Open AccessUnderstanding the information-seeking behavior of pharmacy college faculty, staff, and students: implications for improving embedded librarian services
Author(s) -
Hitoshi Kamada,
Jennifer Martin,
Marion Slack,
Sandra S. Kramer
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of the medical library association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.102
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1558-9439
pISSN - 1536-5050
DOI - 10.5195/jmla.2021.950
Subject(s) - pharmacy , service (business) , information needs , medical education , information seeking , information seeking behavior , psychology , world wide web , computer science , medicine , library science , business , nursing , marketing
Research was conducted on the embedded librarian program at The University of Arizona College of Pharmacy and the Health Sciences Library to understand how this service is relevant to users and identify the potential for further improvement. This study examined users' information-seeking behaviors and considered the implications for the effectiveness of the embedded librarian service.