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Handhelds in the Health Science Library Mari J. Stoddard Arizona Health Sciences Library University of Arizona. Introduction. Handhelds, pocket computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), palmtops, organizers Support since 1993 Palm platform in 1997. Palm & PocketPC. Use by clincians

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  1. Handhelds in the Health Science LibraryMari J. StoddardArizona Health Sciences LibraryUniversity of Arizona Arizona Health Sciences Library

  2. Introduction • Handhelds, pocket computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), palmtops, organizers • Support since 1993 • Palm platform in 1997 Arizona Health Sciences Library

  3. Palm & PocketPC • Use by clincians • Reports in literature • Log, data (drug and disease), schedules, addresses, calculators • Arizona • students - drug info, fac-scheduling & chk lists, clin-drug, hosp pharm • Use by health organizations • Pt data self-coll, field data coll, e-prescriptions, hospital IS Cedars-Sinai in LA Arizona Health Sciences Library

  4. PDA Inititatives in Health Care Libraries • http://educ.ahsl.arizona.edu/pda/hlth.htm#i • Hospitals -- (Women's Hospital of Greensboro, NC; St. Petersburg, FL, All Children's Hospital; Middletown CT, Middlesex Hospital, Tremaine Library; North Carolina, Mountain AHEC, Health Sciences Library) • Cradles • Support • Universities • Hardware -- Stanford U • Applications - licensing at U Colorado • Consultation and training - U Washington, USC Arizona Health Sciences Library

  5. Arizona Health Sciences LibraryPDA Support • Hardware - cradles • Training and consultations • Alerting services • Web pages Arizona Health Sciences Library

  6. Hardware • Palms and iPAQs • Cradles • PC to PDA • Librarians with PDAs Arizona Health Sciences Library

  7. PC-to-PDA connections • Public stations • Via Palm Install • pinstall.envicon.com • Login stations • Via Hotsync • Library & LRC • Security Arizona Health Sciences Library

  8. Training • Two hour workshops • Twice a year since 1998 • educ.ahsl.arizona.edu/pda/ • Curriculum • Enrichment elective, Fall 2000 • Pharmacy Internet practicum, Spring 2001 Arizona Health Sciences Library

  9. Consultations • Getting started • Customizing • Clinical • Educational • PIM tools • Troubleshooting Arizona Health Sciences Library

  10. Alerting services • Alerts Page • educ.ahsl.arizona.edu/pda/alert.htm • Email news • Bibliography(274 citations) • Tables of contents • Avantgo and iSilo • ahsl.arizona.edu/journals/ejrnls/pda.cfm Arizona Health Sciences Library

  11. PDAs for Health Care Providershttp://educ.ahsl.arizona.edu/pda Arizona Health Sciences Library

  12. PDAs for Health Care Providershttp://educ.ahsl.arizona.edu/pda Arizona Health Sciences Library

  13. PDAs for Health Care Providershttp://educ.ahsl.arizona.edu/pda Arizona Health Sciences Library

  14. Assessment • Count users of services • Count web hits & links • Classroom evaluations • Follow-up interviews • Surveys Arizona Health Sciences Library

  15. Statistics for six months • PC-to-PDA connections • 50 regular users • Few walk-ins • Web hits • 4th quarter: 6000 • 3rd quarter: 4000 Arizona Health Sciences Library

  16. Evaluations and comments • Classroom evaluations • Average 8-10 participants • Follow-up interviews • Continuing to use • Sharing with others • Surveys Arizona Health Sciences Library

  17. Future • Site licences • Development • Grant: PDAs in education Arizona Health Sciences Library

  18. Conclusions • Information access when needed • From memorization to skill acquistion • Many opportunities for libraries Arizona Health Sciences Library

  19. For more informationMari J. StoddardUniversity of Arizona520 - 626 - 2925stoddard@ahsl.arizona.eduhttp://educ.ahsl.arizona.edu/pda Arizona Health Sciences Library

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