) | Presentation (PowerPoint, 830KB)]
- Distinguished users: an experience of the Information literacy on the health system
  Manuel Delgado Pérez, Cuba [Paper (PDF, 55KB) | Presentation (PowerPoint, 2.3MB)]