Implementing PDA technology in a medical library: experiences in a hospital library and an academic medical center library.
Personal digital assistants (PDAs) have grown from being a novelty in the late 1990s to an essential tool for healthcare professionals in the 2000s. This paper describes the experiences of a librarian who implemented PDA technology first in a hospital library, and then at an academic medical center library. It focuses on the role of the library in supporting PDA technology and resources. Included are programmatic issues such as training for library staff and clinicians, and technical issues such as Palm and Windows operating systems. This model could be used in either a hospital or academic health sciences library.
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Evelyn Breck
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Lyman Maynard Stowe Library, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06034-4003, USA. emorgen@uchc.edu
D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003200:Computer User Training; D034201:Computers, Handheld / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003237:Connecticut; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D016245:Librarians; D007992:Libraries, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007993:Libraries, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration; D007998:Library Science / Q000191:economics; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000193:education; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D024382:Professional Role; D015397:Program Evaluation