While the National Library of Medicine created the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) as a network to provide medical and health information, historically few nonmedical academic libraries have participated. University medical libraries and hospital libraries have been the major focus of the Network. Recently, the NNLM has…

A three phase program whose purpose is drawing together nine small hospital libraries (522-2,300 volumes) into a cooperative, functional unit is shown in terms that evaluate both errors and over-all good planning. (4 references) (Author/NH)

During the period of Soviet rule a widespread network of medical libraries has been established throughout the country. (AB)

In this article, the authors relate how they developed a software that provides solutions to their library system needs. The authors work at the Galter Health Sciences Library of the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, located in downtown Chicago. The library serves the medical school's faculty, staff, residents, students, and…

In an attempt to break down interinstitutional isolation, a group of biomedical librarians developed an interlibrary loan agreement with the specific goal of promoting better access to biomedical information for health care workers in the Metropolitan Detroit area. This is a report on the development of that agreement, which includes the…

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)

The Conference Poceedings are divided into three broad topics: systems planning, audiovisuals in biomedical communication, and automation and networking. Speakers from within the Veterans Administration (VA), from the National Medical Audiovisual Center, and the Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications, National Library of…

The Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan Regional Medical Library (KOMRML), a service organization made up of the libraries of ten academic institutions, has within a year created an identifiable organization. A questionnarie was sent to 440 participants in this organization to determine: (1) if it was one that was causing constructive changes, and (2) if the…

Three health science library organizations are briefly discussed. The organizations are: (1) Metropolitan Detroit Medical Library Group, (2) Health Science Librarians of Northwest Ohio, and (3) Medical Library Association of Northern Ohio. This paper provides a perspective in which to report the efforts the three groups have made to improve…

This interlibrary loan study was done in 16 health care institutions during two weeks in November, 1967 and two weeks in March, 1968. Each interlibrary loan requester was asked to record what position he held (attending staff, resident, intern, other staff), and whether his request was related to patient care, teaching, continuing education, or…

The second year of the Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan Regional Medical Library (KOMRL) might be characterized as one in which there was operational stability, but continuous confusion of purpose and direction. Although the administrative structure remained unaltered and the number of papers produced and the meetings held were considerable, the program…

Statements exerpted from documents presented at the second regional hearing of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science held in San Francisco are included. (Author/KE)

It was determined that the further development of the Regional Medical Library Program required a more direct relationship with institutions than could be gained through announcements and direct mailings. Thus, since several libraries had shown some success in upgrading of libraries through the employment of medical library consultants, it was…

This study examines different applications of Internet (e-mail, Telnet, File Transfer Protocol, Gopher, World Wide Web) in medical library settings, emphasizing reference services. Discusses the role of the Internet in fulfilling National Network of Libraries of Medicine's objectives and analyzes the merits of using the Internet as a reference…

This document is a guide to hospital library resources in the Northeastern Ohio Regional Medical Program (NEORMP). This information is intended to provide a data base for establishment of a network of hospital libraries linked to the major resource libraries in the region. Data collected in a survey of the 73 hospitals involved in the NEORMP cover…