Slide Notes

1. Medical Library Collections

2. How will medical library collections and services change in the 21st century?

3. Collections and materials

4. The journal literature is still the most important resource

5. What e-journals are available?

6. Open Access journals

7. PubMed Central

8. BioMed Central

9. PLoS- Public Library of Science

10. HINARI

11. INASP

12. Indexing and abstracting tools are still key resources….

13. MEDLINE® is first choice

14. List of Journals Indexed for MEDLINE®

15. Other indexes of choice

16. Textbooks remain popular

17. Three commercial sources

18. MDConsult™

19. StatRef™

20. McGraw-Hill’s ACCESSMedicine™

21. Reference books are still vital tools

22. eReference Tools are available

23. Both Textbooks and Reference Books are changing.

24. Media remain important

25. Other items are also useful

26. Consumer and Patient Education materials are increasing in number

27. A good list of all the types of materials is available

28. From a list of most widely used reference materials

29. Future challenges for collections…

30. More challenges…

31. Will these resources be available in medical libraries in Vietnam?

32. What about services?

33. Reference services

34. Circulation services

35. Educational services

36. Media & Computer services

37. Remote services

38. Knowledge creation

39. Consumer health & patient education services

40. Slide 40
First we will see pictures of three patient and consumer health libraries in Pittsburgh. This is the largest patient/family library in Pittsburgh, located in a large medical/surgical hospital..

41. Slide 41
This is the library for parents and siblings of patients at the Pittsburgh children’s hospital.

42. Can these new services work in medical libraries in Vietnam?