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VERDECIA ROSALES, Noris Vinda  y  NUNEZ PAULA, Israel Adrián. Contribution to the improvement of the management of information in the library of the policlínico "Tula Aguilera", Camagüey, Cuba. ACIMED [online]. 2012, vol.23, n.2, pp.130-145. ISSN 1024-9435.

A descriptive qualitative study was carried out with the objective to contribute to the improvement of the information management in the library of the policlinic "Tula Aguilera", in Camagüey, starting from the determining of the general needs in the organization, and the design of the study of the most specific needs in the potential users that were prioritized, during the 2010. The methodology for the study of the need study, knowledge and learning in the libraries and centers of documentation of health was applied until its process 6, guided through the net of Cuban medical libraries. It was characterized and justified the use of the selected methodology, which permitted the study design of the information needs, knowledge and the users' learning prioritized starting from the integration of variables, sources and techniques. The study revealed insufficiencies in information management, from the low level of knowledge of the organization rector ideas to the non-formulation of the vision and the strategic objectives for which strategies for their solutions were performed.

Palabras clave : information management; medical libraries; need studies; information needs; user training; methodology.

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