Hospital Libraries

Standards for hospital libraries 2002.

The Medical Library Association's "Standards for Hospital Libraries 2002" have been developed as a guide for hospital administrators, librarians, and accrediting bodies to ensure that hospitals have the resources and services to effectively meet their needs for knowledge-based information. Specific requirements for knowledge-based information include that the library be a separate department wi...

Internet connectivity for hospitals and hospital libraries: strategies.

Access to Internet resources and communications has rapidly become a necessity in many hospitals nationally. The results of a Pacific Northwest pilot Intenet connections project provides important evidence of the value of librarians in establishing such connections in their institutions The pilot project has resulted in a wealth of information regarding approaches to promoting the utility of th...

A benchmark instrument tested in women's hospital libraries.

Hospital patient libraries and information services in Australia.

In order to find out how many and what kind of Hospital Patient Libraries exist in Australia I placed a "Request for Information" on our national electronic discussion list entitled 'aliaHealth'. This discussion list has presently nearly 300 subscribers. Most of them are located in Australia, but they also come from Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and New Zealand. The e-mail addr...

Books and Periodicals for Medical Libraries in Hospital

a Sub-Committee of the Medical Section of the Library Association with the advice of leading authorities in the various departments of medicine. Its purpose is to provide a select list of books in the English language which are in steady demand, giving alternative titles under each of the main divisions or specialities of medicine. If any list of this type is to help in the selection of books, ...