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HI all

I hadn’t spotted this research . It is based on online surveys of public health workforce across a range of sectors, including PHE and LAs.

 

Some interesting results:

 

Keeping up to date was the most popular use of information – so those current awareness services should be a real plus from library services.

The results around information skills surprised me – only 50% of respondents felt confident or very confident in literature searching, managing bib references or critical appraisal.

Barriers were what you would expect – lack of time, costs (presumably of subscriptions), and lack of awareness of resources.

 

Reference:

Information needs of the public health workforce 2015, p 14-18

Journal of the European Association for Health Information and Libraries Vol. 12 No. 1 March 2016

http://www.ukhealthforum.org.uk/prevention/pie/ukhf-publications/?entryid43=55216

 

 


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