HOSPITAL LIBRARIES: THE STATE OF THE ART

Abstract

THE PATTERN OF LIBRARY PROVISION in hospitals in this country has for over half a century followed the traditional double‐track of one service for medical staff and a second for patients. Medical libraries range from the great teaching and research collections to the handful of basic works and journals; it is probable that every hospital would claim to have a collection of medical literature: a library. Not all hospitals provide books for patients, possibly three out of four, but many of those that do extend the patients' library service to members of hospital staff.

Citation

Start, R. (1966), "HOSPITAL LIBRARIES: THE STATE OF THE ART", Library Review, Vol. 20 No. 7, pp. 473-481. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb012454