Basic Medical Library Management: Additional Resources
Links to books, articles and full-text web sites are available below.
Library Management
- Managing Knowledge in Health Services . Andrew Booth and Graham Walton, editors. Available in full text online. Part 1 looks at the context within which healthcare is delivered and examines the different users who have access to the knowledge base; Part 2 outlines the principles underlying the way health information resources and services are organized and managed; and Part 3 discusses the skills required to use the knowledge base effectively. Published in 2000, but still relevant.
- The Medical Library Association Guide to Managing Health Care Libraries. Ruth Holst, editor, and Sharon A. Phillips, associate editor. 2000 (385 pages, soft cover).
- Hospital Library Management: The Hospital Libraries Section of the Medical Library Association has compiled a list of resources for hospital library management.
- Special libraries management handbook: the basics. The University of South Carolina College of Library and Information Science.
- The One Person Library Sourcebook: A Guide for Small and Solo Libraries, by Judiith Siess. The first half of the book discusses management issues particular to the one-person library the second half has a multitude of resources for the OPL: web sites, books, articles, and vendors. A new edition should be out in 2005.
- Providing library support for the development of clinical guidelines. Health Libr Rev 1999 Jun;16(2):132-4.
- Practice libraries: managing printed information and meeting the information needs of staff in general practice. Health Libr Rev 1997 Mar;14(1):9-21.
- Positioning the library at the epicenter of the networked biomedical enterprise. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1998 Jan;86(1):26-30.
- Time Management, Planning, and Prioritization for Librarians, by Judith Siess. This book offers hundreds of practical ways to maximize limited time, based on actual experiences of the author and other practicing librarians. It explains how to use planning and prioritization to determine what to do and what not to do. It also provides techniques to make the most efficient and effective use of your limited schedule.
- Integrating knowledge resources at the point of care: opportunities for librarians. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1999 Oct;87(4):393-403.
- Health information multitype library reference referral networking: panacea for the '90s. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1998 Jul;86(3):356-65.
Marketing
- Case studies from morning report: librarians' role in helping residents find evidence-based clinical information. Atlas MC, Smigielski EM, Wulff JL, Coleman MT. Med Ref Serv Q. 2003 Fall;22(3):1-14. Kornhauser Health Sciences Library, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA.
- Clinicians, librarians and patient safety: opportunities for partnership.Zipperer L. Qual Saf Health Care. 2004 Jun;13(3):218-22. Zipper Project Management, 1002 Washington Street #3E, Evanston, IL 60202, USA. lorri@zpm1.com
- Knowledge management in the NHS: positioning the healthcare librarian at the knowledge intersection. Keeling C, Lambert S. Health Libr Rev. 2000 Sep;17(3):136-43. Graduate School of Science, Engineering & Medicine, University of Manchester, Roscoe Building, Brunswick St., Manchester M13 9 PL, UK. ukcarole60@hotmail.com
- Marketing the hospital library to physicians: one approach. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1991 Jan;79(1):86-7.
- The need for medical libraries in hospitals. N Y State J Med. 1990 Aug;90(8):420-1.
- Study shows hospital libraries save lives. Libr J 1991 Oct 15;116(17):12.
- Telemedicine as a new role for the hospital library. Natl Netw 1998 Feb;22(3):21.
- Visible Librarian; Asserting Your Value with Marketing and Advocacy, by Judith Siess. Library directors, department heads, solo librarians: Learn how NOT to be invisible! Packed with all the best practices in marketing library services, this hands-on guide provides inspiring stories and case studies of library colleagues around the nation who are successfully advocating and marketing themselves and their services.
Budget
- How much should it cost? An introduction to management use of costing information. Health Libr Rev 1997 Dec;14(4):209-17.
- Charging for library and information services in medical libraries: a review of the literature and a survey of current practice. Health Libr Rev 1993 Dec;10(4):202-23.
- Costing medical libraries: the feasibility of functional cost analysis. Health Libr Rev 1993 Dec;10(4):169-201.
- Formula funding in a multidisciplinary medical library: a case study at St George's Hospital Medical School, University of London. Health Libr Rev 1992 Jun;9(2):81-2.
