http://davidrothman.net/2006/09/03/library-20-and-promoting-new-services/ Health Information | Geekery Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:49:12 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://davidrothman.net/2006/09/03/library-20-and-promoting-new-services/comment-page-1/#comment-2091 Library 2.0 Roundup « Life as I Know It Sat, 21 Oct 2006 00:16:11 +0000 http://davidrothman.net/2006/09/03/library-20-and-promoting-new-services/#comment-2091 [...] Library 2.0 and promoting new services - posted on September 3, 2006.  [...] [...] Library 2.0 and promoting new services – posted on September 3, 2006.  [...]

]]> http://davidrothman.net/2006/09/03/library-20-and-promoting-new-services/comment-page-1/#comment-482 Library 2.0 « Life as I Know It Mon, 04 Sep 2006 20:32:07 +0000 http://davidrothman.net/2006/09/03/library-20-and-promoting-new-services/#comment-482 [...] David Rothman, from davidrothman.net, suggests that medical libraries face the same type of questions. David writes that “I have come to believe that even the most technophobic clinicians served by my library will use new services if (1) they are easy to use and (2) it can be demonstrated to clinicians that the use of such services can save time, money, hassle, or professional mistakes.” I think that David is right. The problem (for me) is - how do we determine which new services our patrons will find easy to use and will help them with their information needs? Obviously patron input is critical. However, this isn’t always easy to get. [...] [...] David Rothman, from davidrothman.net, suggests that medical libraries face the same type of questions. David writes that “I have come to believe that even the most technophobic clinicians served by my library will use new services if (1) they are easy to use and (2) it can be demonstrated to clinicians that the use of such services can save time, money, hassle, or professional mistakes.” I think that David is right. The problem (for me) is – how do we determine which new services our patrons will find easy to use and will help them with their information needs? Obviously patron input is critical. However, this isn’t always easy to get. [...]

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