Many health‐care professionals are reaching for their palm‐size computer or personal digital assistant (PDA) as their latest indispensable health‐care instrument. How can libraries, librarians and information science professionals support further adoption of this popular peripheral tool? The Tompkins‐McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, part of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries, has formed a health‐care PDA Special Interest Group and sponsored a listserv to provide opportunities for informal communications. In addition, other health sciences libraries have provided instructional and program development support. Highlights such activities and programs to provide an overview of how PDAs are being used by health‐care practitioners throughout the country. In addition, offers Internet home pages and articles that specifically address health‐care applications of the PDA.
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1 September 2001
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September 01 2001
The new black bag: PDAs, health care and library services
Jean P. Shipman;
Jean P. Shipman
Jean P. Shipman is the Director, Tompkins‐McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, VCU Libraries, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
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Andrew C. Morton
Andrew C. Morton
Andrew C. Morton is the Head of Access and Delivery Services, Boatwright Memorial Library, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2054-1716
Print ISSN: 0090-7324
© MCB UP Limited
2001
Reference Services Review (2001) 29 (3): 229–238.
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Shipman JP, Morton AC (2001), "The new black bag: PDAs, health care and library services". Reference Services Review, Vol. 29 No. 3 pp. 229–238, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000005661
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