At many medical schools, the medical library assists faculty in finding and integrating new technology into the classroom, student laboratories, and lecture or small group sessions. Libraries also provide faculty with a place to do development. This paper recounts the author's experience creating software-based educational materials. In the process of creating the Slice of Life videodisc and de...

efficient system design and training human resources with the necessary skills is essential for every organization. managers' skills in using information technology results in greater efficiency at work and make decisions based on the information. this study investigates the design quality criteria and standards for rfid technology strategic management of university libraries is discussed....

The purpose of this study is to understand reference libraries of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. The reference part of libraries was examined from 2008 to 2011. We found that the number of reference librarians should be increased. We found graduate students are the main patrons. We understand interaction with patrons is very important. This study will be helpful for specialist, librari...

Designing and building new or renovated space is time consuming and requires politically sensitive discussions concerning a number of both long-term and immediate planning issues. The Medical Library Association's fourth annual survey of library building projects identified ten health sciences libraries that are planning, expanding, or constructing new facilities. Two projects are in predesign ...

human advancements in science and technology have also developed to libraries leading to the emergence of the phenomenon of the digital libraries. therefore, authors decided to open the new view in the development of science and technology by examining both the copyright and digital library. it seems that in the digital library we must distinguish between two types of public and private librari...

as libraries at ferdowsi university of mashhad in iran experienced the transition from traditional libraries to modern electronic libraries, knowledge management (km) was employed as an approach in managing these libraries from 1999-2004. this approach is explained under four headings: organizational knowledge, knowledge presentation, knowledge dissemination, and knowledge application and the o...

Lemuel Whitley Diggs’s work reminds us how much of what we do is anchored in the work of our predecessors. Diggs had many heroes in his early education, among them Sir William Osler, physician-in-chief (1888–1905) at the newly formed Johns Hopkins Hospital and one of the founders of the Medical Library Association (MLA). Although the two never met, Diggs trained at the Johns Hopkins University ...