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PubMed1985

TACOS: TAble of COntents Service in the hospital library.

TACOS is an acronym for TAble of COntents Service. It provides recipients with photocopies of the contents pages of journals selected from the hospital's list of serials. The service enables users to augment their journals by scanning additional tables of contents. TACOS coexists with and complements computer, SDI and other current awareness services. Growth over a five-year period is evident by an increased number of both TACOS requesters and TACOS journals requested. User satisfaction, as measured by a survey and willingness to pay, is high. TACOS is a simple, viable concept well worth implementing even in times of tight budgetary constraints.

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PubMed1970

Coordination of regional libraries with Regional Medical Program projects.

The Medical Library Assistance Act authorized the Regional Medical Library Program to improve information services in health fields, as well as other programs designed to help the health worker. Both the RMLP and the Regional Medical Program are based on regional cooperation to enhance the value of available resources, and to enable health workers away from main centers to use them. Services which Regional Medical Libraries must supply are described. As this program develops, more than conventional library services will be provided. Regional Medical Programs stress the continuing education of health-related personnel, and their need for health information; libraries are necessarily involved in such programs. The regions of the RMP are smaller than those of the RMLP, and the smaller regional focus may be an advantage. Specific examples of the coordination of library services and library-oriented programs are given.

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PubMed1987

Educational services in health sciences libraries: an analysis of the periodical literature, 1975-1986.

The periodical literature on group instructional services in health sciences libraries was analyzed to determine the nature of these services, their target audiences, and their institutional settings. Three kinds of reports were identified: descriptions of services (70%), reviews of the literature (10.5%), and future-oriented articles that advocate various group instructional services (19.5%). Five target audiences were identified: library users, staff, librarian peers, library science students, and patients. Instructional services were offered primarily in medical school/center libraries, hospital libraries, and the National Library of Medicine and its Regional Medical Libraries (RMLs). To a lesser extent, health sciences educational services are offered through other professional school libraries, library associations and consortia, and schools of library science. There are gaps in the literature in the areas of library experience with marketing, evaluation, administration of the offered educational services, and continuing education for health sciences librarians.

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PubMed1979

Use of on-line bibliographic retrieval services in health sciences libraries in the United States and Canada.

This paper reports the major findings of a questionnaire sent to the 708 U. S. and Canadian institutions which were using the National Library of Medicine's search services as of November 1977. Development of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) on-line network is traced characterizes type of institution, use of NLM and non-NLM data bases, operational service patterns, staffing levels, fee-for-service policies, and perceived impact.

Bibliographies as Topic↗
PubMed1999

The hospital library online--a point of service for consumers and hospital staff: a case study.

The Health Library at Stanford University is described in the context of electronic information services provided to Stanford University Medical Center, the local community, and Internet users in general. The evolution from CD-ROM-based services to Web-based services and in-library services to networked resources are described. Electronic services have expanded the mission of The Health Library to include national and international users and the provision of unique services and collections.

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PubMed1967

The National Library of Medicine's services: initial observations on indexing, interlibrary loan, and reference.

How have the three services-indexing, reference (including history of medicine), and interlibrary loan-been provided throughout the years by NLM, and how have they been used? At the present time of great growth and development, the use of the computer has influenced these services and will continue to figure prominently in plans for the future. NLM's services often have not been well or correctly used by its public, even by librarians. Some of its services, however, need to be provided in more depth and on a higher scale, and they should be publicized more widely. History shows that NLM has been faithful to its basic charge and has gone far beyond it in its service to the medical, educational, and library communities. Medical librarians are most fortunate that such a great national resource exists to provide materials and services to fulfill the needs of their libraries.

Abstracting and Indexing↗
PubMed1995

Educational services in health sciences libraries: a content analysis of the literature, 1987-1994.

The recent literature (1987-1994) describing educational services of health sciences librarians was analyzed for content. Variables examined included publication journal, country, type of article (description, review, or advocacy), target audience of education services, and subject of article. Articles that reported research results also were identified. Of 123 articles studied, 82.1% were descriptive, 14.6% advocacy, and 3.3% reviews. Library users were the primary target audience (85.1%), an increase over the percentage reported in an earlier study of the 1975-1986 literature. Librarians were the target audience in 12.8% of the articles, a decrease from the previous study's findings. There was an increase in educational offerings by academic libraries, which sponsored 83.2% of programs, while hospital libraries' sponsorship decreased to 5% of programs reported in the literature. The analysis identified a major need for research related to educational activities in health sciences libraries.

Education↗
PubMed2002

InfoServerPlus: providing a medical library as application service.

Clinical decision making necessitates convenient access to high-quality content. The advanced requirements for a multipurpose application must be met technologically by an appropriate system design in the form of a client-server architecture which demonstrates a functional view in differentiating three tiers: presentation, application and data supply. The technical realisation has been accomplished by an application server which serves thin clients on several platforms. Despite considerable expenditures, this solution represents a promising way of disseminating information and knowledge via Intra- and Internet. The requirements and the accompanying system architecture could be satisfactorily implemented.

Access to Information↗
PubMed2004

Creation and development of an All-Wales Health Library Catalogue.

This article focuses on the collaboration between the University of Wales College of Medicine (UWCM) libraries and the Welsh National Health Service (NHS) libraries to create a joint library catalogue. The goal was to create an all-Wales resource that gave users one access point to search for the location and availability of health-related material in any Welsh medical library. This venture grew out of the existing collaborative scheme, the All-Wales Health Information and Library Extension Services (AWHILES). Currently, all seven UWCM libraries and 17 NHS libraries contribute to the catalogue. Four more libraries are due to join in late 2003 or early 2004. All UWCM and AWHILES libraries would then be contributing members of the joint catalogue. The article discusses the background and motivation to the creation of the database. It explores the positives and negatives of the project plus what was learnt as the venture progressed. It reviews the establishment and operations of the Welsh Health Voyager User Group (WHVUG) created to involve all contributing members in the running and future development of the library catalogue.

Catalogs, Library↗