Cooperation among medical libraries is inevitable, but there are problems involved. These problems, as applied to medical libraries in Nigeria, are surveyed and solutions to them are suggested. (6 references) (Author/SJ)

The results of a study of the information seeking habits of members of the faculty of a medical school are discussed with particular emphasis on the use made of a medical library. (4 references) (Author/KE)

A brief history of the development of serial classification patterns from the National Library of Medicine scheme is followed by the enumeration of some of the difficulties encountered by medical libraries attempting to use the scheme. Solutions to the problems utilized by five large medical libraries are described in detail. (6 references)…

Plans for consolidating the Nursing School Library at Mercy Hospital with other departmental libraries to form one central hospital library. (NH)

Discusses various sources of anesthesia literature that warrants the attention of medical librarians in their services of acquisition and reference and includes a list of serials in anesthesiology and related fields. (FM)

For the past several years, many in the library profession have questioned the relevance of reference librarians in the digital age. With so much information available online, are reference librarians even still needed? The author believes they are--probably even more so today than ever. It is precisely the vast proliferation of electronic…

The circulation of medical periodicals within and among hospitals and medical libraries in Hungary. (LS)

The Training Program consists of three specialized courses in medical librarianship, a four-week orientation to medical librarianship, field trips, and a seminar series on related topics. Resources of the local medical and academic communities have been used and an internship program for librarians in the two Veterans Administration hospitals in…

Summarizes events at the 1988 Medical Library Association (MLA) annual meeting, which addressed such issues as the growing complexities of the health care field, credentialing, and technological change. A list of MLA officers and awards is included. (MES)

Observations from a visit to Czechoslovakia are presented in an effort to enhance the overall knowledge of the profession with regard to the needs of foreign libraries and colleagues. (Author)

Describes the Visible Human Project of the National Library of Medicine that links the print library of functional-physiological knowledge with the image library of structural-anatomical knowledge into one unified resource. (JOW)

A history of medical libraries and information, from their exclusive use by physicians decades ago to the present use of such information by researchers, educators, students, health workers other than doctors, and even laymen. (LS)

Photocopying and other topics are presented in Vols. 1 and 2 of the transcript of the Ninth Commission Meeting held in Arlington, Virginia in 1976. Topics in Vol. 1 include: (1) implications for the commission's work of the final provisions of the copyright bill; (2) study of a national periodical bank(s) for the U.S.; (3) the provision of…