CLIC-on-Health Update: Serving the Information Needs of Unaffiliated Health Professionals

Abstract

In 2003, the CLIC-on-Health project launched a public web site for the greater Rochester, NY, region and began providing virtual and on-site training courses in health information literacy. The CLIC-on-Health web site links to reliable local and national health related web sites. This article is an update on the CLIC-on-Health project as first reported in this publication in 2006. In addition to upgrading technology to reach mobile users, CLIC-on-Health expanded its scope to include outreach to health professionals without access to licensed library databases through an affiliation with a college or hospital. This project expansion is discussed from inception to evaluation.

KEYWORDS:

• Collaboration
• consumer health information
• health information literacy
• health professionals
• publicity
• training

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Notes on contributors

Barbara Ciambor

Barbara Ciambor, MLS ([email protected]) is Outreach Librarian;

April Younglove

April Younglove, MLS ([email protected]) is Librarian;

Kathleen M. Miller

Kathleen M. Miller, MLS ([email protected]) is Executive Director; all at Rochester Regional Library Council, 390 Packett's Landing, Fairport, NY 14450.