Meeting at the crossroads: collaboration between information technology departments and health sciences libraries.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purposes of this survey were to determine the nature and extent of collaboration between health sciences libraries and their information technology (IT) departments, to identify strengths and issues connected to this relationship, and to provide examples demonstrating exceptional collaborative success.

Methods

A fourteen-question survey was sent to a broad selection of health care and academic libraries through a variety of email discussion lists and was limited to one response per institution. Convenience sampling was used to collect the responses.

Results

An overwhelming majority of libraries described the relationship with their IT departments as good or excellent, and there were a variety of creative joint initiatives underway. Opportunities exist fo

SUBMITTER: King S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5234457 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature