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Peer reviewedMcCarthy, Cavan – International Library Review, 1978
The effects of the lack of development on medical libraries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America are described, based on personal experiences and reports in the professional literature. It is suggested that underdeveloped countries develop libraries like the BIREME in Brazil to serve as regional network centers for medical information systems. (VT)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Librarians, Library Acquisition, Library Collections
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 textColaianni, Lois Ann; Mirsky, Phyllis S. – 1971
Discussed in this manual for the inexperienced librarian in a small hospital library are: organization and administration; book selection and ordering; cataloging and catalog cards; classification; labeling of books; selecting and processing journals; interlibrary loans; reference services; and circulation. A suggested basic starter collection of…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Guides, Hospital Libraries, Hospitals
Special Libraries Association, New York, NY. Documentation Div. – 1967
Included are six papers from the Special Libraries Association Documentation Division's Contributed Papers Session at the National Conference in New York, May 28 - June 1, 1967, which were not included in the November, 1967 issue of Special Libraries. The papers are: (1) "The Bibliographical Control of Aerospace Industry Conference Literature…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Aerospace Industry, Conferences, Indexing
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
Greene, Deborah L. – 1991
A study was undertaken to document the impact of reductions in state appropriations on the libraries of Texas public institutions of higher education from Fiscal Year 1986 through Fiscal Year 1990 and to make recommendations for improving these libraries. Data were collected through a letter requesting information from each of the public general…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Educational Finance, Higher Education, Law Libraries
