Objective: This study describes and assesses services, staffing practices, and trends in academic health sciences libraries that serve accredited college of osteopathic medicine (COM) programs in the United States. Methods: The study was conducted in three phases. In phase one, the investigators collected data on library services and staffing through the publicly facing websites of the COM libraries. In phase two, thirty-five COM library directors were invited to complete a survey regarding their services, staffing, supported programs, and students served. In phase three, seven COM library directors participated in phone interviews regarding services that increased their visibility, their motivation to offer expanded services, adequacy of staffing, and competencies required for new librarian roles. The investigators incorporated the Medical Library Association (MLA) competencies as a framework to structure the results. Results: Phase one identified 35 COM libraries serving between 162 and 8,281 students. In phase two, 30 out of a possible 35 survey respondents indicated that the top services offered or considered by COM libraries were in the MLA competency areas of “Instruction & Instructional Design” and “Evidence-Based Practice & Research.” In addition, we discovered that COM libraries had a median of 10 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff per 1,000 students. Phase three data revealed that library directors attributed their libraries' success to the skills and talents of their staff, the wide range of resources and services they offered, and the desirability of their physical spaces. Library directors identified skills in the same MLA competency areas as phase two, as well as in the MLA competency areas of “Information Management” and “Leadership & Management,” as being desirable for new staff. Conclusion: The study results provide information for medical school administrators and library directors to help identify trends across US osteopathic medical schools in order to justify the need for additional services and staffing. These results can assist medical and library leadership in COM schools in planning for their future academic health sciences libraries. Finally, the findings could assist programs in library and information sciences in redesigning their curriculums based on the MLA competencies for students who seek future careers in academic health sciences libraries.

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为整骨医学项目学院提供服务的学术健康科学图书馆的服务和人员配置实践：一项混合方法研究。


目的：本研究描述和评估了为美国经认可的整骨医学学院 (COM) 项目提供服务的学术健康科学图书馆的服务、人员配置实践和趋势。方法：该研究分三个阶段进行。在第一阶段，调查人员通过 COM 图书馆的公开网站收集了有关图书馆服务和人员配备的数据。在第二阶段，三十五名 COM 图书馆馆长受邀完成一项有关其服务、人员配置、支持项目和服务学生的调查。在第三阶段，七名 COM 图书馆馆长参加了电话采访，内容涉及提高其知名度的服务、提供扩展服务的动机、人员配备充足性以及新图书馆员角色所需的能力。研究人员将医学图书馆协会 (MLA) 的能力纳入框架来构建结果。结果：第一阶段确定了 35 个 COM 图书馆，为 162 至 8,281 名学生提供服务。在第二阶段，可能有 35 名调查受访者中的 30 名表示，COM 图书馆提供或考虑的顶级服务属于 MLA 能力领域的“教学与教学设计”和“循证实践与研究”。此外，我们发现 COM 图书馆每 1,000 名学生中平均有 10 名全职等效 (FTE) 员工。第三阶段的数据显示，图书馆馆长将图书馆的成功归因于员工的技能和才能、提供的广泛资源和服务以及物理空间的吸引力。 图书馆馆长认为第二阶段的 MLA 能力领域以及“信息管理”和“领导力与管理”等 MLA 能力领域的技能是新员工所需要的。结论：研究结果为医学院管理人员和图书馆馆长提供信息，帮助确定美国整骨医学院的趋势，从而证明额外服务和人员配备的必要性。这些结果可以帮助 COM 学校的医学和图书馆领导层规划未来的学术健康科学图书馆。最后，研究结果可以帮助图书馆和信息科学项目根据 MLA 能力为那些在学术健康科学图书馆寻求未来职业的学生重新设计课程。