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Study of Information Sources and Services of the National Medical Library in India.

Authors :
Hussain, Akhtar
Kumar, Krishna
Fatima, Nishat
Source :
Library Philosophy & Practice. Oct2010, p1-10. 10p. 10 Charts.
Publication Year :
2010

Abstract

The article focuses on the National Medical Library in New Delhi, India. It examines factors that have an effect on services including manpower, documents collections, reference services, and physical facilities. It presents a literature review concerning electronic resources, health science research libraries, and library use. It mentions that the National Medical Library has a lack of space facilities and reading seats, with a capacity of 400 seats and requirements for a minimum of 600 seats. It comments that over 60 percent of library users were unsatisfied with uses of bibliographical sources and 35 percent of users were unsatisfied with specific information searches.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
15220222
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Library Philosophy & Practice
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
56660100