The new black bag: PDAs, health care and library services

Abstract

Many health‐care professionals are reaching for their palm‐size computer or personal digital assistant (PDA) as their latest indispensable health‐care instrument. How can libraries, librarians and information science professionals support further adoption of this popular peripheral tool? The Tompkins‐McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, part of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries, has formed a health‐care PDA Special Interest Group and sponsored a listserv to provide opportunities for informal communications. In addition, other health sciences libraries have provided instructional and program development support. Highlights such activities and programs to provide an overview of how PDAs are being used by health‐care practitioners throughout the country. In addition, offers Internet home pages and articles that specifically address health‐care applications of the PDA.

Citation

Shipman, J.P. and Morton, A.C. (2001), "The new black bag: PDAs, health care and library services", Reference Services Review, Vol. 29 No. 3, pp. 229-238. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000005661