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Peer reviewedEger, A. J. – Online Review, 1988
Two questionnaires sent to medical librarians and users of the Core Medline/Ebsco CD-ROM disc in the Netherlands gathered data on librarians' attitudes toward the various forms in which Medline is offered--i.e., printed, online, and CD-ROM. Tables and graphs present data on product attributes, availability, use, relevance, subjects searched,…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Comparative Analysis, Databases, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedCooper, Amy D.; Estrada, James A. – Science and Technology Libraries, 1988
Describes the activities of the Health Sciences OCLC User Group, which was organized to establish a forum for communication; provide information about National Library of Medicine cataloging rules in OCLC; maintain close relations with the National Library of Medicine and the Medical Libraries Association; and represent its constituency to OCLC.…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging, Information Services, Interlibrary Loans
Peer reviewedWeise, Frieda O. – Library Trends, 1993
Provides an overview of developments in health sciences libraries leading to the virtual library. Highlights include online searching; integrated library systems; networked resources; the expansion of interlibrary loans and document delivery systems; the Integrated Academic Information Management System; and the role of the National Library of…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Information Management, Information Networks, Integrated Library Systems
Peer reviewedRichards, Daniel T.; Prelec, Antonija – Journal of Library Administration, 1992
Discusses serials cancellations; reviews library collection assessment policies and reasons for assessment studies; describes a survey of academic health sciences libraries that examined serials cancellation projects, including the decision-making process, regional or national cooperation, and the methodology used; and explains a generic serials…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Decision Making, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedBovenlander, J. H.; And Others – CD-ROM Professional, 1993
Describes the required hardware, software, and configuration of the local area network for information sources and CD-ROMS in the medical libraries at Erasmus University, Rotterdam. Problems encountered with microcomputer diversity, memory requirements, device drivers, and Microsoft Extension software are related; and the network's future growth…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer System Design, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
Download full textCompton, Jennifer L. – 1995
This study examines a random sample of academic health sciences libraries across the United States to determine if these institutions have three-dimensional medical artifacts in their collections and how they organize and catalog these materials to provide access to them. A questionnaire was sent to heads of cataloging at 30 academic health…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Cataloging, Higher Education
Kyrillidou, Martha, Comp.; Maxwell, Kimberly A., Comp. – 1996
This document reports data for the law and medical components of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) university libraries in the United States and Canada. Tables of summary data for collections, expenditures, and personnel and public services are presented separately for law and medical libraries by fiscal year. In addition, footnotes to…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Law Libraries
Fretwell, Gordon, Comp.; Kyrillidou, Martha, Ed. – 1995
Salary and related data is reported for 8,216 professional staff members in the 108 university Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries, including law and medical libraries. Data, summarized in 42 tables, includes: filled positions; average, median, and beginning professional salaries; average years of professional experience;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Employment Experience, Foreign Countries, Geographic Regions
Schwank, Jean; Allen, Joyce – 1980
Designed for beginning health science librarians, this continuing education course syllabus presents a guide to information resources for answering physicians' questions about patient care. Sources from standard core lists, such as the Alfred Brandon list, are highlighted and described, along with additional titles. General resources covered…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Course Content, Information Sources, Librarians
Online, Inc., Weston, CT. – 1988
Reprints of 18 articles pertaining to library microcomputing appear in this collection, the first of two volumes on this topic in a series of volumes of reprints from "ONLINE" and "DATABASE" magazines. Edited for information professionals who use electronically distributed databases, these articles address such topics as: (1) an integrated library…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Graphics, Computer Software, Information Retrieval
Niles, Anne G., Ed. – 1982
The development of the telephone dial access service is described, including initial services, procedures, library service, promotion and publicity, evaluation, and experimental programs, as well as arrangements with other states, institutions, and agencies and a study of the feasibility of a national dial access library. The major portion of the…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Dial Access Information Systems, Health Personnel, Information Retrieval
BREGZIS, RITVARS – 1966
THE PRINCIPAL GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS THE ACTIVATION OF A REAL- TIME MEDICAL LITERATURE SYSTEM, WITH THE CONCEPT FOR THE PROJECT BASED ON RECENT TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS AND AN APPRAISAL OF EXPECTED FUTURE INFORMATION SYSTEMS. DURING THE FIRST PHASE, A DATA FILE HAS BEEN CREATED WHICH, WITH SOME ADJUSTMENTS, CAN BE EMPLOYED FOR TIME-SHARED…
Descriptors: Automation, Bibliographies, Computer Programs, Computer Storage Devices
Bogen, Betty – 1975
Eccles Medical Sciences Library at the University of Utah has developed a computer-generated catalog for its audiovisual health and medical materials. The catalog contains four sections: (1) the main listing of type of media, with descriptions, call numbers, and Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) used for each item; (2) a listing by title, with call…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Book Catalogs, Catalogs, Computer Oriented Programs
Moreland, Ernest F.; Craig, James F. – 1974
Guidelines are offered for the planning and implementation of learning resource centers in health science education institutions. The first chapter describes initial planning activities, chapters two and three describe administrative structures and the organization of media equipment and services, chapter four describes the local production of…
Descriptors: Administration, Audiovisual Centers, Audiovisual Instruction, Communications
Peer reviewedDoszkocs, Tamas E. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1983
The National Library of Medicine's Current Information Transfer in English public access online catalog offers unique subject search capabilities--natural-language query input, automatic medical subject headings display, closest match search strategy, ranked document output, dynamic end user feedback for search refinement. References, description…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Databases, Display Systems, Information Retrieval
