CENTRALIZED AUTOMATION FOR A TWO-BRANCH HOSPITAL LIBRARY

两所医院图书馆的集中自动化

• 批准号: 3058295
• 负责人: MERLE L COLGLAZIER
• 金额: $ 1.1万
• 依托单位: RICHMOND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1991
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1991-09-01 至 1992-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3058295
• 关键词: biomedical equipment purchase; health care facility information system; information dissemination; library; online computer

This grant application proposes to improve access to the health science information resources owned by the two branch library at Richmond Memorial Hospital (RMH) by accomplishing two objectives. Both objectives will be accomplished by means of installing a centralized computer system. The first objective is to increase access to the holdings of the two libraries through an online computer catalog. The second objective is to automate the inventory maintenance procedure for the two library collections. Accomplishing these objectives will greatly improve access to the health science information resources at RMH. The successful implementation of this project will also improve the contribution that the Medical and School of Nursing Libraries make toward providing quality patient care at this institution. With respect to the first objective, by replacing the cumbersome card catalogs with a central computer catalog, the libraries will be able to provide more comprehensive and efficient bibliographic control of library holdings. This improvement will help surmount a major problem for the effective delivery of information services to the patrons of both libraries -- that is the libraries are physically separate facilities. Architectural and physical constraints preclude the possibility of ever combining the separate collections into a single library. The implementation of an online public access catalog will improve access to the total information resources for patrons of either library. The computer catalog will also permit more effective use of library staff resources by eliminating the labor intensive routine of maintaining two separate card catalogs. With respect to the second objective, by automating the inventory control system it will be possible to provide timely and accurate reports of library holdings, and maintain an up-to date online catalog for both libraries. The tedious task of manually checking the shelf cards against the shelfholdings will be replaced with a rapid and accurate computer scanning procedure. The result will be greatly reduced time spent in inventorying the collection and keeping the catalog current. Eventually, the automated inventory procedure will be extended to include information resources held by all departments in the Hospital. Sometime in the future it will be possible to conduct a simple and accurate inventory of hospital-wide health science information resources.

这项拨款申请旨在改善健康科学的可及性， 里士满的两个分支图书馆拥有的信息资源 纪念医院（RMH）通过实现两个目标。 两 目标将通过安装一个集中的 计算机系统. 第一个目标是增加获得 通过联机计算机目录，检索两个图书馆的馆藏。 的 第二个目标是使库存维护程序自动化， 两个图书馆的收藏。 实现这些目标将 大大改善健康科学信息资源的获取， RMH。 该项目的成功实施也将提高 医学和护理学院图书馆所做的贡献 提供高质量的病人护理 关于第一个目标，通过更换笨重的卡片， 目录与中央计算机目录，图书馆将能够 提供更全面和有效的书目控制， 图书馆藏书。 这一改进将有助于克服一个主要问题 为有效地向顾客提供信息服务， 这两个库--也就是说， 设施 架构和物理限制排除了 将不同的集合组合成一个单一的集合的可能性 图书馆 在线公共检索目录的实施将 改善用户对全部信息资源的访问， 图书馆 计算机目录还将允许更有效地使用 图书馆的人力资源，消除劳动密集型的例行工作， 保持两个独立的卡片目录。 关于第二个目标，通过自动化库存， 控制系统将能够提供及时、准确的 图书馆馆藏报告，并保持最新的在线目录 这两个图书馆。 手动检查货架的繁琐工作 对货架持有的卡将被替换为一个快速， 精确的计算机扫描程序。 其结果将大大 减少了清点收藏品和保存 目录当前。 最终，自动化库存程序将 扩大到包括各部门所拥有的信息资源， 医院 在未来的某个时候， 简单而准确的全院健康科学调查表 信息资源