Frati Francesca, Oja Lori Anne, Kleinberg Julia
J Can Health Libr Assoc. 2021 Apr 2;42(1):14-44. doi: 10.29173/jchla29526. eCollection 2021 Apr.
The following standards, with supporting evidence, are intended to serve as a guide to structuring minimum library services within health and social services institutions across all Canadian provinces and territories. The Standards are not intended to be aspirational. The aim of the Task Force was to ensure that the Standards update would not be so removed from the current realities and landscape that they became unattainable to many libraries. For this reason, some Standards outline requirements that are essential to the minimum function of the library, and other Standards provide recommendations only. The intended use of the Standards is to set a baseline for the provision of essential library services and resources and aid in advocating for adequate resources. It is important to note, however, that the Task Force does not intend for the Standards to prevent libraries from reaching a more advanced level of service, and we hope that in their current form they will not be a hindrance to excellence or innovation. Once published, the version of the Standards made freely available on the Canada Health Libraries Association website [1] shall henceforth and always be considered the most recent and active version of the Standards and is the version that should be used to inform practice. The Standards Standing Committee will institute a regular review and updating schedule, ensuring the currency of the Standards.
以下标准及相关支撑证据旨在为加拿大所有省份和地区的卫生与社会服务机构构建最低限度的图书馆服务提供指导。这些标准并非理想化的目标。特别工作组的目的是确保标准更新不会脱离当前现实情况和格局，导致许多图书馆难以企及。因此，一些标准概述了图书馆最低功能所必需的要求，而其他标准仅提供建议。这些标准的预期用途是为提供基本图书馆服务和资源设定基线，并有助于争取足够的资源。然而，需要注意的是，特别工作组并非旨在让这些标准阻碍图书馆达到更高的服务水平，我们希望以当前形式呈现的标准不会成为追求卓越或创新的障碍。一旦发布，在加拿大健康图书馆协会网站[1]上免费提供的标准版本将自此一直被视为标准的最新和现行版本，并且是应用于实践的版本。标准常务委员会将制定定期审查和更新计划，确保标准的时效性。
