Lecture 1. Nov. 16

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LIS 141

Medical Libraries

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Exercise 1

Most important medical library in theworld?

Identify:

Medical School Library

Hospital Library

Government Agency Library

Pharmaceuticals and other Company Library

Libraries of Professional Societies

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Historical Background

Ancient Egypt, Assyria & China

Assyria: King Ashurbanipal

800 out of 30,000 medical Alexandria: Brucheum & Serapeum

Romans: Byzantium

East & Spain Royal Library at Bokhara

US National Library of Medicine

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Medicine in the Philippines

Pre-Spanish beliefs, and practices

Establishment of hospitals, infirmaries and

orphanages Establishment of U.S.T. and conduct of

medical education

UP PGH 1910 ; College of Medicine -1911

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Definition

The library that is exclusively orpredominately concerned withmaterials and information whether

acquired or accessible in the fieldsof health sciences, and exclusivelyor largely serves all the needs of

members of health, allied andrelated professions and services

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Definition

a library serving students, practitioners andresearchers in one or more of the healthsciences, such as medicine, dentistry, nursing

and pharmacy. It may be maintained and supported by a

university; a hospital; medical society; apharmaceutical firm engaged in research; or

unit of the government.

Synonymous with health sciences library(Reitz, 2004).

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Types of Medical Libraries

Subject

Form of materials

Type of users Parent organizations

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National Medical Libraries

concerned with collecting and preservingthe cultural heritage published in and/or onthe respective country of the national

library

provide information on the subject as awhole regardless of origin and format.

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Medical School Libraries

Belong to the academic institution thatteaches medicine, nursing and pharmacy

May be departmental libraries of their

university library, autonomous, orindependent of them; (subject sections)

Vary in their size, space, staff, automation

and the services they provide.

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Hospital Libraries

whether public or private, it should assurethe hospitals educational, clinical,

administrative and research personnel of

access to information which enables themto give the best patient care within theformation which enables them to give the

best patient care within the limitations offunds at hand

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Hospital Libraries

whether public or private, it should assurethe hospitals educational, clinical,

administrative and research personnel of

access to information which enablesthem to give the best patient carewithin the formation which enables them to

give the best patient care within thelimitations of funds at hand

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Government Agency Libraries

may be responsible for different healthinstitutions such as hospitals, laboratories,and research centers

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Pharmaceutical and other Companylibraries

belong to the private sector, and are notusually accessible to outsiders as theirservices are tailored to their staff and

customers. pharmaceutical companies, health insurance

companies, medical advertisers, medicalpublishers, vendors of health information, and

marketing departments in organizations doingbusiness in the medical fields

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Libraries of Professional Societies,Voluntary Health Organizations andFoundations Professional societies

Not just bibliographic control but also writing, editingand indexing reports, proceedings and digests relatedto the history and policies of the societies

Voluntary Health Organizations

generally small and specialized; may be involved inpublic education, support of services in diagnosis ortreatment centres, support of research, publicationsfor professional or general audiences.

Foundations

usually provide special services for a limited set ofusers as they support the program of their institution

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Libraries of Regional and InternationalOrganizations

(WHO) together with its various regional officesand centres plays a significant role in the field ofmedical information and informatics in all its

member states. Other organizations include the Pan-American

Health Organization (PAHO), and the Council ofArab Ministers of Health, previously mentioned,

which established the Arab Centre for MedicalLiterature (ACMEL).

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Libraries of Other Health Care Entities

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Medical and Health LibrariansAssociation of the Philippines

MAHLAP

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HISTORY

1986 - "Current Management Trends for

Health Care Libraries

- Sponsored by PCHRD ;participated by 20 Librarians

- from 40 initial members to 143(Regular: 99 ; Associate : 29 ;

Institution: 15)

MAHLAP

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ACTIVITIESMAHLAP

Annual Congress Symposium/Forum

Newsletter Publications

Other Activities

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