Symposium on Types of Medical Libraries V. State Medical Libraries

摘要

ANUMBER of State Legislatures, realizing the need to have scientific literature quickly and easily available to practicing physicians and those in related fields, have established and supported free circulating medical libraries. The majority of these libraries have been established in connection with state universities having access to the files of the university library and thus are able to maintain a current working collection in the English language with the large foreign scientific holdings of the university, in allied as well as medical fields, conveniently available for their patrons. These libraries can operate on a relatively small budget, in a minimum of space with the responsibility for selection of personnel, cataloging of books, and allocation and administrating of funds resting on the shoulders of the University Librarian, leaving the IIedical Librarian free to devote his full time to the patrons and their requests.