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)

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…

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

Article describes a medical lending library service using tape-slide programs which started in a very small way 17 years ago and which has grown into a large concern handling some 20,000 tapes a year. (Author)

Guidelines for planning and organizing a workshop are set forth based on the authors' experience in giving a one-day workshop for Kansas hospital librarians. (Author)

The concept of bibliotherapy is not a new one. Aristotle believed that literature had healing effects and the ancient Romans also recognized that there was some relationship between medicine and reading. Most of the better mental hospitals in Europe had established libraries by the eighteenth century--in the United States by the middle of the…