When the nursing collection at the University of Illinois Library of the Health Sciences was evaluated in 1990 for an accreditation self-study for the National League for Nursing, the evaluation was broadened to study resources, faculty participation in selecting them, and completeness of holdings. To evaluate holdings, lists were checked and conspectus and comparative statistical data were ana...

We are at a critical moment when a library patron’s first, and sometimes only, point of access to library collections is an interface. The relationship we have with physical collections can not be discounted but it also can not be re-created within the screen space. There is a need to understand not only how interfaces operate and how they can be ‘usable’ but also how they shape our relationshi...

The first Brandon-Hill list was published in the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association (BMLA) in 1965. Since then, the "Selected List of Books and Journals for the Small Medical Library" has become a widely used collection development tool for health sciences librarians. Although intended as a selection guide for small or medium-size libraries in hospitals or comparable medical facilities...

purpose: the purpose of this paper is to identify the main elements of collection and collection management policy of information center & central library of ferdowsi university of mashhad. methodology: this study was an applied research study done through a survey analysis. the population of this study comprised of a representative group of managers, experts, and librarians. the data collectio...