University of Zambia Library, Lusaka, Zambia.
Health Info Libr J. 2010 Mar;27(1):57-65. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2009.00855.x.
To document and describe the University of Zambia Medical library's responses to the fight against HIV/AIDS in Zambia.
The methodology adopted was a case study approach combined with an analysis of the literature such as annual reports and official documents. This was augmented by personal reflections of the author having worked at the Medical Library.
The University of Zambia Medical library has over the years instituted and implemented HIV/AIDS information provision programmes that include the provision of information in various formats -- print or electronic and, in addition, capacity building in HIV/AIDS information literacy skills.
A library's social responsibility calls for it to be part of national responses to crises that arise in society. As HIV/AIDS has affected every aspect of Zambian society prevention, treatment, care and support there is an understanding that the library's role should be using the critical and strategic resource at its disposal - information -- as part of their contribution to the fight against HIV/AIDS. In this context, libraries should source, collect, organize and disseminate information on HIV/AIDS in a way that is easily accessible to researchers, HIV/AIDS programme implementation agencies and the ordinary public.
记录并描述赞比亚大学医学图书馆在赞比亚抗击艾滋病毒/艾滋病方面的应对措施。
采用案例研究方法，并结合年度报告和官方文件等文献进行分析。此外，作者还结合在医学图书馆工作的个人反思进行了研究。
多年来，赞比亚大学医学图书馆已经制定并实施了艾滋病毒/艾滋病信息提供计划，其中包括以各种形式（印刷或电子形式）提供信息，此外还开展了艾滋病毒/艾滋病信息素养技能方面的能力建设。
图书馆的社会责任要求它成为应对社会危机的国家应对措施的一部分。由于艾滋病毒/艾滋病已经影响到赞比亚社会的各个方面——预防、治疗、护理和支持，因此人们已经认识到，图书馆的作用应该是利用其掌握的关键和战略资源——信息——作为其对防治艾滋病毒/艾滋病的贡献的一部分。在这种情况下，图书馆应该以易于研究人员、艾滋病毒/艾滋病方案执行机构和普通公众获取的方式，获取、收集、组织和传播艾滋病毒/艾滋病方面的信息。
