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MLA's Librarian Survival Kit

Selected Bibliography

To top of page New Roles for Health Sciences Librarians and Professionally-Directed Libraries

  • DiMattia, S. When the "dumb" increases, increase the smarts. Corp Lib Update 1995 Oct 15;(5):4.
  • Frisse M, Braude R, Florance V, Fuller S. Informatics and medical libraries: changing needs and changing roles. Acad Med 1995; Jan 70(l):30–35.
  • Gorman PN, Ash J, Wykoff L. Can primary care physicians' questions be answered using the medical journal literature? Bull Med Libr Assoc 1994;82(2):140–6.
  • Matheson N. The idea of the library in the twenty-first century. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1995 Jan 83(l):1–7.
  • Fuller S. Internet connectivity for hospitals and hospital libraries: strategies. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1995 Jan 83(l):32–36.
  • Howell P, Jones C. A focus on quality: the library's role in occurrence. Platform for change: the educational policy statement of the Medical Library Association. Chicago: Medical Library Association, 1992.
  • Using scientific evidence to improve information practice: the research policy statement of the Medical Library Association. Chicago: Medical Library Association, 1995.

To top of page Legal and Regulatory Issues

  • Harbeson v. Parke Davis. Med Law 1985; 4:189–194.
  • Herin N. The liability of the hospital librarian: why you need a professional medical librarian. Hosp Top 1991; Summer 69(3):26–9.
  • Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals 1996:387–8;405-11;421–3;441-3;446–8.
  • Standards for hospital libraries. Chicago: Medical Library Association, 1994.
  • The value of the hospital library. Chicago: Medical Library Association, 1992.
  • A librarian's guide to a JCAHO accreditation survey. Chicago: Medical Library Association, 1994.
  • Health care reform and the health sciences librarian. Chicago: Medical Library Association, 1994.
  • Doyle J. Knowledge-based information management: implications for information services. Med Ref Serv Q 1994; Summer 13(2):85–97.
  • Klein MS. Adapting IAIMS to a hospital library level. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1989; Oct 77(4):357–71.

To top of page Librarian's Contribution to Quality Patient Care

  • King DN. The contribution of hospital library information services to clinical care: a study in eight hospitals. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1987;Oct 75(4): 291–301.
  • Klein MS, Ross F, Adams D, Gilbert C. Effect of online literature searching on length of stay and patient care cost. Acad Med 1994 Jun 69(6):489–495.
  • Marshall J. The impact of the hospital library on clincal decision making: the Rochester study. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1992; Apr 80(2): 169–78.
  • Smith, BT, Grossman, S. The library's contribution to quality: the bottom line. Scripts and slides for presentations to managers, medical staff, and board of directors.

To top of page Economic Issues

  • Health sciences libraries of Minnesota position paper: Cost containment as a major strategy in health care reform: the essential role of hospital library and information services. Nati Netw 1993 Aug 18(l):10–1.

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