University Medical Library Research Articles

大阪医科大学図書館

大阪医科大学図書館

デジタルレファレンスにおける図書の主題検索：学習支援の試み

Tokyo Women's Medical University Library holds books which serve as good guides to problem-based learners. During self-study, students often use only OPAC to search for reference books and often fail to accomplish efficient literature search. The problem may be due to the difference between “uncontrolled vocabulary” students use for searching books and “control led vocabulary” librarians use for indexing books. With the current index system, a student cannot usually locate the reference books using subject headings and key words learnt from their teachers. The classification number is usually more useful than the subject headings when searching for books. To solve this problem, several analyses were performed and a literature search system was created. The additional search system is more user-friendly and helps students to locate reference books faster. Also, the new system leads students directly to book stacks where related books on the matched topic are placed.

James Matthews Duncan.

Dr Wilkinson is to be congratulated for his eloquent description of further details surrounding ‘the discovery of chloroform’ (Wilkinson. Anaesthesia, 2003; 58: 36–41). The manuscript ‘James Matthews Duncan: A sketch for his family’, which he presumes never to have been published was privately printed in 1891 by Cornwall of Aberdeen [1]. The book has 181 pages and is approximately 25 cm in height; the only copy I have been able to trace is held by the Wellcome Library in London (personal communication – Wellcome Library). The deposit of many of Matthews Duncan's personal belongings in the Medical College Library, St Bartholomew's Hospital, has been noted (1959) by John Thornton, who was honorary librarian and an authority on Duncan. Readers may be interested to know that, on Duncan's death, letters of condolence were sent to his widow from numerous distinguished contemporaries, including Queen Victoria and Lord Lister [2]. The letter written by Matthews Duncan to Sir Robert Christison in 1875 has been mentioned in the book ‘Simpson and Syme of Edinburgh’ by J.A. Shepherd (1969) [3]. Shepherd's references for this came from the honorary librarian, Thornton [4], and an Obituary of Duncan in St Bartholomew's Hospital Report [5]. In the 15th J.Y. Simpson Oration given at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 1975, Donald Fraser devoted some time to the life of Matthews Duncan, acknowledging (as sources of information) Simpson's grand-daughter, Mrs Jane McBarnet, and the honorary librarian, Mr Thornton. He mentioned that Simpson had sent a paper to Paris for Duncan to translate into French and also stated that ‘Duncan had certainly tried it (chloroform) two nights before’ the famous dinner party of 4th November 1847. Fraser pointed out that if James Young Simpson took all the credit for the discovery of chloroform, he also took all the risks – no one knew what adverse effects it might have in obstetrics [6]! In all the above references, the role of Matthews Duncan in the discovery of chloroform has received little more than a glance. By quoting the most relevant passages from Isabella Newlands' manuscript and Duncan's letter to Christison, Dr Wilkinson has brought this blurred image into focus.

Shift from Print to Online Version-Only Subscription on Foreign Journals in Nara Medical University Library

Shift from Print to Online Version-Only Subscription on Foreign Journals in Nara Medical University Library

金沢医科大学図書館

金沢医科大学図書館

Ｐｒｏｘｙサーバーを使った異種データベース間連動システムの開発

The Sapporo Medical University Library is promoting the development of an integrated medical information retrieval system that will begin operation in the spring of 1999. This system has been constructed from the three following systems and is available through the Internet: 1) library management system, including OPAC, 2) medical article network search system based on OvidNet2, 3) electronic journal system. The purpose of developing this interlocking system is to attempt to unify our library services to make them more convenient and accessible for users. The following are described in this paper: development history and overview of interlocking systems and future prospects of interlocking systems.

国内の医学図書館で絶滅のおそれのある医学雑誌 医学雑誌Ｒｅｄ Ｄａｔａ １９９９年版

In recent years many medical libraries have stopped subscribing to medical journals because of the sudden rise in their prices and the difficulty of staying within their budget. We investigated various aspects of 747 journals in 11 domestic private medical university libraries from 1997 to 1999, including country of publication, the price of the journal, the field of the topics, change in possession numbers, and the indexing process. Based on our findings, we assessed the features of the journals that have been discontinued.

患者・住民への医学情報サービス 患者・住民への医学情報サービスと大学・病院医学図書館の役割

From my standpoint as the President of JMLA, the director of a university medical library and a medical doctor as well, I discuss herein the significance of the service to convey medical information to patients and the general public, the role to play and advice to be given thereupon from my experience and also from extensive literature. I especially refer to and emphasize, at present and in the future, what and how indeed “professional” librarians can serve patients and their families, who have a “right to know”, in the hospital and/or medical libraries, especially those who are going to die and to-be-bereaved family thereafter. I also refer to several grave difficulties lying before us in putting them into effect in the present situation, which should be overcome in the near future by our sincere efforts and lawful strategies to establish a library in the hospital and post definite librarians who care about these issues and serve the people described above.

図書館システムの現状と問題点 北里大学医学図書館における図書館システム（ＬＩＮＵＳ／Ｕ）の現状

図書館システムの現状と問題点 北里大学医学図書館における図書館システム（ＬＩＮＵＳ／Ｕ）の現状

Book Reviews

Health Libraries ReviewVolume 14, Issue 4 p. 270-271 Free Access Book Reviews ANNE COLLINS, ANNE COLLINS Cambridge University Medical Library Addenbrook's Hospital CambridgeSearch for more papers by this author ANNE COLLINS, ANNE COLLINS Cambridge University Medical Library Addenbrook's Hospital CambridgeSearch for more papers by this author First published: 28 June 2008 https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2532.1997.14402682.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Volume14, Issue4December 1997Pages 270-271 RelatedInformation

Letters from World Medical Librarians. (1). Xi'an Medical University Library and Its Services.

Letters from World Medical Librarians. (1). Xi'an Medical University Library and Its Services.

距離的関係からみた相互貸借申込の適切度分析

This paper presents the analysis of 10048 inter-library loan (ILL) requests received in the Kyorin University Medical Library, Tokyo, in 1995 to examine the relevance of geographical distance between libraries. This study is based on the author's opinion that an ILL request should ideally be sent to the closest library to the library that requested the ILL. Two indices were used for the analysis: distance (1-5) between the libraries that requested the ILL and us (index A), and distance (1-5) between the libraries requested that ILL and the nearest library to them that holds the requested articles (index B). If indices A and B are the same level, the request is considered to be relevant. Results: A total of 4959 requests (49.35%) including 3541 from libraries in Tokyo were relevant. Relevant requests from outside of Tokyo totalled 1418, 21.79% of all requests made outside of Tokyo. A total of 50.65% of all requests were irrelevant. That means that half of the requests could have been made to nearer libraries rather than to us. As distance of the requesting library from us increased, there was a tendency for a decrease in relevancy rate. More than 80% of all requests could be supplied by libraries within distance of 1 to 3. Conclusion: One of the reasons that many libraries can't make ILL requests to nearer libraries is rejection by holders. As the number of ILL requests has been increasing rapidly, rejection of requests by holders can cause stagnated operation of ILL and irrelevant requests. Since there is no official guideline for requesting ILL regarding the distance between libraries, judgement of whether or not to accept the request on the holders' favor. ILL should be operated under a clear and certain policy and not by holders' goodwill.

ＮＡＣＳＩＳ‐ＩＬＬの利用とユーザー会

The “NACSIS-ILL User Group” was organized in 1994 for the purpose of simplifying the complicated procedure for paying ILL photocopy charges by settling offset accounts twice a year. This makes the ILL accounting work of each group library much easier. However, this is only part of the ILL network. Burdensome work will continue until all libraries join the network and simplify the accounting system. If the ILL system is standardized to online only, librarians' work will decrease. Because the Iwate Medical University Library joined the NACSIS-ILL system and User Group at the beginning, the process and effective result are described.

ネットワークを利用した図書館システム

ネットワークを利用した図書館システム

Book Reviews

Health Libraries ReviewVolume 13, Issue 4 p. 221-222 Free Access Book Reviews Wendy Roberts, Cambridge University Medical Library Addenbrooke's Hospital CambridgeSearch for more papers by this author Wendy Roberts, Cambridge University Medical Library Addenbrooke's Hospital CambridgeSearch for more papers by this author First published: December 1996 https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2532.1996.13402193.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Volume13, Issue4December 1996Pages 221-222 RelatedInformation

The 'market' for medical and health information in transition: the case of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority libraries.

The last few years have been a period of transition not only for hospitals and their governance but also for post-graduate medical education in Hong Kong. Both trends have a direct impact on the information market place. This article starts by studying the provision of medical and health-related information in Hong Kong. The two university medical and dental libraries, together with the hospital and health sciences libraries in government hospitals and the Department of Health, house the major collections on medicine and health care. The demand for medical and health care information is increasingly felt with the takeover of 39 hospitals by the statutory Hong Kong Hospital Authority in 1991. The major problems and issues in planning for library information services are the historically uneven development of libraries, discrepancies in funding, the changes in organizational and management structure, and the competition with higher development priorities within the organization. In view of current technology and the availability of rich external resources, the adopted strategies tend towards the formation of 10 library service networks, development of integrated library information systems on the Health Authority-wide area network, and the devolution of management responsibilities. The future challenges in store for the information professional are examined.

Ｄｏｃｕｍｅｎｔ Ｄｅｌｉｖｅｒｙの現状と今後 大学図書館における相互貸借の現状と今後

Ｄｏｃｕｍｅｎｔ Ｄｅｌｉｖｅｒｙの現状と今後 大学図書館における相互貸借の現状と今後

東京女子医科大学図書館

東京女子医科大学図書館

東京医科歯科大学附属図書館

東京医科歯科大学附属図書館

Automatic Book Circulation System in the Shimane Medical University Library

Automatic Book Circulation System in the Shimane Medical University Library