Purpose

Active learning is an important component of medical education and information literacy instruction. The purpose of this study is to provide a preliminary investigation to determine whether health sciences librarians consider active learning when making decisions about the library collection.

Design/methodology/approach

An online survey was conducted among health sciences librarians.

Findings

Nineteen librarians completed the survey and most are not considering active learning when making collection decisions.

Originality/value

Very little literature has been published about active learning as a consideration in collection development decisions by health sciences librarians.

中文翻译：

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主动学习：健康科学图书馆馆藏发展的考虑因素？

目的

主动学习是医学教育和信息素养教学的重要组成部分。本研究的目的是提供初步调查，以确定健康科学图书馆员在做出有关图书馆馆藏的决定时是否考虑主动学习。

设计/方法/途径

在健康科学图书馆员中进行了一项在线调查。

发现

十九名图书馆员完成了调查，大多数人在做出馆藏决定时没有考虑主动学习。

原创性/价值

很少有文献将主动学习作为健康科学图书馆员在馆藏开发决策中的考虑因素。