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Cramer, Anne – 1972
Regardless of the size of the hospital, the librarian must acquire information for staff members by whatever means possible. Large hospitals with large staff, more information requests per week, and a better economic base will purchase a greater number of information materials. Small hospitals will purchase only the most basic reference books and…
Descriptors: Interlibrary Loans, Librarians, Library Acquisition, Library Material Selection
Download full textArmes, Patti – 1980
This syllabus for a continuing education course describes the OCLC system and considers how it can be used by health science libraries. The general governance and administrative structure of OCLC and its network affiliates are detailed, and the OCLC subsystems--online union catalog, serials, interlibrary loan, and acquisitions--and their major…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging, Cost Effectiveness, Interlibrary Loans
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1982
These two papers on the subjects of videodisc technology and medical library networking were presented at the 1982 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference. The first, "Videodisc Technology and Applications" by Earl Henderson (United States), examines the videodisc player and the premastering (five-function…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer Programs, Interlibrary Loans, International Organizations
Colaianni, Lois Ann; Mirsky, Phyllis S. – 1972
The minimum requirement for a hospital medical library is that it provide the books, journals and other materials necessary to serve the immediate information needs of the professional staff and to support the programs undertaken by the hospital. Since it is impossible for any library to have all the materials that might be requested by the…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Guides, Hospital Libraries, Hospitals
Jensen, Marilyn Anne, Ed. – 1981
Speeches and summaries of group discussions from California's first statewide conference on health science library consortia are presented. An introduction outlining regional, state, and national cooperation among biomedical libraries and brief welcoming addresses precede three talks on the history and development in California of library…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Annotated Bibliographies, Consortia, Contracts
Broering, Naomi C. – Microcomputers for Information Management: An International Journal for Library and Information Services, 1984
Discusses development of a library information system by Georgetown University Medical Center's Dahlgren Memorial Library; describes its components, including online catalog and OCLC interface, circulation, serials control, acquisitions, networking/interlibrary loans, word processing and mini-Medline system; and discusses user reaction, staff…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Higher Education, Information Retrieval
Kiser, Joyce M. – 1994
As the price of scientific publications soars to Olympian heights, it becomes imperative to base selection decisions on reliable measures for potential use of the prospective titles. A systematic examination of interlibrary loan (ILL) requests should yield hard facts as to the nature of requests and areas of specialization most dependent upon…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Cost Effectiveness, Interlibrary Loans, Library Acquisition
