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American Library Association, Chicago, IL. – 1970
A general statement of standards designed to cover library services in a variety of health care institutions ranging from hospitals to home care programs is presented. Detailed outlines of activities with guidelines for the formulation of library programs suited to individual institution goals are provided. All health care institution libraries…
Descriptors: Institutional Libraries, Librarians, Library Services, Library Standards
Download full textPings, Vern M. – 1970
This report attempts to relate the first year's experience of the Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan Regional Medical Library (KOMRML). Ten academic institutions in Kentucky, Ohio, and Michigan (KOM) are supporting an agreement signed on May 1, 1968 to form an organization with the general objective to work toward making the resources of each of the…
Descriptors: Decentralization, Institutional Cooperation, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
National League for Nursing, New York, NY. – 1969
The three papers presented at the Program Meeting of the Interagency Council of Library Tools for Nursing at the 1969 Convention of the National League for Nursing are: (1) Library Service for the Hospital Nurse by Jane M. Fulcher, (2) Library Service for the Public Health Nurse by Eleanor E. Lefson and (3) Health Services Libraries as a Community…
Descriptors: Health Personnel, Hospital Personnel, Library Services, Medical Libraries
Giles, Frederic T.; McClaskey, Harris C. – 1968
This annotated bibliography is in two parts: (1) a select list of 60 documents for the administrator and librarian concerning recruitment and training for and manpower needs of the library profession, with an emphasis on library technical training in the junior college; and (2) a list of seven documents concerned with the library technician in the…
Descriptors: Library Education, Library Science, Library Technicians, Medical Libraries
Lorenzi, Nancy; Pings, Vern M. – 1972
A survey of 105 Kentucky and Indiana hospitals was made to determine the extent and quality of library service available under the auspices of the Ohio Valley Regional Medical Program. Summary data on the 60 hospitals with libraries are reported here with the objective of examining the capability of these institutions as a group to participate in…
Descriptors: Hospitals, Information Networks, Institutional Libraries, Library Services
Peer reviewedPizer, Irwin H. – Special Libraries, 1978
Biomedical libraries are discussed as a distinct and specialized group of special libraries and their unique services and user interactions are described. The move toward professional standards, as evidenced by the Medical Library Association's new certification program, and the current state of development for a new section of IFLA established…
Descriptors: Certification, Information Services, Librarians, Library Associations
Peer reviewedGreenwood, Paula; Mansheim, Renee – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 1986
Presents a bibliography of sources designed to assist general medical librarians in beginning or expanding their collections of materials on psychiatry for both patients and professional staff. A core list of titles to be adapted to the needs of individual libraries is also provided. (EM)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Library Collection Development, Library Material Selection, Medical Libraries
Young, Mark, Comp.; Kyrillidou, Martha, Comp. – Association of Research Libraries, 2004
This report contains the results of the Association of Research Libraries' (ARL) survey of academic Health Sciences libraries for 2002-03. Data are presented on collections, expenditures, and personnel and public services. Out of 114 ARL university libraries, 65 responded to the survey. Health Sciences libraries reported median values of 232,559…
Descriptors: Medical Libraries, Library Services, Expenditures, Research Libraries
Peer reviewedPings, Vern M.; Cruzat, Gwendolyn – Journal of Education for Librarianship, 1971
If the only way to attract librarians to a specialized field is by organizing a prestige-type internship program, the quality of library education will not improve. (14 references) (Author/AB)
Descriptors: Internship Programs, Library Education, Library Science, Medical Libraries
Monroe, Margaret E. – ALA Bull, 1969
Paper presented at the Workshop on Areas of Library Services of Concern to Hospital and Institutional Libraries (Kansas City, June 23, 1968).
Descriptors: Bibliotherapy, Institutional Libraries, Interdisciplinary Approach, Library Services
Peer reviewedMcKibben, Bernice C.; Hackleman, Karen – Journal of Education for Librarianship, 1980
Describes a study undertaken to determine the extent to which health sciences libraries and librarians are involved in audiovisual and instructional technology. (Author/FM)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Educational Technology, Equipment Utilization, Librarians
Peer reviewedKrieb, Dennis – Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship, 1999
Discusses experiences of the Saint Louis University's Health Sciences Center Library in providing access to electronic journals to a dispersed constituency. Topics include IP (institutional password) filtering, how publishers and aggregators establish access control, credential-based authentication, and proxy servers. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Electronic Journals, Library Services, Medical Libraries
Peer reviewedNagle, Ellen – Library Trends, 1996
Reviews changes in health sciences libraries, including the evolving role of health sciences librarians, education and training of health sciences librarians, rethinking reference services, impact on quality health care, improving the value of information, virtual libraries, National Library of Medicine initiatives, and quality initiatives. (LRW)
Descriptors: Change, Library Education, Library Role, Library Services
Peer reviewedSelf, Phyllis C.; Wright, Barbara A.; Waugh, Jessica L. – Library Trends, 1998
Explores the variety of innovations in service models implemented over the last 25 years that health-sciences librarians have initiated to extend library services and information to remote users. Trends in health-care-management systems, education initiatives, the rise in consumerism, and expectations of new categories of users are discussed.…
Descriptors: Consumer Protection, Health Maintenance Organizations, Library Services, Medical Libraries
Tenopir, Carol – Library Journal, 2004
With wireless connectivity and small laptop computers, people are no longer tied to the desktop for online searching. Handheld personal digital assistants (PDAs) offer even greater portability. So far, the most common uses of PDAs are as calendars and address books, or to interface with a laptop or desktop machine. More advanced PDAs, like…
Descriptors: Databases, Online Searching, Electronic Publishing, Internet
