Library services to hospitals in Denmark, France, German Democratic Republic, Hungary, New Zealand, U.S.S.R., United Kingdom and U.S.A. are described in this series of articles. (8 references) (SJ)

A general statement of standards designed to cover library services in a variety of health care institutions ranging from hospitals to home care programs is presented. Detailed outlines of activities with guidelines for the formulation of library programs suited to individual institution goals are provided. All health care institution libraries…

A survey of 105 Kentucky and Indiana hospitals was made to determine the extent and quality of library service available under the auspices of the Ohio Valley Regional Medical Program. Summary data on the 60 hospitals with libraries are reported here with the objective of examining the capability of these institutions as a group to participate in…

Paper presented at the Workshop on Areas of Library Services of Concern to Hospital and Institutional Libraries (Kansas City, June 23, 1968).

Although this handbook is addressed primarily to the hopital administrator, it contains material of interest to the librarian as well. Basic requirements for providing good library services to hospital staff are identified as: (1) well chosen and well trained manpower; (2) a current collection of information materials; and (3) appropriate space in…

In June 1975 a clinical librarian project was initiated in the Gastroenterology Programme of McMaster University Medical Centre (MUMC). The objectives of the project were to assist patients in participating more knowledgeably in their own health care and to assist health professionals in applying the latest information from the biomedical…

Based on a 1970 Connecticut study, three times as many physicians rely on their own personal subscriptions as on hospital library holdings. Only half of their continuing education activity involves reading. With additional statistics, recommendations are offered in the light of these findings. (Author)

The objectives of a hospital are to improve patient care, while the objectives of a hospital library are to improve services to the staff which will support their efforts. This handbook dealing with hospital administration is designed to aid the librarian in either implementing a hospital library, or improving services in an existing medical…

This study measures the performance of Indiana state institutions against current hospital library standards, estimates the cost of bringing library service up to minimum standards, proposes alternate administrative patterns for institutional library services in Indiana, recommends priorities, and proposes a plan for phasing-in the improvement of…