NLM's library network: A force for outreach.

This chapter considers the transformation of U.S. National Library of Medicine's (NLM) national network of libraries into an effective force for spreading awareness of NLM's resources, services, and tools and increasing their use.

NLM's Library Network: A Force for Outreach.

This chapter considers the transformation of U.S. National Library of Medicine's (NLM) national network of libraries into an effective force for spreading awareness of NLM's resources, services, and tools and increasing their use.

Program management and policy issues in information outreach: lessons from Tribal Connections.

With the advent of the Internet, American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities in the Pacific Northwest have new opportunities to access high quality and relevant health information. The Pacific Northwest Regional Medical Library (PNRML), regional headquarters of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, a program sponsored by the National Library of Medicine, sought to facilitate that access and worked with a selected group of sixteen tribes and native village consortia. The steps were: (1) work with AI/AN communities to arrive at mutually-agreeable health information connectivity objectives and long-term solutions, (2) provide funding to AI/AN communities to ensure Internet connectivity and the presence of Internet workstations for health workers and for the public, and (3) train in effective health information seeking.

Perception of quality and trustworthiness of Internet resources by personal health information seekers.

Objectives: This paper focuses on one dimension of personal health information seeking: perception of quality and trustworthiness of information sources.

Design: Intensive interviews were conducted using a conversational, unstructured, exploratory interview style.

Setting: Interviews were conducted at 3 publicly accessible library sites in Arizona, Hawaii and Nevada.