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Bristor, Patricia R. – 1980
The acquisitions staff at Wayne State University's Shiffman Medical Library has developed a validation system based on the requests for cataloging from the five teaching hospitals which are members of the Detroit Cooperative Cataloging Center (DC3). Located at Shiffman, DC3 provides data on members' acquisition activities which have assisted in…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgeting, Data Collection, Library Acquisition
Download full textYang, Chunhua – 2001
The purpose of this study was to compare the quality of information service provided in Swedish and Chinese medical libraries and to judge the information gap between China and Sweden. Two libraries of key Chinese medical universities and a Swedish medical library were selected for the study. Based on the number of databases, print journals,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries
Humphreys, Betsy L.; And Others – 1985
Established in 1956, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) was charged to acquire and preserve books, periodicals, prints, films, recordings, and other library materials pertinent to medicine. Since the establishment of the NLM, significant effort has been devoted to carrying out preservation responsibilities. In 1983, the Library Operations (LO)…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Environmental Influences, Library Collections, Library Facilities
Peer reviewedKernaghan, John A.; And Others – College and Research Libraries, 1979
This study on the relationship between user preferences, library characteristics, and library use, employed a sample of 655 students in five medical schools. Findings, which support some traditional principles relating library characteristics to use, indicate that neither availability of audiovisual materials nor comfortable physical environment…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Library Collections
Bowden, Virginia M.; And Others – 1985
The results of a project comparing the nursing monograph collections of academic health science center libraries in the Southwest are reported. Records for nursing monographs from the TALON (South Central Regional Medical Library Program) Union Catalog of Monographs from 1977-1983 were analyzed to reveal the distribution by year, publisher, and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
Holley, Edward G.; And Others – 1976
The South Carolina Commission on Higher Education and the Postsecondary Planning Commission conducted this study of the library resources and needs of South Carolina postsecondary institutions as part of its goal to improve the quality of South Carolina state higher education programs. Questionnaires sent to college libraries were designed to test…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Data Analysis, Library Collections, Library Planning
Maguire, Carmel; Lovelace, Eugenia – 1975
An initial survey of medical information resources in New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria, Australia, reveals a lack of adequate collections, insufficiently trained staff, few formal lines of communication between service providers, and paucity of mechanisms to ensure user awareness of available services. Detailed proposals are provided for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination, Information Networks, Information Services
