Handler Lara, Lackey Mellanye, Vaughan K T L
UNC Chapel Hill Health Sciences Library, 335 South Columbia Street, CB# 7585, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Med Ref Serv Q. 2009 Oct;28(4):336-50. doi: 10.1080/02763860903249076.
The changing needs of students and faculty have prompted UNC Chapel Hill's Health Sciences Library to reconsider the delivery of library services. Several years of outreach and office hours have yielded an array of "hidden treasures," or secondary outcomes, of both online and in-person office hours. The online office hours are tailored for the Schools of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Public Health. This article examines the benefits that go beyond simple consultation statistics and encompass more qualitative aspects of success resulting from increased outreach, goodwill, and stronger library-departmental partnerships.
