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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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