Medical Libraries : A Modern Approach

Contents Preface 1 Development of medical libraries 2 Study of medical libraries 3 Medical libraries a modern approach towards their setup 4 Collection development and services in the medical libraries 5 Analysis of data 6 Observations and suggestions 7 Modernization of medical libraries BibliographyThe spread of medical education and research is indispensable for the healthy growth and development of any society or nation Therefore medical colleges are established to serve the important purpose of promoting the cause of medical education and research The establishment of medical libraries plays a pivotal role in helping the medical colleges to achieve their aims and objectivesMedical college libraries are set up in medical colleges to lend support to their basic function of promoting medical education and research Such libraries are entrusted with the responsibility to develop a good collection of documents comprising of medical literature which is required and demanded by its usersThe present publication Medical Library System A Critical Study in the Modern Perspective is a first hand Study and Survey of Collection and Services in Medical College Libraries in Uttar Pradesh It also endeavors to find out the problems faced by these libraries and explore the prospects of their modernisation jacket 240 pp.…