Biography   

Dr Flis Henwood is Professor of Social Informatics in the school of Computing, Mathematics and Information Sciences at the University of Brighton.  Professor Henwood is the head of the School's Social Informatics Research Unit.

Abstract : Promoting Healthy Communities: Exploring the Role of Public Libraries

The findings from a study of health information seeking in Public libraries will be presented.  The study's objectives were to identify how public libraries fit into people's information landscapes, identify challenges in supporting users in health information seeking, and contribute to the debate about the role public libraries can play in promoting healthy communities.

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