健康信息专业人员邮件列表上的交流：MEDLIB-L的用途及用户
Communication on a listserv for health information professionals: uses and users of MEDLIB-L.
作者信息
Schoch N A, Shooshan S E
机构信息
College of Library and Information Services, University of Maryland, College Park 20742, USA.
出版信息
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1997 Jan;85(1):23-32.
BACKGROUND
Listservs offer the potential for participants to engage in a "virtual conference" with experts and colleagues from around the world. However, little research has been done to study the use and effectiveness of this means of communication.
METHODS
In April 1995, an electronic survey of MEDLIB-L subscribers was conducted to determine demographic characteristics and uses of the listserv.
RESULTS
Respondents worked predominately at academic institutions (45%) as members of large staffs (44%) in the United States (82%). The majority had worked as health information professionals for more than ten years. Nearly 90% of respondents read MEDLIB-L at work and most spent fewer than three hours per week doing this. More than half of the respondents read 41% to 100% of the messages distributed by the list, with fewer than 20% reading 91% to 100% of the messages. Respondents reported initiating and responding to reference questions and product information with greatest frequency. There was no relationship between years of experience in the profession and participation in listserv activities except in the category of posting information.
CONCLUSIONS
This study describes communication activities on MEDLIB-L and the extent of subscriber participation in these activities.
背景
邮件列表服务使参与者有机会与来自世界各地的专家和同事进行“虚拟会议”。然而，针对这种交流方式的使用情况和有效性的研究却很少。
方法
1995年4月，对MEDLIB-L的订阅者进行了一项电子调查，以确定其人口统计学特征和对该邮件列表服务的使用情况。
结果
受访者主要在美国的学术机构工作（45%），所属机构员工规模较大（44%）。大多数人作为健康信息专业人员工作了十多年。近90%的受访者在工作时阅读MEDLIB-L，且大多数人每周阅读时间不到三小时。超过一半的受访者阅读了列表发布信息的41%至100%，不到20%的人阅读了91%至100%的信息。受访者表示发起和回复参考问题及产品信息的频率最高。除了发布信息这一类别外，该行业的工作年限与参与邮件列表服务活动之间没有关联。
结论
本研究描述了MEDLIB-L上的交流活动以及订阅者参与这些活动的程度。
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