title: Outreach services: issues and challenges.
abstract: Tompkins-McCaw Library of Virginia Commonwealth University has planned and implemented four one-year outreach service projects during the past two years. These projects were funded by the National Library of Medicine and the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Southeastern/Atlantic Region. The projects focus on information access for public health nurses, HIV/AIDS information access, and circuit librarian services in rural Southern Virginia. This article documents issues and challenges which have been identified from these projects and suggests ways to resolve them.
authors.affiliation: ERIC Clearing-house on Elementary and Early Childhood Education, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Banks
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Thiss
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Rios
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Self
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000458:organization & administration; D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003201:Computers; D005380:Financing, Government; D005381:Financing, Organized; D016240:Grateful Med; D007255:Information Services / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009317:National Library of Medicine (U.S.); D013685:Telecommunications; D014481:United States; D014768:Virginia