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Information about consumer health librarianship and resources useful to those planning a consumer health library are included.
Consumer Health Library User Satisfaction Surveys
A compilation of user satisfaction surveys submitted by CAPHIS Listserv members from October 20-26, 2010.
Compiled by
Rhonda J. Allard, MLIS
Manager
Myra Mahon Patient Resource Center
Weill Cornell Medical College
1305 York Avenue, 2nd Floor, Box 10
New York, NY 10021
646-962-572
October 2010
Consumer Health Manual 
This excellent resource was produced by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine. It is terrific! Chapters include topics such as: Planning a Consumer Health Library, Health Videos, Databases and CD ROM's for Consumers, Ethics and the Consumer Health Librarian, Health Literacy, Readability Analysis of Consumer Health Materials, Consumer Health Materials in Spanish, Consumer Health for Kids and Health Information in Many Languages. Written by a variety of librarians, chapters are updated frequently. For even more information from NN/LM, please visit Health Information on the Web.
Creating the Helen L. Rider Health Information Center at the Gerald Tucker Memorial Medical Library National Jewish Health
Rosalind F. Dudden
Director, Library and Knowledge Services
Gerald Tucker Memorial Medical Library
National Jewish Health
1400 Jackson Street, Denver, Colorado 80206
Voice: 303-398-1483
FAX: 303-270-2149
http://Library.NJHealth.org
Reviewed November 2010
Planning a Consumer Health Library
Michele Spatz, M.S.
Planetree
130 Division Street
Derby, CT 06418
January 6, 2011
To Lend or Not to Lend, an Important Consideration for all Consumer Health Libraries
Amy Six-Means, MLIS
Hanesbrands Health Learning Center Manager
Sara Lee Center for Women’s Health
Forsyth Medical Center
Winston-Salem, NC
336-277-3940
January 30, 2011