Profiles in Resource Sharing: Tom Bruno |
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| Authors: | Ryan Litsey |
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| Institution: | 1. Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USAryan.litsey@ttu.edu |
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| Abstract: | Abstract Health sciences libraries are expanding services that use online technologies to support teaching, research, and clinical care needs. Saint Louis University's Health Sciences Center (SLU HSC) Library has developed strong, user-centered, online services in interlibrary loan, bibliographic instruction, and electronic reserves. The authors present their successful experiences in using electronic technologies to improve library services. Journal articles are provided, often the same day as requested through interlibrary loan, and delivered in electronic format using OCLC's ILLiad program. First-year SLU medical students now complete a self-paced, all online, Health Information Resources course that targets the most relevant biomedical resources, reduces student study time, and is viewed as a model for the entire curriculum. ERes, the electronic reserves program, allows faculty to provide course materials that are accessible at the convenience of students 24 hours a day. These online programs are examples of using electronic technologies to better support user needs for excellent library services. |
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| Keywords: | Online library services access to library resources innovative library practices interlibrary loan electronic reserves bibliographic instruction ILLiad ERes |
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