Research and Markets: Creating the Digital Medical Library
Research and Markets (http://www. researchandmarkets. com/reports/c16504) has announced the addition of Creating the Digital Medical Library to their offering
(PRWEB) April 29, 2005
Research and Markets (http://www. researchandmarkets. com/reports/c16504 (http://www. researchandmarkets. com/reports/c16504)) has announced the addition of Creating the Digital Medical Library to their offering
Creating the Digital Medical Library profiles the electronic collection development and electronic library development policies of a sample of leading medical libraries including those of The Mayo Clinic, Cornell University, The University of Iowa, Columbia University, The University of Texas, The Medical College of Georgia and many others
The report covers policies concerning electronic journals, archiving, e-books, electronic directories, database user training, use of alert service, virtual reference services, negotiating tactics with vendors, sharing electronic resources with other libraries or a main campus library, electronic documents delivery, librarian time management, web site redevelopment and design, the impact of evidence-based medicine on library practices, employment of librarians on medical clinical teams, attitudes towards university-inspired or controlled cooperative scholarly publishing ventures, efforts to develop endowments/funds for digital resources, cost control efforts, and other issues of concern to medical librarians. Also includes critical and recent benchmarking information on spending plans focusing primarily though not exclusively on digital resources.
Libraries profiled include:
Medical College of Georgia Botsford General Hospital The Hardin Library for the Health Sciences of the University of Iowa Weill Cornell Medical College Mayo Clinic Libraries Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library Columbia University The University Of Texas, Health Science Center at San Antonio
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Laura Wood
Senior Manager
Research and Markets
Press@researchandmarkets. com
Fax: +353 1 4100 980
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