Clinical education is the central part of medical education (1). The importance of learning atmosphere in fostering professional development and role socialization have been well documented (2, 3) The operating room (OR) is a complicated system, which coordinates the person, technology, and patient in a physical environment for achieving optimal outcomes (4). According to Sigurdsson, "OR as a f...

In a time of financial constraints, Harvard Medical School's Countway Library has found a way to acquire additional funding to expand its services while integrating librarians further into the medical school organization. This paper describes the contractual arrangement between the library and a medical school department and shows how a professional librarian can be integrated into the institut...

Miriam L. Matteson is Assistant Professor in the School of Library and Information Science at Kent State University; e-mail: [email protected]. ©2014 Miriam L. Matteson, Attribution-NonCommercial (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) CC BY-NC Information literacy skill acquisition is a form of learning that is influenced by cognitive, emotional, and social processes. This research s...

As part of a research study to examine first-year college students’ preparation for college-level research, students at six U.S. institutions higher education were surveyed in the spring semester 2021. The pandemic continued affect delivery information literacy (IL) instruction and library services across United States throughout 2020–2021 academic year. When completed this survey April May 202...

Evidence based practice began within healthcare but has recently migrated to such fields as social work, education, and human resource management. It involves applying results from rigorous research studies to professional practice in order to improve the quality of services to clients, customers and users. Familiarity with these methods has caused an increasing number of information profession...

This article will first look at the important role that school and public libraries play in children’s development by providing crucial encouragement, critical access, and key time for reading and literacy. Then we will explore the importance of school and public library collaboration for children’s literacy and academic success. We will examine the ways in which research has demonstrated that ...