関東及び近畿地区における病院図書室 病院図書室の展望

Abstract

There are about 8, 500 hospitals in Japan. However, major organizations in the health sciences library field, such as the Japan Medical Library Association (JMLA), the Japan Hospital Library Association (JHLA), and the Association of Kinki Hospital Libraries (AKHL) are not fully aware of the present situation of the individual hospital libraries. Therefore the author conducted a survey of JHLA in the fall of 1980 and AKHL in the summer of 1981. The survey concentrates on the following: 1) type of hospital and library floor space, 2) library facilities, 3) library manpower, 4) library holdings, 5) library budget, 6) library users, 7) library publications, 8) reference service, and 9) clinical medical librarian service. Using this data, she discusses both the present status and future prospects of hospital libraries in Japan. She offers two suggestions:1) the establishment of a consortium based on biomedical information centers throughout Japan, and 2) strengthening the positions of libraries in hospitals and the development of diverse library activities such as “Team-Care” and “LATCH” (Literature Attached to Chart).