Design of a Questionnaire to Assess Information Needs of Hospital Managers Related to Scientific Literature

ABSTRACT

Extracting useful information while processing bibliographic data for hospital personnel from scientific publishing could help hospital librarians enhance services and participate in the decision-making processes of the hospital. Information needs assessment of hospital managers could help hospital librarians provide more personalized information services to them. Determining information needs of hospital managers could be gathered by a questionnaire. Designing the questionnaire as well as the allocation of questions will also help the librarian provide more personalized information services that will contribute to the quality assurance plans of the institution.

KEYWORDS:

• Bibliographic data
• information needs assessment
• questionnaire design
• scientific publishing