Testimony relative to the amendment of the Public Health Service Act to improve and extend the provisions relating to assistance to medical libraries and related instrumentalities, and for other purposes is presented in the form of verbatim oral question and answers, prepared statements, letters, and supplemental materials. The amendments for…

This report presents guidelines and recommendations for developing the library which serves the Faculty of Medicine and its teaching hospitals at the University of Azarabadegan, Iran. The present library situation and recommendations, together with suggestions for their implementation, are offered. Recommended changes include the development of…

The Health Sciences Library of the University of Louisville has recently developed a new computer-printed subject index to its currently received journals. (Author)

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)

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)

An on-line serials control system with particular emphasis on storage and maintenance concepts is described. The system allows real-time display and updating of all elements of the file. (6 references) (Author)

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

An explanation of why lay library service in most United States hospitals has been underemphasized, with the suggestion that the public library should be in charge of such service. (JB)

Outlines the processes involved in improving the subject catalog at a medical library. Policy decisions concerning heading sources and revision methodology and plans for analyzing, weeding, and increasing the relevance of subject terms is discussed. The making of catalog changes and the results of catalog revision are also described. (JL)

Discusses the new relationships between libraries and their users with reference to the worldwide medical information networks which have developed through the influence of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Consideration is given to the new roles librarians will have to assume. (Author/LLS)

Describes the results of a two-year experiment with subordinates' evaluation of supervisors in a health sciences library, as well as the findings from a questionnaire survey of 101 health sciences library directors on this reverse evaluation. (Author/JD)

This report contains the results of the Association of Research Libraries' survey of academic Health Sciences libraries for 2004-05. Data are presented on collections, expenditures, and personnel and public services. Out of 113 ARL university libraries, 67 responded to the survey. Health Sciences libraries reported median values of 243,011 volumes…

Reference interactions with patrons in a digital library environment using digital reference services (DRS) has become widespread. However, such services in many libraries appear to be underutilized. A study surveying the ease and convenience of such services for patrons in over 100 academic health science library Web sites suggests that…

Faculty publication databases or author bibliographies offer libraries an opportunity to provide services to users. Initially, these databases remained initiatives of special libraries in the health-sciences fields. Librarians used the publication information derived from these databases to compile lists for annual reports. However, the advent of…