University Medical Library Research Articles

Cecile E. Kramer, AHIP, FMLA, 1926–2007

Cecile E. Kramer, AHIP, FMLA, 1926–2007

新潟大学医歯学図書館の危機管理の現状

In recent years, Niigata Prefecture has suffered from natural disasters such as earthquakes, torrential rains and heavy snowfall. In addition, staff members at the Niigata University Medical and Dental Library, where I work, have also had trouble due from the annoying behaviors of some outside users of the library. I reinvestigated the current state of security at my library, alarmed by a blackout caused by the heavy snow a well as trouble with an outside user. In this article, I report some of my attempts to improve the situation.

Glenn Lowell Brudvig, 1931–2007

Glenn Lowell Brudvig, 1931–2007

島根大学附属図書館医学分館における図書の出版

島根大学附属図書館医学分館における図書の出版

岐阜大学医学図書館の移転と再開

Gifu University Medical Library has been moved to the main campus in Yanagido as part of relocation of the School of Medicine and University Hospital to the main campus, and the new facility opened in June 2007. But the library was moved only three years after relocation of the school and the hospital, because of changes in the initial plan. Between relocation of the School and Hospital to the opening of the new facility, the Medical Library was composed of only a reading room for serials in the School and a corner for medical books in the main library, and could not function adequately. The new Gifu University Medical Library is a three-storeyed building with a total area of 2, 032m2, and stores about 178, 000 books. It is designed with special focus on the environment of usage of e-contents, improvement of the storing ability, and accessibility from the School and Hospital. After half a year of opening of the new facility, about 4, 000 people visit the library each month, on average, almost the same number that visited the “old” library before it was moved to the main campus.

Formulation of the Grand Design for Reform of the Asahikawa Medical College Library: Its Process and Outline

Formulation of the Grand Design for Reform of the Asahikawa Medical College Library: Its Process and Outline

Time, Cost, Information Seeking Skills and Format of Resources Present Barriers to Information Seeking by Primary Care Practitioners in a Research Environment

Objective – To determine the information seeking behaviors of primary care practitioners in order to inform future efforts towards the design of information services that would support quality in primary care.
 
 Design – A cross-sectional survey.
 
 Setting – A primary care practice based research network (PBRN) of caregivers who serve a broad population while simultaneously studying and disseminating innovations aimed at improvements in quality, efficiency and/or safety of primary health care in the United States. 
 
 Subjects – All primary care practitioners in the PBRN including family practitioners, general practitioners, nurse practitioners and physician assistants. 
 
 Methods – A questionnaire comprising twenty-six questions was distributed to 116 practitioners. Practitioners attached to academic centres (who were also members of the PBRN) were excluded in order “to achieve a sample of practices more representative of the primary care practising population” (208). Descriptive data were collected and analyzed. SPSS v11.5 was used for statistical analyses.
 
 Main results – There was a response rate of 51% (59 of 116). Fifty-eight percent of the respondents stated that they sought information (excluding drug dosing or drug interactions information) to support patient care several times a week. Sixty-eight per cent sought this information while the patient waited. Almost half of the respondents had access to a small medical library (48%) or a hospital library (46%), while 21% used a university medical library. Approximately 14% had no immediate access to a medical library. Almost 60% of practitioners stated that they had an e-mail account. Thirty-four percent agreed that the use of e-mail to communicate with patients enhanced medical practice, while 24% disagreed. There was frequent prescribing of Internet-based consumer health information to patients by only 16% of the practitioners, while Internet support groups were frequently recommended by 5%. The main barriers to information seeking were lack of time (76%), cost (33%), information seeking skills (25%), and format of information sources (22%). The use of EBM resources was fairly low, while there was a high preference for ready reference and interpersonal sources. When compared with print information resources, the use of online resources was moderate. A significant correlation was found between use of online sources and use of print sources, namely, that practitioners who used online sources more frequently, also sought information from print sources more frequently, with the inverse being true for those who sought information less frequently from either electronic or print sources.
 
 Conclusion – Primary care practitioners in this rural PBRN used print and interpersonal sources more than online sources. Practitioners who are more likely to use print sources are also more likely to seek online information. Librarians working in PBRN environments will need to identify interventions that address barriers such as time, cost, and information-seeking skills.

近畿大学医学部図書館

近畿大学医学部図書館

第１３回医学図書館研究会・継続教育コース 岩手医科大学におけるメディカルオンラインの利用動向と広報活動

In Iwate Medical University Library, electronic journals on Japanese “Medical Online”, have been provided since July 2005. In the early days of this service, only small numbers of people utilized it. In order to increase the users, we published a list of hyperlinks to online journals on our website. After the hyperlink was created to Japana Centra Revuo Medicina, the users have been increasing. In this paper, I report on the results of analysis of the statistics regarding utilization of the service.

第１３回医学図書館研究会・継続教育コース 獨協医科大学図書館におけるリンクリゾルバの計画から導入まで

At Dokkyo Medical University Library, we propose to introduce the Link Resolver, which allows easy search and easy access to the searched documents, for the convenience of the users.However, there was the journal article written about Link Resolver, but the journal article written about introduction was not found.In this article, we compiled the process that our library passed through by introduction as a case report.We examined what kind of product was released, and we compared each system and looked for each characteristic, the advantages and disadvantages.Last we outline the settings required before entering the contract, the publicity work required, measures for maintenance, and the protocol of a survey of users' reactions.

The role of the ‘Review of New Foreign Titles on Medical Science’ in the library of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

The role of the ‘<i>Review of New Foreign Titles on Medical Science</i>’ in the library of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

Meeting the challenges of expansion and renovation in an academic medical library

PurposeTo analyze the challenges encountered in the expansion and renovation of an academic medical library sited in an old teaching hospital administered by a government body, and the lessons learned for improving the future planning of renovation projects of medical libraries.Design/methodology/approachThe experience of the Li Ping Medical Library of The Chinese University of Hong Kong is used as a case study to illustrate the challenges encountered in various stages from planning to implementation.FindingsThe challenges included funding constraints, space limitations, abbreviated planning time, stakeholder agreements, structural problems of an old building with dated infrastructure and construction restrictions of a hospital environment. Seven tips to improve future planning of renovation are provided.Originality/valueWhile many of the challenges are typical in any renovations project, they are only discussed piecemeal in the literature. This article deals with this topic extensively and will interest other medical librarians planning renovations in future.

Susan Wheeler, Five hundred years of medicine in art: an illustrated catalogue of prints and drawings from the Clements C. Fry Collection in the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, Ashgate Publishing, 2001, pp. xxviii, 363, £85.00, US$144.95 (hardback 0-8596-7992-6).

This catalogue lists and illustrates prints and drawings on medical themes from the Fry Collection at Yale University Medical Library. This wonderfully rich collection consists of about 2000 images gathered over almost thirty years by Dr Fry, who donated it to the library in 1955. The images span five centuries and include the work of over six hundred artists, including great masters such as Pieter Bruegel, Rembrandt van Rijn, Guercino, and Hendrick Goltzius. It is especially strong on French and British works, particularly images representing the interaction of doctors and patients, specific diseases and injuries, and therapeutic practices. Almost half of the works are satirical or humorous, including a large number of excellent caricatures by the French Honore Daumier (1808–1879) and the British Thomas Rowlandson (1756–1827). Each item consists of a black-and-white reproduction of the work (all roughly the size of the 35-mm. negative from which they were printed, which makes a magnifying glass a necessary aid for most readers) and a textual entry identifying the artist, title, medium, dimensions, and inscription (if any). The catalogue is organized thematically, with ninety-nine subject groupings arranged into fourteen main topics dedicated to different medical professions and trades, institutions, practices, diseases, therapies, and so on. This arrangement allows for the comparison of contemporary representations of the same topic—for instance, a dozen depictions of grimacing faces ingesting medicines—or even a single subject—such as seven different portraits displaying the obesity of Mr Daniel Lambert of Leicester, c.1800; as well as the examination of continuities and changes in representation over time. (The thematic arrangement, however, is insensitive to differences in medium or genre.) The excellent indexes at the end of the catalogue allow the reader quickly to navigate the collection, searching by artist, title, publisher, name, and subject. The richness of the collection, the inclusion of a reproduction of every single item in it, and the care with which the catalogue has been edited and put together will make this a valuable tool for those interested in the intersection of art and medicine, as well as for those simply looking for striking images with which to illustrate their research or teaching.

Origin and Development of Forensic Medicine in India

: The medical profession is one of great antiquity in India. However, the history of medicine and, in particular, the role of medicine in the administration of justice in India has not been discussed very much. The present paper attempts to fill in this lacuna and traces the medicolegal practice from ancient times to British India. : This paper is based on archival materials collected from the Tamilnadu State Archives, Chennai, and Madras Medical College Library, Chennai, and University of Madras Library, Chennai. : The medical men in ancient India were considered as men of wisdom, and one of the ancient Tamil hymns equates the doctor-patient relationship to that of the dedicated love of a devotee to God. Kautilya's Arthashastra gives a list forensic evidence for establishing the cause of death and describes the necessity of autopsy in establishing the cause of death. In British India, the early incidence of custodial death and its certification by medical practitioners, issuance of medical certificate and wound certificate, and medicolegal autopsy are documented. The most outstanding contribution of India to legal medicine during this period is modern dactylography. It is recorded that there was a high ratio of homicidal poisonings in India.

大阪医科大学図書館報「他大学図書館訪問記」を担当して

This paper reports on “The Medical Library Interview” column that appears in “The OMNIBUS”. “The OMNIBUS: Osaka Medical-Nursing Information in Biological Union System (Osaka Medical College Library News)” is published by the Osaka Medical College Library twice per year. “The Medical Library Interview” contains information on medical, dental, and pharmaceutical libraries serialized as one report in The OMNIBUS. Up until now, about 19 serials have appeared in The OMNIBUS. The serials describe visits to 10 libraries since June 2000 and provide collective comments.

電子ジャーナルにおける訂正記事の扱い

The correction of articles in electronic journals published in 2003 and included in the Tokyo Medical University Library holdings was examined. The polices of publishes differed as to whether they included corrected articles in the electronic journals and whether they linked the corrected article to the original article. While a standard format for linking the original and corrected articles and publishing the corrected article as an HTML or PDF document tended to be used, the differences in publishers' policies deeply affect the treatment of corrected articles. While differences in publishing policies are unavoidable, corrected articles should be included in electronic journals and should be linked to the original article. Moreover, free access to the corrected articles should be given to journal readers. Some original articles are corrected based on the contents of the corrected article; whether the original article should actually be altered is an important issue and should be discussed among researchers, publishers and librarians.

東京医科大学図書館における新入生オリエンテーションの再設計

The orientation for new students using the Tokyo Medical University Library was redesigned in 2004. Previously, the Tokyo Medical University Library provided a simple lecture as an orientation for new students.However, the curriculum of Tokyo Medical University was reconsidered in 2000-2001.Thus, the orientation to Tokyo Medical University Library was also redesigned.The redesign was performed using checklists developed by the research group attached to the Japan Association of Private University Libraries.This report describes the results of the redesign and comments on the new orientation to Tokyo Medical University Library.

The Development of Local Medical Support Service in Sapporo Medical University Library(&lt;Main Feature Article&gt;Networking on Nursing Information)

The Development of Local Medical Support Service in Sapporo Medical University Library(&lt;Main Feature Article&gt;Networking on Nursing Information)

The Assessments and Problems of the Medical and Social Welfare Junior College Library

The Assessments and Problems of the Medical and Social Welfare Junior College Library

京都大学医学図書館及び京都府立医科大学附属図書館の相互協力に関する協定：他大学連携の潮流

Kyoto University Medical Library and the Library of Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine concluded an agreement, “The Memorandum on Mutual Cooperation Between Kyoto University Medical Library and the Library of Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, ” in July 2004, to go into effect from August 1, 2004, to provide mutual users with information resources. Functional cooperation has thus begun between libraries with a common theme field enabling cooperation among different organizations. A case report is being conducted on the meaning of cooperate in specific fields, problems arising when a university branch library and a college library cooperate, and examples of cooperation among universities.