Bracken Health Sciences Library
Encyclopedia
The Bracken Health Sciences Library at Queen's University
in Kingston
, Ontario
, Canada
, occupies two floors of Botterell Hall. It offers complete library services and its staff are committed to excellent user service. The library is open 100 hours per week, with extended exam-study hours towards end of semester.
Bracken Health Sciences Library is well-known for its teaching activities, which include a complete curriculum-integrated information literacy
program for medical students and a dedicated e-lab equipped with television monitors, computer projectors and laptop computers. The courses in this program span all four years of the medical curriculum, and are taught by Bracken librarians.
Bracken Health Sciences Library has mounted networked access to a suite of health sciences databases, including MEDLINE
and Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews. Other user services include highly subsidized document delivery for material not available in Kingston
, and traditional and electronic reference services. In addition to print journals and books, the library offers around the clock electronic access to a large array of full-text journals and books.
Queen's University
Queen's University, , is a public research university located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Founded on 16 October 1841, the university pre-dates the founding of Canada by 26 years. Queen's holds more more than of land throughout Ontario as well as Herstmonceux Castle in East Sussex, England...
in Kingston
Kingston, Ontario
Kingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located in Eastern Ontario where the St. Lawrence River flows out of Lake Ontario. Originally a First Nations settlement called "Katarowki," , growing European exploration in the 17th Century made it an important trading post...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, occupies two floors of Botterell Hall. It offers complete library services and its staff are committed to excellent user service. The library is open 100 hours per week, with extended exam-study hours towards end of semester.
Bracken Health Sciences Library is well-known for its teaching activities, which include a complete curriculum-integrated information literacy
Information literacy
The National Forum on Information Literacy defines information literacy as “...the ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively use that information for the issue or problem at hand.” This is the most common definition; however,...
program for medical students and a dedicated e-lab equipped with television monitors, computer projectors and laptop computers. The courses in this program span all four years of the medical curriculum, and are taught by Bracken librarians.
Bracken Health Sciences Library has mounted networked access to a suite of health sciences databases, including MEDLINE
MEDLINE
MEDLINE is a bibliographic database of life sciences and biomedical information. It includes bibliographic information for articles from academic journals covering medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and health care...
and Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews. Other user services include highly subsidized document delivery for material not available in Kingston
Kingston, Ontario
Kingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located in Eastern Ontario where the St. Lawrence River flows out of Lake Ontario. Originally a First Nations settlement called "Katarowki," , growing European exploration in the 17th Century made it an important trading post...
, and traditional and electronic reference services. In addition to print journals and books, the library offers around the clock electronic access to a large array of full-text journals and books.
Current and Past Staff
- Paola Durando, Health Sciences LibrarianLibrarianA librarian is an information professional trained in library and information science, which is the organization and management of information services or materials for those with information needs...
(?-present) - Gillian Griffith, Outreach LibrarianLibrarianA librarian is an information professional trained in library and information science, which is the organization and management of information services or materials for those with information needs...
(?-present) - Sandra Halliday, Health Sciences LibrarianLibrarianA librarian is an information professional trained in library and information science, which is the organization and management of information services or materials for those with information needs...
(?-present) - Vivien Ludwin, Head (1975-2004)
- Suzanne Maranda, Head (2004-present)
- Amanda Ross-White, Outreach LibrarianLibrarianA librarian is an information professional trained in library and information science, which is the organization and management of information services or materials for those with information needs...
(?-present) - Anne Smithers, Head, Technical Services (?-present)
- Matthew J. Thomas, Health Sciences LibrarianLibrarianA librarian is an information professional trained in library and information science, which is the organization and management of information services or materials for those with information needs...
(2005-2009) - Sarah Wickett, Informatics LibrarianLibrarianA librarian is an information professional trained in library and information science, which is the organization and management of information services or materials for those with information needs...
(?-present)