Mark MacEachern | Health Sciences Librarian

This presentation was given at the 2009 Midwest Chapter MLA meeting in October (which I wasn't able to attend).  It details a survey we - the UM HSL - sent around* to faculty and students to determine their awareness of various resources.  To me (as a liaison), the most significant result is the potential impact on instruction.  Should I make a more concerted effort to introduce my audiences to a wider array of resources?  Doing this would - of course - mean less time for advanced PubMed and Ovid.  Is that a worthwhile trade-off?  Maybe.  Maybe not.  It depends on the audience.  Something to think about anyway. 

* By 'sent around' I mean we put it on our homepage and let users find it themselves.  Judging by the 331 response rate, that process seemed to work well enough.