Exporting the American (information) revolution: the international impact of the National Library of Medicine

The National Library of Medicine has had an enormous impact on health information services all over the world. Although NLM is primarily a national institution, it has become an important international resource by responding to requests from the international community. NLM has been influential in three major ways. First, NLM has provided a model for other national and regional health information services. Second, it has been a catalyst, in that MEDLARS and other services it provides formed the nucleus of many regional networks. NLM helped such networks get started by giving advice on how to set up services and build collections and by "training the trainers" on the MEDLARS system. Third, NLM has supported national and regional operations by providing the additional training and materials needed for day-to-day service.     

高校图书馆数字资源配置多目标协同动态评价模型与实证分析

文章在建立数字资源配置多目标协同评价指标体系的基础上,构建了基于灰色关联投影法的资源配置多目标动态评价及障碍因子诊断模型,并以昆明理工大学图书馆2012—2020年数字资源配置的动态变化对模型进行了实证分析。实证表明:研究对象的多目标协同评价水平在研究期内缓慢提升,子目标之间的协调性逐渐增强,重心由内容评价逐渐转向使用评价;内容评价在整个研究区间内处于快速上升状态,系统评价是先快后慢地上升,使用评价是先慢后快地上升,成本与服务评价则一直处于缓慢上升状态;影响资源配置多目标动态评价的障碍因子类别、数目及障碍度都处于动态变化中,历年障碍因子总体上由内容与系统评价向使用与成本评价类因子转变。     

The Index Medicus: why it works and when it doesn't

A user study of the Index Medicus done at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center included responses from a group of sixty researchers, clinicians, residents, and interns. An analysis of the questionnaire shows that, while all respondents use the Index Medicus, most use it to search for a specific subject or a specific author reference. Comments received were critical of the delay from the time of journal publication until the appearance of its citation in Index Medicus. Suggestions were offered concerning the type of publication most of the respondents would prefer.     

The hospital library committee: its composition and tasks

Since a sizeable hospital must have a library, it must have a library committee. Like all hospital committees, this one is to help maintain standards of medical care and to mediate between staff and administration. Unlike others, it clusters around one elected member (the chairman) and one employee (the librarian). A dynamic librarian can, and should, influence and inspire the committee's deliberations; and must be able to depend upon the support of the physician members of the committee.     

Analysis of recorded biomedical book and journal use in the Yale Medical Library. II. Subject and user relations

Cancelled charge slips collected over a one-year period supply the data for this analysis of circulation in the Yale Medical Library. Full-time teaching faculty are the heaviest users of journal literature, and students, of monograph literature. Faculties of Medical School departments are compared in terms of their use of material in individual subjects. Subject literatures are analyzed in terms of groups of users borrowing from them. The extent to which journal titles used by medical students are also used by Medical School faculty is examined. One of the products of the study is a rank list of journal titles used in the Library. Results are presented in several tables.     

论编辑的沟通之道

编辑与作者、审者、读者的沟通是编辑工作中的重要环节.为进一步提高沟通效能,建议从沟通的方式、时限、技巧等角度入手,努力提高沟通的有效性、时效性和诚信度.     

香港高校图书馆文献资源建设活动研究

通过对香港地区高校图书馆文献信息资源建设的分析,对内地高校图书馆文献信息资源建设提供借鉴.     

香港中文大学图书馆采编工作的现状和启示

通过对香港中文大学图书馆采编工作的介绍,指出了香港中文大学图书馆采编工作的特点,并对大陆地区图书馆采编工作的发展提出建议.