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Peer reviewedPings, Vern M. – Library Trends, 1974
A discussion of the information needs of health professionals, the regional libraries organized to serve them, and some document delivery services of the Regional Medical Libraries Program. (LS)
Descriptors: Information Dissemination, Information Services, Interlibrary Loans, Library Networks
Download full textKenney, Brigitte L. – 1967
This study explores means by which biomedical information might be distributed over a network to physicians and other personnel in the health sciences. Health Science libraries of all types are surveyed in terms of location, facilities, collection, staff, budget, and services. The library's user group is presented, and cooperative agreements among…
Descriptors: Information Dissemination, Information Networks, Library Networks, Library Services
Olson, Paul E.; Pletzke, Chester J. – 1975
A cost-benefit analysis of the 43-library, 260,000-title Midwest Medical Union Catalog (MMUC) of books, conducted from June, 1973, through May, 1975, under a grant from the National Library of Medicine, studied the 49-year-old catalog in the context of the interlibrary loan activity of the Midwest Health Science Library Network. The study tested…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Databases, Information Dissemination, Interlibrary Loans
Pings, Vern M. – 1969
The Regional Medical Library (RML) is a federal program created to aid in the equalization of access to information for the health professionals of the nation. The purpose of this paper is to relate the sequence of events in the establishment of the Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan Regional Medical Library (KOMRML) and how they influence the present…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Health Personnel, Information Dissemination, Interlibrary Loans
Southeastern/Atlantic Regional Medical Library Services, Baltimore, MD. – 1989
Standardized policies and procedures for interlibrary loan and resource sharing in the Southeastern/Atlantic Region of the Regional Medical Library (RML) Network are presented in this policy statement. RML network institutions, which are divided into categories based on their ability and willingness to assume responsibility for interlibrary…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrative Policy, Delivery Systems, Fees
Suga, Toshinobu – 1980
A brief description of the resources and services available from the 94 member libraries of the Japan Medical Library Association (JMLA) is followed by a discussion of the need for closer ties with the medical library associations of other Southeast Asian countries. Contacts described include participation in workshops held by the Southeast Asian…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Information Dissemination, Information Services
Peer reviewedAccart, Jean-Philippe – International Information and Library Review, 1992
Discussion of libraries in Russia focuses on science and medical libraries. Topics addressed include historical background; library science education; a consortium formed to build national databases and disseminate information; producers of scientific and medical information; international cooperation; interlibrary loans; the Russian Medical…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Consortia, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1984
Papers on scientific/technical information and libraries presented at the 1984 IFLA general conference include: (1) "Library Ethics and the Special Library Network in Science and Technology" (Dieter Schmidmaier, East Germany); (2) "The Dissemination of Patent Information by Libraries: An Example Demonstrating the Necessity of…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination, Information Services
Bowden, Virginia M.; And Others – 1991
This project examined the impact of the University of Texas Health Science Center's Circuit Library Health Information Network (CLHIN) on availability and usage of medical information to health professionals and the effect of the promotion of online services, GRATEFUL MED and MEDLINE (flat rate). The project included a survey of physicians,…
Descriptors: Databases, Evaluation Methods, Financial Support, Health Personnel
Peer reviewedDahlen, Karen Hackleman – Library Trends, 1993
Discusses the current environment in which health information is disseminated. Topics addressed include health information versus patient education; a model for examining delivery of consumer health information; the role of library professional associations; national libraries; public libraries; hospital libraries; academic health sciences…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Health Services, Higher Education
