Ionian University, Archive & Library Science Corfu, Greece & Faculty of Social Sciences, Healthcare Services Management, Hellenic Open University, Patras, Greece.
Health Info Libr J. 2010 Mar;27(1):46-56. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2009.00846.x.
Community pharmacists require a constant provision of high quality information for updating their knowledge and improving their practices and skills. The development of library and information services for the pharmacists in a meaningful way should take into consideration their information behaviour and needs. This study is an investigation of the information behaviour of community pharmacists in Greece, as well as their perceptions regarding the contribution of library and information services in their future professional development. This is the only empirical investigation which has been made available regarding the information behaviour of the community pharmacists in Greece.
An empirical investigation has been conducted between March and April of 2008 through the development and the distribution of a semi-structured questionnaire. The sample of the respondents consists of 92 community pharmacists from 22 pharmacy associations in Greece.
The community pharmacists have access to the Internet, with limited access to specialized information resources, and they are increasingly utilizing information services in their everyday practices. The pharmaceutical associations (national and local) could play a significant role as information providers and specialized hybrid libraries and information services are required in order to satisfy the current information needs of the community pharmacists.
Meaningful library and information services depend on setting specifications relevant to the community pharmacists' information behaviour. Indeed, in the near future, structured information services may come to rescue the role of the community pharmacists and empower their irreplaceable position in serving the local communities.
社区药剂师需要不断提供高质量的信息，以更新他们的知识并提高他们的实践和技能。为药剂师提供有意义的图书馆和信息服务，应考虑他们的信息行为和需求。本研究调查了希腊社区药剂师的信息行为，以及他们对图书馆和信息服务在未来专业发展中的贡献的看法。这是唯一针对希腊社区药剂师信息行为进行的实证调查。
2008 年 3 月至 4 月期间，通过开发和分发半结构化问卷进行了实证调查。受访者样本由来自希腊 22 个药房协会的 92 名社区药剂师组成。
社区药剂师可以访问互联网，但对专业信息资源的访问有限，并且他们在日常实践中越来越多地利用信息服务。制药协会（国家和地方）可以作为信息提供者发挥重要作用，并且需要专门的混合图书馆和信息服务，以满足社区药剂师当前的信息需求。
有意义的图书馆和信息服务取决于与社区药剂师信息行为相关的具体规范。事实上，在不久的将来，结构化的信息服务可能会挽救社区药剂师的角色，并赋予他们在为当地社区服务方面不可替代的地位。
