[Mla-cds] E-Collections for small rural hospital Libraries

[Christine Whitaker]

STACY,
The newly published Medical Library Associations Master Guide To Authoritative Information Resources In The Health Sciences ( isbn 9781555707194)   Is an attempt to fill the Brandon-Hill vacuum. It covers monographs and journals with some databases.  It is quite pricy and covers all health Sciences, so it might not be cost effective for you.

Christine Whitaker
Collection Development Librarian
School of Medicine Library
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
803-216-3201



From: mla-cds-bounces at colldev.mlanet.org [mailto:mla-cds-bounces at colldev.mlanet.org] On Behalf Of Stacy Wein
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 12:06 PM
To: mla-cds at colldev.mlanet.org
Subject: [Mla-cds] E-Collections for small rural hospital Libraries

Karen,

I have been   working in a small rural  hospital library for 10 years. Since I started three big changes have occurred:  Brandon/Hill is gone, transitions from print to  e-collections are in progress and  we are now a critical access  hospital. We  don't require a large library collection but  I am  no longer  sure what  we  do need  for our  core collection. So many  large e-collections  are over kill for  my patrons and the majority of books  wouldn't  get used. I presently base  my collection on  the  five core services my  hospital supports and  Doody's  core list suggestions for the print books and MDConsult, National Library alliance 's STATRef  medical and nursing collections  and Nursing Consult.

Is there  any other resource to help  me  create a  good  core  collection for  books and journals both print and  online? It is  a bit tricky trying to  get  what  I need  with  my small budget. I  know there isn't one platform with all the answers but I sure would  like  to know if there is a better way than having  so many  places to   find  the  library's  collections.

Take care,
Stacy


Stacy Wein
Librarian
Health Sciences Library
Copley Hospital
528 Washington Highway
Morrisville, VT 05661
802.888.8347
Fax: 802.888.8361
swein at chsi.org
One must learn by doing the thing, for though you think  you know it, you have no certainty until you try.
Sophocles, 400 B.C.

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