Form 1 NLM LO Outreach Focus Group Survey Tool

OMB Control Number: 0925-0648

Expiration Date: 01/2015

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Brief round robin introductions.

1. Please review the results of the 2011 Delphi study. Look at the professional competencies identified as essential for librarians to conduct health information outreach. Do you think they are still essential today? Why or why not? (For clarification, professional competencies can be defined as measurable skills, degrees, and certifications.)

   1. Do you have additional professional competencies to include?

2. What personal characteristics are needed for librarians to conduct health information outreach? (For clarification, personal characteritics can be defined as soft skills, attitudes, and values.)

   1. Of the personal characteristics that were just named, which one do you think is the most important? And why? (Everyone will answer this question)

3. What can the Regional Medical Library and/or the National Library of Medicine can do to help you develop or improve upon the professional competencies and personal characteristics we have discussed here today?

Thank you all for your time and participation.