Maximizing Resources: A Look at Library Orientation Programs
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Allegri, Francesca
- ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1448-0001
- Affiliation: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library
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- A typical and recurrent situation librarians face is the need to expand or redirect services in an environment in which the resources available remain fairly constant. As of this writing, many health sciences librarians are in the midst of the flurry of library orientations which seem to eat up those fixed resources. When these same librarians read this column they will be starting to contemplate the next seasonal peak of orientations. Several observations, questions, and conclusions result from an examination of the significant effort that goes into introducing new students and faculty to the library. For the purpose of the following discussion, orientations are individual and group introductions to the basic arrangement of the library’s materials and services. The orientation is intended to set the stage and pique interest in further instruction, as well as present the library in a welcoming way to potential users. Therefore it is both a service and a publicity tool.
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- 1987
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- Medical Reference Services Quarterly
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- 6
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- 2
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- English
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