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Peer reviewedHakulinen, Erkki – International Library Review, 1974
A survey at the Karolinska Institutet Bibliotek in Sweden, and a comparison with an earlier survey at the National Lending Library, showed that conventional bibliographical information media are still responsible for the major part of information about biomedical literature. (Author/LS)
Descriptors: Indexes, Information Services, Information Systems, Library Surveys
Peer reviewedLangner, Mildred C. – Library Trends, 1974
A history and overview of library services in the health sciences area, beginning with the deluge of information in World War II. Includes discussion of types of libraries and users, special services, interlibrary cooperation, bibliography and research, information retrieval and library mechanization. An extensive list of references is appended.…
Descriptors: College Libraries, History, Information Systems, Interlibrary Loans
Download full textBerk, Robert A. – 1974
Though information systems may be available, potential users may not know enough about them to take advantage of the information stored there. The author used a case study method to assess the effectiveness of exposure to information on the Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System (MEDLARS) on potential users of the system at the…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Change Agents, Diffusion, Evaluation
Peer reviewedBrember, V. L. – Journal of Documentation, 1985
Presents Checkland's soft systems methodology, discusses it in terms of the systems approach, and illustrates how it was used to relate evidence of user survey to practical problems of library management. Difficulties in using methodology are described and implications for library management and information science research are presented. (8…
Descriptors: Flow Charts, Foreign Countries, Information Needs, Information Systems
Cox, P. H.; And Others – 1979
The objectives of this study were to examine the need and potential demand for computer-based information services in the University of Otago medical libraries, to evaluate the various databases of interest, and to recommend the best means of access to such services. Data were collected through user and library surveys, an extensive literature…
Descriptors: Databases, Dial Access Information Systems, Feasibility Studies, Foreign Countries
Lancaster, F.W. – 1968
A detailed analysis was made by the National Library of Medicine of the performance of the Medical Literature and Analysis System (MEDLARS) in relation to 300 actual "demand search" requests made to the systems in 1966 and 1967. The objectives of the study were : (1) to study the demand search requirements of MEDLARS users, (2) to…
Descriptors: Coordinate Indexes, Evaluation, Indexing, Information Processing
PDF pending restorationMaguire, Carmel; Lovelace, Eugenia – 1975
Approximately 300 Australian users and non-users of the biomedical computerized data base, MEDLARS, were surveyed by mailed questionnaire in an attempt to determine the needs of present and potential users of the system and their prior experiences with computerized as well as other information services. Results of the survey reveal: (1) an…
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination, Information Needs
