From the Editors’ Desk: Religion, Health and Cucumbers

Musings from the Editors' Desk

Consumer Health Information from Both Sides of the Reference Desk

This article addresses issues surrounding the provision of consumer health information in public libraries. Barriers to the use of public libraries by health care consumers are explored. Once a person has decided to try the public library as an avenue for searching for health information, interactions with library staff may still pose some challenges, both for the library user and for the libra...

From the Director’s Desk

Religion and Mental Health

Religion, health and suffering

sources in print and manuscript command respect. The final two chapters deal with Galvani's publication of his definitive views on animal electricity in 1791 and their reception. Stimulating here is Williams' view that Galvani thought about electricity in anatomical terms (although his model was the Leyden jar) whereas Volta, coming from a different direction, saw it quite otherwise. There are ...