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Selected List of Books and Journals for the Small Medical Library* Selected List of Books and Journals for the Small Medical Library* BY ALFRED N. BRANDON, Librarian The New York Academy ofMedicine New York, New York ABSTRACT community. This premise is gaining and un- This revised list of 446 books and 137 journals is doubtedly will continue to gain wide accept- intended as a selection guide for small or medium- ance, thereby substantially increasing the im- sized hospital libraries or for the small medical library mediate needs of the primary clientele of the serving a specified clientele. Books and journals are cannot be met categorized by subject, with the books being followed hospital library-needs that by an author index and the journals by an alphabetical totally by a traditional basic book and journal title listing. Items suggested for initial purchase by collection. In view of financial problems faced smaller libraries are indicated by an asterisk. by health-care facilities and lack of space in To purchase the entire collection of books and to many institutions, it is unrealistic for every pay for annual subscriptions to all the journals would require an expenditure of about $14,500. The cost of small hospital to amass a large library propor- only the asterisked items recommended for first tional to the ever-increasing requirements of its purchase totals approximately $4,100. medical staff. Nonetheless, irrespective of size, providing prompt access to biomedical informa- tion for the health-care professionals of its DURING the past decade an increasing em- institution is a mandatory function of any phasis has been placed on the clinical and hospital library. At the present time, this educational impact of the small medical library mandate can be carried out most effectively within its own institution and in the overall and economically by ventures in resource biomedical library community as well. The sharing which can range from informal agree- National Library of Medicine Regional Medical ments between libraries in two neighboring Library Program has been an effective force in hospitals to multi-institutional library consortia upgrading both the role and resources of the formed on the bases of geographical location small medical library. In addition, the RMLP and/or subject interests. has provided a structured means for the As the clinical and educational aspects of the inclusion of this type of library as an integral hospital library's role increase while institu- part of a national biomedical communications tional fiscal austerity increases at a comparable network program. In order to carry out its rate, the selection of books and journals function in the RMLP concept, the hospital becomes more complex and difficult for the library must have an up-to-date basic book and hospital librarian. The Stearns-Ratcliff "core journal collection that will meet the immediate library" (1), published in 1970, was conceived needs of its primary clientele. as the basic collection necessary for a hospital However, in the foreseeable future, the library. However, its scope is minimal and demands made on the small medical library will restricted; today it would hardly meet the entail even greater responsibilities because the needs of even the smallest hospital with any essentiality of life-long continuing education degree of adequacy. As yet, the "core library" for the practicing physician has reached a new list has not been revised although there are level of consciousness within the medical tentative plans to update it on a continuing basis eventually. Many core lists have been * A sixth revised version of a paper originally compiled by the Regional Medical Libraries and published in the Bull. Med. Libr. Assoc. 53: 329-364, July 1965; 55: 141-159, Apr. 1967; 57: 130-150, Apr. by the Regional Medical Programs. 1969; 59: 266-285, Apr. 1971; 61: 179-200, Apr. The list of books and journals presented here, 1973. which is revised biennially, is meant primarily Bull. Med. Libr. Assoc. 63(2) April 1975 149 ALFRED N. BRANDON to serve as a guideline in establishing and mately $4,100 would be needed-$2,700 for maintaining a substantive small medical library the books and $1,400 for journal subscriptions collection, but additionally, its purpose is also for one year. to supplement core lists and to complement Since the inception of this list in 1965, book more inclusive selection aids. The book section and journal prices have continued to rise of the present version has been enlarged to steadily (Table 1). The average cost of a journal allow for greater selectivity within a subject subscription has increased 113.7% from 1965 field for hospital library consortia engaged in ($13.90) to 1975 ($29.71). The average price cooperative acquisitions or for the teaching per book has jumped from $15.00 in 1965, to hospital library. The list has been totally $23.33 in 1975, a 55.5% rise in cost. The reevaluated in accordance with recommenda- figures reflected in Table 1 are based exclu- tions made by both subject specialists and sively on prices for publications that have been medical librarians; many of their suggestions and are included in this list. Therefore, it must have been incorporated into it. The many hours be recognized that the figures given here are of work by Dorothy R. Hill, Assistant Professor relevant only to the small medical of library Library Science and Acquisitions Librarian, collection and have no validity when applied to Mount Sinai School of Medicine of The City average book and journal prices, which are University of New York, coupled with her significantly higher, that confront large medical exceptional knowledge of medical literature libraries because of the more expensive mate- and medical librarianship, have been invaluable rials that make up their collections. Price in the preparation of the current revision. Even information in this paper is as accurate as though this list is basically intended to be a possible at the time of its publication, but if the selection aid for hospital librarians, previously inflationary spiral continues at its current rate, published versions have been used extensively many of the prices will inflate by accordingly medical and academic librarians, by physi- within a relatively short time span. cians for personal book selection, and in There are comparatively few up-to-date selec- teaching programs. tion guides available to the hospital librarian, If an institution were to purchase all the and for the inexperienced individual, book and books and journals in this list, the approximate journal selection can present an overwhelming costs would be $10,400 for books and $4,100 dilemma. "A Library for Internists Recom- for the annual journal subscriptions, making a mended by the American College of Physi- grand total of $14,500. Because it is impossible cians" (2), which appeared in 1973, is one of for many institutions to buy all, or in some the most noteworthy recent contributions cases, even most of the listed books and made in this field. However, this list of books journals, items suggested for priority purchase and journals was compiled specifically for the are indicated by an asterisk. To acquire only internist and is geared totally toward internal the asterisked books and journals, approxi- medicine. It accomplishes its purpose well for TABLE 1 1965 List 1967 List 1969 List 1971 List 1973 List 1975 List Books Average cost per book .. $15.00 $16.22 $17.04 $19.11 $21.20 $23.33 Average book cost percentage increase* .. 8.1% 5.1% 12.1% 10.9% 10% Journals Average cost per journal subscription .$13.90 $14.85 $17.61 $20.73 $23.90 $29.71 Average journal subscrip- tion cost percentage increase* 6.8% 18.6% 17.7% 15.3% 24.3% * Percentage increases calculated on the average prices of the preceding list. 150 Bull. Med. Libr. Assoc. 63(2) April 1975 LIST FOR THE SMALL MEDICAL LIBRARY the internist, but for the hospital librarian it (9). This is a unique reference document, which provides little help in the selection of books is available free of charge, and all hospital and journals in other fields of clinical medicine librarians should be familiar with it. Library and relatively no help in choosing basic science Practice in Hospitals: A Basic Guide (10) is a publications. My list which follows has been book containing fundamental knowledge for compiled especially for the librarian and offers the inexperienced hospital librarian and is a direction in the building of a well-balanced worthwhile reference manual for any hospital small medical library collection that includes librarian. Its chapters on selection and acquisi- both clinical and pertinent basic science mate- tion of books and journals contain basic rials. concepts of which the hospital librarian should The Library Association's Medical Section be cognizant when using any selection aid. has compiled a subject listing titled Books and More detailed and advanced information can be Periodicals for Medical Libraries in Hospitals found in comparable chapters of the Handbook consisting of ". titles which are generally of Medical Library Practice (1 1). considered most likely to provide useful cover- Since the National Library of Medicine age in the various subject fields. ." (3); both Regional Medical Library Program has drawn basic and clinical sciences are included. It must the hospital library and librarian into the be remembered that this list is British in origin mainstream of the biomedical library commu- and viewpoint. This factor'should be taken into nity, the hospital librarian should call upon and consideration especially when using it for the make use of the resources provided by his local selection of books because a preferred medical Regional Medical Library. A listing of the text in the United Kingdom is not necessarily Regional Medical Libraries can be found in the accepted as such in the United States.
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