[Asis-l] New issues of Library Trends available

[GSLIS Publications Office]

Now available from the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library
and Information Science Publications Office:

Library Trends, 53(2) and 53(3), Fall 2004 and Winter 2005
"Consumer Health Issues, Trends, and Research: Parts 1 & 2" Edited by
Tammy L. Mays

Single copies are $28, including postage. Subscription rates for the
quarterly are: Institutional, $105 per volume ($112 for international
subscribers); Individual, $75 per volume ($82 for international
subscribers); and Student, $30 per volume ($37 for international
subscribers). ISSN 0024-2594 Order single copies or subscriptions from the
University of Illinois Press, Journals Department, 1325 S. Oak Street,
Champaign, IL 61820; 1-866-244-0626; fax: 217-244-9910; e-mail:
journals at uillinois.edu.

The Internet has propelled the consumer health movement to the forefront
of libraries. Academic health sciences, clinical, hospital, consumer
health, and public librarians across the country are seeing a continuous
growth in the number of requests for health information from their
patrons. Internet savvy consumers are completing their own online health
information searches. Patrons are seeking free, quality, electronic health
information written in lay terminology, though both Internet and
non-Internet users are seeking librarians for what they cannot find. An
exploration of consumer health issues, trends, and research is covered in
these issues of Library Trends. In part 1--Strategic Strides toward a
Better Future--contributors examine the many facets that comprise consumer
health information services; part 2--Applicable Research in the 21st
Century--promotes creative partnerships and models between agencies and
library institutions and delivers strategies for achieving health literacy
in a variety of communities.

Articles and Authors Include:

Part 1
"Meeting the Health Information Needs of Diverse Populations," Kristine M.
Alpi and Barbara M. Bibel

"Where Am I to Go? Use of the Internet for Consumer Health Information by
Two Vulnerable Communities," Ellen Gay Detlefsen

"Working with Immigrant and Refugee Populations: Issues and Hmong Case
Study," Margaret (Peg) Allen, Suzanne Matthew, and Mary Jo Boland

"Watch Your Language," Heidi T. Sandstrom

"Medical Textbooks: Can Lay People Read and Understand Them?" Lynda M.
Baker and Claudia J. Gollop

"Why Develop Web-Based Health Information Workshops for Consumers?" Diane
K. Kovacs

"Training the Health Information Seeker: Quality Issues in Health
Information Web Sites," Javier Crespo

"MedlinePlus®: The National Library of Medicine® Brings Quality
Information to Health Consumers," Naomi Miller, Rebecca J. Tyler, and
Joyce E. B. Backus

Part 2
"Providing Health Information to Community Members Where They Are:
Characteristics of the Culturally Competent Librarian," Nancy Ottman Press
and Mary Diggs-Hobson

"Collaboration and Marketing Ensure Public and Medical Library Viability,"
Stephanie Weldon

"Health Information Literacy: A Library Case Study," Erica Burnham and
Eileen Beany Peterson

"Access to Electronic Health Information for the Public: Analysis of
Fifty-Three Funded Projects," Angela B. Ruffin, Keith Cogdill, Lalitha
Kutty, and Michelle Hudson-Ochillo

"Building Community Bridges for Health: Consumer Health Librarians as
Health Advocates," Michele A. Spatz

"Philly Health Info: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia’s Regional
Community Health Information Project," Andrea Kenyon

"Consumer Health Information from Both Sides of the Reference Desk," Gail
Kouame, Margo Harris, and Susan Murray

"Factors Affecting the Provision of Consumer Health Information in Public
Libraries: The Last Five Years," Mary L. Gillaspy

"Consumer Health Information Services at Iowa City Public Library,"
Candice Smith, Kara Logsden, and Maeve Clark

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