The minutes of the October 24, 2003 meeting were approved as distributed. Announcements: J. Violette distributed a summary table of this year's Special Needs Funds requests. The Library Subcommittee will review the requests at the next meeting. J. Violette will distribute copies of the applications along with Larry Griffin's notes prior to the meeting. J. Violette distributed a copy of the draf...

background: poor literacy can impede one’s ability not only to seek out needed health information but also to process, understand and use it to make appropriate health care decisions. the objective of the study was to assess the health literacy among adult patients seeking oral health care at in a private dental hospital in bangalore, karnataka, india. materials and methods: a cross sectional q...

information and services to make appropriate health decisions—is essential to promote healthy people and communities. Health care institutions and public health systems play a critical role in health literacy, because they can make it easier or more difficult for people to find and use health information and services. For the first time, there are national data that demonstrate currently availa...

teaching information literacy needs to become a core activity at academic libraries in distance education universities. innovative programs have been developed to promote information literacy to ensure students success as lifelong learners. this study has been done to evaluate information literacy of students of humanities in payame noor university of mashhad. the research population subjects a...