An algorithmic method for selecting quality journal articles is presented. The procedures are based on formalizations of existing evaluation mechanisms in scientific publication. (Editor)

The University of Connecticut Health Center Library's Learning Resource Center (LRC) maintains an audiovisual collection of 2,500 titles exclusive of audiocassette journals that is used heavily by medical educators. Recommendations for compiling reference indexes of the collection are made. (LBH)

If an institution integrates computer-assisted instruction (CAI) into its educational program, the CAI terminals belong in the health science library and are fully compatible with the media already in use and that projected for the future. (Editor/LBH)

A University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine team approach is described that combines the knowledge and skills of the physician, nurse, clinical pharmacist, clinical medical librarian, etc., into a cooperative unit to provide health education and health care delivery. The impact of the clinical medical librarian is discussed. (MLW)

In order to evaluate the librarian's educational role in patient care settings, an information service was provided for health professionals, patients, and families by two part-time clinical librarians at McMaster University. Results showed that the clinical librarians were accepted by health professionals and services were viewed as successful.…

A statistical measure of user satisfaction among medical school faculty members was undertaken which found that such libraries tend to develop techniques of storage, retrieval, and dissemination of medical information without benefit of current research into the real needs of faculties and researchers. (Author/MLW)

Four courses on the use of the library are described which were taught by librarians at the University of Tennessee Center for Health Services to graduate students in basic medical sciences, dentistry, and pharmacy and undergraduates in medical records administration. Also included is a survey of medical libraries offering such courses. (JT)

Five years of experience using the services of a clinical medical librarian at the Hospital of the Medical College of Pennsylvania are reviewed. There were increases in the use of the librarian for patient-related queries, research, and oral presentations. (Author/MLW)

A project that attempts to overcome the principal obstacles and to provide an efficient and effective method of teaching information retrieval skills to second-year medical students is described. The method includes a pretest, a diagnosis of deficiencies in information skills, a self-paced learning module, and a posttest. (Author/MLW)

The abilities of third- and fourth-year students and physicians to solve problems requiring review of current literature were compared with the information-seeking procedures of the three groups. The subjects were given a patient care question to answer, and logs were maintained to document their information-seeking processes. (Author/MLW)

A program that uses the clinical librarian as a member of the patient care team has been developed by an obstetrics and gynecology department of a university medical center to keep faculty and hospital house staff knowledgeable about current developments and research. Program objectives, methodology, costs, evaluation, and information utilization…

The rationale for the long-range development of integrated institutional information management networks is presented. How such networks can be achieved through the development of a technologically sophisticated library is described, and why a new library concept is essential in the emerging electronics-dominated information environment is…