Libraries and the Affordable Care Act: Helping the Community Understand Health-Care Options

American Library Association

ISBN 10: 0838912885 / ISBN 13: 9780838912881

Edité par ALA Editions (edition ), 2015

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Libraries and the Affordable Care Act: Helping the Community Understand Health-Care Options
• Éditeur: ALA Editions (edition )
• Date de parution: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0838912885
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780838912881
• Reliure: Paperback
• État de l'article: Fair

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Synopsis

Ever since the Affordable Care Act was signed into law, public library staff throughout the country have been working hard to provide access to information about the law while educating their communities about how implementation affects them. But defining the expectations and limitations of libraries roles regarding support of the new law remains a challenge. This important guide, the first written specifically for library staff, offers best practices, advice, and examples of library responses from the first open enrolment period (October 2013-March 2014). Offering clear and explicit guidance related to the ethical and legal aspects of Affordable Care Act policy support through local library services, this resource

• Analyzes the nearly 20 different state-level marketplace regulatory ecosystems to find common ground, then pathfinds the quickest routes to state-level information for each state
• Addresses the diverse needs of public library communities in both urban and rural settings, while examining staff capacities at various libraries
• Encourages a pragmatic approach through the inclusion of to do lists at the end of each chapter
• Provides strategies and tools for building community healthcare awareness

Published in advance of the second open enrolment period, this invaluable guide will encourage broader and more assured community support during this period of major policy changes to healthcare access and availability.

À propos de l?auteur

Francisca Goldsmith worked in public and academic libraries, both in the United States and Canada, for more than 25 years before moving into full-time library staff development consulting and instruction, much of it through California s IMLS-funded Infopeople Project. Most recently, that instructional work has focused on supporting public library staff and administrators in responding to community needs for access to health-care information, both related to Affordable Care Act policies and the changing technology landscape of health-care delivery in rural, immigrant, and other socially isolated communities. Her library experience and consulting includes frontline reference work, collection management, branch services management, and teen services development and advocacy. She has given many presentations on multiple literacies, serving underserved communities, and social media use for community and staff development. This is her third book for ALA Editions.