An overview of information needs and services in the health sciences since 1960, with emphasis on the services of the National Library of Medicine and some other recent government-funded systems for information dissemination. Includes an extensive list of references. (LS)

The second year of the Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan Regional Medical Library (KOMRL) might be characterized as one in which there was operational stability, but continuous confusion of purpose and direction. Although the administrative structure remained unaltered and the number of papers produced and the meetings held were considerable, the program…

Recommends that Medical School libraries be equipped to organize and provide biomedical information services in their respective states or areas, as a basis for the development of a national library-based biomedical information network to support Nigeria's programs of medical education, research, and health care delivery at all levels. (VT)

This final report summarizes a study of the availability of library services for health professionals in Southeastern Michigan, begun in 1964 by the Wayne State University Medical Library, the Detroit Medical Library Group, the Wayne County Medical Society, and the Greater Detroit Hospital Community Council. Objectives of this investigation were…

The medical library needs of Indonesia were surveyed and recommendations for improving the existing situation are made based on the results of the survey. The survey indicates that: (1) the library collections are out of date and inadequate, (2) there is a need for more and better trained medical librarians and library assistants; (3) there is no…

To more adequately provide for newly perceived user needs, New York State libraries have adopted the philosophy of regionalism through which public, academic, and special libraries can cooperate and share resources. The state's 22 public library systems and 9 3R regions (Reference and Research Library Resources Councils) are organized…