Collaborative Partnerships for Library Services: Examples From a Hospital Library

Abstract

This article highlights the library service initiatives of a small academic satellite hospital library. The success of these initiatives is dependent on the partnerships that have been forged between the librarian and the health care professionals in various hospital departments. The service initiatives include a collaborative training program on point-of-care resources, health literacy training, participation in orientation, NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders) program support, e-mail alerts for senior administration, movie programming, and research support. These initiatives are described in detail.

KEYWORDS:

• embedded librarian
• emerging roles
• hospital library
• library services
• outreach