background: awareness about the actual information needs is a necessity in correct decision making for developing or improvement of information centers. this study aimed on investigating the information needs of students and university professors of birjand university of medical sciences. methods: in this descriptive-analytical study conducted in 2009, 422 students were selected based on system...

THERE IS a growing awareness of the inadequacy of medical library services in hospitals and of the lack of co-ordination of medical information services in this country. The development of postgraduate education in hospitals makes it essential that more medical library facilities should be available. A recent Working Party on Medical Libraries (1965) has recommended a hierachy with Regional and...

This revised list of 492 books and 138 journals is intended as a selection guide for small or medium-sized hospital libraries or for the small medical library serving a specified clientele. It can also be used as a core list by small hospital library consortia. Books and journals are categorized by subject, with the books being followed by an author index and the journals by an alphabetical tit...

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background the importance of preserving and maintaining printed materials is crucial for the libraries. fungi play the main role in destroying wood and paper. objectives this research aimed to study and identify threatening fungal agents of library resources in isfahan university of medical sciences. materials and methods this is a descriptive analytical study. 126 samples were collected and ex...

introduction: fungi are biological threatening which exist in all the environments. libraries and archive centers are a suitable environment for the growth of fungi. the aim of this study was to identify fungal life-threatening factors for librarians and users in libraries of isfahan university of medical sciences, iran in 2011. methods: this was a cross-sectional and descriptive-analytical stu...