Flaherty, Mary Grace. Promoting Individual and Community Health at the Library. ALA Editions, 2018. ISBN: 978-0-8389-1627-8
Description
Public libraries can play an important role in supporting library users in their health information seeking efforts. This book shows how to guide library users to high quality health information by relying on up to date, authoritative sources. She also demonstrates why taking the initiative to offer health promotion programming can be a valuable form of community outreach, serving community needs while increasing visibility.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Public Libraries and Consumer Health: A Historic Perspective
Chapter 3 Health Information Provision in Public Libraries
Chapter 4 Health Programming in Public Libraries
Chapter 5 Reaching out to the Community: Opportunities for Wider Engagement
Chapter 6 Looking Ahead: Future Opportunities
Chapter 7 Onward and Upward
