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NEWSLETTER 


WIMTER  1977 


FIRST  ISSUE  -  CHLA/ABSC  NEWSLEHER 

Most  of  you  receiving  this  Issue  will  recall  a  similar  oublication,  almost  identical  in 
format,  CAN  GROUP  NEWS,  which  published  its  first  and  last  issue  way  back  in  April  of 
1976.  Upon  formation  of  the  Canadian  Health  Libraries  Association,  it  was  decided  to 
merge  CAN  GROUP  NEWS  into  CHLA/ABSC  NEWSLETTER.  Reason?  CAN  GROUP  NEWS  was  purply  an 
experimental  issue  designed  to  fill  an  informational  void  until  the  TeeTing  of  Canadian 
health  librarians  about  a  separate  and  distincf library  organization  could  be  tested. 
The  earlier  publication,  since  the  Canadian  Group  of  MLA,  its  sponsor,  lacks  a  treasury, 
was  printed  and  distributed  solely  as  an  act  of  charity.  Also,  it  was  felt  that  a  CHLA 
NEWSLETTER  could  address  itself  to  a  wider  readership  than  just  Canadian  members  of"M[J, 
while  the  existance  of  two  such  newsletters,  with  overlapping  interests,  could  not  be 
justified.  Now  that  the  CHLA  is  in  the  process  of  being  established,  presumably  as  hordes 
of  Canadian  health  librarians  send  in  their  dues  for  charter  membership,  we  hope  to  out 
this  newsletter  on  a  regular  publishing  basis--probably  quarterly  for  the  first  year,  with 
the  second  issue  planned  for  April  or  May.  While  the  first  mailing  of  the  newsletter  will 
go  out  to  any  potential  member  of  CHLA,  subsequent  issues  will  be  sent  only  to  those  who 
have  paid  their  dues.  To  make  the  Newsletter  successful,  the  editor,  based  in  a  lonely 
outpost  in  the  Atlantic  Ocean,  solicits  and  invites  your  contributions  to  future  issues. 
Announcements  regarding  meetings,  continuing  education  opportunities,  descriptions  of  new 
library  facilities  or  libraries  in  the  planning  stages,  changes  in  assignment  or  jobs,  job 
opportunities  in  health  science  librarianship,  and  similar  material,  would  be  of  interest. 
Feature  articles  on  libraries  or  special  library  services  would  also  be  welcomed.  Please 
send  your  news  contributions  to:  Richard  B.  Fredericksen,  Editor,  CHLA/ABSC  NEWSLETTER, 
Health  Sciences  Centre,  Memorial  University  of  Newfoundland,  St.  John's,  Newfoundland. 
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CANADIAN  HEALTH  LIBRARY  ASSOCIATION 
ASSOC lAflON  DES  BIBLIOTHEQUES  DE  LA  SANTE  DU  CANADA 


EE:  David  Crawford 
President 

Conine  vous  savez  deja,  un  comite,  compost  de  moi-mlme  conme  president, 
Richard  Fredericksen,  Philippe  Lemay,  Alan  MacDonald,  Dorothy  Sirois, 
Mcirtha  Stone  et  Sheila  Swanson  fut  ^tabli  durant  l'6t^,  1975  afin  d'examiner 
I'organisation  des  biblioth^aires  canadiens(nes)  des  sciences  dc  la  sant^. 

Notre  comit^ pr^senta  son  rapport  final  au  mois  de  mai  1976  et  il  fut 
discute^aux  assembles  du  M.L.A.  et  de  C.A.S.L.I.S.,  Section  de  la  sant^ 
au  mois  de  juin.  Vu  I'agr^ment  donn^  au  rapport  par  ces  deux  grouses  et  les 
reactions  positives  revues  lors  du  sondage  I'an  dernier,  le  comity  s'est 
r^ifii  a  Vancouver  en  octobre  1976,  et  discuta  1' execution  des  cinq  recoimendations 
presentees  dans  notre  rapport  final. 

Nous  avons  pris  les  d^isions  suivantes: 

1.  Que  les  membres  du  comit^  devrait  constituer  le  premier  ex^utif  du 
ABSC.  Notre  terme  finira  lors  de  1 'assemble  annuelle  au  mois  de  juin 
1977.  Nous  organiserons  des  Elections  par  courier  pour  choisir  in  noxjvel 
ex^utif  durant  ce  tenps.  J'ai  ^te"  noirme  president,  Alan  MacDonald  a  4t6 
noam^  secretaire/ tr^sorier  et  Richard  Fredericksen  a  ^te  nonn^  r^dacteur  des 
publications. 

2.  Ufie  constitution  provisoire  fut  r^dig^e.  Cette  constitution  sera 
revis^e  avant  le  mois  de  d^cembre  1978  et  sera  mise  aux  voix  de  touts  les 
membres. 

3.  Nous  avons  decide  que  la  premiere  assemblee  annuelle  aurait  lieu  b 
Montr^ial  au  mois  de  juin  1977  juste  avast  I'asscmbl^e  du  C.L.A..  Mne 

Babs  Flower  a  tres  gentillement  accepte'  de  s'occuper  des  arrangements  locaux. 

4.  On  a  decide  de  publier  le  premier  fascicule  des  "Nouvelles"  du 
ABSC  t^t  en  1977  et  de  publier  le  deuxieme  avant  1 'assemblee  annuelle. 

5.  Conine  vous  verrez  dans  la  constitution,  la  cotisation  sera  de  $15.00 
par  ann^e.  Toutefois  pour  la  p^riode  se  terminant  en  juin  1977,  le 
paiement  au  prorata  sera  de  J7.50.  Si  vous  desirez  etre  membre  de  la 
ABSC  et  si  vous  desirez  encourager  son  development,  enjoyez  votre 
cotisation  au  tresorier  aussitot  que  possible.  Une  formule  d'application 
est  incluse.  Puisque  nos  fonds  sont  'k  sec,  nous  ne  pouvons  pas  vous  envoycz 
d'autres  avis  d'abonnement.  Alors  nous  vous  prions,  de  nous  envoyez  votre 
ch^ue  d^s  aujourd'hui. 

L'ex^cutif  fera  son  possible  pour  contribuer  au  developpement  de^la  ABSC 
mais  1 'Association  ne  peut  rnissir  sans  votre  appui. 


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FROM:  David  Crawford 
President 


As  you  are  aware,  an  ad-hoc  committee  consisting  of  myself,  as  Chairman, 
Richard  Fredericksen,  Philippe  Lemay,  Alan  MacDonald,  Dorothy  Sirois, 
Kbrtha  Stone  and  Sheila  Swanson  was  established  in  the  suimer  of  1975  to 
investigate  the  organizational  needs  of  Canadian  Health  Librarians. 

Our  conmittee  presented  its  final  report  in  May  1976  and  it  was  discussed  at 
both  the  M.L.A.  and  C.A.S.L.I.S.  Health  Sciences  Section  meetings  in  June. 
Following  the  acceptance  of  the  report  by  both  these  groijps  and  bearing  in 
mind  the  strong  positive  response  we  received  by  mail,  the  Committee  met  in 
Vancouver  in  October  1976  and  discussed  the  inf^lementation  of  the  five 
recoonendations  in  our  final  report. 

We  decided  on  the  following  points :- 

1.  That  the  members  of  the  ad-hoc  Comnittee  should  form  the  first 
Executive  of  the  C.H.L.A..  We  will  serve  only  through  the  annual  meeting  in 
June  of  1977  and  will  organize  mail  elections  for  an  executive  during  this 
time.  I  was  appointed  President,  Alan  MacDonald  was  appointed  Secretary/ 
Treasurer  and  Richard  Fredericksen  was  appointed  Editor  of  Pi^lications. 

2.  An  interim  constitution  was  written  and  appears  elsewhere.  This 
constitution  will  be  revised  before  December  1978  by  the  elected  executive 
and  then  be  voted  on  by  all  members. 

3.  It  was  agreed  to  hold  the  first  annual  meeting  in  Montreal  in 
June  1977  iust  before  the  C.L.A.  meeting.  Mrs.  Babs  Flower  has  very  kindly 
accepted  the  post  of  local  arrangements  organizer. 

4.  It  was  agreed  to  issue  the  first  nurber  of  the  C.H.L.A.  Newsletter 
early  in  1977  and  to  issue  the  second  before  the  Annual  meeting. 

5.  As  you  will  sec  from  the  Constitution,  the  membership  fee  will  be 
$15  per  annton;  however,  for  the  period  ending  in  June  1977  this  will  be  pro- 
rated to  $7.50.  If  you  wish  to  be  a  member  of  the  C.H.L.A.  and  help  to 
foster  its  growth  now  is  the  time  to  send  your  membership  fee  to  the 
Treasurer.  A  form  is  attached  for  this  purpose.  As  we  presently  have  no 
funding  we  will  be  inable  to  send  out  subscription  reminders  so  I  would  ask 
you  to,  please,  put  your  cheque  in  the  mail  today. 


Though  the  Executive  will  do  all  it  can  to  assist  in  the  development 
of  the  C.H.L.A.  the  Association  can  only  succeed  if  you  join  and  assist  us 
in  this  inportant  task. 


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CANADIAN  HEALTH  LIBRARIES  ASSOCIATION 

Constitution  and  By-Laws  (Noveirber  1976) 

Article  1.   The  name  of  the  association  shall  be  the  Canadian  Health  Libraries 
Association. 

Article  2.   The  purpose  of  the  Canadian  Health  Libraries  Association 

shall  be  to  promote  the  provision  of  quality  library  service 
to  the  health  coimuiity  in  Canada  by  comounication  and 
mutiial  assistance. 

Article  3.   Membership  shall  be  open  to  all  persons  or  institutions  interested 
in  the  aims  of  the  Association. 

Article  4.  The  business  of  the  Association  shall  be  conducted  and  managed  by  an 
Executive  Connittee. 

Article  5.   The  Executive  shall  consist  of  a  President  and  six  additional  elected 
members.  The  first  Executive  shall  hold  office  from  4  October  1976 
until  the  conclusion  of  the  Annual  Meeting  in  1977,  but  future 
Presidents  and  Executive  Members  shall  be  elected  for  two  year  terms 
of  office. 

Article  6.   In  order  to  properly  phase  in  the  tenns  of  office  of  future 

Executives,  the  President  take  office  at  the  conclusion  of  the 
Anniial  Meeting  in  1977  shall  be  elected  for  a  full  two  year  term. 
The  three  Executive  mevbers  receiving  the  highest  nunber  of  votes  shall 
also  serve  a  full  two  year  tem  but  the  remaining  three  Executive 
members  elected  shall  serve  intil  the  conclusion  of  the  Annual  Meeting 
in  1978. 

Article  7.  The  Executive  shall  appoint  an  Editor  of  Publications  who,  if  not  an 
elected  member  of  the  Executive,  shall  be  a  non-voting  meniber  of  the 
Executive. 

Article  8.   The  Executive  shall  select  one  of  its  members  to  be  Secretary/Treasurer. 

Article  9.  ,  The  Executive  shall  have  the  power  to  appoint  Connittees. 

Article  10.  The  fiscal  year  of  the  Association  shall  be  Jme  1  through  May  31 
except  that  the  initial  fiscal  year  shall  be  October  4,  1976 
through  May  31,  1977. 

Article  11.  The  annual  membership  fee  of  the  Association  shall  be  $15.  If 
laipaid  three  months  after  the  beginning  of  the  fiscal  year 
the  dues  shall  be  considered  in  arrears  and  the  member  shall 
be  suspended  from  membership.  For  the  fiscal  year  October  1976 
through  May  31,  1977  the  dues  payable  shall  be  $7.50. 

Article  12.  The  Annual  General  Meeting  of  the  Association  shall  be  held  in  the 

same  city  and  at  approximately  the  same  time  as  the  Annual  Conference 
of  the  Canadian  Library  Association. 

Article  13.  All  elections  for  officers  of  the  Association  shall  be  conducted  by 
mail  ballot  of  all  members  of  the  Association.  Each  meirber  of  the 
Association  shall  have  one  vote  for  each  vacant  position  and  the 
candidate  (s)  with  the  hi^est  nunber  of  votes  shall  be  declared  elected 
intil  all  vacancies  are  filled. 


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Article  14.  Proposals  to  ajrmend  this  constitution  or  by-laws  or  to 

decide  on  other  matters  determined  by  the  Executive  shall  be 
conducted  by  mail  ballot  of  all  members.  A  majority  of  those  voting 
shall  be  required  to  carry  any  proposal. 

Article  15.  This  constitution  and  by-laws  shall  remain  in  force  from  October  4, 
1976  intil  not  later  than  December  31,  1978  when  a  constitution  and 
by-laws  approved  by  a  majority  of  members  voting  by  mail  ballot 
shall  take  effect. 

Article  16.  The  conduct  of  the  meetings  of  the  Association  shall  follow 
Robert's  Rules  of  Order,  Revised,  in  the  latest  edition. 


ASSOCIATION  PES  BIBLIOTHEQUES  DE  LA  SMTE  W  CANAM 

Statuts  et  reglements  (Novembre  1976) 

Article  1.   L'Association  sera  connue  sous  le  nom  "Association  des  biblio- 
th^ues  de  la  sant^  du  Canada". 

Article  2.   Le  but  de  1 'Association  des  bibliothi^ues  de  l\   sant^  du  Canada 
sera  de  voir  \   la  promotion  de  la  quality  des  services  de  biblio- 
th^ue  of ferts  ^  la  conmnaut^  de  la  sant^  du  Canada  et  ce  par  la 
comnunication  et  I'aide  mutuelle. 

Article  3.   Toutes  les  personnes  ou  institutions  int^ress^es  aux  object if s 
de  1 'Association  pourront  devenir  mcmbre  de  1 'Association. 

Article  4.   Les  affairs  de  1 'Association  seront  menees  et  administr^s  par 
un  Comit/  ex^:utif . 

Article  5.   L'Ex^utif  sera  coiifws^  d'un  President  et  de  six  membres  addition- 
nels  llus.  Le  premier  Ex&utif  devra  singer  de  4  octobre  1976 
jusqu'^  la  cloture  de  I'Assembl^e  annuelle  de  1977.  Toutefois, 
les  Presidents  et  les  membres  de  I'Ex&utif  \  venir  seront  €lus 
pour  un  mandat  de  deux  ans. 

Article  6.   Dans  le  but  d'^tablir  la  p^riode  d'activit^  des  Ex^utifs  "Sl  venir, 
le  President  choisi  ^  la  clOture  de  1 'Assemble  annuelle  de  1977 
sera  ^lu  pour  une  p^riode  de  deux  ans.  Les  trois  membres  de 
I'Executif  qui  auront  reju  le  plus  grand  nombre  de  votes  devront 
aussi  remplir  un  mandat  de  deux  ans,  mais  les  trois  autre  membres 
^lus  de  I'Ex&utif  devront  ttre  en  place  jusqu'i  la  cloture  de 
1 'Assemble  annuelle  de  1978. 

Article  7.   L'Ex^cutif  devra  nonmer  in  Editeur  de  publication  qui,  s'il  n'est 
pas  m  membre  ^lu  de  I'Executif,  sera  in  membre  non  votant  de 
I'Ex&utif. 


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Article  8.   L'Ex^cutif  devra  choisir  in  de  ses  membres  conme  secr^taire- 
tresorier. 

Article  9.   L'Executif  aura  le  pouvoir  de  nonmer  des  Comites, 

Article  10.  L'ann^  budg^taire  de  1 ^Association  ira  du  ler  juin  au  31  mai,  sauf 
pour  la  premier  aimee^  ou  elle  ira  du  4  octobre  1976  au  31  mai  1977. 

Article  11.  La  cotisation  annuelle  de  I'Association  sera  de  $15.00.  Si  non 

paye  dans  les  trois  premiers  mois  de  I'ann^e  budg6taire,  le  montant 
dO  sera  considrfr^  conme  arrrfrage  et  le  menbre  sera  suspendu  conme 
menbre  de  I'Association.  Pour  I'aim^  budgetaire  d 'octobre  1976 
au  31  nai  1977,  la  cotisation  denand^  sera  de  $7.50. 

Article  12.  L'assenbl^  g6i^rale  de  I'Association  se  tiendra  dans  la  m^  ville 
et  environ  &   la  vihie  date  q\je  la  Conference  annuelle  de  I'Association 
canadienne  des  biblioth^ues. 

Article  IS.  Toute  Election  de  nembre  du  bureau  de  I'Association  devra  se  faire 
Par  courrier  par  tous  les  mewbres  de  I'Association.  Tous  les  man- 
bres  de  I'Association  auront  droit  a  i»i  vote  pour  chaque  poste 
vacant  et  le(s)  caiKlidat(s)  ayant  recu  le  plus  grand  nonbre  de 
votes  sera  (seront)  d&lar«r(s)  elu(sj  jusqu'i  ce  que  tous  les  postes 
vacants  soient  reinplis. 

Article  14.  Toute  denande  d'anendeaent  aux  presents  statuts  ou  r^glements  ou 
pour  examiner  toute  autre  d^ is ion  prise  par  I'Ex^cutif  devra  se 
faire  par  courrier  par  tous  les  membres.  Un  nombre  majoritaire 
de  votes  sera  n^essaire  pour  1 'approbation  de  toute  demande. 

Article  15.  Les  presents  statuts  et  reglenents  seront  en  vigueur  du  4  octobre 
1976  au  31  decembre  1978  au  plus  tard,  et  alors  des  statuts  et 
r^glements  approuv^s  par  la  majority  des  membres  votants  par  cour- 
rier entreront  en  vigueur. 

Article  16.  La  conduite  des  reunions  de  I'Association  devra  se  faire  selon  la 
demiere  Edition  du  "Robert's  Rules  of  Order,  Revised". 


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NEW  CANADIAN  tPSPITAL  LIBRARY  STANDARDS  AVAILABLE 


The  Canadian  Council  on  Hospital  Accreditation  has  recently  published  the  1977  Guide  to 
Hospital  Accreditation.  The  expanded  section  on  "Staff  Library  Services"  will 
undoubtedly  be  of  interest  to  Canadian  health  librarians.  The  editor  invites  conments 
on  the  standards  for  publication  in  the  next  issue  of  the  NEKSLETTER.  The  price  is 
$7.50  plus  postage  and  handling.  Inquiries  regarding  the  new  Guide  should  be  sent 
to: 

Canadian  Council  on  Hospital  Accreditation 
25  Imperial  Street 
Torxjnto,  Ontario 
MSP  la        . 


FimJRE  MEETING  DATES 


May  30-June  4th,  1977 
June  9th,  1977 

Juie  11 -16th,  1977 

Jvne  14th,  1977 

August  8-12,  1977 
October  2 7- 29th.  1977 
September  1979 


Special  Libraries  Association,  Annual  Meeting, 
New  York,  New  York. 

Canadian  Health  Library  Association,  Queen  Elizabeth 
Hotel,  Montreal,  Quebec.  (See  preliminary  program 
annomcement  elsewhere  in  this  issue). 

Medical  Library  Association,  Annual  Meeting,  Olympic 
Hotel,  Seattle,  Washington  (See  MIA  Housing  Form  and 
Special  Low  Cost  Travel  Information  elsewhere  in  this 
issue) . 

Canadian  Group  of  HA   (same  place  as  Annual  Meeting  of 
MA).  Canadian  Group  Breakfast  and  Annual  Business 
Meeting,  June   14,  0700-0830.  Also,  informal  cocktail 
party  will  be  annoinced  later. 

^CDINPO  77,  Toronto,  Ontario.  For  more  information 
write  MCDINFO  77  Organizing  Coinnittee,  Dr.  Jan 
Brandejs,  P.O.  Box  8650,  Ottawa,  Ontario,  KIC  0G8. 

North  Atlantic  Health  Sciences  Libraries,  A  Regional 
Grotf)  of  the  Medical  Library  Association,  Annual 
Meeting,  Montreal,  Quebec. 

International  Congress  on  Medical  Librarianship, 
4th,  Belgrade,  Yugoslavia. 


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PRELIMINARY  PROGRAMME; 
CANADIAN  HEALTH  LIBRARIES  ASSOCIATION 


ATELIER  1977;  WHERE'S  WHAT? 


Place 


Personnel 


Purposes 


Program 
8:45  -  9; 20 
9:20  -  9:30 
9:30  -  10:30 


10:30  -  10:50 
10:50  -  11:15 
11:15  -  noon 


-Montreal's  Queen  Elizabeth  Hotel.  June  9.  1977. 
In  association  with  the  annual  meeting  of  the  CANADIAN  LIBRARY  ASSOCIATION. 

-Library  personnel  In  Canadian  health  facilities,  gathered  for  the  first 
formal  annual  meeting  of  the  newly-formed  CANADIAN  HEALTH  LIBRARIES  ASSOCIATION. 

-(a)  To  provide  an  opportunity  for  formal  and  Informal  exchange  among  health 
sciences  library  personnel  on  common  problems  and  possible  solutions 

(b)  To  provide  Information  on  human  and  material  resources  available  In  our 
field  In  Canada. 

(c)  To  conduct  the  business  of  the  Association. 


Registration,  with  coffee  and  buns 

Chairman's  Remarks:  Welcome,  The  Association,  and  Atelier  1977 

WHERE'S  WHAT? 

A  presentation  of  not  more  than  10  minutes.  Including  opportunity  for  brief 
questioning,  given  by  a  representative  of  each  of  the  following  In  turn,  who 
will  describe  something  of  Its  activities  and  Information  resources: 

1.  Health  Sciences  Resource  Centre,  CISTI 

2.  Health  and  Welfare  Canada 

3.  Canadian  Nurses  Association 

4.  Canadian  Hospital  Association 

5.  Canada's  Own  Health  Sciences  Resources 

6.  Universities  In  Quebec 
Coffee 

Questions  and  discussion  with  and  among  the  WHERE'S  WHAT  PANELISTS. 
Business  meeting  of  the  CHLA  * 

LUNCH   '  I 


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ATELILR  1977;  WiLRE'S  KHAT  (Cont'd.) 

2:00-3:15  Major  address  vrith  general  discussion  delivered  by  a  Canadian  medical 
personality 

General  topic  area:  the  role  of  the  hospital  library  as  a  resource  for 
continuing  education  of  health  sciences  personnel 

Possible  title:  Relay  Points  for  Continuing  Education 

Formal  adjournment  by  3:30  p.m.  For  those  who  may  be  interested,  however,  a  short  fila 
can  be  shown  at  that  time,  such  as  MLA's  Rx  Infonnation  (if  that  has  not  been  overdone 
for  such  an  audience) 

Also^ there  is  the  possibility  that  CISTI's  Health  Science  Resource  Centre  may  offer  a 
>EDLINE  refresher  course  in  Montreal  just  prior  to  the  meeting.  More  infonnation  on  this 
will  follow  in  the  next  issue.  Infoxnation  sii^iplied  by  M.A.  Flower 

Program  Organizer 


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380  Olivier  Avenue 
Westmovnt,  Quebec 
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U  BETTER  JOIN  SOON 

The  QUA  Treasurer,  the  amazing  Alan  MacDonald,  reports  that  meirbershlp  in  the  fledgling 
Association  now  nunbers  60  and  is  growing  daily.  This  will  be  the  first  and  last 
"free"  issue  of  the  Newsletter.  If  you  wish  to  receive  future  issues,  you  had 
better  join  today.  Two  applications  for  membership  have  been  thoughtfully  included 
as  unnvmbered  pages  at  the  end  of  this  issue.  Forthcoming  issues  will  have  many  more 
special  features  such  as:  a  review  of  the  effects  of  the  Simon  Report,  25  years  after; 
listing  of  valuable  publications  of  interest  to  Canadian  health  librarians;  a  special 
message  from  the  President  of  CHLA;  an  article  describing  the  library  and  services  of 
a  Canadian  health  library;  final  plans  for  the  first  annual  meeting  of  QUA;  other 
choice  items  of  news.  Send  in  your  dues  today!!'  Personal  and  institutional 
memberships,  gladly  accepted. 


10  - 


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77lli  Ariminl  Mictlr ;— .Iniic  ll-l(».  1977 

Sc:i(llc,  WasliiiiKlnn 


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rtXMn*  .ind  an  enclosed  •iU«ay  to  the  h<Mcl  |4iafe  aiNi  airpofi  b«i 
tcrmin.il. 

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PLEASE  OBSERVE  THE  FOLLOWING: 

•  NiHK*  of  all  occupanK  mutt  he  providcJ  for  all  accommo<lalK>rt<  rcuuotot 

•  Atsiitnntenit  will  he  m;idc  in  oriler  revcived 

•  Rewrvaiiont  will  he  hcW  only  until  ft  00  pm.  of  the  day  of  arriv.il.  unlo*  reservation*  arc  yuaranlcH. 

•  Ptcaw  he  Mire  lo  iimIkmic  a  TirM.  tccond  and  ihirrf  ihoiix  of  ho^cl. 

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MLA  cannot  »wM  in  providtnft  rewrvalHin%  after  Ihal  dale. 

•  Cofinrmation*  will  he  mailed  lo  you  promptly.  Phone  rei)ue«t«  for  rrsertalioov  or  chanfr*  will  mrt  he  accepied. 

•  Pteaie  notify  Ihe  Houvnp  Bureau  of  all  chan|[c»  and  can«,xlbtH>n»  in  writinf.  Afler  June  *.  wrilc  direclly  lo  ihc  hotel. 


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— ^  Check  if  you  wnsh  a  guaranteed  reservation.  Hotel  will  contact  you  requesting  deposit.    ■ 

Check  if  accompanied  by  a  request  for  adjacent  room(s).  Families  or  others  requiring  adjacent  rooms  must  indicate 

this  on  the  form  and  submit  required  number  of  forms  simultaneously. 
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SPECIAL  LOW  COST  AIR  TRAVEL  PLAN  FOR  SEATTLE  MLA  MEETING 


The  Medical  Library  Association  has  made  available  a  special  reduced  group  travel  rate 
for  those  Canadian  medical  librarians  who  wish  to  attend  the  annual  meeting  in  Seattle. 
A  block  of  reservations  has  been  booked  for  Canadians  from  Toronto  to  Seattle  on  Saturday* 
June  11th,  with  a  return  on  Friday,  June  17th.  The  special  rate  will  be  $250.00  round 
trip  Toronto/Seattle,  a  savings  of  $106.40  over  the  normal  $346.50  fare.  In  order  to 
take  advantage  of  this  plan  and  conform  to  CAB  requirements,  members  will  need  to  prepay 
U.S.  $65.00,  before  May  1,  1977.  This  amount  will  be  credited  to  the  Seattle  hotel  where 
you  have  made  reservations  (see  facing  form  for  making  hotel  reservations).  In  addition* 
the  following  requirements  must  be  met: 

-Reservation  for  group  rate  must  be  made  prior  to  Hay  1,  1977. 

-A  minimum  stay  of  two  nights  in  a  hotel  Is  required  If  a  Saturday 
night  is  included. 

-If  a  Saturday  night  Is  not  Included,  six  nights  in  a  hotel  are  re- 
quired. The  six  nights  would  not  have  to  be  restricted  to  one 
hotel,  but  would  have  to  be  restricted  to  hotels  on  the  West  Coast.  " 

-Person  must  use  same  airline  for  going  and  return  portion  of  the  trip. 

-These  rates  will  apply  even  If  a  person  wishes  to  leave  for  Seattle 
before  June  11th. 

-No  travel  1$  allowed  between  2:00  p.m.  and  midnight  on  Friday  or  Sunday. 

-Must  go  through  Toronto  to  take  advantage  of  this  fare. 

lose  who  wish  to  take  advantage  of  this  fare  should  complete  the  form  below  and  send  It 
to  Conventus.  Suite  203.  1518  K.  Street,  N.M..^ Washington.  O.C,  20005,  U.  S.  A.  A  cheque 
lor  money  order  for  $U.S.  65.00  should  accompany  the  form.  Confirmation  and  further 
Vinformation  regarding  air  tickets  will  be  sent  by  Conventus. 


Street  Address 


:ity. 


)te1  for  MLA  Seattle  Meeting; 
ite  Leaving  Toronto 


Province 


Postal  Code 


Date  Leaving  Seattle 


Send  To:. 


Conventus 

Suite  203 

1518  K  Street.  N.W, 

Washington,  D.C.  20005 

U.  S.  A. 


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MANITOBA  HEALTH  SCIENCE  LIBRARIES  ASSOCIATION  FORMED 

A  Group  of  Manitoba  health  librarians  recently  organized  to  form  the  Manitoba  Health  Science 
Libraries  Association.     The  group  made  the  decision  to  organize  on  October  21,  1976. 

jffhe  M.H.S.L.A.  Is  composed  of  some  twenty  people  who  serve  health  workers  from  libraries  In 
jlthe  hospitals,  government  agencies,  private  organizations  and  the  universities  of  Winnipeg. 
lit  was  felt  tha  H.H.S.L.A.  would  facilitate  better  use  of  existing  medical  resources  and 
'Hmprove  service  to  health  clientele  In  Manitoba  and  praticularly  Winnipeg.     Their  first  pro- 
ject Is  to  prepare  a  union  list  of  periodicals  located  in  the  participating  libraries. 

Any  correspondence  should  be  directed  to:     Mrs.  R.  Kroeker,  Librarian,  M.A.R.N.  647  Broadway 
Avenue,  Winnipeg,  Manitoba  R3C  0X2. 

THE  OTTAWA-HULL  HEALTH  SCIENCE  LIBRARIES  GROUP 

Is  there  a  Health  Science  Libraries  Group  in  your  area? 

Two  years  ago  as  I  was  labouring  in  the  jungle  outpost  of  a  small  Ottawa  hospital,  I  was 
approached  by  a  runner  with  a  message  In  a  forked  stick  (mall  strike  again).     Deciphering 
the  message,  I  discovered  that  I  was  being  Invited  by  Miss  MabeV  Brown,  Chief  Librarian  of 
the  Ottawa  Civic,  a  large  teaching  hospital,  to  attend  a  meeting  of  area  librarians.     Object: 
the  formation  of  a  "Group"  for  exchange  of  information  and  relief  parcels.     Being  abjectly 
in  need  of  both,  I  presented  nyself  at  this  first  meeting. 

A  disparate  group  gathered  around  the  table  at  the  Dr.  George  Williamson  Library  in  the 
Civic.     Our  intrepid  leader,  Miss  Brown,  ably  assisted  by  CISTI's  Health  Resources  Librarian, 
Mrs.  Ann  Nevill,  In  charge  of  mobile  coffee  urn,  formed  the  knowledgeable  nucleus.     Clustered 
around  in  various  states  of  bewilderment,  were  representatives  o^  the  large  national   libraries, 
'WHO  are  these  odd  people?'     the  large  educational   Institutes,   "WHAT  are  these  odd  people?* 
and  the  odd  people  -  namely  librarians  from  the  tiny  out-ports  of  the  science  network.     We 
have  met  every  two  months  and  In  a  different  library  each  time,  since  then. 

We  have  never  become  an  homogenous  group,  and  never  will  -  but  we  have  learned  to  appreciate 
the  tofinon  denominator  that  links  us,  large  and  small:     our  effort  to  deliver  scientific  infor- 
mation quickly  and  accurately  wherever  needed.     We  representatives  of  small   libraries  have 
benefited  from  the  warm  personal  contacts  with  librarians  from  the  larger  libraries.     They 
have  gained  an  appreciation  of  our  problems  while  tactfully  guiding  us  toward  useful   solutions. 
Such  matters  as  interlibrary  costs  and  copyright  laws  have  been  discussed  in  a  very  helpful 
way.     This  willingness  to  communicate  and  cooperate  has  been  our  Intangible  reward.     A  union 
,^st  of  serials  held  In  local  hospitals  is  our  tangible  result. 

After  two  years  and  nine  meetings  we  find  the  efforts  increasingly  worthwhile.     Mrs.  Nevill 
has  moved  away  from  our  area  and  we  will  miss  her  enthusiasm  and  diligence.     Fortunately,  we 
still  have  Miss  Brown,  our  Chairman  and  can  look  forward  to  a  year  of  growth.     We  would  be 
very  Interested  to  hear  from  other  such  groups  in  Canada. 


Mrs.  E.  Whyte,  Librarian 
Riverside  Hospital,  Ottawa 


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THE  ASSOCIATION  OF  CANADIAN  MEDICAL  COLLEGES 

SPECIAL  RESOURCE  COrninEE  ON  MEDICAL  LIBRARIES: 

ITS  ORIGINS,  DEVELOPMENT  AND  CURRENT  CONCERNS 

Each  year  since  1968  Canadian  medical  librarians  who  are  administrators  of  Canadian  medical 
school  libraries  have  enjoyed  the  opportunity  of  meeting  together  to  discuss  matters  of 
corrmon  concern.  A  number  of  opportunities  for  comnunication  and  Joint  problem  solving  are 
offered  to  Canadian  medical  librarians  by  various  organizations.  The  Canadian  Library 
Association  and  Its  various  special  groups,  the  Medical  Library  Association  and  Its  regional 
sections,  a  variety  of  provincial  associations  and,  most  recently  and  excitingly,  the 
Canadian  Association  of  Research  Libraries  or  its  analog  in  the  United  States,  the  Associa- 
tion of  Research  Libraries,  of  the  Association  of  Canadian  Medical  Colleges  Special  Resource 
Corimittee  on  Medical  Libraries  provides  a  unique  ooportunity,  since  such  a  forum  brings  to- 
gether those  who  hold  administrative  responsibility  for  their  particular  libraries.  By 
their  active  participation  in  the  Special  Resource  Comnittee  of  ACMC,  medical  library  ad- 
ministrators have  been  able  to  assure  that  quality  library  service  exists  in  support  of  the 
teaching  and  research  carried  on  In  the  medical  colleges  in  Canada.  The  primary  objective 
of  this  grouD  remains  the  furtherance  of  conimjnl cation  of  its  members  in  order  to  assist  In 
the  development  of  solutions  to  individual  as  well  as  collective  problems. 

One  of  the  stated  goals  of  the  group  Is  to  advise  the  Health  Sciences  Resource  Center  of 
the  Canada  Institute  for  Scientific  and  Technical  Information  of  actions  which  Canadian 
Medical  School  libraries  would  find  of  assistance.  To  this  end  the  Head  of  the  Health 
Sciences  Resource  Center  holds  ex-officio  membership  In  the  Special  Resource  Conmlttee. 
More  recently.  In  1975,  the  Director  of  the  Health  and  Welfare  Library  was  invited  to 
participate  on  the  same  basis.  While  the  primary  mandate  of  the  Health  and  Welfare  Li- 
brarian is  to  serve  the  needs  of  the  federal  department,  the  collections  and  services  of 
this  library  are  an  Important  national  resource  for  all  Canadian  medical  school  libraries. 
The  membership  of  the  Comnittee  consists  in  the  main  of  the  administrative  librarians  of 
each  of  the  sixteen  medical  school  libraries  in  Canada  plus  an  additional  librarian  in  any 
medical  school  If  requested  to  attend  by  the  administrative  librarian  In  charge.  Librarians 
in  charge  of  special  services  related  to  Health  Sciences  programs  which  are  relevant  to  the 
comnittee's  regional  or  national  activities  are  also  Included. 

The  comnittee  has  not  been  an  Idle  one.  The  years  since  Its  inception  have  seen  the  com- 
pletion of  a  number  of  worthwhile  programs  on  the  part  of  the  group.  Prominent  amongst 
these  are  the  development  of  "Standards  for  Libraries  in  Canadian  Hosoitals"  a  joint  oroject 
carried  on  by  representatives  of  the  Ontario  Medical  Association,  the  Special  Resource 
Comnittee  on  Medical  Libraries  and  the  CASLIS  section  of  CLA.  These  standards  were  unani- 
jmously  endorsed  by  the  Comnittee  in  1974  and  subsequently  published.  A  Joint  Prooosal  for 
Federal  Funding  of  National  Research  Libraries  in  Science  and  Technology  has  also  been  pre- 
pared. Building  upon  collections  which  supported  the  medical  teaching  and  research  programs* 
this  comnittee  has  continued  to  conrile  and  co-ordinate  statistical  gathering  as  an  aid  In 
planning.  These  are  only  a  few  of  the  programs  In  which  the  committee  has  co-operated  In 
the  past. 

Turning  to  the  1976  Vancouver  meeting,  comnittee  members  enjoyed  the  opportunity  of  oar- 
ticipating  in  the  plenary  sessions  which  were  especially  rewarding  this  year  with  their 
emphasis  upon  the  teaching  of  health  sciences  students  and  the  training  of  the  cost  con- 
scious physician   However,  the  primary  purpose  in  attending  the  meeting  was  to  participate 
in  the  deliberations  of  the  Special  Resource  Comnittee.  The  agenda  prepared  by  Mrs.  Beatrix 

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Robinow,  out-going  chairman  of  the  Committee,  was  extensive  and  highly  relevant.  The 
discussion  included  a  review  of  the  Medline  charging  policies  which  vary  dramatically 
throughout  Canadian  Medline  centers  both  in  terms  of  actual  dollars  as  well  as  the  philo- 
sophy of  charging;  charging  for  inter-library  loans;  a  national  catalogue  for  audio-visual 
materials  and  statistical  compilation  and  comparison  for  all  medical  school  libraries  in 
Canada.  Canadian  medical  librarians  are  constantly  vigilant  of  development  at  the  U.S. 
National  Library  of  Medicine.  To  this  end  a  resource  committee  unanimously  endorsed  the 
recommendation  that  Canada  Institute  for  Scientific  and  Technical  Information  make  every 
possible  effort  to  make  available  additional  data  bases  to  Canadian  centers  very  soon 
after  they  are  available  to  U.  S.  Medline  stations. 

Two  invited  guests  enlivened  the  discussion  this  year.  Mr.  William  Fraser,  Head  of  the 
British  Columbia  Medical  Library  Service,  reported  on  the  development  of  the  service,  its 
prospects  and  Its  problems.  In  his  capacity  as  chairman  of  the  Program  Committee  for  the 
Medical  Library  Association  meeting  In  Seattle,  he  also  described  infonnally  some  of  the 
plans  for  the  1977  meeting.  Mr.  Alan  Soroka  of  the  University  of  British  Columbia  discussed 
the  possible  development  of  the  revised  Canadian  copyright  legislation  in  the  light  of 
recent  developments  In  the  U.  S.  courts.  Doubtlessly  extra-territorial  laws  will  have  an 
Indirect  effect  upon  Canadian  libraries  in  the  form  of  Increased  requests  for  material  from 
Canadian  libraries.  Soroka,  a  lawyer,  a  librarian,  and  a  government  consultant  on  revising 
copyright  legislation  in  Canada,  personally  predicted  that  Canadian  legislation  will  pro- 
bably proceed  in  the  direction  of  a  "collective  copyright  society"  to  which  various  educa- 
tional and  other  Institutions  would  pay  a  copyright  licencing  fee.  He  did  not  wish  to 
speculate  on  the  size  of  the  fee.  The  Canadian  copyright  situation  remains  at  this  stage 
unresolved. 

Another  matter  that  received  considerable  attention  of  the  Medical  Librarians  in  attendance 
was  the  announced  major  review  of  the  objectives,  services  and  organization  of  the  National 
Library.  Mindful  that  various  user  groups  as  well  as  the  National  Library  Advisory  Board 
had  been  asked  to  participate  in  the  review,  the  Special  Resource  Committee  charged  the 
Incoming  chairman  with  the  responsibility  of  investigating  and  making  input  on  behalf  of 
Canadian  medical  college  libraries  to  the  National  Library  review. 

This  year's  meeting  was  well  attended  by  administrative  librarians  from  Vancouver  to  St. 
John's.  All  Canadian  medical  school  libraries  except  two  were  represented  during  the 
deliberations.  The  Incoming  Chairman  of  the  Group  is  Frances  Groen,  McGIll  University, 
ind  the  Secretary  of  the  Group  is  Henrietta  Schmidt,  University  de  Ottawa. 

FROM  McGILL; 

REPORT  ON  THE  MEDLINE  EVALUATION  STUDY 

^In  the  summer  of  1975,  an  evaluation  study  of  the  MEDLINE  service  was  undertaken  by  the 
Computer  Services  Librarian  of  the  Medical  Library.  Because  the  system  had  been  operating 
for  over  two  years,  it  was  felt  that  a  formal  aporaisal  of  the  service  was  appropriate. 
A  questionnaire  was  sent  to  248  MEDLINE  users  of  whom  50  were  S.D.I,  subscribers.  A  total 
of  160  completed  questionnaires  were  returned.  I.e.  64.5%  response. 

The  prime  objective  of  our  survey  was  to  find  out  how  satisfied  our  users  were  with  the 
MEDLINE  service.  We  also  wanted  to  know  who  the  users  were,  how  they  oaid  for  their 
searches,  and  how  much  they  were  willing  to  pay  should  there  be  any  future  Increase  in 
price.  As  secondary  objectives,  we  wished  to  find  out  how  effective  our  publicity  program 
Mas,  what  other  bibliographic  services  our  clients  consulted,  and  how  they  felt  about  the 

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appointment  system  which  we  had  adopted  since  the  Inception  of  the  MEDLINE  service.  Some 
of  the  most  interesting  findings  of  our  study  are  described  in  the  following  paragraph. 

In  general,  our  MEDLINE  users  appeared  to  be  people  with  a  great  variety  of  educational 
and  professional  backgrounds  in  the  fields  of  medicine  and  allied  health  sciences.  Over 
40X  respondents  were  affiliates  of  the  McGill  Medical  Faculty.  The  second  biggest  user 
group  was  the  hospital  staff  (18. IX).  Most  of  the  respondents  (72. 5X)  considered  them- 
selves researchers,  compared  to  12. St  who  considered  themselves  clinicians.  It  turned  out 
that  over  90?  of  the  users  found  MEDLINE  either  of  major  or  moderate  value  to  them.  The 
small  percentage  (6.2%)  who  found  MEDLINE  to  be  of  minor  or  no  value  mainly  had  topics 
outside  the  subject  scope  of  the  MEDLINE  data  base.  The  study  also  shows  that  most  of 
our  users  (over  90%)  felt  that  their  presence  during  the  search  session  was  either  necessary 
or  useful  in  getting  the  best  results.  It  was  encouraging  to  note  that  there  was  a  great 
number  of  positive  comments  from  our  users.  On-line  bibliographic  services  has  Indeed 
established  its  place  in  the  Medical  Library. 

To  conclude,  we  were  quite  satisfied  with  the  MEDLINE  study.  Since  the  time  of  our  study, 

we  have  added  a  number  of  new  data  bases  and  are  still  constantly  reviewing  on-line  data 

bases  that  are  of  potential  use  to  our  clientele.  Also,  we  plan  to  conduct  similar  evalua- 
tion studies  on  these  new  on-line  services. 

Those  who  are  Interested  In  getting  a  detailed  report  of  the  study  should  contact: 

Mrs.  Maureen  Hong,  Computer  Services  Librarian,  Medical  Library, 
McGin  University,  3655  Drutnnond  Street,  Montreal,  H3G  1Y6 

PERSONAL  NOTES 

Verla  Empey  has  been  appointed  the  Librarian  of  the  Wellesley  Hospital  in  Toronto,  reolacing 
Elizabeth  Marsland.  Ms.  Empey  was  formerly  the  Reference  Librarian  with  the  William  Boyd 
Library  of  the  Acadeiny  of  Medicine  of  Toronto. 

Patricia  Goddard  has  Joined  the  staff  of  the  H.K.  Kellogg  Health  Sciences  Library  of 
Dalhousie  University  and  will  serve  as  its  Dental  Librarian.  She  replaces  David  Noble 
who  moved  west  to  become  the  Librarian  of  the  Cancer  Control  Agency  of  British  Columbia. 

Berti  LeSieur  has  been  appointed  Head  of  Technical  Services  of  the  McGill  University 
Medical  Library.  Mrs.  LeSieur  has  been  head  of  Cataloging  at  the  McGill  Medical  Library 
since  1972  and  assumed  her  new  duties  In  October  of  1976.  She  replaces  Mrs.  Jeanette 
Rudolph  who  retired  In  late  1976. 

Larry  Lewis  has  been  appointed  Librarian  in  Charge,  Health  Sciences  Library  of  the  University 
of  Western  Ontario.  Larry  was  formerly  the  Music  Librarian  at  U.W.O. 

Elizabeth  Marsland  recently  retired  as  the  Librarian  of  the  Wellesley  Hospital  in  Toronto. 

Marjorie  Morphy  has  been  appointed  the  Reference  Librarian  of  the  William  Boyd  Library  of 
the  Academy  of  Medicine  of  Toronto. 

Dr.  M.  S.  Smith  was  appointed  Reference  Librarian  of  Dalhousie's  W.K.  Kellogg  Health  Sciences 
Library. 

Hanna  Waluzyniec  was  appointed  Head  of  Cataloging  of  the  McGill  University  Medical  Library. 
Ms.  Waluzyniec  Is  a  graduate  of  the  McGill  University  Graduate  School  of  Library  Science 
and  has  been  Assistant  Medical  Librarian  at  the  Montreal  Children's  Hospital  since  1973. 

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OTHER  BRIEF  NOTES  FROM  THE  FIELD 

The  B.C.  Medical  Library  Service  became  an  operational  MEDLINE  Centre  In  late  1976. 

The  Kellogg  Health  Sciences  Library  of  Dalhousie  has  recently  established  a  weekly  two 
hour  in-service  training  seminar  for  professional  staff,  reference  assistants,  student 
library  assistants  and  staff  of  local  hospital  libraries.  Topics  will  Include  reference 
tools,  summaries  of  current  research,  briefings  on  various  teaching  programs  in  the  health 
sciences  and  activities  of  other  libraries  In  the  Halifax  area. 

Dorothy  Fitzgerald  of  the  Canadian  Library  of  Family  Medicine  has  recently  published  an 
article  "Library  Services  for  Family  Physicians"  (Canadian  Family  Physician  22:  101-116, 
July  1976).  Contained  in  the  article  is  a  "Suggested  Core  List  for  Family  Medical  Centres." 
Intended  as  an  aid  to  hospital  libraries  and  family  practice  medical  centre  libraries,  re- 
prints of  the  article  may  be  obtained  from:  Ms.  Dorothy  Fitzgerald,  Canadian  Library  of 
Family  Medicine,  Medical  Library,  University  of  Western  Ontario,  London,  Ontario,  N6A  5C1 . 

The  Hi! 11  am  Boyd  Library  of  the  Toronto  Academy  of  Medicine  was  recently  expanded  as  part 
of  a  general  renovation  project  of  the  Academy.  Included  In  the  remodeling  will  be  new 
facilities  for  the  Canadian  Society  of  Aviation  Medicine  Library  and  the  Arthur  Kelley 
Rare  Book  Room,  both  scheduled  to  formally  open  in  April  of  1977.  The  William  Boyd  Library, 
reported  In  the  Canadian  Medical  Association  Journal  (116:  98,  8  Januaryt  1977)  as  being 
the  largest  privately  owned  medical  library  on  the  continent,  is  headed  by  the  ebullient 
Sheila  Swanson. 

The  Medical  Library  of  Memorial  University  of  Newfoundland  recently  purchased  a  computer 
terminal  which  will  permit  it  to  join  the  MUN  University  Library's  CLSI  circulation  system. 
The  system  features  a  light  pen  for  reading  bar-coded  labels  combined  with  a  keyboard/ 
display  station  and  performs  the  functions  of  checkout,  check-in,  renewals,  holds,  overdue 
notices  and  similar  circulation  functions.  The  Medical  Library  expects  to  have  the  system 
operational  sometime  In  the  sunmer  of  1977.  * 

McGILL  MEDICAL  AND  HOSPITAL  LIBRARIANS'  ASSOCIATION 

The  McGin  Medical  and  Hospital  Librarians'  Association  is  pleased  to  announce  the  forth- 
coming publication  of  the  second  edition  of  the  Union  List  of  Serials  in  Montreal  Hospital 
Libraries/Catalogue  collectif  des  periodiques  dans  les  biblioth^ues  medlcales  d'hopitaux 
de  Montreal.     The  first  edition  came  out  in  1973  and  has  been  out  of  print  for  some  time. 

The  new  edition  is  25X  larger  and  has  over  500  new  titles,  bringing  the  total  number  of 
titles  to  about  2400.  About  half  the  old  holdings  statements  have  been  changed.  Three 
more  hospitals  are  participating,  making  40  in  all. 

The  master  file  on  magnetic  tape,  when  updated,  will  be  processed  by  a  special  program  to 
produce  the  list  in  a  photocomposed  format  which  will  be  far  more  attractive  and  compact 
than  the  standard  computer  printout. 

• 

Subjects  covered  by  the  journals  listed  are:  all  branches  of  medicine,  administration, 
criminology,  dentistry,  dietetics,  education,  hospital  management,  nursing,  physiotherapy, 
preclinical  sciences,  psychology,  rehabilitation,  social  work,  sociology,  and  others. 

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Announcements  with  order  forms  will  be  sent  to  Quebec  and  Ontario  hospital  libraries, 
CEGEPs,  Canadian  medical  school   libraries,  and  all  purchasers  fo  the  first  edition. 
Others  wishing  to  receive  announcements  should  write  to:     Elaine  Waddington,  Chairman* 
Union  List  Conmittee,  Women's  Pavilion  Library,  Royal  Victoria  Hospital,  687  Pine  Ave. 
West,  Montreal,  Que.     H3A  lAl.  ^ 

LA  McGILL  MEDICAL  AND  HOSPITAL  LIBRARIANS'  ASSOCIATION 

La  McGill    et   Hospital  Librarians'  Association  a  1e  plaisir  d'annoncer  la  parutlon 
imminente  de  la  deuxi&me  Edition  de  Union  List  of  Serials  in  Montreal  Hospital  Libraries/ 
Catalogue  collectif  des  P§riodiques  dans  les  Biblioth^ques  m^dicales  d'HOpitaux  de  Montri^al. 
La  premidre  Edition,  parue  en  1973,  est  dpuis^e  depuis  quelque  temps. 

La  nouvelle  Edition  accuse  une  augmentation  de  25S  par  rapport  I  la  pr^c^dente  et  contient 
plus  de  500  nouveaux  titres,  ce  qui  porte  le  nontre  de  titres  repertories  I  2,400.     Environ 
la  moitie  des  entries  on  subi  des  modifications.     Les  collections  de  quarante  hOpitaux 
figurent  S  ce  catalogue  collectif,  soit  3  de  plus  que  dans  la  premldre  Edition. 

Lorsqu'il  sera  mis  i  jour,  le  fichier  principal  sera  enreqistr§  sur  bande  magnfitique.     Un 
proc^de  de  photocomposition  permettra  la  publication  d'un  catalogue  beaucoup  plus  concis  et 
de  presentation  plus  agriable  qu  celle  d'un  print-out  traditionnel. 

Parml  les  sujets  repr^sentes  dansce  catalogue  collectif  se  trouvent  toutes  les  special ites 
■ledicales,  1 'administration,  la  criminologie,  I'art  dentaire,  la  diet^tique,  I'Mucation, 
la  gestion  d'hOpitaux,  les  soins  informiers,  la  physiotherapie,  les  sciences  para-cllniques, 
la  psychologie,  la  reeducation,  le  service  social  et  la  sociologie. 

Des  avis  de  publication  ainsi  que  des  bon  de  connandes  seront  envoyes  aux  blblioth^ues 
d'hOpitaux  du  Quebec  et  de  I'Ontario,  aux  CEGEPs,  aux  bibliothdques  des  facultes  de 
medicine  du  Canada  et  )  tous  ceux  qui  ont  achete  un  exemplaire  de  la  premi&re  edition.     Toute 
autre  personne  desirant  recevoir  un  avis    est  priee  de  s'adresser  I:       Elaine  Waddington, 
Chairman,  Union  List  Committee,  Women's  Pavilion  Library,  Royal  Victoria  Hospital,  687  Pine 
Avenue  West,  Montreal,  P.  Que.,  H3A  lAl. 


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CHLA 


ABSC 


^NEWSLETTER 


ISSN  0700-5474 


SPRING  1977 


EDITOR  RERECTS  ON  THE  ISSUES 

The  putbtnt  [ntm]  Uttex  li  a  vvty  long  one., 
6imf>ly  because  I  had  no  texAuAe.  to  makz  it  t^honttK 

-Bioae  PoacjoI 

Thanks  are  due  to  all  of  you  for  your  help,  advice,  contributions,  encouragement  and 
comnents.  Special  thanks  are  due  to  Alan  MacDonald  who  Is  our  publisher,  proof-reader, 
and  mentor.  As  far  as  could  be  determined  from  the  editor's  location  In  Newfoundland, 
the  first  Issue  enjoyed  a  moderate  success.  It  Is  hoped  that  Its  receipt  prompted  at 

least  a  few  of  you  to  join  our  fledgling  ranks Issue  number  two  Is  replete  with 

many  good  things.  Including  a  Directory  of  CHLA/ ABSC  membership.  With  this  In  hand 
you  can  all  proceed  to  contact  your  neighbor  members  and  organize  local  chapters.  Also 

featured a  letter  from  our  President,  an  article  on  the  BC  Medical  Library  Service, 

a  review  of  CISTI's  Health  Sciences  Resource  Centre  and  its  services,  a  list  of  CISTI 
publications,  a  potpourri  of  other  choice  items  PLUS  a  sprinkling  of  Inspirational 
quotations  throughout  the  text.  Not  Included  in  this  issue  Is  the  promised  twenty- 
five  year  review  of  the  Simon  Report  (Simon,  Beatrice,  Library  Support  of  Medical 
Education  and  Research  in  Canada,  Association  of  Canadian  Medical  Colleges,  1964). 
Unfortunately,  due  to  yet  another  Newfoundland  power  failure,  my  calculator  malfunc- 
tioned at  a  critical  time  in  determining  the  anniversary  date  for  this  landmark  paper. 
Laborious  manual  calculations  caught  the  error,  but  only  after  the  lights  went  on  and 
the  Newsletter  was  on  Its  way  to  the  printer.  The  Simon  Report  is  only  thirteen... 
The  next  issue,  providing  contributions  are  received  during  the  surmer  months,  will 
probably  be  published  by  the  end  of  August.  This  will  need  to  be  determined  or  reviewed 
by  the  newly  elected  executive  of  CHLA/ABSC  who  will  also  appoint  a  new  editor--possibly 
a  person  who  knows  both  Canadian  languages  (the  present  editor  knows  neither).  Assuming 
you  will  all  renew  your  membership  for  1977  (see  handy  form  later  in  this  issue)  and  that 


^CANADIAN    HEALTH    LIBRARY    ASSOCIATION 
ASSOCIATION    DES    BIBLIOTHEQUES    DE    LA  SANTE  DU    CANADA 


many  of  you  will  want  to  make  contributions  to  the  next  issue,  your  articles  and 
news  items  should  still  be  sent  to  me  who  will  forward  them  on  to  the  appropriate 
person:  Richard  B,  Fredericksen/Medical  Library/Health  Sciences  Centre/Memorial 
University  of  Newfoundland/St.  John's,  Newfoundland/AIB  3V6. 

CHLA/ABSC  INTERIM  EXECUTIVE 


I 


President: 


Secretary /Treasurer: 


Editor:  CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter: 


Members  at  Large; 


David  Crawford 
Medical  Library 
McGill  University 

Alan  MacDonald 

Health  Sciences  Library 

Dalhousie  University 

Richard  Fredericksen 
Medical  Library 
Memorial  University 

r hil ippe  Lemay 

Canada  Institute  for  Scientific 
and  Technical  Information 


********** 


Dorothy  Sirois 

Montreal  Children's  Hospital 

Martha  Stone 

Department  of  National  Health 
and  Welfare  Library,  Ottawa 

Sheila  Swanson 

Toronto  Academy  of  Medicine  Library 


PHOTOCOPYING  BMNEV:     SCI-FI  SPECULATIOH 


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ancitnt  photocopizfu ,  Kunning  on  tonzfi  and  guXA.     It  vooi  dangafiouA,   but  a 
im  tibKOKLayiet,  thexJi  LicznAdA  ti^tzd,  had  &uccumbzd  to  thz  glamouA  0)$  zcay 
minimum  wage,  and  tuAnzd  fie.ne.gadz.     Thz  ni&k  vma  high--gztting  caught  viith 
h  ounce  o^  tonzK  meant  automatic  zxputiion  to  a  time  uwip  bzyond  bibliogfiaphic 
contAol—but  Phlox  and  othzAA  tiJkz  him  continuzd  to  play  thz  gamz,  Mhich  couZd 
only  end  in  thz  inzvitablz  duz  datz  ujith  living  dzath. 


-Rzvolting  LibAXLHianA 


***** 


RENEW  YOUR  MEMBERSHIP  -  SEE  pp.  27  -  28 


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FUTURE  MEETING  DATES 


May  30  -  June  4.  1977 
June  9.  1977 

June  11  -  16,  1977 

June  15,  1977 

August  8  -  12,  1977 


October  13  -  15,  1977 


October  27-29.  1977 


September,  1979 


Special  Libraries  Association, 
Annual  Meeting,  New  York,  N.Y. 

Canadian  Health  Library  Association 
Queen  Elizabeth  Hotel,  Montreal, 
Quebec  (Programs  and  Registration 
Information  being  mailed  separately) 

Medical  Library  Association,  77th 
Annual  Meeting,  Olympic  Hotel, 
Seattle,  Washington.  For  further 
Information  contact  MLA  Headquarters. 

Canadian  Group  of  the  Medical  Library 
Association.  See  announcement 
elsewhere  in  this  issue  for  Annual 
Meeting  details. 

MEDINFO  77,  Toronto,  Ontario.  For 
further  information  write  MEDINFO  77 
Organizing  Conriittee,  Dr.  Jan 
Brandejs,  P.  0.  Box  8650,  Ottawa, 
Ontario,  KIG  0G8 

Upstate  New  York  and  Ontario  Regional 
Group  of  the  Medical  Library  Associa- 
tion. Hamilton,  Ontario.  For  further 
information:  Beatrix  Robinow,  Health 
Sciences  Library,  McMaster  University, 
Hamilton,  Ont.  L8S  4J9 

North  Atlantic  Health  Sciences  Libraries, 
A  Regional  Group  of  the  Medical 
Library  Association.  Annual  Meeting 
In  Montreal,  Quebec.  Further  Infor- 
mation: Fran  Groen,  Medical  Library, 
McGill  University,  3655  Drummond  St., 
Montreal,  P. Que.  H3G  1Y6 

International  Congress  on  Medical 
LibrarianshiD,  4th,  Belgrade,  Yugo- 
slavia (Advance  Notice  will  enable 
you  to  budget  for  it). 


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youA  indtx  {fLnQZA. 

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REPORT  OF  THE  PRESIDENT 

Though  the  Canadian  Health  Libraries  Association  has  been  in  existence  for  only  a 
few  months,  our  Membership  has  oassed  the  140  mark  and  covers  most  areas  of  Canada  and 
most  types  of  library.  As  we  approach  our  first  Annual  General  Meeting,  it  seems 
appropriate  to  describe  how  I  see  our  Association  developing  over  the  next  few  years. 

Organization 

The  present  Constitution  is  only  valid  until  December  31,  1978  and  was  designed  only 
as  a  framework  to  allow  us  to  function.  With  a  comparatively  large  membership  and 
with  many  members  in  certain  cities  or  regions,  thought  should  be  given  to  establish- 
ing Chapters  across  Canada  and  possibly  to  having  the  Executive  elected,  at  least  in 
part,  by  these  Chapters.  The  new  Executive  will  be  preparing  proposals  for  our  re- 
vised consitituion  within  the  next  year  and  will  submit  these  to  all  members  for 
approval  in  due  course. 

Funding 

Thought, too, must  be  given  to  searching  for  outside  funding  to  allow  us  to  serve  our 
members  properly.  Membership  fees  -  even  at  $15  per  annum  -  will  really  only  fund  a 
quarterly  Newsletter,  some  additional  mailings  and  the  necessary  teleohone  calls.  Up 
until  now,many  expenses  of  the  Association,  and  all  those  of  its  predecessor  the  ad- 
hoc  Committee,  have  been  met  by  the  members  of  the  Executive  or  their  institutions. 
This  is  an  unfair  imposition  and  would,  if  allowed  to  continue,  tend  to  restrict 
membership  in  the  Executive  to  those  coming  from  large  libraries. 

Function 

For  many  years,  Canadian  health  librarians  have  been  divided  into  several  groups  and 
have  thus  lacked  a  unified  voice  on  important  topics.  The  existing  organizations 
have  certainly  tried  to  co-operate  but  differences  in  membership  and  in  emphasis 
made  these  efforts  clumsy  and  often  not  well  co-ordinated.  It  is  hoped  that  CHLA 
will  work  closely  with  other  library  organizations  in  the  health  field  in  Canada 
and  with  this  In  mind  the  present  Executive  was  pleased  to  be  asked  to  comment  on 
a  brief  being  sent  by  the  ACMC  Special  Resource  Committee  on  Medical  School  Libraries 
to  the  National  Library  Objectives  Survey.  Our  comments  will,  we  hope,  be  incorporated 
in  this  brief  and  I  hope  that  the  Executive  will  be  able  to  add  the  weight  of  Its 
support  of  the  brief  in  due  course. 

Though  it  is  hard  to  look  into  the  future,  I  anticipate  that  such  co-operative  efforts 
will  increase  and  that  as  the  CHLA  gains  in  membership,  expertise,  and  stature,  we 
win  be  able  to  take  the  initiative  in  such  matters. 

There  are  many  problems  common  to  all  health  librarians  in  Canada  on  which  a  national 
association  could  and  should  comment.  One  is  the  lack  of  a  users'  advisory  committee 
for  the  Health  Sciences  Resource  Centre  and  another  is  the  perennial  problem  of  hospital 
library  standards.  In  the  latter  case,  the  standards  proposed  in  1975  and  recently 
published  in  an  amended  form  by  the  Canadian  Council  on  Hospital  Accreditation  should 
be  followed  up  on  a  regular  basis.  Certain  library  problems  do,  of  course,  exist  at 
a  local  and/or  provincial  level  but  it  is  my  view  that  these  are  best  solved  by  local 
librarians  or  Associations  like  the  Section  de  la  Sante  of  ASTED  in  Quebec.  We  hope 

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■•-     /  i^  rt  I  lT 


Ta  jioqqiJ^ 


however,  that  the  expertise  of  the  CHLA  will  be  called  upon  in  aporopriate  cases. 

Newsletter 

While  forming  the  Association,  it  was  clearly  realised  that  only  a  small  number  of 
our  members  would  be  able  to  attend  the  Annual  Meetings  and  for  this  reason  the 
Constitution  allows  for  mail  ballots  on  important  proposals.  The  Constitution  alsd 
brings  out  the  importance  of  our  Newsletter  as  it  is  through  this  publication  that  we 
can  have  a  useful  exchange  of  information.  The  Association  owes  much  to  Dick 
Fredericksen  who  has  set  such  a  high  standard  as  the  first  Editor. 

The  CHLA  is  your  Association  whether  you  come  from  a  large  university  library  or  a 
one  person  hospital  library.  Not  everything  in  the  Newsletter  or  everything  discussed 
at  annual  meetings  will  directly  concern  you,  but  it  is  important  to  remember  that 
health  libraries  of  all  sizes  and  orientations  do  form  an  information  network  and 
that  a  network,  like  a  chain,  is  only  as  strong  as  its  weakest  link.  Membership  in 
the  CHLA  should  not  only  involve  sending  in  a  membership  cheque.  Write  to  the 
Executive,  write  for  the  Newsletter  (articles  are  published  in  either  French  or 
English),  volunteer  to  serve  on  Committees.  You  do  have  something  to  contribute  and 
without  your  contribution  the  CHLA  will  die. 

David  S.  Crawford 
President 

RAPPORT  DU  PRESIDENT 

Quoique  n'existant  deouis  quelques  mois  seulement,  1 'Association  des  Biblioth$ques  de 
la  Sant6  du  Canada  compte  au-delJ  de  140  membres  venant  des  diffSrentes  regions 
canadlenne  et  regroupant  divers  types  de  bibliotheques.  Comme  notre  premilre  reunion 
anuelle  aura  lieu  prochainement,  11  me  paratt  opportun  de  d§crire  comment  J'entrevois 
I'avenir  de  notre  Association  durant  les  prochaines  ann^es. 

Organisation 

La  constitution  actuelle  expire  le  31  dficembre  1978,  et  n'avait  pour  but  que  de 
nous  foumir  un  cadre  op6rationel.  Le  nombre  de  membre  s'accroissant,  et  ggalement 
un  grand  nombre  se  trouvant  dans  certaines  villes  ou  regions,  I'on  devrait  songer  2l 
la  creation  de  chapttres  3  travers  le  pays.  Possiblement,  une  partie  du  Bureau  de 
direction  pourrait  fitre  61u  par  ces  chapttres.  Le  prochain  Bureau  de  direction  aura 
pour  tache  de  preparer  durant  I'ann^e  une  revision  de  la  constitution  et  de  la  pr6sent6e 
aux  membres  pour  approbation. 


Financement 

On  se  doit  de 
lui  permettre 
par  ann§e,  ne 
envois  postaux. 


trouver  des  sources  de  financement  ext6rieures  h   1 'Association  afin  de 
d'offrir  des  services  adSquats  aux  membres.  La  cotisation,  mgme  Jl  $15. 
permet  que  le  financement  d'un  Bulletin  de  Nouvelles  trimestriel ,  quelques 
et  les  appels  t§l§phoniques  essentiels.  Jusqu'a  maintenant,  certaines 


dgpenses  de  1 'Association,  et  celles  de  son  pr^d^cesseur,  le  Comit§  ad  hoc,  ont  6t^ 
d§fray6es  par  les  membres  du  Bureau  de  direction  ou  leur  institution.  Cette  anomalie 
aura  poureffet  de  restreindre  les  membres  du  Bureau  de  direction  I  ceux  qui  oeuvrent 
i   I'intgrieur  de  grandes  institutions. 


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Objectifs 

Depuis  plusieurs  ann^es,  les  biblioth^caires  du  secteur  de  la  sant$  ont  6t6  r^partis 
en  divers  groupements  et  ainsi  ratant  les  avantages  d'une  voix  unique  sur  des  sujets 
importants.  Les  organismes  existant  ont  certes  tent§  un  effort  de  collaboration,  mais 
les  buts  diff^rents  n'ont  pas  permis  une  cooperation  efficace.  Nous  esp§rons  que 
1 'Association  des  Biblioth&ques  de  la  Sant^  du  Canada  collaborera  Stroitement  avec 
les  autres  organismes  du  secteur  de  la  sant§  au  Canada.  On  a  sollicit^  des  conmentaires 
de  I'actuel  Bureau  de  Direction  pour  le  m^moire  pr§sent§  par  la  Comit§  consultatif  sur 
les  biblioth$ques  des  facult^s  de  m§decine  de  I'AFMC  soumis  3i  la  Biblioth&que  Nationale 
dans  le  cadre  de  son  Etude  des  Objectifs.  Nos  commentaires,  nous  Tesp^rons,  seront 
int§gr$s  i   ce  memoire  et  j'ose  esp$r$  de  le  Bureau  de  direction  pourra  apporter  son 
appui  d  ce  memoire  en  temps  opportun. 

Bien  qu'11  soit  difficile  de  pr#dire  Tavenir,  j'estime  que  de  tels  efforts  cooperatifs 
vont  s'intensifier  et  i  mesure  que  1 'Association  gagnera  en  expertise  et  en  maturity, 
elle  pourra  prendre  I'inltltive  dans  I'avenlr. 

II  y  a  plusieucsprobldmes  qui  sont  commons  aux  biblioth^caires  oeuvrant  dans  le  secteur 
de  la  sante  au  Canada  sur  lesquels  une  association  nationale  peut  et  devrait  se  faire 
entendre.  Ainsi  la  carence  d'un  Comity  consultatif  au  Centre  bibliographique  des  Sciences 
de  la  Sant§,  le  probl&me  des  normes  pour  les  biblioth&ques  d'hOpitaux  en  sont  des  exemples. 
Dans  le  cas  des  nornes,  eel les  propos6es  en  1975  et  pub1i§es  r§cemment  dans  leur  forme 
revis6e  par  le  Consell  canadien  pour  1 'accreditation  des  hOpitaux,  devraient  fitre  re- 
vis6es  r6guli6rement.  Certes,  il  y  a  des  problfemes  qui  existent  soit  au  niveau  local, 
soit  au  niveau  provincial  ou  regional.  Ceux-ci  sont,  selon  moi ,  mieux  r6sous  par  les 
b1b11oth§caires  sur  place  ou  encore  par  les  groupements  tel  celui  des  sciences  de  la 
sante  de  VASTED  pour  le  Quebec.  Nous  esp6rons,  n^anmoins,  que  Ton  fera  appel  dans 
les  cas  pertinents  i   1 'expertise  de  TAssociation  des  Bibliothdques  de  la  Sante  du 
Canada. 

Bulletin  de  Nouvelles 

Lors  de  la  creation  de  TAssoclation,  il  §tait  apparent  au'un  petit  nombre  de  nos  membres 
pourralt  assister  aux  reunions  annuelles.  Pour  cette  raison,  la  constitution  permet 
une  consultation  par  courrler  sur  des  sujets  imoortants.  La  constitution  souligne 
fgalement  1' importance  du  Bulletin  de  Nouyelles  comme  v^hicule  d  1 'information. 
L'Association  doit  beaucoup,  en  ce  sens,  i   Richard  Fredericksen,  qui  comme  premier 
Sditeur  du  Bulletin  de  Nouvelles  a  sQ  donner  une  haute  norme  d' excellence. 

L'Association  des  Biblioth&ques  de  la  Sant§  du  Canada  est  votre  association,  que  vous 
soyez  employe  dans  une  grande  bibliothfeque  universitaire,  ou  1 'unique  employe  d'une 
biblioth&que  d'hOpital.  Tout  ce  qui  est  discut§  dans  le  Bulletin  de  Nouvelles  ou  lors 
de  I'Assembiee  annuel le  ne  vous  concerne  probablement  pas  directement,  mais  il  est 
Important  de  souligner  que  les  biblioth&ques  du  secteur  de  la  sante  de  toutes  dimensions 
ou  orientations  forment  un  r^seau  d'information  et  un  r§seau,  Jl  I'instar  d'une  chaine, 
a  la  force  de  son  plus  faible  maillon.  Appartenir  d  1 'Association  des  Biblioth&ques 
de  la  Sante  du  Canada  ne  devrait  pas  uniquement  se  limiter  Si  faire  parvenir  son  ch&que 
de  cotisation.  Ecrivez  au  Bureau  de  direction,  faites  parvenir  vos  commentaires  et 
articles  au  Bulletin  de  Nouvelles  soit  en  francais  ou  en  anglais,  offrez  vous  comme 
volontaires  pour  oeuvrer  au  sein  des  diffgrents  comitSs,  vous  avez  tous  quel  que  chose  a 
offrir  et  sans  votre  contribution  1 'Association  des  Biblioth&ques  de  la  Sante  du  Canada 
va  mourir. 

David  S.  Crawford,  President 


ON  WHV  WE  VOhl'T  CALL   IT  THE   CAWAPIAN  HEALTH  SCIENCES 
LIBRARV  ASSOCIATION 

...tfuit'A  pfLobabty  wheAe  the  ph/uwe  "^faAiwx/  science"  got  httvittd.     SoTK.ont  iold, 
"Let'A  Atott  a.  idioot  o^  tibfiaAy  silence.,"  and  he.  taa&  ml&htoAA.     Hou)  aJUz  Mould 
thz  Moid   "Acience"  hiivt  gottejn.  mixtd  up  vUXh  tht  tibKoAy  Shtick.? 

-Htvotting  LibfuvUani 

CAN  GROUP  OF  MLA  TO  HOLD  SEATTLE  YAWN- IN 

In  my  iowinal,  anyone. 

con  make  a  ^ool  oi  Ivim6eti. 

-Rudolf  VVichouJ 

"Complacencies  of  the  peignoir"  or  matutinal  madness?  Richard  Fredericksen,  Chairman 
of  the  Canadian  Group  of  the  Medical  Library  Association  was  luckyenough  to  get  the 
Group's  meeting  time  announced  once  again  in  the  Official  Program  for  the  MLA  Annual 
Meeting.  Lucfcytoo,  for  any  of  you  attending  the  MLA  Meeting,  Is  the  fact  that  you  will 
be  able  to  start  the  day  (yawn)  on  Wednesday,  June  15th,  by  breakfastinn  with  your 
Canadian  colleagues.  It  is  to  be  held  in  the  Colonial  Room  of  the  Olympic  Hotel 
(meeting  headquarters),  but  re-check  for  final  location  when  you  receive  your  official 
program  in  the  MLA  registration  packet.  The  all  Important  starting  time  will  be  0700 
with  the  necessity  to  adjourn  at  approximately  0830.  Breakfast  will  be  "continental" 
featuring  coffee/tea  and  juice,  a  danlsh  or  other  roll,  plus  lots  of  sleepy  camaraderie. 
For  all  this  you  will  only  have  to  fork  over  some  $3.50  for  breakfast,  tax  and  gratuity. 
The  amount  will  be  collected  at  the  meeting. 

The  agenda  for  this  meeting  will  need  to  be  kept  brief,  but  there  are  a  few  important 
things  that  will  need  to  be  covered: 

1.  Chairman's  Introductory  remarks. 

2.  Review  of  CHLA  activities  and  Its  annual  meeting  by  David 

Crawford. 

3.  Adoption  of   By-Laws    for  the  Group  (draft  follows,  please  bring 

this  to  the  meeting.  Hal  I'll  be  lucky if  you  remember  to  come 
yourself 1).  Although  constitutional  matters  are  frequently  boring 
and  time-consuming,  quick  passage  of  this  one  should  be  assured  by 
its  harmless  contents  combined  with  the  early  morning  meeting  time. 

4.  Election  of  a)  Chairman-Elect,  b)  Nominee  for  the  MLA  Nominating 

Coirml  ttee 

Note:  an  Informal  Canadian  cocktail  party  is  also  under  consideration— an  announcement 
regarding  this  will  have  to  be  made  sometime  at  the  Seattle  meeting. 


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Since  a  separate  mailing  of  this  announcement  to  Canadian  MLA  members  will  not  be 
possible,  please  share  the  above  information  with  any  Canadian  MLA'er  who  you  know 
is  not  a  member  of  CHLA  and  therefore  not  a  recipient  of  this  issue.  Hope  to  see 
you  all  in  Seattlel 

-Richard  B.  Fredericksen 

CANADIAN  GROUP  OF  THE  MEDICAL  LIBRARY  ASSOCIATION; 
PROPOSED  BYLAWS 


Article  I  -  Name: 

The  name  of  this  organization  shall  be  the  Canadian  Group  of 
the  Medical  Library  Association 

Article  II  -  Purpose: 

The  Canadian  Group  is  a  special  interest  group  whose  purpose 

Is  to  provide  a  forum  for  the  discussion  of  matters  of  particular 

Importance  to  Canadian  health  libraries  and  librarians. 

Article  III  -  Membership: 

Membership  In  the  Canadian  Group  shall  be  open  to  anyone  who  is 
interested  in  the  unique  conditions  of  health  librarianship  which 
prevail  in  Canada. 

Article  IV  -  Meetings: 

There  shall  be  at  least  one  annual  business  meeting  during  each 
calendar  year.  Normally,  this  meeting  will  be  held  concurrently 
with,  and  in  the  same  location  as,  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the 
1^  Medical  Library  Association.  In  view  of  the  multiple  commitments 

of  the  membership,  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Canadian  Group  shall 
be  scheduled  at  a  time  which  does  not  conflict  with  general  sessions 
of  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Medical  Library  Association. 

Article  V  -  Officers: 

Section  1.  Two  officers  of  the  Canadian  Group  shall  be  elected. 
The  officers  shall  be  a  Chairman  and  a  Chairman  Elect. 

Section  2.  Upon  election,  the  Chairman  Elect  shall  serve  for 
two  years,  the  first  commencing  at  the  close  of  the  Annual  Meeting 
at  which  the  election  is  announced.  The  second  year  in  office  the 
Chairman  Elect  shall  become  Chairman  at  the  end  of  the  Annual  Meeting, 
and  continue  in  that  capacity  through  the  next  Annual  Meeting.  The 
term  of  office  of  the  Chairman  shall  be  for  one  year  from  the  assumption 
of  office.  In  the  event  that  a  vacancy  should  arise  in  the  office  of 
Chairman,  the  Chairman  Elect  shall  serve  out  the  unexpired  term  and 
continue  on  as  Chairman  for  the  full  succeeding  term. 


Article  V  -  Officers  (Cont'd.) 

Section  3.  The  Chairman  shall  preside  at  all  meetings  of  the  Canadian 
Group,  and  shall  perform  such  other  duties  as  appear  necessary  to  the 
benefit  of  the  Group.  The  Chairman  shall  appoint  a  Committee  Chairman 
to  assist  in  forming  any  non-elective  committee  which  may  be  required 
from  time  to  time,  and  shall  be  an  ex-officio  member  of  all  such  committees. 

Section  4.  The  Chairman  Elect,  at  the  request  of  the  Chairman,  or  in 
the  Chairman's  absence  or  during  an  inability  to  act,  shall  perform  the 
duties  and  exercise  the  functions  of  the  Chairman,  and  shall  automatically 
succeed  as  Chairman. 

Section  5.  In  the  absence  of  both  the  Chairman  and  the  Chairman  Elect, 
the  Immediate  Past  Chairman  shall  act  as  Chairman. 

Section  6.  There  shall  be  a  Secretary  appointed  by  the  Chairman  to  be 
responsible  for  the  Minutes  of  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Canadian  Group. 
In  the  event  of  additional  meetings  in  the  course  of  a  year,  a  Secretary 
who  is  able  to  attend  shall  be  designated  by  the  Chairman. 

Article  VI  -  Elections: 

Election  to  office  shall  be  by  a  plurality  vote  of  those  attending  the 

Annual  Meeting  of  the  Canadian  Group.  In  addition  to  the  two  officers, 

the  Canadian  Group  shall  elect  a  candidate  for  the  MLA  Nominating  Committee 
by  this  method. 

Article  VII  -  Amendments: 

Bylaws  shall  be  amended  by  a  two-thirds  majority  vote  of  the  membership 
present  at  the  business  meeting  of  the  Canadian  Group.  An  announcement 
accomoanied  by  any  proposed  amendments  shall  be  sent  to  the  menfeershio 
by  mail  at  least  three  weeks  before  the  meeting  where  the  Bvlaws  will  be 
discussed. 

Article  VIII  -  Rules  of  Conduct: 

The  conduct  of  all  meetings  of  the  Canadian  Group  shall  follow  Robert's 
Rules  of  Order,  Revised,  in  the  latest  edition. 

draft  by  M.  A.  Flower  and 
R.  B.  Fredericksen 
19  February,  1977 

***** 

We  env-u-toited  24-houA  AeAu-tce,  utith  tibAaxiani  tivlng  fUght  in  the.  building 
ii  thty  ioanttd  to. 

-Rzvotting  libfuwicuMt 
•  «  •  *  • 

RENEW  YOUR  CHLA/ABSC  MEMBERSHIP 
—SEE  PP.  27  -  28 
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ORDER  THIRD-EDITION  OF  HANDBOOK  OF 
MEDICAL  LIBRARY  PRACTICE  NOW 

The  third  edition  of  the  "Handbook  of  Medical  Library  Practice,"  by  Gertrude  K.  Annan 
and  Jacqueline  W.  Felter,  1973,  will  not  be  reprinted  when  the  current  stock  is  de- 
pleted. 

The  first  volume  of  the  revised  edition  will  not  be  available  until  1979.  Those  who 
want  a  copy  of  the  oresent  edition  of  the  Handbook  should  order  it  before  the  current 
stock  of  750  copies  is  exhausted.  Send  orders  to  the  Medical  Library  Association, 
919  North  Michigan,  Suite  3208,  Chicago,  Illinois  60611.  The  cost  is  $5.95.  Prepayment 
must  accompany  all  orders. 

***** 

kcXuaXXii  ownoig  hoo\Ui  Aeem6  a  pointlt&6  txeAcUe.:     to  Ke.Ke.ad  them  l&  a  uxutz  oi  time, 
not  to  KeJiead  them  -u  chuKJLuh,  and  to  u&e  them  oa  meKe  decoKoZion  -u  heKA6y. 

JameJ)  (^n  VKc^e 

8MJ  23  ApKU   1977  p.  £077 


THE  HEALTH  SCIENCES  RESOURCE  CENTRE 

In  today's  Inflationary  world,  the  need  to  share  resources  has  become  a  very  imoortant 
issue  for  all  librarians  in  Canada  and  the  health  sciences  are  no  exception  to  the 
present  situtation. 

As  one  of  the  national,  biomedical  information  centres,  the  Health  Sciences  Resource 
Centre  (HSRC)  is  your  point  of  access  to  an  organization,  the  Canada  Institute  for 
Scientific  and  Technical  Information  (CISTI),  which  is  a  central  node  in  the  Canadian 
scientific,  technical  and  medical  network. 

Under  the  umbrella  of  Information  Services  since  1973,  the  HSRC's  main  role  has  been  to 
coordinate  information  services  for  the  health  sciences  both  within  CISTI  and  on  a 
national  basis,  in  other  words  cooperating  with  other  sections  to  provide  back-up 
library  services  to  medical,  pharmaceutical,  hospital,  dental  and  nursing  libraries 
throughout  Canada,  and  to  individuals  needing  assistance  beyond  the  scope  of  local 
resources. 

The  HSRC  has  been  handling  quick  and  extensive  reference  queries,  and  performing  manual 
and  mechanical  searches  by  consulting  all  available  bibliographic  sources  held  by  CISTI, 
such  as  the  MEDLINE/TOXLINE  files,  and  Biological  Abstracts  and  Chemical  Abstracts 
from  CISTI' s  CAN/OLE  System.  We  are  now  charging  $20.00  oer  tonic  for  literature 
searches,  but  there  are  no  fees  for  all  other  tyoes  of  Questions  received.  If  we  are 
unable  to  supoly  the  information,  we  will  find  a  source  to  answer  the  question.  The 
HSRC  also  acts  as  a  consultant,  providing  advice  and  assistance  in  the  organization 
of  library  collections,  in  the  set-up  of  workshoos  and  other  tonics,  and  is  an  active 
member  of  different  local,  national,  and  international  organizations. 

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In  November  1975,  the  HSRC  was  made  responsible  for  the  administration  of  the  Canadian 
MEDLINE  Network,  and  this  involves  the  training  of  new  centres,  the  updating  of  the 
established  centres,  and  the  MEDLINE  Coordinator  must  keep  all  centres  informed  of  all 
possible  changes  in  the  MEDLARS  system  or  at  CISTI  which  could  affect  their  operations. 
According  to  our  quid-pro-quo  agreement  with  the  National  Library  of  Medicine,  we  are 
given  only  eight  new  codes  per  fiscal  year  and  because  of  this,  we  are  becoming  more 
selective  in  the  allocation  of  new  codes.  Some  of  the  basic  criteria  for  this  selection 
are:  (1)  the  apolicant's  staff  should  have  a  biomedical  background  and  some  experience 
in  using  the  printed  indexing/abstracting  journals  for  searching;  (2)  the  type  and  the 
size  of  the  library  collection  are  very  Important  for  document  support  within  the  re- 
questing Institution.  If  this  second  criterion  cannot  be  filled,  we  recommend  to  the 
new  centre  to  come  to  CISTI  first  for  documents. 

Several  publications  of  Interest  to  the  Canadian  health  science  community  have  been  the 
responsibility  of  the  HSRC  since  1969:  the  Canadian  Locations  of  Journals  Indexed  in 
Index  Medlcus,  the  monthly  Health  Sciences  Libraries  in  Canada,  and  the  Conference 
Proceedings  in  the  Health  Sciences  held  by  CISTI.  You  will  find  a  descriptive  list  of 
these  publications  at  the  end  of  this  article.  This  last  publication  -  Conference 
Proceedings  -  is  now  available  on  CISTI 's  CAN/OLE  System  (Canadian  On-Line  Enquiry 
System) . 

With  a  collection  of  nearly  1,000,000  volumes  and  appruAimately  20,000  Journal  titles, 
CISTI  acts  as  the  focus  of  the  Canadian  interlibrary  loan  network  in  science,  technology 
and  medicine.  You  may  come  to  us  for  locations  of  monographs  and  for  journal  articles 
In  the  fields  of  science,  technology  and  medicine.  The  minimum  charge  for  ohotocopies 
is  $2.20  for  up  to  ten  pages  and  $0.22  for  each  additional  oage.  We  also  have  a  col- 
lection of  more  than  400,000  NTIS  microfiche  on  scientific,  technical  and  medical  sub- 
jects; these  microfiche  can  be  reproduced  at  $2.20  minimum  per  request  for  hard  copies 
up  to  ten  pages  and  $0.22  for  each  additional  page.  Duolicate  fiche  can  be  made  at  $2.20 
per  microfiche  title  duplicated  (consisting  of  one  or  more  fiche). 

Finally,  I  would  like  to  bring  to  your  attention  other  services  offered  by  CISTI  which 
could  be  useful  to  you.  These  are  the  Union  List  of  Scientific  Serials  in  Canadian 
Libraries,  reporting  the  holdings  of  247  university,  federal,  provincial  and  industrial 
libraries,  the  CAN/OLE  System,  consisting  of  an  on-line  retrospective  searching  of  large 
bibliographic  files,  sucn  as  Biological  Abstracts,  Chemical  Abstracts,  Engineering 
Index,  INSPEC,  NTIS  and  some  of  CISTI's  publications  (Directory  of  Federally  Supported 
Research  in  Universities,  Union  List,  Conference  Proceedings),  and  CAN/SDI  (Canadian 
Selective  Dissemination  of  Information  Program)  consisting  of  matching  interest  profiles 
against  fourteen  data  bases  for  current  awareness  information. 

The  Canada  Institute  is  offering  all  of  these  services  to  you  and  you  are  welcome  to 
use  them.  If  you  need  more  information  on  any  of  them,  olease  write  to  me  or  call  me  at 
(613)  993-2013. 

Philippe  Lemay 
Head,  Health  Sciences 
Resource  Centre 


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LE  CENTRE  BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE  PES  SCIENCES  DE  LA  SANTE 

Dans  ce  monde  oD  1' Inflation  se  fait  de  plus  en  plus  sentir,  11  est  devenu  n^cessaire 
de  partager  nos  connalssances  et  nos  ressources,  et  les  b1blioth§caires  des  sciences 
de  la  sant$  ne  font  pas  exception. 

Le  Centre  bibllographlque  des  sciences  de  la  sant§,  qui  est  un  des  centres  d' Informa- 
tion biomfdlcale  natlonale,  est  votre  point  d'acc&s  I  un  organisme,  I'Institut  canadlen 
de  1 'information  scientifique  et  technique  (ICIST),  qui  est  un  membre  important  du 
rCseausclentlflque,  technique  et  mgdical  canadlen. 

En  tant  que  membre  des  Services  d'infonnatiqn  depuls  1973,  la  responsabiHtS  premiere 
du  Centre  a  §t§  de  coordonner  les  services  d' Information  pour  les  sciences  de  la  sant§ 
tant  I  I'int^rieur  de  T ICIST  que  sur  une  base  natlonale,  et  cela  en  coopSrant  avec 
les  autres  sections  afin  de  seconder  les  efforts  des  biblioth$ques  m§dicales,  oharma- 
ceutiques,  hospital iferes,  dentaires  et  Infirmiferes  stabiles  ^  travers  le  Canada,  et  les 
Individus  ayant  Spuis^  leurs  ressources  locales. 

Le  Centre  r^pond  aussi  i  toutes  les  questions  de  rCf^rence  recues  et  nous  pouvons  faire 
pour  vous  une  recherche  manuelle  et  m^canique  en  utilisant  toutes  les  ressources  biblio- 
graphiques  disponibles  )  1' ICIST,  par  example  les  fichiers  MEDLINE/TOXLINE  et  Biological 
Abstracts/Chemical  Abstracts  du  systfeme  CAN/OLE.  Pour  une  recherche  bibllographlque, 
nous  demandons  $20.00  par  sujet,  mais  11  n'y  a  aucun  frais  pour  toute  autre  question 
recue.  SI  nous  ne  pouvons  vous  alder,  nous  vous  trouverons  une  autre  source  d' informa- 
tion. De  plus,  le  Centre  est  parfols  consults  pour  offrir  de  I'lnformation  de  de  I'aide 
dans  1 'organisation  de  collections  de  livres  et  d'ateliers  et  sur  differents  sujets. 
Ses  membres  sont  des  membres  actifs  de  diffgrentes  associations  locales,  nationales  et 
Internationales. 

Depuls  novembre  1975,  le  Centre  est  responsable  de  1 'implantation  du  r§seau  canadlen 
MEDLINE  et  cela  suppose  la  formation  des  membres  des  nouveaux  centres,  la  formation 
continue  de  ceux  qui  sont  d^j)  ^tablis,  et  nous  devons  aussi  les  informer  de  tout 
changement  dans  le  syst&me  MEDLINE,  ou  I  1' ICIST,  qui  pourrait  avoir  des  repercussions 
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tyti.     &iofe  ku   [heA]  peASon. 

-Htvotting  Libnjcuu.cun& 

■k    *    *    -k    * 

NOTED  IN  THE  LITERATURE 

Garfield,  Eugene.  Le  Nouveau  Defi  Americain.  I.  Is  French  Science  too  Provincial? 
Current  Contents.  Clinical  Practice  V,5,  no.  16,  April  11,  1977,  pp.  6-11. 

Garfield  writes  about  the  frequency  with  which  scientific  articles  written  in  French 
are  cited  in  the  literature.  The  article  above  is  actually  an  English  translation  of 
the  original  which  was  published  for  the  French  in  French  (La  Science  francaise  est 
elle  trop  provinciale?  La  Recherche  7:  757-60,  1976).  The  author  reports  that  the 
original  unleashed  an  outraged  storm  of  protest  and  that  it  has  been  denounced  by  one 
as  'pernicious,'  as  'linguistic  imperialism'  by  another,  and  that  it  even  'questions 

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the  existence  of  a  civilization '  Conclusions  of  Garland's  study  were  that  "the 

French  were  primarily  cited  by  the  French,"  and  "the  insistence  of  French  scientists 
to  publish  in  French  denies  the  world  scientific  community  the  opportunity  to  read 
their  work  casually."  The  major  French  scientists  published  in  English  and  in  journals 
outside  of  France  to  assure  that  their  work  reached  the  widest  possible  readership. 
While  French  language  Canadian  scientific  Journals  are  not  mentioned  specifically, 
the  same  observations  might  conceivably  apply.  What  with  the  language  controversy 
in  Canada,  this  article  should  be  of  interest  to  our  health  library  readership. 
Garland  plans  further  comments  on  the  French  question  in  future  issues  of  Current 
Contents . 

ed.  note:  your  monolingual  editor  was 
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thfu  OAe  only  6e.at&  i^o^  ^^i/-^even.     It' 6  a  txibutQ.  that  thzy  tikz  to  come  thzit. 
It'i  an  agonizing  night,  though,    ujhzn  you  have,  to  go  aAound  Ahu^hing.     It' 6  fuAt  too 
much.     I'm  old- ^aAhionzd.     I  -t/vatk  iX  ha&  to  be.  a  quiet  place. 

"The  LibfLaAyian"   ^fiom 
Stud&  TeJikeZ,  Wofiklng 
***** 


ONTARIO  HOSPITAL  LIBRARIES  SURVEY 

A  report  has  recently  been  forwarded  to  the  Ontario  Medical  Association  and  the  Ontario 
Hospital  Association  summarizing  a  survey  of  hospital  libraries  in  the  Province  of 
Ontario  which  was  conducted  in  1975.  A  small  committee  of  the  Toronto  Medical  Libraries 
Group  put  together  the  data  from  that  survey,  and  the  reoort  was  presented  formally 
to  a  joint  meeting  of  the  Ontario  Medical  Association  and  the  Ontario  Hospital  Association 
in  Toronto  on  April  20th.  Once  the  report  has  been  accepted,  it  will  be  duplicated  and 
made  available  to  the  hospital  and  medical  library  communities  by  the  Ontario  Hospital 
Association.  Title  of  the  report  is  1975  Survey  of  Hospital  Libraries  in  Ontario: 
surmiary  and  assessment.  It  is  dated  February  1977,  and  there  are  87  pages. 

The  survey  was  sponsored  jointly  by  the  OMA  and  the  OHA,  and  drew  a  return  of  81%.  The 
questionnaire  used  was  designed  and  tested  by  a  Liaison  Committee  of  the  Toronto  Medical 


17  - 


Libraries  Group  in  collaboration  with  the  Committee  on  Medical  Library  Services  of 
the  Ontario  Medical  Association,  and  with  members  of  the  Executive  of  the  Ontario 
Hospital  Association.  It  was  sent  out  in  two  separate  mailings  by  the  Ontario 
Hospital  Association. 

Data  in  the  returns  were  compared  by  the  Liaison  Conmittee  with  the  minimum  guide- 
lines set  forth  in  the  Appendixes  to  the  Canadian  Hosoital  Library  Standards  as 
published  in  Canad.  Med.  Assoc.  J.  112:10:1271-74,  17  May  1975.  Generally  soeaking, 
and  in  spite  of  some  notable  exceptions,  two  basic  ooints  were  established  by  this 
comparison:  a)  an  alarmingly  high  percentage  of  hosoital  libraries  in  Ontario  failed 
to  meet  even  the  minimums  established  for  collections;  b)  personnel  and  organizational 
arrangements  in  these  libraries  were  also  far  from  adeouate.  Eight  recommendations 
were  oresented  to  the  Ontario  Medical  Association  and  the  Ontario  Hospital  Association 
for  action. 

Members  of  the  Liaison  Committee  of  the  Toronto  Medical  Libraries  Group  which  designed 
the  questionnaire  and  compiled  the  summary  of  the  returns  were:  Marianne  Brett, 
Librarian,  North  York  General  Hospital,  Toronto;  Elizabeth  Marsland,  Librarian  (now 
retired),  Wellesley  Hospital,  Toronto;  Sheila  Swanson,  Librarian,  Academy  of  Medicine, 
(Toronto);  and  M.A.  Flower,  formerly  Librarian,  Ontario  Medical  Association,  Toronto, 
Chairman. 

(Mrs.)  M.  A.  Flower 
Atelier  )  votre  sant§ 


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and  the  gfiavefiobbeA^  wc^e  ba&icaUbj  gentlemen  o^  tei^vuie  vnith  no  gfieattfi  information 

pfu>blem&  than  how  to  Kelie.ve  the  gout The  mo6t  aggfiavating  thing  about  iX  alt  i6 

that,  actuatty,  wc  tAoditionatty  have  been  6huiheAA,  and  mo6t  tLbfiaAieJ>  aA.e  &till 
into  6iUnce. 

-Revolting  Libfuuiiani 
***** 


PERSONAL  NOTES 

Doreen  Fraser,  Assistant  Professor,  School  of  Library  Service,  Dalhousie  University, 
has  been  granted  twelve  months  sabbatical  leave  from  September  1977  to  August  1978, 
to  study  the  basic  elements  of  gerontology  and  geriatrics,  and  to  investigate  the 
Information  and  library  service  needs  of  persons  involved  with  olanning,  organizing, 
and  working  in  these  fields.  Her  Interest  soans  the  prevention  of  disablement,  acute 
and  chronic  institutional  care,  rehabilitation,  maintenance  of  daily  living,  and 
terminal  care,  and  she  is  concerned  with  both  the  elderly  and  their  families,  and  the 
volunteer  and  professional  health  workers  involved  with  team  care. 

She  has  been  greatly  helped  by  the  World  Health  Organization,  the  King  Edward  Fund's 
Hospital  Centre  in  London,  the  Scottish  Health  Services  Centre  in  Edinburgh,  the 
College  of  Family  Physicians  of  Canada,  and  members  of  the  Canadian  Association  of 
Gerontology  and  the  Canadian  Institute  of  Religion  and  Gerontology  in  the  olanning 
of  five  months  in  Britain,  three  months  in  Norway,  Denmark,  the  Netherlands,  Geneva 
and  Grenoble,  two  months  in  the  United  States  of  America,  and  three  months  in  Canada 
from  coast  to  coast.  Upon  return  to  Nova  Scotia,  she  will  be  involved  with  planning 

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and  organizational  programmes  for  gerontology  and  geriatrics,  in  addition  to  augmenting 
her  teaching  programme,  and  her  work  with  Medical  School's  Division  of  Continuing 
Medical  Education  which  is  interested  in  geriatrics  and  gerontological  oroqranmes  in 
Camp  Hill  Hospital,  the  Federal  Department  of  Veterans'  Affairs  Hospital  in  Halifax. 

Interspersed  with  leave  activities.  Professor  Fraser  plans  to  attend  the  50th  Anniversary 
Conference  of  the  International  Federation  of  Library  Associations  in  Brussels,  the 
Library  Association  Medical  Section's  Meeting  in  Bath,  and  the  Library  Association's 
Centennial  Conference  in  London. 

Claire  Turnbull  has  been  apoointed  to  the  position  of  Head  of  Public  Services  in  the 
Medical  Library  of  McGill  University,  succeeding  Bonita  Jehu.  Miss  Turnbull  holds  an 
undergraduate  degree  from  the  University  of  Ottawa  and  a  degree  in  library  science 
from  the  University  of  British  Columbia.  She  soent  three  years  at  the  National  Library 
of  Canada  before  being  appointed  Head  of  Reference  in  the  Medical  Library  in  1973. 

THE  BRITISH  COLUMBIA  MEDICAL  LIBRARY  SERVICE 

INTRODUCTION 

Regional  medical  library  services  in  most  Canadian  orovinces  are  being  develooed 
through  universities.  B.  C.  is  an  exceotion.  It  is  the  only  one  in  which  a  separately 
organized  orovince-wide  regional  service  has  been  develooed.  In  1962,  the  B.  C.  Medical 
Library  Service  was  established  by  the  College  of  Phvsicians  and  Surgeons  to  serve  all 
of  the  registered  doctors  in  the  province.  In  the  ensuing  years,  the  Service  has  become 
a  vital  and  accessible  continuing  medical  education  resource.  (1)  (2) 

HISTORY 

The  first  institutional  medical  library  in  British  Columbia  was  established  by  the 
newly  formed  Vancouver  Medical  Association  in  1906.  It  numbered  among  its  early  bene- 
factors Sir  William  Osier  who,  in  1908,  wrote  from  Oxford  to  the  head  of  the  V.M.A, 

library  cormittee.  Dr.  John  Pearson  " tell  some  of  the  members  from  me,  olease, 

that  money  invested  in  a  library  gives  much  better  return  than  mining  stock.  In  con- 
clusion, as  precept  Is  not  nearly  so  satisfactory  as  example,  I  enclose  you  a  small 
subscription  as  practical  evidence  of  my  good  will  and  good  wishes."  The  Library's 
Archives  file  contains  an  answer  from  Dr.  Pearson  thanking  Dr.  Osier  for  his  letter, 
but  mentioning  that  there  was  no  enclosure.  Dr.  Osier's  reply  is  swift  and  peremptory 
"Herewith  my  cheque  for  $25.00." 

During  its  earlier  years,  the  library  was  housed  in  locations  which  are  now  considered 
the  choicest  of  downtown  real  estate.  It  began  at  the  corner  of  Granville  and  Hastings, 
moved  to  the  corner  of  Granville  and  Georgia  and  then  to  Georgia  and  Hornby  before  its 
move  in  1951  to  the  present  Academy  of  Medicine  building  at  Burrard  Street  and  Tenth 
Avenue. 

During  the  1950's  there  were  some  important  developments.  U.B.C.'s  medical  school, 
begun  in  1950,  necessitated  the  growth  of  the  university's  medical  library  under  the 
direction  of  Doreen  Fraser.  At  the  same  time,  the  Vancouver  Medical  Association  was 

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finding  it  increasingly  expensive  to  support  a  library  which  was  now  being  utilized 
by  physicians  throughout  the  province. 

An  obvious  solution  was  for  the  V.M.A.  library  to  amalgamate  with  the  UBC  library, 
but  many  of  the  Association's  most  influential  members  were  not  in  favour.  In  1956 
Doreen  Fraser  produced  a  survey  of  the  Vancouver  Medical  Association  Library  (3),  a 
fifty  page  document  with  seven  appendices  and  an  extensive  bibliography.  One  of  Miss 
Fraser' s  far-seeing  recommendations  was  that  the  V.M.A.  library  be  established  as  a 
province-wide  service  with  possible  support  from  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons. 
Two  further  surveys  resulted  in  a  report  by  Dr.  John  Dick  (4),  chairman  of  the  V.M.A. 
Library  Conmittee,  which  prepared  the  way  for  a  proposal  to  the  College  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons.  Miss  Isobel  McDonald,  the  first  professional  librarian  hired  by  the 
V.M.A.  was  active  in  developing  the  surveys  and  the  proposals. 

In  1959  two  referendums  were  put  to  the  profession.  The  first  referendum  establishing 
the  regional  service  for  a  two-year  trial  period  was  passed  by  a  72%  majority.  (5)  A 
second  referendum  in  1961  giving  the  College  authority  to  establish  the  service  on  a 
permanent  basis  passed  with  a  majority  of  65%.  (6)  Terms  of  the  final  referendum 
allowed  the  College  to  assess  each  member  $25  for  the  library  service,  $10  of  which 
would  go  back  to  support  hospital  libraries  outside  the  City  of  Vancouver. 

Miss  McDonald  left  the  library  in  1961  and  the  author  began  his  duties  as  director  in 
March  of  1962.  In  the  next  year,  the  library  collection  w^s  named  the  Keith  Memorial 
Library  in  honour  of  one  of  the  original  founders  of  the  V.M.A.  library.  Dr.  William  D. 
Keith.  By  1964  the  library  had  expanded  its  floor  area  to  take  in  5400  square  feet  on 
the  main  floor  plus  storage  space  at  the  basement  level. 

COLLECTION 

The  collection  of  7,000  books,  530  journal  subscriptions,  50,000  Journal  volumes  and 
1,000  audio  tapes  serves  a  physician  population  of  nearly  4,600.  A  survey  done  three 
years  ago  found  that  43. 7X  of  the  province's  doctors  used  the  library  over  a  one  year 
period.  Since  the  clientele  is  largely  made  up  of  practising  doctors,  the  collections' 
content  is  primarily  clinical.  Research  materials,  when  they  are  needed,  are  often 
borrowed  from  U.B.C.  However,  more  than  80%  of  requests  can  be  met  by  the  existing 
collection.  Relationships  with  the  Woodward  Biomedical  Library  at  U.B.C.  are  amiable 
and  cooperative.  The  College  Library  loans  to  Woodward  and  its  branch  at  Vancouver 
General  Hospital  about  one  quarter  of  the  number  of  items  it  borrows  from  them.  Al- 
though there  is  as  yet  no  formal  cooperative  acquisitioning,  B.C.M.L.S.  makes  a  ooint 
of  picking  up  subscriptions  to  journals  such  as  the  U.S.  state  journals  not  obtained 
by  U.B.C.  An  on-going  archives  collection  of  material  relating  to  medicine  in  British 
Columbia  is  maintained.  The  library  does  have  a  small  collection  of  old  and  rare  books 
but  this  is  not  being  increased. 

SERVICES 

An  attempt  is  made  to  meet  quickly  and  efficiently  any  information  needs  of  doctors-- 
questions  relating  to  their  practices,  talks  they  are  giving  to  professional  or  lay 
groups,  papers  they  are  writing  and  research  they  are  doing,  health  education  of 
patients,  information  about  meetings,  etc.  The  library  staff  of  four  professionals 
(two  part-time)  and  six  support  personnel  are  kept  busy  throughout  the  year. 

Telephone  questions  from  outside  the  medical  profession,  particularly  from  the  public, 
are  frequent.  These  are  most  often  handled  at  the  time  and  occasionally  referred  to 

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other  sources  such  as  the  public  library. 

One  of  the  strengths  of  the  library  is  the  personalized  service  it  is  able  to  offer 
individual  doctors.  A  good  ranoort  has  been  built  uo  between  library  staff  and 
physicians,  many  of  whom  have  a  sense  of  oride  in  the  quality  of  the  services.  As 
a  working  relationship  this  cannot  be  discounted  and  is  orobably  the  reason  that 
medical  society  libraries  remain  alive  and  vigorous  in  North  America  and  the  U.K. 

While  the  majority  of  reference  requests  come  by  teleohone  and  by  mail,  doctors 
often  come  to  the  library  "in  person",  while  others  use  the  telex.  One  of  the  diffi- 
culties of  doing  reference  by  long  distance  is  the  problem  of  clarifying  questions. 
One  solution  to  this  problem  may  be  the  installation  of  a  Zenith  teleohone  line. 

The  library  will  loan  journals  for  a  brief  period  within  Vancouver,  but  does  not 
generally  circulate  journals  outside  the  city.  The  policy  of  offering  one  hundred 
pages  of  photocopy  per  year  without  charge  seems  to  meet  most  oractiti oners'  needs. 

The  installation  of  a  Medline  service  in  November  of  1976  is  a  great  asset.  To  date 
no  charge  is  being  made  for  Medline  searches  although  this  policy  is  under  review. 

HOSPITAL  LIBRARIES 

From  the  inception  of  the  provincial  service  one  of  the  major  objectives  has  been  the 
development  of  medical  libraries  In  the  hospitals  of  B.  C.  To  this  end,  the  $10  -  oer  - 
doctor  arant  for  books  has,  in  most  cases,  served  as  an  incentive  for  hosoitals  to 
build  their  own  collections.  It  is  unfortunate  that  in  a  few  stituations  the  hospital 
has,  because  of  the  grant,  ooted  out  from  responslbllltv  for  its  library.  The  ore- 
dictable  results  are  inadequate  libraries  and  disinterested  staffs.  One  of  the  services 
Instituted  for  hospital  libraries  in  1963  was  the  centralized  ordering,  cataloguing 
and  processing  of  books.  There  are  now  seventy  hospitals  receiving  this  service.  The 
advantage  to  the  local  hospital  is  that  staff  is  relieved  of  much  of  the  work  of  loca- 
ting and  ordering  books,  the  books  can  be  easilv  arranged  on  the  shelves  and  the  col- 
lections, as  they  grow,  are  comoletely  catalogued  by  a  professional  librarian.  The 
disadvantage  for  the  hospital  is  that  it  takes  longer  for  books  to  arrive.  Another 
more  fundamental  disadvantage  to  the  system  is  that  with  a  strong  central  reference 
service  and  professional  cataloguing  supplied,  the  need  for  librarians  or  library 
technicians  in  hospitals  is  not  so  apparent  to  administrators.  With  budgets  tight, 
staff  for  the  library  is  not  a  high  priority  consideration  when  it  often  ought  to  be. 

The  large  hospital  libraries  within  Vancouver  do  not  receive  financial  grants  but  do 
benefit  from  extensive  inter-library  loan  services.  More  than  3400  items  were  loaned 
to  the  four  largest  hosoitals  in  1976.  There  were  718  loans  to  eleven  other  health 
institution  libraries  within  Vancouver. 

Both  Vanvouver  hospitals  and  those  outside  the  city  receive  extensive  consultant 
services  from  the  chief  librarian.  The  larger  hosoitals  seek  advice  on  facility 
planning,  layout,  staffing,  etc.  All  hosoitals  outside  the  Vancouver  area  are 
visited  by  the  chief  librarian  every  two  years.  These  are  trouble-shooting  visits 
where  a  variety  of  local  needs  are  met:  collections  are  weeded  and  evaluated,  recom- 
mendations for  Purchases  are  discussed,  new  books  from  the  central  library  collection 
are  displayed  and  new  facilities  are  planned.  Whenever  possible,  the  librarian  soeaks 
to  the  medical  staff  -  either  formally  or  informally  -  to  the  administrator  and  to  the 

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staff  person  in  charge  of  the  library.  This  field  work  is  the  ESSENCE  of  regional 
service  and  its  most  effective  public  relations. 

EDUCATION  AND  PUBLIC  RELATIONS 

Since  most  of  the  hosoital   libraries  in  B.C.  are  not  managed  by  librarians  but  most 
often  by  medical  records  personnel.  It  is  an  important  oart  of  the  service's  function 
to  provide  guidance  and  trainina  for  the  hospital   staff  people  responsible  for  the 
library.     This  is  done  formally  through  workshops  held  at  the  library  in  Vancouver  and 
informally  during  the  librarian's  visit  to  the  local  hosnital. 

Other  educational  and  public  relations  efforts  include  a  monthly  library  page  in  the 
8.  C.  Medical  Journal,  exhibits  at  medical  conferences,  oarticularly  the  B.  C.  Medical 
Association's  annual  meeting,  and  talks  aiven  periodically  to  the  medical  staff  of  a 
hospital  during  the  librarian's  visit. 

PRESENT  NEEDS  AND  FUTURE  PROSPECTS 

In  these  Inflationary  times,  the  Medical  Library  Service  has  managed  to  have  a  budget 
surolus  for  the  last  two  years.  The  current  budget  of  $217,000  will  seem  small  to 
many,  but  it  is  a  sizeable  amount  for  a  nrivate  institutional  library  to  raise.  Because 
the  library  budget  must  go  up  each  year,  there  is  some  uneasiness  on  the  part  of  members 
of  the  B.  C.  College  Council.  The  question  is  asked,  "How  long  can  the  medical  profes- 
sion in  this  province  continue  to  support  such  an  exoensive  service?" 

When  there  seemed  some  chance  of  the  Library  Service  being  absorbed  by  the  B.  C.  Medical 
Centre  during  the  NDP  provincial  government  years  (1976-75),  many  physicians  at  the 
1975  Annual  Meeting  of  the  College  spoke  out  in  favour  of  retaining  the  service  no 
matter  what  it  cost.  It  seems  likely  that  this  attitude  is  still  prevalent  -  doctors 
In  B.  C.  are  willing  to  pay  for  the  library  service  they  receive.  A  direction  for  the 
future  Is  the  encouragement  of  regional  library  services  to  a  wider  clientele,  including 
all  of  the  health  professions.  That  a  need  for  such  service  exists  is  apparent.  It  is 
partially  being  met  by  the  B.  C.  Health  Association  and  the  Registered  Nurses  Association 
of  B.  C.  Both  associations,  from  their  libraries  in  Vancouver,  will  send  materials  to 
outlying  regions.  However,  many  health  professionals  -  dentists,  oharmacists,  lab  tech- 
nicians, social  workers  and  others  do  not  have  ready  access  to  library  materials. 
Regional  health  library  services  in  B.  C.  need  to  be  coordinated  and  expanded  to  provide 
rapid  access  for  all  groups. 

In  B.  C.  there  is  a  particular  need  to  devise  an  overall  plan  to  assure  the  development 
of  adequate  hospital  libraries.  Administrators  and  health  facility  planners  must  be 
made  to  see  that  useful  hospital  libraries  are  those  that  are  well-located,  well-stocked, 
and  well-staffed.  As  the  pioneer  in  the  establishment  of  libraries  in  B.  C.  hospitals, 
the  B.  C.  Medical  Library  Service  must  take  a  leading  role  in  their  continuing  develop- 
ment. 

SUMMARY 

The  development  of  Canada's  only  province-wide  regional  medical   library  separate  from  a 
university  is  described.     The  B.  C.   Medical   Library  Service  offers  direct  access  to 
medical   information  for  every  doctor  registered  with  the  province's  College  of  Physicians 

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and  Surgeons.  In  addition  it  provides  financial  support  and  consultant  services  for 
hospital  libraries,  extending  this  to  centralized  ordering  and  cataloguing  for  seventy 
hospitals  outside  the  Vancouver  area.  The  need  to  consolidate  and  extend  regional 
library  service  to  all  the  health  professions  is  recognized. 

C.  William  Fraser 
Chief  Librarian 
Vancouver,  B.  C. 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

1.  DICK,  John,  et  al. 

"The  Medical  Library  Service  of  the  College  of  Phvsicians  and  Surgeons  of 
British  Columbia."  Canadian  Medical  Association  Journal  88:  741-744,  April  6, 
1963. 

2.  HARRISON,  W.  Elliott,  et.  al. 

"The  Medical  Library  Service  -  Review  of  a  College  Project,"  B.  C.  Medical 
Journal  10:  41-42,  February,  1968. 

3.  FRASER,  M.  Doreen  E. 

Vancouver  Medical  Association  Library  Survey,  July  -  September,  1956.  V.M.A. 
1956. 

4.  DICK,  John 

The  Provincial  Library  Service  of  the  Vancouver  Medical  Association  Reoort. 
V.H.A.,  February,  1955. 

5.  COLLEGE  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  of  British  Columbia  Newsletter  No.  20,  November, 
1959  p.  7. ^ 

6.  COLLEGE  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  of  British  Columbia  Newsletter  No.  24,  November, 
1961  p.  12. 

***** 

CHLA/ABSC  ANNUAL  MEETING  IN  MONTREAL! 

Due  to  the  efforts  of  Program  Chairman  Mrs.  M.  A.  (Babs)  Flower  and  our  President, 
the  Program  for  the  Annual  Meeting  has  now  been  finalized  and  is  being  mailed  under 
separate  cover.  You  should  have  received  a  copy  orior  to  receiving  this  Newsletter. 
If  you  haven't,  please  write  or  call  David  Crawford/Medical  Library/McGill  University/ 
3655  Drummond  Street,  Montreal,  nuebec/H3G  1Y6.  514  392-3059.  The  meeting  is 
scheduled  for  June  9th  and  will  be  held  at  the  Queen  Elizabeth/Le  Reine  Elizabeth  Hotel 
in  Montreal.  Don't  miss  the  opportunity  to  attend  the  1st  meeting  of  your  Association-- 
one  that  promises  to  be  very  stimulating,  indeed  1 

***** 

Imagine.  youA&ali  In  tht  ctnteA^otd  oi  LJ. 

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LEHERS  TO  THE  EDITOR 

CHLA/ABSC  MEMBERSHIP 

After  identifying  the  location  of  the  first  140,  or  so,  members  of  the  CHLA, 
it  becomes  clear  that  we  are  dealing  with  two  kinds  of  membership.  There  are  those 
who  are  carrying  on  their  library  duties  in  communities  where  there  are  few  or  no 
other  CHLA  members  and  there  are  those  who  are  working  in  cities  where  there  are  clusters 
of  six  or  more  members  (Toronto,  Montreal,  Halifax,  Ottawa,  Winnipeg,  Edmonton). 

In  drafting  a  Constitution  and  programne  for  CHLA/ABSC  the  new  executive  must 
concern  itself  with  these  communities.  The  Newslettpr  will  be  the  obvious  vehicle 
for  the  isolated  member.  In  the  six  or  so  communities  where  there  are  groups  of 
members,  it  would  seem  realistic  to  form  chapters  of  some  sort  so  additional  members 
can  be  attracted  in  these  areas. 

I  realize  that  some  of  these  cities  already  have  such  groups.  Hopefully  they 
would  wish  to  convert  their  local  organizations  to  CHLA/ABSC  Chapters  and  thus  assure 
that  our  Association  has  a  firm  basis  at  the  grass  roots  level.  To  encourage  this 
kind  of  local  organization  we  might  rebate  a  portion  of  fees  to  the  local  chapters  to 
at  least  cover  some  of  their  basic  expenses. 

I  would  hope  that  members  who  have  views  on  the  concept  of  chapters  or  on 
other  aspects  of  our  new  organization  would  convey  them  to  the  Executive  so  that  we 
can  continue  to  accurately  reflect  the  interests  of  the  membership. 

P.S.:  In  our  first  year  of  operations  we  have  attracted  three  kinds  of  members: 

a)  individuals  paying  their  own  membership 

b   Individuals  with  membership  paid  by  their  institutions 

c)  members  who  are  in  fact  institutional  subscribers 

I  think  we  should  view  CHLA/ABSC  as  an  organization  of  individuals  rather 
than  of  organizations  as  this  seems  most  aporopriate  for  the  variety  of  members  we 
now  have.  When  the  new  constitution  is  drafted  this  Individuality  of  members  can 
be  permitted  by  allowing  the  institution  paying  the  fees  to  designate  their  member. 
But  when  an  institution  for  their  collection  also  wanted  a  copy  of  the  Newsletter, 
they  could  then  enter  a  subscription  rather  than  hold  another  membership^  We  could 
then  stipulate  that  no  member  could  have  more  than  one  vote. 

Comments  should  be  sent  to  the  President  or  the  editor. 

Yours  sincerely, 

Alan  H.  MacDonald 
Treasurer,  CHLA/ABSC 

CANADIAN  HOSPITAL  STANDARDS 

The  Guide  to  Hospital  Accreditation  has  endeavored  to  include  standards  affecting 
staff  library  development.  Although  the  Canadian  Standards  for  Hospital  Libraries 

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were  used  as  a  departure  point,  the  Guide  fails  to  include  the  complete  Standards. 

This  omission  will  account  for  much  of  the  confusion  which  must  be  exoerienced  by  the 
accreditation  team.  For  instance.  Standard  I  states  that, 

certain  hospital  libraries  should  be 
capable  of  providing  information 
in  supoort  of  clinical  research 

What  aopears  in  the  Guide  gives  no  indication  as  to  which  of  these  libraries  should 
develop  to  this  leveT"!  Ts  that  not  the  whole  point  of  developing  standards  and  guide- 
lines? If  the  Appendixes  to  the  Standards  had  been  included  in  the  Guide,  it  would 
become  obvious  that  Category  1  and  2  hospitals  would  establish  libraries  supportive 
of  clinical  research. 

Standard  II  presents  a  good  deal  of  difficulty  for  interpretation  if  only  the  Guide 
version  is  consulted.  As  it  is,  few  people  outside  of  our  profession  are  aware  of 
the  differences  in  training  and  qualifications  between  the  librarian  and  library 
technician.  Indeed,  a  good  many  administrators  in  hospitals  are  not  aware  of  the 
differences  between  the  medical  records  librarian  and  the  medical  librarian!  The 
interpretation  in  the  Guide  certainly  does  not  enlighten  the  "lay"  person.  Only  the 
addition  of  the  appropriate  apoendix  from  the  original  Standards  wi  1 1  accurately 
clarify  the  manpower  requirements.  The  Appendix  will  also  specify  the  necessary 
staff  according  to  the  Category  of  the  hospital.  This  will  certainly  be  more  useful 
Information  for  the  Council. 

These  are  only  two  examples  of  what  ambiguities  can  exist  if  only  the  Guide  to 
Accreditation  is  consulted  by  the  accreditation  team  in  examining  library  facilities 
instead  of  the  complete  Standards. 

What  should  concern  health  science  librarians  in  hospitals  is  whether  or  not  the 
Standards,  complete  or  incomplete,  are  ever  really  looked  at  when  the  accreditation 
team  visits. 

It  has  been  my  experience  when  visiting  small  hospital  libraries  in  Ontario  that 
upon  accreditation,  only  a  few  of  the  libraries  were  ever  visited.  What  may  be 
more  detrimental,  however,  is  the  situation  where  members  of  the  accreditation  team 
enter  the  library,  notice  the  books  on  the  shelves,  then  walk  out  I  This  incidence 
has  been  recounted  to  me  more  than  once. 

It  Is  highly  unlikely  that  the  accreditation  of  a  hospital  will  ever  depend  on  the 
existence  of  a  hospital  library.  However,  if  it  is  to  be  visited  by  an  accreditation 
team,  an  evaluation  should  be  done  properly,  A  room  with  a  shelf  of  books  is  no 
Indication  of  quality! 

One  must  wonder  at  the  number  of  guidelines,  standards  etc.  that  the  accreditation 
team  has  to  read  before  going  into  a  hospital.  Many  of  these  standards  are  directly 
related  to  the  main  functions  of  the  hospital.  Although  provision  of  information 
services  is  important,  it  is  not  a  too  priority  item.  Therefore,  there  is  a  strong 
possibility  that  the  Canadian  Standards  for  Hospital  Libraries  may  not  be  completely 
read. 

(Cont'd.) 

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In  what  way  then,  can  we  orovlde  the  accreditation  team  with  the  elements  we  think 
are  important  without  risking  the  chance  that  the  Standards  may  never  be  read  or 
interpreted  accurately?  Perhaos  an  abridged  but  comolete  checklist  could  be  drawn 
UP  which  would  accomoany  the  accreditation  team.  Of  course,  the  comolete  set  of 
Standards  would  be  available  with  the  list,  but  the  checklist  may  cut  down  the  amount 
of  material  which  must  be  gone  through.  By  virtue  of  its  format  the  checklist  will 
not  only  give  a  true  oicture  of  the  oractical  elements  necessary  for  the  day  by  day 
operations  of  the  library  but  it  cannot  fail  to  reveal  obvious  deficiencies  such  as 
the  absence  of  Index  Medicus  or  the  non-existence  of  library  staff! 

Margaret  Y.  Walshe 
Consulting  Librarian 
Ontario  Medical  Association 

In  the  new  edition  of  their  Guide,  the  Canadian  Council  on  Hosoital  Accreditation 
has  seen  fit  to  use  the  Standards  evolved  by  the  Joint  Working  Party  and  aoproved 
by  Canadian  medical  librarians  and  other  bodies.  The  broad  outline  has  been  accepted 
with  some  minor  variations  in  wording.  This  in  Itself  constitutes  a  steo  in  the 
right  direction.  Unfortunatelv,  the  numerical  aooendixes  have  been  left  out.  These 
contain  the  figures  which  give  some  significance  to  the  outline  and  were  meant  to 
serve  as  a  yardstick  by  which  the  individual  hospital,  and  the  Accreditation  inspectors, 
could  measure  library  facilities  and  practices  in  comparison  with  those  of  similar 
hospitals. 

There  Is  still  a  great  variation  in  the  services  offered  from  one  hosoital  to  the 
next--even  among  teaching  hospitals:  regional  systems,  with  one  or  two  exceptions 
are  non-existent  and  it  is  obvious  that  hospital  personnel --administrators,  physicians, 
educators  are  in  many  areas  quite  unaware  of  the  resources  that  may  be  at  their  dis- 
posal and  how  to  reach  them. 

It  Is  to  be  hoped  that  this  Association  will  continue  the  effort  to  have  the  full 
Standards,  or  some  up-dated  version  there-of,  accepted  by  the  Council  on  Accreditation. 

The  full  text  of  the  Standards  including  the  Appendixes  was  published  in  Canadian 
Medical  Association  Journal  V.  112:  12^1-1274,  May  17,  1975. 

Sheila  Swanson 

DISCLAIMER 

The  staff  of  the  William  Boyd  Library  wish  to  dissociate  themselves  from  the  extrava- 
gant claims  made  by  the  publicity  department  of  the  Academy  of  Medicine  as  quoted  in 
the  first  Newsletter.  Although  we  believe  quality  to  be  superior  to  quantity--and 
we  wonder  about  the  meaning  of  "private",  nevertheless,  the  desire  for  informational 
exactitude  inherent  in  all  medical  librarians  imoels  us  to  modestv.  Maybe  the  largest 
(private)  in  Canada   -? 

Sheila  (ebullient  =  boiling)  Swanson 


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CHLA/ABSC  FUND  RAISING  CO^flTTEE  FORMED 

The  interim  Executive  of  CHLA/ABSC  has  recently  formed  a  Find  Raising  Committee  vrtiose 
mandate  is  to  investigate  additional  sources  of  funding  for  Association  activities 
and  to  report  back  to  the  Executive  by  January  of  1978.  The  Conmittee  will  be 
chaired  by  Frances  Groen  of  McGill  Ihiversity.  The  inmediate  Past  President  (David 
Crawford)  and  the  soon-to-be-elected  new  President  will  be  the  two  additional 
members  of  the  Committee. 

NeCERSHIP  REPORT 

As  of  May  16,  there  were  147  paid  memberships  in  CHLA/ABSC.  Seven  have 
already  renewed  for  1977/78  and  12  new  menfcers  have  joined  effective  the  start  of 
the  1977/78  year.  These  159  members  are  distributed  as  follows: 


Newfoindland 

6 

Nova  Scotia 

20 

P.E.I. 

0 

New  Bnmswick 

5 

Quebec 

38 

Ontario 

66 

Manitoba 

11 

Saskatchewan 

3 

Alberta 

9 

British  Colunbia 

1 

All  members  of  record  are  listed  on  the  following  pages. 

hChCERSHIP  RENEWAL  TIf€  (ALREADY!) 

Please  note  that  meirbership  renewal  or  application  for  the  period  ending  June  1978 
is  now  due.  The  Treasurer  suggests  that  registration  at  the  annual  meeting  in 
Montreal  (scheduled  for  Jine  9,  1977)  will  be  sinplified  if  members  have  renewed 
by  that  date. 

Membership  forms  are  at  the  back.  Renew  now! 

Help  your  association  by  giving  a  membership  form  to  a  potential 
menfcer. 

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286  VICTORIA  AVE.  NO<TH 
HAMILTON,  ONTARIO  LH 


SR.  JULIETTE  HERCIER 

5  3'JESNEL 
A^THABASKA,  QUEBEC 


77  HELEN  MICHAEL 

MEDICAL  LIBRARY 
G6P  6N2      HEALTH  SCIENCES  CENTRE 

MEMORIAL  UNIVERSITY  OF  NFLO. 
ST.  JOHN'S,  NErtFCUNOLAND     Aid 


37  ^ 


•^S.  VALERIE  iONKHOUSE 
APT.  1008 
151  BAY  STREET 
JTTAWA,  ONTARIO 


77   MS.  MAE  MQRLEY 
LIBRARIAN 

KINGSTON  PSYCHIATRIC 

KIR  7T2     P.O.  30X  603 

KINGSTON,  ONTARIO 


HOSPITAL 


K7-i  251 


MS.  MARJORy_L..  .MORPHY.  .^^,  _ 
*ib    PACIFIC  AVENUE,   APT7702 
TORONTO,  ONTARIO 


77  MS.  JAYNE  P..  MORTENS 

157<.  ROBIE  STREET 
M6P  2'<.     HALIFAX,  NOVA  SCOTIA 


y-i 


'.3n  ^' 


EILEEN  A.  MURDOCH 
166  BASTEDO  AVENUE 
TORONTO,  ONTARIO 


77  MRS.  AIMEE  MOTHER 

MEDICAL  LIBRARY 

M*C  3N1     LAKESHDRE  GENERAL  HOSPITAL 
160  STILLVIEW  RQA9 
POINTE  CLAIRE,  QUEBEC 


H95  'v'? 


MRS.  ANN  NEVILL 

APT. 320.  300  MIC.1AC  3LV0 

OARTJ^OUTHr.NlVA-SCOUA. 


77 


_33A_416- 


MRS.  J.  NORMAN 
A3BIE  J.  LANE  HOSPITAL 
5909  JUBILEE  ROAD 
HALIFAX,  NOVA  SCOTIA 


(P.O. J7E7) 


^t 


Q7U      70 


vo,  FRANK  n<Ai,  LIBRARIAN 
HFALTH  SCIENCES  LIBRARY 
VICTORIA  GENERAL  HOSPITAL 
HALIFAX*  NOVA  SCDTIA   


3.3H-2Y9 


77  MRS  JOYCE  OWERS 
I.G.A.  HOSPITAL 
ST.  ANTHONY*  NfcWFO'J''!OL  ANO 


77 


\o<   «.<;'> 


LL'CIEN  PAPILLIDN 
1057  DE  GPENJ3LE 
STE,  FOY,  iJcBEC 


MISS  MARGARET  L. 
The  LIBRARY    (P, 
CANAniAN  NURSE 'S 
50   THE  DklVbWAY 
OTTAWA^  ONTARIO 


77 


SIV  3A1 


PARKIN 

0.b<J<»5) 

ASSOCIATION 


77 


K2P  1E2 


G.R.  PENORILL 

SCHOOL  OF  LHRARY  £  INF.  SCIENCE 
UNIVERSITY  3F  WESTERN  ONTARIO 
LONDON,  ONTARIO  N6A  539 


>*ISS  WENDY  E.  PATRICK 
BOTANY/GENETICS  LIBRARY 
MCGILL  UNIVERSITY 
1205  MCGREGOR  AVENUE 
MOKT«EALj  OUEBiC 


P.  E.  PELCHAT 

R.R.  t<» 

NEW  GERMANY,  NOVA 


77 
77 


SCOTIA 


BOR  lEO 


DENISE  POIRIER 
77  21«  -  585  WINAKWA 
WINNIPEG,  MANITOBA 


77 


R2J  1E9 


ms.  joan  prentice 
health  sciences  library 
-'laIns  health  centre 
'.SCO  wascan*  parkway 

REGINA,  SAS<ATCHEWAN 


S4S  5W7 


f?  MS.  Bap  BAP  A  PRINCE 

HEALTH  SCIENCES  LI3RARY 
DALHOUSIE  UNIVERSITY 
HALIFAX,  NOVA  SCOTIA 


77 


33H  <r'H7 


-^3.  DORIS  P^ITC-HARO 

^•-NTAL  LIBRARY 
."  I7ERSITY  OF  MANITOBA 
7v:  BANSATYME  AVENUE 
WINNIPEG,  MANITDBA 


7.7  fLiZABETH  A,  REID 

MEDICAL  LIBRARY 

TORONTO  WESTERN  HOSPITAL 

399  BATHUPST  STREET 

R3E  0W3    TORONTO,  ONTARIO 


^7 


M5T  ZS"* 


•^RS.  BEATRIX  H.  ROBINOW 
-  UTH  SCIENCES  LIBRARY 
'.'•'ASTER  UNIVERSITY 
1200  MAIN  STREET  WEST 
HAMILTON,  ONTARIO 


L8S  <»J9 


78  BERNICE  L.  RQWCLIFFE 
MEDICAL  LIBRARY 
ST.  JOSEPH'S  HOSPITAL 
LONDON,  ONTARIO 


77 


N6A  ^V 


-P5.  MAE  RGWE 
OUFFIELOi  ALBERTA-. 


TO£..0»*j). 


77  PHYLLIS  J.  RUSSELL 

i30<»  -  11007  -  83  AVENUE 
EDMONTON,  AL3ERTA 


'7 


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MARTHE  SALVAIL 

CENTPE  DE  DOCUMENTATION 

CjR?.  PR0FESSI0N=LLE  DcS  MFDECINES 

SUITE  91<i,  l^t^O  !U.  CATHEfilNE  WtiT 

•MONTREAL,  QUEBEC  H3G  1S5 


C4TRI0NA  DE  SCOSSA 
FACULTY  OF  LIBRARY  SCIENCE 
RUTtRFCRD  SJJTH 
UNIVERSITY  OF  AL3ERTA 
ED-QKTON,  AL3ERTA 


77HcNRIETTE  A.  SCH.MIDT 
1862  PLAYFAIR  DRIVE 
OTTAWA,  ONTARIO 


77  A-^E  SCHEILT 

APT, 201-  V  GROSVEnOR 
LONDON, ONTARIO 


■^7 


_.T6G  .2J^ 


KIH  5S1 


STkEET 


N6/ 


VRS.  CYNTHIA  SHADBOLT  77 

LIBRARY  (P.a.lO'.503) 

CCNNAUGHT  LABORATORIES  LTD. 

1755  STEELE5  AVENUE  ^EST 

WILLOWOALE,  ONTARIO  iM2N  5T8 


CATHERINE  SHEEHAN 
MEDICAL  LIP^ARY 
HEALTH  SCIENCES  CENTRE 
MEMORIAL  UNIVERSITY  CF  MFL3 
ST.  JOHN'S,  NEUFOUHDLANO 


77: 


Al-3    3V6 


MRS.     JUNE    S'lJRE 
-lOHAWK    CAAf 
HA-'ILTON    CIVIC    CAMPUS 
?.37    BARTON    STREET     EAST 
HA-^lLTON,     ONTARIO 


77 


LaL  2X2 


MRS,  DOROTHY  SIPQIS 
APT.  -309 

'tSSO  COTE  DPS  NEIGES 
MONTREAL,  QUEBEC 


'7 


H3V 


DR.  "URIEL  S.  S-MITH 
5010  INGLIS  ST^ELT 
HALIFAX*  N3V4  SCOTIA 


77  MRS.  AUDREY  0.  SGMc^S 
HEALTH  SCIENCES  LI-iRARf 
B3H  ILl     MIRA'irCHI  HOSPITAL 

NEWCASTLE,  NEVi  3RUN3,«ICK 


7" 


ElV  3-1' 


IRS.  JOAN  STANSELi 

HOSPITAL  LIBRARY 
HENDERSON  GE>IERAL  HOSPITAL 
711  CONCESSnN  STREET 
HAMILTON*  QNtrARIO 


.7.7 


L8V    1C3 


RUTH    STIL.nS      -      LIBRARY    (P. 0.76829)    77 

INST.    OF    COliUNITY    £    F  AtUULPlYCKI  AtilY., 

JEWISH  GENE.'IAL  HOSPITAL 

't32l    COTE  STc  CATHERINE 

MONTREAL*  QUEBEC  H3T  1E2 


MRS.  OAWN  STEWAROSON  _._  ...  . 

FARRAR  LIBPARY 

CLARKE  INSTITUTE  OF  PSYCHIATRY 

250  COLLEGE  STREET 

TORONTO,  ONTARIO 


H-JT 


MRS.  MARTHA  B.  STONE 

513  HILSON  AVENUE 

OTTAWA,  ONTARIO 


KIZ  'oC^ 


MS.  DANUTE  S.  STULGYS 
173  FERN  AVE^lUE 
TORONTO*..  ONTARIO 


77 


M6R_1K2 


MRS.  SHEILA  SWANSON 
C/0  ACADErY  OF  MEOICINc 
298  3L00R  STREET  WEST  . 
TORONTO,  ONTARIO 


7"i  ! 


M5S  1'/'' 


SS.  EDITH  TAFLER 
CENTRAL  HOSPITAL 
333  SHbRBOU^NE  STREET 
Tn^QNTOi. ONTARIO 


M5A  2S5 


77  LYNN  TPUAX 

5  MASSEY  SQUARE, 
TORONTO,  ONTARIO 


APT.6L1 


M'^C  5LC 


JAKE  VANCE  BRINK 
16001  -  89  AVENUE 
ED^^ONTON,  ALJERTA 


77   SYLVr\  VAN  HAITSMA 

MEDICAL  SCIENCES  L13RA3.Y 
T5R  ^Ri    UNIVERSITY  OF  ALBE/<TA 
EDMONTON,  ALBERTA 


T6'"^ 


MARY  ZELOA  VIRTUE 

52  COLLEGE  VIEW  AVENUE 

TORONTO,  ONTARIO 


78 


M5P  1J5 


-_  ,  -  WADOINGTON 
7631  OSTELL  


ELAINE 
"OMTREAL, 


.  CRESCENT 
OJEBEC 


77 


H^P  IY7 


JANE  WACHNA 

LIBRARY 

CANADIAN  HOSPITAL 

25  IMPERIAL  STRfcET 

TORONTO,  ONTARIO 


(P. 0.3173) 

ASSOCIATION 


MSP  Kl 


HARGARFT  Y.  WALSHE 

LIBRARIAN 

ONTARIO  MEDICAL  ASSOCIATION 

2<rO  ST.  GEORGE  STREET 

TORONTO,  ONTARIO 


M5P  ?■> 


ANNA  WALUZYSIEKT^ 
05  OUNLOP  AVENUE 
JNTREAL,  QUEBEC 


t7  MISS  MONICA  WEBSTER 
^   ,      HEALTH  SCIENCES  LIBRARY 
H2V  2W9    OUEtN'S  UNIVERSITY 
KINGSTON,  ONTARIO 


K7L  3V6 


•RS._W..i<.  WHITE 

SC03IE  MEMORIAL  LIBRARY 
RIVERSIDE  HOSPITAL 
1957  RIVERSIIE  DRIVE 
OTTAWA,  ONTARIO 


L7.  MRS.  JEAN  COLLINS  ».■ILLIA^'S- 

ONTARIO  MINISTRY  OF  HEALTH 

7TH  FLOOR 

15  OVERLFA  BLVD. 

KIH  7W9      TORONTO,  ONTARIO 


M4H  1A9 


SR.  MARY  WILLIAMS 

65  WHITNEY  AVEMUE 

SYDNEY,  NOVA  SCOTIA 


'81?  ^Z8" 


77  JOHN  R.  WILSON 

706.  .-  35.  W.YNFORD  HEIGHTS  C^ES. 

DON  MILLS,  ONTARIO  /'.BC 


lO 


SHIRLFY  WONG 

<»27  BELSIZE  DRIVE 

.TDRQNTQ,_QNlARia.. 


77  MRS.  SHELAGH  WOTHERSPOON 
MEDICAL  LIBRARY 
._.M<rS  1N3  HEALTH.SCItNCE  CENTKr 

MEMORIAL  UNIVERSITY  OF  NFLD' 
ST.  JOHN'S,  NEWFOUNDLAND 


AlB  VJ*) 


CHALtUk    GENE^iL    HOSPITAL 
PD3T4L    OBA^isR    "S" 
3ATHU'iST*    HEd    BRUNSWICK 


77 


E2A  4A<r 


SERIALS  SFRVICES    {<'.7a20) 
KFLL3GG  HEALTH  SCItNCbS  LI-3RA^Y 
DALH3'JSIE  UNIVERSITY 
HALIFAX*  NOVA  SCOTIA         B3H 


"»7 


^47 


LIBRARY 

OEPT  OF  HEALTH  £  SOCIAL 

ROOM  202 

880  PORTAGE  AVENUE 

WINNIPES»  HASITOBA 


DEVELOPMFNT 


R36  DPI 


MEDICAL  LIBRARY     (PO  92862) 

1CGILL  UNIVERSITY   , 

3655  ORUM^ONO  STREET 

MONTREAL*  QUEBEC  H3G  1Y6 


77  CENTRE  D'INF.  SUR  LA  SANTE  DE 
HOPITAL  SAINTE  JUSTINE 
3175  CHE1IN  SAINTS-CATHERINE 
MONTREAL*  QUEBEC 


77  MEDICAL  LIBRARY 
SERIALS  SECTION 
HEALTH  SCIENCES  CENTRE 
MEMORIAL  UNIVERSITY 
ST.  JOHN'S*  NEWFOUNDLAND 


L  •  ENC^^JT 
H^T  1:5 


78! 


A15  376 


LIBRARY      l>.0.«rgT^gT 
-ISEPICORDIA  HOSPITAL 
'')<)<.0  -  87  AVENUE 
j«iQNTON*  ALBERTA 


"7'8' 


T5R  <iH5 


MEDICAL  LIBRARY   (P. 0.26809)  . 
ROYAL  ALEXANDRA  HOSPITAL 
102<rO  KINGSWAY  AVENUE 
EDMONTON*  ALBERTA  T5H 


3V9 


771 


^HLIOTHEOUE    MEOICALE 
"DPITAL    GENERAL    SE    LA 


.717    NOTRE-DAME    NCRD  -  - 
THETF'JRO    MINES*    QUEBEC 


(.».n.255«»<») 
RcGIONA    -Ji 
LUMUNTE 


78 


"66 G  2Vt 


STAFF  LIBRARY      (  ?  .0 . '^H-270^  56  ) 

WHITBY  PSYCHIATRIC. HOS'IT^L- 

P.O.  BOX  613   ^  ,  ,  , 

WHITBY*  uNTRIO  LIN 


5ST 


77 


v'ANIER    MEDICAL    LIBRARY 

11    SOMERSET    STREEL.EAST .,.,._. 

^TTAUA*     ONTARIO  KlN 


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LATE  ARRIVALS 


Adorian,  M.  (Mrs.) 

Medical  Library 

Centre  Hospital ier  Jewish  General 

3755  Cote  Ste.  Catherine 

Mantreal,  Quebec 

H3T  1E2 

Baisarowicz,  Shan 
1580  Dublin  Ave. 
Winnipeg,  Manitoba 
R3E  OlA 


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Boski,  Marina  M. 
4132  Melrose  Ave. 
Montreal,  Quebec 


(Mrs.) 


Bran ton,  Sharon  (Ms.) 
418  Whitney  Ave.,  Apt. 
Hajnilton,  Ontario 
LBS  2H8 


411 


Kvdecinska,  Joan  (Mrs.) 
1808  Sherbrooke  St.  West 
Apt.  606 
Montreal,  P.Q.  H3H  IBS 

Sprague,  Mary  (Mrs.) 

The  Library 

The  Carleton  Memorial  Hospital 

P.O.  Box  400 

Woodstock,  N.B. 

EOJ  2B0 

Steednan,  Isobel  M.  (Miss) 
Manitoba  Cancer  Fouidation  Library 
700  Bannatyne  Avenue 
Winnipeg,  Manitoba 
R3E  0V9 

Vitek,  E. 

199  Roehanpton  #906 
Toronto,  Ontario 
M4P  1R5 


Health  Sciences  Library  (HX1064593) 
Canp  Hill  Hospital 
Halifax,  Nova  Scotia 
B3H  3G2 

Library 

Dartmouth  General  Hospital 

P.O.  Box  1016 

Dartmouth,  N.S. 

B2Y  3Z7 

The  George  Williamson  Medical  Library 
Ottawa  Civic  Hospital 
1053  Carling  Ave. 
Ottawa,  Ontario  JQY  4E9 

Medical  Librarian 
Provincial  Hospital 
P.O.  Box  10 
Caii|)bellton,  N.B. 
E3N  3G2 


Voelker,  Linda  (Ms.) 
Health  Sciences  Library 
IJhiversity  of  Western  Ontario 
London,  Ontario  N6A  5C1 


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Monbership  ^plication 


Name 

Address 

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I  enclose  $15.00  (made  payable  to  Canadian  Health  Libraries  Association)  as 
mf  menibership  fee  for  the  period  ending  Juie  1978. 

PLEASE  RETURN  TOIS  FORM  TO:  - 

Alan  H.  MacOonald 

Treasurer,  CHLA/ABSC 

W.K.  Kellogg  Health  Sciences  Library 

Dalhousie  University 

Halifax,  Nova  Scotia 

B3H  4H7 


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cotisation  pour  la  periode  qui  se  termine  en  juin  1978. 


ADRESSE  DE  RETOUR: 


Alan  H.  MacOonald  | 

Treasurer,  CHLA/ABSC 
W.K.  Kellogg  Health  Sciences  Library 
Dalhousie  University 
Halifax,  Nova  Scotia 

B3H  4H7  ■ 

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ABSC 
NEWSLETTER 


ISSN  0700-5474 


FALL    1977 


MESSAGE  FROti  THE  EDITOR 

After  considerable  soul-searching  along  with  some  persuasion  by  friends,  your  Editor 

has  decided  to  stay  on  for  at  least  one  year After  a  long  summer  away  from  home 

and  the  office,  during  which  time  I  was  unable  to  actively  solicit  material,  I  was 
delighted  to  find  that  there  were  enough  contributions  to  make  a  very  Interesting 

Fall  Issue Obviously  your  contributions  and  Interest  are  vital  to  our  continuing 

success--keep  them  coming... As  you  will  read  In  the  Minutes  of  the  CHLA/ABSC  Execu- 
tive meeting,  an  Editorial  Conmlttee  was  established  to  assist  and  advise  the  Editor 
of  the  Newsletter.  Membership  on  the  Committee  presently  Includes  the  Editor  and 
David  Crawford  with  the  latter  as  Chairman.  One  or  two  additional  members  may  be 
added  In  October  when  this  Committee  will  hold  Its  first  meeting.  At  that  time, 
policies  with  regard  to  frequency  of  publication,  deadlines,  blllngualism,  features 

and  similar  items  will  be  discussed The  Editor  would  like  to  hear  from  persons  who 

are  willing  to  volunteer  as  correspondents  or  stringers  for  the  Newsletter.   Their 
role  would  be  to  gather  news  at  local  and  regional  levels  for  submission  to  the  Edi- 
tor. We  already  have  one  correspondent  for  Manitoba.  Others  are  needed  for  the  fol- 
lowing regions:  the  West,  (or  Alberta  and  B.C.  separately),  the  Yukon  and  Northwest 
Territories,  Ontario,  Quebec,  and  the  Marltlmes.  Someone  willing  to  gather  news  from 
our  Francophone  members  would  also  seem  to  be  essential,  as  would  those  who  would  be 
willing  to  gather  news  along  topical  lines  (developments  In  hospital  libraries,  media 

services,  etc.).  If  there  are  any  volunteers  out  there,  contact  your  editor The 

next  meeting  of  the  CHLA/ABSC  Executive  will  be  in  Montreal  In  early  October,  as  most 
of  the  members  of  the  Executive  will  be  In  Montreal  at  that  time  to  attend  the  meeting 

of  the  Special  Resource  Conmlttee  on  Medical  School  Libraries  of  ACMC Next  Issue 

scheduled  for  December. 


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CANADIAN   HEALTH   LIBRARY  ASSOCIATION 
ASSOCIATION    DES    BIBLIOTHEQUES    DE   LA    SANTE   DU   CANADA 


FUTURE  MEETING  DATES 


October  13  -  15,  1977 


October  27-19.  1977 


Upstate  New  York  and  Ontario  Regional 
Group  of  the  Medical  Library  Associa- 
tion. Annual  Meeting  at  the  Holiday 
Inn,  150  King  Street  East,  Hamilton, 
Ontario.  Continuing  Education  Course 
offered  on  Thursday,  Oct.  13.  Furthe 
Information:  Beatrix  Robinow,  Health 
Sciences  Library,  McMaster  University 
Hamilton,  Ont.   L8S  409 

North  Atlantic  Health  Sciences  Li- 
braries, A  Regional  Group  of  the 
Hedical  Library  Association.  Annual 
Meeting  in  Montreal,  Quebec.  Further 
Information:  Mrs.  Claire  Tumbull, 
Medical  Library,  McGill  University, 
3655  Drummond  Street,  Montreal, 
H36  1Y6 


June  10  -  15,  1978 
■Id- June,  1978 


Medical  Library  Association,  Annual 
Meeting  in  Chicago,  Illinois. 

Canadian  Health  Library  Association/ 
Association  des  Bibliotheques  de  la 
SantS  du  Canada,  2nd  Annual  Meeting, 
Edmonton,  Alberta  (specific  date(s) 
to  be  announced,  but  CLA  dates  are 
June  15  -  20. 


September,  1980 


4th  International  Congress  on  Medical 
Librarianship,  Yugoslavia. 


CHLA/ABSC  FIRST  ANNUAL  MEETING  A  HUGE  SUCCESS 

The  first  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Canadian  Health  Libraries  Association/Association  des 
Biblioth^ues  de  la  Santi  du  Canada  Mas  held  June  9,  1977,  at  the  Queen  Elizabeth 
Hotel.  David  S.  Crawford  of  McGill  University,  presided  over  the  inaugural  meeting 
as  President  of  the  organization.  The  morning  program  featured  a  panel  "Where's 
What?"  with  panel  members  discussing  the  features  and  services  of  some  of  Canada's 
key  health  library  organizations.  The  panel  included  Philippe  Lemay  (Health  Sciences 
Resource  Centre,  CISTI),  Martha  Stone  (Health  and  Welfare)  Margaret  Parkin  (Canadian 
Nurses  Association),  Jane  Wachna  (Canadian  Hospital  Association),  Dorothy  Fitzgerald 
(College  of  Family  Physicians  of  Canada),  and  Elaine  Waddington  (ASTED).  Following  the 
panel  session,  Frances  Groen  reported  on  briefs  recently  submitted  to  the  National 
Library  Objectives  Survey  and  to  the  Director  of  CISTI/ICIST.  The  business  session  of 
the  meeting  saw  reports  delivered  by  the  President,  the  Secretary  Treasurer  and  by  the 
Editor  of  Publications.  The  afternoon  session  featured  an  amusing  and  informative 


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talk  by  Dr.  Eleanor  McGarry,  Professor  of  Medicine  and  Chairman  of  the  Life  Sciences 
Area  Library  Committee  of  McGill  University,  entitled  "The  Role  of  Hospital  Libraries 
in  Continuing  Education."  Post  meeting  activities  included  visits  to  various  health 
libraries  in  the  Montreal  area.  The  Association  owes  its  thanks  to  M.  A.  "Babs" 
Flower,  Local  Arrangements  Organizer,  for  a  well -organized  and  interesting  meeting. 

Next  year's  meeting  will  be  held  in  Edmonton,  Alberta.  While  the  meeting  will  be 
held  to  dovetail  with  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Canadian  Library  Association,  the 
exact  date(s)  of  the  CHLA/ABSC  2nd  Annual  Meeting  will  be  announced  in  a  later  issue 
of  your  CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter. 


CHLA/ABSC  FINANCIAL  STATEMENT 
4  Oct.  1976  -  31  May  1977 

REVENUE 


1976/77 


146  Memberships  @  $7.50 

1  Partial  Membership  9  $7.00 

2  Donations  @  $7.50 
Exchange  on  U.S.   Funds 
Interest 


$1,095.00 

7.00 

15.00 

.13 

4  39 


1977/78 


1978/79 


16  New  Memberships  (?  $15.00 

1  Partial  new  membership  (?  $7.50 
8  Renewed  memberships  @  15.00 

2  Partial  renewals  (?  $7.50 


1  Renewed  membership  @  $15.00 


TOTAL 


240.00 

7.50 

120.00 

15.00 

$  382.50 

15.00 

$   15.00 
$1,519.02 


EXPENDITURES 


Secretary  -  Postage,  printing,  photocopy,  etc. 

Mailing  of  Newsletter  No.  1 

Printing 

Membership  records  and  labels 

Printing  (letterhead,  program) 

Election 

Telephone 


Balance  on  hand,  31  May  1977 


50.00 
31.39 
57.00 
54.45 
36.85 
26.46 
28.40 


$  284.55 
$1,234.47 


Alan  H.  MacDonald 
Treasurer 


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CHLA/ABSC 
MEMBERSHIP  REPORT 


As  of  6  June,  166  persons  and  Institutions  have  registered  for  membership  In  the 
C.H.L.A.  The  geographic  breakdown  Is  as  follows: 


Newfoundland  6 

Nova  Scotia  22 

New  Brunswick  6 

Quebec  40 

Ontario  66 


(Incl. 
(Incl. 


Montreal 

Ottawa 
Toronto 
Hami 1  ton 
London 


32) 

32) 


Manitoba  13 

Saskatchewan  3 

Alberta  f 

BHtlsh  Colunbia    1 


Alan  H.  MacOonald 
Secretary-Treasurer 


Zkoiq  in  gooditi...1k.co'utti,  ctte.bfuvU.     It' a  aJbaayA  a.  hotiday  6omeu)heAt 
...¥lnd  a  gcuideji  to  lunch  in.     SomttLmtk  ha\fz  a  de.paAXjne.ntaZ  picnic, 
iftzad,  cheese  and  Mine.. 

'Ke.votting  libnoLKijanA 
***** 


CHLA/ABSC 
REPORT  OF  THE  ELECTIONS  COhfUHEE 


147  ballots  were  mailed  on  12  May  1977  to  those  members  who  had  paid  their  1976/77 
dues  before  11  May  1977. 

108  ballots  (73. 5X)  were  received  and  were  counted  on  3  June  1977  by  the  ad  hoc 
Elections  Cointtittee  of  Barbara  Prince,  Muriel  Smith  and  Helen  Branny,  all 
members  In  good  standing. 

The  following  are  declared  elected: 

M.  A.   Flower,  Montreal,  President  by  acclamation 

(cont'd.) 


David  Crawford,  Montreal  for  two  year  term 
Alan  MacDonald,  Halifax  for  two  year  term 
William  Fraser,  Vancouver  for  two  year  term 

Philippe  LeMay,  Ottawa  for  one  year  term 
Martha  Stone,  Ottawa  for  one  year  term 
Sheila  Swanson,  Toronto  for  one  year  term 

TALLY 


Eileen  Bradley 

32 

Alan  MacDonald 

66 

David  Crawford 

78 

Linda  MacFarlane 

32 

Kathleen  Eagleton 

27 

Frank  Oram 

22 

Dorothy  Fitzgerald 

30 

Margaret  Parkin 

24 

William  Fraser 

61 

Phyllis  Russell 

38 

Barbara  Henwood 

31 

Martha  Stone 

45 

Sandra  Langlands 

24 

Sheila  Swanson 

44 

Philippe  Lemay 

48 

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Hou}  many  cormzKciciii> ,  hou)  many  movA.t6,  how  many  i>tofu.z&  about 
6hai>hing  tibHaxian&  and  hiHthzd  wp  tibfuvUzA  can  be  pfie/>e.nte.d 
until  no  om  mJUi  fae  ablz  to  peAcexve  onytlfvinQ  oJUz,  no  matt&K 
what  tkz  Vuxtk  may  fae?... Even  on  Seicune  Stfizzt  xzczntly  a 
JULbfuxJu-on  moppzZ  madz  thz  6cznz  -  and  Sz&amz  St^zzt  -cA  whzAz 
kJidt,  IzoAn  thz  tAuth  and  6ouZ  o^  thz  mattzn.  and  not  thz  aiual    . 
6tzAzotypzd  buZZAhAJt,  fUght?    So  what  did  thz  libfLOAian  do  thz 
wholz  timz  on  6tagz? 

He  4>hai,hzd. 

-Rzvotting  LibAOJiioM 

Ed.  Notz:     Rzm&mbeA  thz  Vynamint  TzZzvi&ion  Commztciatl 

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PUBLICATIONS  AVAILABLE 

COMPTES  RENDUS  DES  CONFERENCES  SUR  LES  SCIENCES  DE  LA  SANTE 

qui  se  trouvent  i 
Tlnstitut  canadien  de  T information  scientifique  et  technique 

Supplement  de  1976  Ottawa,  1977 

Prix:    $15  (CNRC  nO  16013) 

L'Institut  canadien  de  1 'information  scientifique  et  technique 


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est  heureux  d'annoncer  que  la  publication  cl-dessus  est  malntenant  en  vente. 

Le  Supplement  de  1976  accompagne  le  volume  1  de  1973  et  les  Supplements  de  1974  et 
1975,  qui  signalent  les  coroptes  rendus  de  conferences  monographiques  conserves  Si 
I'ICIST  I   compter  de  1925,  puis  les  comptes  rendus  de  conferences  monographiques  et 
perlodlques  I   compter  de  1970.  Le  present  Supplement  signale  1,200  comptes  rendus 
de  conferences  recus  de  decembre  1975  )  la  fin  de  decembre  1976. 

II  n'y  aura  pas  de  cumulation  pour  les  annees  1974  )  ,1976.  et  un  supplement  annuel 
sera  publie  seulement. 

Pridre  d'adresser  les  cotnnandes  I  la 

Section  des  publications 

Instltut  canadlen  de  1' Information  sclentlflque 

•t  technique 
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Ottawa,  Canada 
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CONFERENCE  PROCEEDINGS  IN  THE  HEALTH  SCIENCES 

held  by 
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Price  $15.00  (NRC  No.  16013) 

The  Canada  Institute  for  Scientific  and  Technical  Information  Is  pleased  to 
announce  that  the  above  publication  Is  available  for  sale. 

This  1976  supplement  Is  a  companion  to  Volume  1,  1973,  and  the  1974  and  1975 
SupplefRents,  which,  together,  contain  monographic  conference  proceedings  held 
by  CISTI  from  1925,  and  both  monographs  and  serials  from  1970.  The  present 
supplement  contains  1,200  proceedings  of  conferences  received  from  December 
1975  through  December  1976. 

There  will  be  no  cumulative  voluw  for  the  year  1974  to  1976  and  we  will  con- 
tinue to  publish  annual  suppltaents  only. 


Orders  may  be  addressed  to: 


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Information 
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CONSTITUTION  DE  LA  BIBLIOTHEQUE  OSLER 

Bien  que  la  biblioth^que  Osier  ait  §tg  nonmSe  en  I'honneur  de  sir  William  Osier 
(1849-1919),  I'un  des  m6decins  les  plus  rlput^s  au  Canada,  sa  collection  d'histoire 
de  la  m§decine  s'est  constitute  au  cours  des  cinquante  derniSres  annles,  S  parti r 
de  divers  fonds  complSmentaires  au  nombre  desquels,  gvidemment,  la  bibliothfeque 
personnel le  de  Sir  William. 

La  biblioth&que  a  $t§  fondge  en  1929,  lorsque  la  faculty  de  mgdecine  de  1 'university 
McGill  h§rita  de  la  collection  d'Osler.  Au  fil  des  annSes  vinrent  s'y  ajouter  les 
monographies  et  revues  scientifiques  pgrim6es  provenant  de  la  bibliothfeque  de  la 
faculty  de  mgdecine.  Ces  deux  collections  ont  form6  le  noyau  de  la  bibliothfeque 
Osier  telle  que  nous  la  connaissons  maintenant. 

La  collection  personnelle  d'Osler  6tait  marquee  de  plusieurs  traits  caractgristiques 
qui  se  retrouvent  chez  celles  qui  s'y  sont  jointes.  En  premier  lieu,  environ  la 
moitig  de  la  collection  de  8,000  livres  et  manuscrits  se  composait  de  documents 
servant  2l  1' interpretation  ("secondaires"),  soit  biographies  et  histoires  de  la 
mgdecine.  La  seconde  moiti§  consistait  en  documentation  proprement  dite  ("primaire") 
c'est-Si-dire  r§dig§e  en  autres  par  des  mgdecins  pour  utilisation  en  m^decine  au 
cours  des  si&cles.  En  deuxi&me  lieu,  alors  que  les  ouvrages  d' interpretation  pro- 
venaient  de  toutes  les  p§riodes  de  I'histoire  de  la  m^decine,  les  ouvrages  de  docu- 
mentation etaient  axgs  sur  les  d6buts  de  la  mgdecine  modeme,  parti culi&rememt  aux 
15e,  16e,  17e  et  18e  si&cles.  Enfin,  cette  collection  §tait  gquilibr^e,  dans  le 
sens  oD  elle  comprenait  non  seulement  des  livres  de  m^decins  et  chirurgiens  cSl&bres, 
tels  que  Vesalius,  Harvey  et  Boerhaave,  mais  encore  d'auteurs  moins  connus  -  mais  de 
valeur  historique  comparable,  dont  Symphorien  Champier,  Robert  Fludd  et  Sir  William 
Petty. 

La  bibliothfeque  de  la  faculty  de  medicine  de  McGill,  fond§e  on  1823,  a  aussi  apportg 
sa  contribution,  sous  forme  de  transfert,  d' environ  8,000  volumes  ^  la  biblioth&que 
Osier.  Gr3ce  ^  sa  longue  existence  et  I  son  orientation  pendant  le  19e  si&cle, 
cette  seconde  source  a  ggalement  dote  la  biblioth&que  Osier  d'un  ensemble  de  carac- 
teristiques.  D'abord,  elle  §tait  riche  en  documentation  du  18e  et  du  19e  si Seles, 
parti culiferement  en  revues  mgdicales.  Elle  §tait  aussi  riche  en  documentation  de 
langue  anglaise  publiSe  au  Canada,  en  Grande-Bretagne  et  aux  Etats-Unis.  Ensuite, 
cette  biblioth^que  desservant  une  faculty  orientee  vers  la  recherche,  ses  collections 
etaient  abondantes  dans  le  domaine  des  sciences  et  des  special it6s  medical es.  Enfin, 
elle  ne  comprenait  quasi  aucune  documentation  secondaire. 

En  bref,  les  transferts  de  volume  de  la  biblioth&que  de  mSdecine  de  McGill  et  le 
legs  de  la  collection  personnelle  de  Sir  William  Osier  se  compiementaient,  composant 
une  nouvelle  collection,  diversifi6e  et  §quilibr6e,  de  materiel  de  recherche  en 
histoire  de  la  medecine.  I 

Maintenir  et  amplifier  cet  equilibre  incombe  maintenant  aux  responsables  des  dons 
et  acquisitions  de  la  biblioth&que.  En  pratique  cela  s'effectue  par  la  recherche   i 
et  la  collecte  de  documents  de  toutes  les  peri  odes  et  de  toutes  les  regions  geo- 
graphiques  aussi  bien  que  de  tous  les  niveaux  de  la  theorie  et  de  la  pratique      ^ 
medicales.  De  plus,  on  fait  1 'acquisition  de  documents  destines  3i  alimenter  la    * 
client&le  particuli&re  de  la  biblioth&que:  medecins,  etudiants  en  medecine, 
etudiants  de  tous  les  cycles  en  histoire  et  historians  de  carri&re,  dont  les  int6rgts 
s'etendent  5  une  vaste  gamme  de  points  de  vue  historiques:  intellectuel ,  social, 
biographique,  economique. 

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Plusieurs  dons  r4cents  de  documents  en  hooieopathie  lllustrent  la  faron  dont  la 
blblloth^ue  peut  §tendre  le  champ  des  collections.  11  n'y  a  pas  longtemps, 
ThOpital  Reine-Elizabeth  de  Montreal,  fonde  en  189*  comme  hfipital  hom^opathlque, 
a  fait  don  i  la  biblioth^ue  Osier  de  sa  collection  de  documents  en  hom^ooathie 
remontant  au  19e  sifecle.  Plus  ricemment  encore,  le  docteur  Harold  Griffith,  dont 
la  famille  oeuvrait  pour  I'hOpital  Reine-EHzabeth  depuis  deux  q§ngrat1ons,  a  fait 
don  de  livres,  de  revues  et  d'une  considerable  collection  de  manuscrits  sur  I'histoire 
de  rhomiopathle  I   Montreal  et  )  qu§bec.  Chacun  de  ces  dons  repr$sentait  un  type  de 
docuMents  qui  ne  figuraient  ni  dans  la  collection  d'Osler  n1  dans  celle  provenant  de 
la  facult§  de  medicine. 

Dans  un  autre  sens,  l'universit§  Laval  a  contribuS  S  flargir  le  fonds  de  la  biblio- 
th^ue  par  le  don  de  plusieurs  milliers  de  monographies  francaises  du  19e  silcle. 
Dans  un  autre  domaine,  toujours,  la  biblioth^que  du  pavillon'des  femmes  de  ThOpital 
Royal  Victoria  de  Montreal  a  donn#  )  la  biblioth^ue  une  collection  de  manuscrits 
relatifs  J  son  histoire  au  cours  du  19e  siicle  ainsi  qu'un  bon  nombre  de  monographies 
et  revues  du  19e  slide  en  ob$t§tr1que  et  gynCcologle.  Indivlduellement,  ces  dons 
et  les  autres  peuvent  ne  pas  sembler  impressionnants,  mais  si  I'on  considire  qu'ils 
se  sont  multiplies  au  cours  des  quelque  cinquante  annies  de  I'existence  de  la  biblio- 
th&que  Osier,  ces  apports  d'lrchives  et  de  livres,  aujourd'hui  p§rim§s  sur  les  plans 
medical  et  admini strati f,  constituent  une  partie  importante  du  fonds  de  la  bibliothfeque 
que  est  du  plus  haut  intir^t  pour  I'histoire  de  la  mgdecine. 

En  plus  de  benfficler  de  dons,  la  blblloth^ue  a  un  programme  syst^matique  d'achat 
de  livres  et  m&ne  de  manuscrits.  Ce  programne  cholsit  un  domaine  particulier  de 
I'histoire  de  la  mideclne  et,  pour  un  temps,  y  consacre  une  certaine  somme  avant  de 
passer  )  d' autres  domaines.  A  I'heure  actuelle,  par  example,  les  quatre  domaines 
dans  lesquels  la  biblioth^ue  concentre  ses  achats  de  livres  et  de  manuscrits  sont 
Its  suivants:  a)documentat1on  secondaire  en  histoire  de  la  midecine  et  domaines 
connexes;  b)  livres  et  manuscrits  traitant  de  I'histoire  de  la  m^decine  au  Canada; 
c)  documents  portant  sur  le  domaine  oi)  sant§  at  midecine  sont  en  interaction  avec 
la  soci§t§;  d)  livres  et  manuscrits  dont  les  auteurs  sont  practiciens  de  systfimes 
m^dicaux  non  orthodoxes,  tels  que  la  phrftnologie,  1 'homCopathie,  la  chiropractie. 

Le  grand  principe  qui  a  permis  d'unlfier  1 'expansion  de  la  collection  de  la  biblio- 
theque  Osier  au  cours  de  son  demi-siicle  ou  presque  d'existence  a  6t6   une  politique 
d' acquisition  equilibr6e  suivant  la  chronologie,  le  giograohie  et  le  domaine,  de  mfime 
que  r intention  de  rassembler  une  documentation  pouvant  servir  les  intfirfits  d'une 
clientele  d'§tud1ants  et  de  chercheurs  ax§s  sur  I'histoire  de  la  m^decine. 

-Philip  Tel  gen 
Bibllotheque  Osier 


THE  SHAPE  OF  THE  OSLER  LIBRARY 

Although  the  Osier  Library  is  named  after  Sir  William  Osier  (1849-1919),  one  of 
Canada's  best  known  physicians,  its  history  of  medicine  collection  has  been  built-up 
over  the  past  fifty  years  from  a  number  of  complementary  sources,  including,  of 
course,  Sir  William's  own  library. 

The  Library  was  founded  in  1929,  when  Osier's  private  collection  came  to  the  Medical 

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Faculty  of  McGill  University.  Here,  over  the  years,  it  was  joined  by  the  out-dated 
monographs  and  journals  transferred  from  the  library  of  the  Medical  Faculty.  The 
union  of  these  two  collections  has  shaped  the  Osier  Library  as  it  exists  today. 

Osier's  private  collection  had  several  salient  features  which  it  passed  to  its  off- 
spring. First,  about  one-half  of  the  collection  of  8,000  printed  books  and  manuscriptj 
consisted  of  interpretive  (secondary)  literature,  that  is  to  say,  biographies  and 
histories  of  medicine.  The  other  half  was  documentary  (primary)  literature,  that  is, 
materials  written  by  doctors  and  others  for  use  in  the  medical  enterprise  over  the 
centuries.  Secondly,  while  the  interpretive  literature  ranged  over  all  chronological 
periods  of  medical  history,  the  documentary  literature  was  oriented  to  early  modern 
medicine,  particularly  of  the  fifteenth,  sixteenth,  seventeenth,  and  eighteenth 
centuries. 

Finally,  it  was  an  evenly  developed  collection  in  that  it  included  not  only  books  by 
famous  physicians  and  surgeons,  such  as  Vesalius,  Harvey,  and  Boerhaave;  but  also 
the  less  well-known— but  historically  no  less  important— figures,  such  as  Symphorien 
Champier,  Robert  Fludd,  and  Sir  William  Petty. 

The  library  of  the  McGill  Faculty  of  Medicine,  founded  in  1823,  has  also  contributed, 
by  way  of  transfer,  about  8,000  volumes  to  the  Osier  Library.  Because  of  its  vener- 
able age  and  its  direction  during  the  nineteenth  century,  this  second  source  also 
imparted  a  set  of  characteristics  to  tha   Osier  Library.  First,  it  was  strong  in 
eighteenth-  and  nineteenth-century  materials,  particularly  medical  journals. 
Secondly,  it  was  strong  in  English  language  materials  published  in  Canada,  Great 
Britain,  and  the  United  States.  Thirdly,  being  the  library  of  a  research-oriented 
faculty,  it  leaned  heavily  towards  the  medical  sciences  and  medical  specialities. 
Fourthly,  it  included  virtually  no  secondary  literature. 

In  short,  the  tranfers  from  the  McGill  Medical  Library  and  the  gift  of  Sir  William 
Osier's  private  collection  complemented  each  other,  making  a  new,  versatile,  and 
generally  well-rounded  collection  of  research  materials  in  the  history  of  medicine. 

To  maintain  and  expand  this  well-roundedness  is  the  task  of  the  gift  and  book-pur- 
chasing Dolicy  of  the  Library  today.  This  is  done  by  collecting  materials  from  all 
chronological  periods  and  all  geographical  areas  as  well  as  from  all  levels  of 
medical  theory  and  medical  practice.  In  addition,  it  is  achieved  by  collecting 
materials  useful  to  the  Library's  constituency:  physicians,  medical  students, 
graduate  and  undergraduate  students  in  history,  and  professional  historians  whose 
interests  may  range  over  intellectual ,  social,  biographical,  and  economic  aspects 
of  history. 

Several  recent  gifts  of  homeopathic  materials  illustrate  one  way  in  which  the  Library 
is  able  to  expand  its  comprehensiveness.  A  short  time  ago,  the  Queen  Elizabeth 
Hospital  in  Montreal,  founded  in  1894  as  a  homeopathic  hospital,  gave  to  the  Osier 
Library  their  collection  of  nineteenth-century  homeopathic  literature.  More  recently, 
Dr,  Harold  Griffith,  the  second  generation  of  his  family  connected  with  the  Queen 
Elizabeth,  contributed  books,  journals,  and  a  particularly  important  collection  of 
manuscripts  relating  to  the  history  of  homeopathy  in  Montreal  and  Quebec.  Each  of 
these  gifts  consisted  of  a  type  of  material  not  found  in  either  Osier's  donation  or 

in  medical  library  transfers. 

* 

Strengthening  the  Library's  holdings  in  quite  a  different  area  was  the  gift  of      4 
several  thousand  nineteenth-century  French  monographs  from  Laval  University.  In 

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still  another  area,  the  Women's  Pavilion  Library  of  the  Royal  Victoria  Hospital  in 
Montreal  gave  the  Library  a  collection  of  manuscripts  relating  to  its  history  during 
the  nineteenth  century  and  a  goodly  number  of  nineteenth-century  monographs  and 
journals  in  obstetrics  and  gynecology. 

In  themselves,  these  and  other  similar  gifts  may  not  seem  large.  But  when  multiplied 
over  the  nearly  fifty  years  the  Osier  Library  has  existed,  these  contributions  of 
archives  and  printed  books,  now  medically  and  administratively  obsolete,  are  a  major 
part  of  the  Library's  collection,  and  of  the  utmost  value  for  the  history  of  medicine. 

Besides  receiving  gifts,  the  Library  systematically  purchases  books  and,  occasionally, 
manuscripts.  This  is  done  by  identifying  a  particular  area  of  medical  history  and 
then  concentrating  financial  resources  on  them  for  a  period  of  time,  before  shifting 
to  other  areas.  At  the  present  time,  for  example,  these  are  the  four  areas  in  which 
the  Library  is  buying  books  and  manuscripts:  a)  secondary  literature  in  the  history 
of  medicine  and  allied  sciences;  b)  books  and  manuscripts  dealing  with  the  history  of 
Canada;  c)  materials  produced  in  the  area  where  health  and  medicine  interact  with 
society;  d)  books  and  manuscripts  produced  by  practitioners  of  phrenology,  homeopathy, 
chiropractic,  and  other  unorthodox  medical  systems. 

Unifying  the  collection  development  of  the  Osier  Library  during  the  nearly  fifty 
years  of  existence  has  been  the  desire  to  collect  comprehensively  by  chronology, 
geography,  by  subject  matter,  together  with  the  Intention  to  hold  materials  useful  to 
the  interests  of  the  wide  range  of  students  and  scholars  who  study  the  history  of 
medicine. 

-Philip  Tel gen 
Osier  Library 


CLA  HEALTH  SCIENCES  SECTION  NOW  DEFUNCT 

The  Canadian  Association  of  Special  Libraries  and  Information  Services  abolished 
its  Health  Sciences  Section  at  the  recent  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Canadian  Library 
Association  held  in  Montreal.  Reason:  it  was  felt  that  the  newly  fortned  Canadian 
Health  Library  Association  would  play  a  more  vital  and  active  role  in  serving 
Canadian  health  librarians  and  that  the  new  organization  would  have  a  broader  base 
of  support.  Approximately  fifteen  people  attended  the  funeral  services,  presided 
over  by  Alan  (Big  Mac)  MacDonald. 

BRITISH  COLUMBIA  HEALTH  ASSOCIATION  LIBRARY 

The  B.  C.  Health  Association  Library  came  on  the  scene  about  three  and  a  half  years 
ago.  Up  to  this  time  there  had  been  a  haphazard  book,  journal  and  cassette  collection, 
but  no  plan  or  organization  to  it.  In  May  of  1974  a  librarian  was  taken  on  to  develop 
a  library  for  the  B.C.  Health  Association,  which  has  as  its  membership  the  publicly- 
owned  hospitals  in  the  province  of  British  Columbia,  and  is  the  counterpart  of  other 
provincial  hospital  organizations. 

As  British  Columbia  already  had  two  special  libraries  at  this  time  to  service  the 
physicians  (B.C.  Medical  Library  Service,  Librarian  C.W.  Fraser)  and  nurses  (Regis- 
tered Nurses'  Association  of  B.C.  Library,  Librarian  Mrs.  Jean  Molson),  the  B.C. 
Health  Association  Library  saw  itself  as  meeting  the  needs  of  other  hospital-and- 

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health  institution  workers,  both  professional  and  otherwise.  In  addition,  the  main 
emphases  of  development  were  to  be  hospital  administration  and  staff  education. 

The  library  is  now  manned  by  a  librarian.  Sue  Abzinger  and  a  library  technician, 
Ruth  Paterson.  It  has  a  collection  of  books,  journals  and  various  formats  of 
audiovisual  material:  16  mm.  film,  audiocassettes,  filmstrip-cassette  programs, 
slide- tape  programs,  and  videotape  in  three  formats  with  dubbing  facilities  (to 
accommodate  borrowers  with  different  types  of  hardware).  The  library  is  the  only 
health-science  one  in  the  province  with  an  audiovisual  collection  in  multiple  formats; 
B.C.  still  tends  to  be  very  much  print-oriented. 

To  give  you  some  idea  of  the  rate  of  expansion,  between  January  and  June,  1977, 
the  library  purchased  the  following  materials:  158  books,  3  new  journal  subscriptions, 
7  films,  6  video  programs,  9  filmstrip-cassette  and  slide-cassette  programs,  and 
some  48  audiocassettes.  As  the  collection  grows,  borrowing  is  correspondingly  heavy. 
Since  this  is  a  province-wide  service,  most  requests  come  in  by  mail,  phone,  or  telex. 

The  library  has  been  lucky  during  its  gradual  development  to  be  located  in  Vancouver 
near  the  B.C.  Medical  Library  Service  and  Woodward  Biomedical  Library  at  U.B.C., 
from  whom  it  borrows  heavily.  Despite  growth,  the  B.C.  Health  Association  Library 
is  not  intended  to  become  large,  nor  will  it  ever  be  able  completely  to  meet  user 
needs  solely  from  its  own  collection,  diverse  as  its  clientele  is,  ranging  from 
hospital  medical  director  to  maintenance  supervisor.  It  must  rely  on  an  adequate 
core  collection  in  its  main  areas  of  interest,  and  gratefully  turn  to  other  libraries 
for  more  unusual  needs.  It  is  intended  at  the  same  time  that  the  library  provide  a 
solid  choice  of  educational  A-V  resources  to  health-care  workers  in  member  insitutitio 
in  the  province. 


-Sue  Abzinger 
Librarian 


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Thcut  woA  no  tody,  that  woi  thz  Sen^uooi  ILbKonlaxi. 

-Jlzvolting  LibKaAlan^ 
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MLA  CANADIAN  GROUP  MEETS  IN  SEAHLE 

The  Canadian  Group  of  the  Medical  Library  Association  held  its  Annual  Meeting 
during  the  MLA  Annual  Meeting  in  Seattle  last  June.  The  breakfast  meeting  was 
attended  by  an  overflow  crowd  of  more  than  forty  Canadian  medical  and  health 
librarians.  First,  David  Crawford,  immediate  past  president  of  the  Canadian 
Health  Libraries  Association  reported  on  the  first  Annual  Meeting  of  CHLA  held  in 
Montreal.  The  attendees  then  considered  a  draft  of  the  By-Laws  for  the  Can  Group. 
Next,  a  report  on  the  planned  program  for  the  Chicago  Annual  Meeting  of  MLA  was 
discussed.  The  group  expressed  some  concern  at  the  program  outlines  regarding      I 

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group  meetings  and  instructed  the  Officers  of  the  Group  to  investigate  possible 
alternatives.  The  meeting  closed  with  Anna  Leith  from  the  University  of  British 
Columbia  being  elected  Chairman-Elect  and  Babs  Flower  of  Montreal  being  introduced 
as  the  incoming  Chairman,  Babs  now  has  the  honour  of  Chairing  the  Group,  while  also 
serving  as  1977/78  President  of  CHLA/ABSC.  Dick  Fredericksen,  as  immediate  Past 
Chairman,  will  serve  as  the  Group's  nominee  to  the  MLA  Nominating  Conriittee  for 
the  1978  election.  Considering  the  early  morning  hour— It  convened  at  0700  hours, 
and  the  fact  that  not  enough  breakfasts  were  supplied,  the  meeting  proceeded  quite 
cordially,  with  little  scorn  heaped  on  the  outgoing  Chairman,  Dick  Fredericksen. 

Ed.  note:  for  a  slightly  different  view  of  the  W.A  meeting  be  sure  to  read  the 
following  account  by  Patrick  (Fearless)  Fawcett. 

HJ.  MEETING  HIGHLIGHTS-A  PERSONAL  VIEW 


(OR,  I  BROKE  IT  AT  THE  LIBRARY  CONFERENCE) 

The  MLA  saga  actually  began  with  my  decision  to  drive  to  Seattle  Instead  of  flying 
there  like  normal  people.  With  another  librarian.  I  left  Winnipeg  on  Thursday,  9 
June  and  headed  west  In  high  spirits.  Despite  almost  drowning  in  a  Saskatchewan 
swimming  pool  and  nearly  colliding  with  a  deer  in  Idaho,  the  trio  was  pleasant  not- 
withstanding B^  conpanion's  knack  for  '  '.^ing  through  my  constant  stream  of  knock- 
knock  jokes.  We  arrived  in  Seattle  on  Saturday  evening  and  checked  into  the  Olympic 
and  I  found  I  had  a  gorgeous  view  of  the  roof  of  the  adjacent  hotel. 

On  Monday  evening,  when  most  people  were  on  Blake  Island  stuffing  themselves  with 
salnon,  I  elected  to  go  bar-hopping  with  a  trio  and  stuff  myself  with  something 
■Oft  palatable.  Since  wy  wife  was  at  CHLA  in  Montreal,  I  had  neither  my  waistline 
nor  my  manners  to  worry  about  and  was  all  set  for  a  great  time.  Our  second  sanctuary 
was  a  dimly  lit  club  into  which  were  crowded  an  Incredible  number  of  little  tables 
and  dimly  lit  people.  Unfortunately,  the  couple  at  the  table  beside  me  were  having 
a  difference  of  opinion  which  the  fellow  seemed  to  express  by  periodically  belting 
his  date  across  the  face.  I  took  a  disliking  to  this  and  told  him  to  stop  and  he 
took  a  dislike  to  me  and  told  me  to  go  forth  and  propagate.  To  shorten  a  long  story, 
with  no  bouncer  in  sight  the  dispute  escalated  and  I  soon  Jumped  to  my  feet  which 
the  other  chap  took  to  be  a  challenge.  Given  the  choice  between  hitting  someone 
or  being  hit,  my  pacifist  tendencies  go  right  out  the  window  so  I  belted  him  as 
hard  as  I  could. 

Fear  is  a  great  source  of  strength. 

He  went  flying  backwards  and  never  got  off  the  floor.  I  got  pitched  out  onto  the 
street  (yes,  they  did  Indeed  have  bouncers  therel),  and  discovered  my  hand  was  an 
awful  mess.  I  was  beginning  a  Jacksonian  tremble  (sort  of  like  Wile  E.  Coyote 
and  his  earthquake  pills)  so  I  grabbed  a  taxi  and  was  taken  to  the  nearest  hospital 
for  3  hours  of  treatment  and  good  advice.  From  one  lousy  punch  I  managed  to  fracture 
my  wrist,  damage  two  tendons,  innervate  one  finger,  and  rearrange  two  knuckles.  The 
knuckles  were  stitched  back  into  place,  a  steel  brace  attached  to  my  hand  and  wrist, 
and  everything  was  taoed  to  excess.  And  that  was  the  extent  of  the  barroom  brawl. 

Fortunately,  it  was  too  late  to  phone  my  wife  that  night.  When  I  did  call  on  Tuesday 

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afternoon,  I  gave  a  full  account  of  myself  and  received  absolution,  along  with  some 
of  Big  Al's  newest  Newfie  jokes.  Then  with  spirits  buoyed,  I  set  out  with  my  colleague 
to  drive  around  Seattle  and  see  something  other  than  the  downtown  core.  I  won't 
belabour  with  more  copious  details.  Suffice  to  say  that  after  a  pleasant  tour  of 
Mercerlsland,  we  were  headed  north  to  the  U  of  W  campus  when  someone  plowed  into  the 
rear  of  my  car.  And  nothing  looks  more  mournful  than  a  Rabbit  with  its  rear-end 
smashed  in  while  some  three  days  away  from  home.  Fortunately,  despite  the  hatchback 
being  crumped  shut  and  the  lights  smashed,  the  car  was  still  driveable. 

I  phoned  my  wife  again.  She  wasn't  very  pleased. 

Amazingly  enough,  nothing  untoward  happened  on  Wednesday  night.  I  sulked  off  to 
the  shade  of  the  Space  Needle  and  saw  "Star  Wars"  without  the  theatre  collapsing 
around  me.  And  on  Thursday  afternoon  we  left  Seattle  and  made  the  three  day  drive 
home  (about  1,300  miles  as  the  screaming  lunar  bat  flies)  quite  safely. 

Back  in  Winnipeg,  time  has  healed  all  wounds.  My  car  is  as  good  as  new  after  $720 
worth  of  repairs.  My  hand,  a  little  scarred  and  very  weak,  has  no  permanent  damage 
after  weeks  of  Medlining  with  just  one  hand.  My  staff  has  wisely  refrained  from 
commenting  on  the  cast  on  my  hand,  other  than  a  paper  tag  affixed  to  iny  office 
door  on  my  first  afternoon  back.  It  read:  Killer  Fawcett. 

And,  to  answer  the  most  obvious  question  no  doubt  now  in  your  mind:  no,  I  am  NOT 
attending  MLA  in  Chicago.  I  think  I'll  go  to  CHLA  in  Edmonton  instead/ 

My  mummy  lives  in  Edmonton. 

Peace, 


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Patrick  J.  Fawcett 
Public  Services  Librarian 
Faculty  of  Medicine  Library 
University  of  Manitoba 


MLA  MEETING  -  CANADIAN  CONTENT 

On  a  more  serious  side,  Canadian  participation  in  the  June  MLA  meeting  was  certainly 
substantial.  First  and  foremost,  of  course,  was  the  work  of  the  Program  Chairman, 
Bill  Fraser  of  the  B.C.  Medical  Library  Service.  Bill's  many  months  of  long,  hard 
work  were  clearly  evident  throughout  the  excellent  program  for  the  meeting.  The 
Canadian  Group  meeting  was  listed  in  the  Annual  Meeting  Program  -  highlights  of   »■ 
that  meeting  are  reported  elsewhere  in  this  issue.  Eileen  Bradley  of  the  University 
of  Toronto  served  as  the  moderator  for  the  Concurrent  Panel  Session  on  Academic 
Emphasis.  Richard  Fredericksen  was  a  member  of  that  panel,  presenting  an  audio- 
visual travelogue  entitled  "Ohl  Canadal  Canadian  Health  Libraries  in  1977."  Mrs, 
M.  A.  "Babs"  Flower  was  a  panel  member  for  Concurrent  Session  II,  Clinical  Emphasis, 
presenting  an  interesting  paper  "Toward  Hospital  Library  Standards. in  Canada."  In   , 
addition  to  his  normal  duties  as  Program  Chairman,  Bill  Fraser  also  "moderated  the    I 
General  Session  on  Social  and  Humanistic  Issues  in  Medicine.  Frances  Groen  of  McGill 
and  Doreen  Fraser  of  Dalhousie  served  as  discussion  leaders  for  the  informal  sharing 

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sessions.  Their  discussion  group  focused  on  "Canadian  Comparisons."  In  addition  to 
this  involvement  in  the  Program,  there  was,  of  course,  also  a  great  deal  of  Canadian 
participation  on  various  MLA  Committees.  Finally,  toward  the  close  of  the  1977  Annual 
Meeting,  the  Nominating  Committee  announced  that  Beatrix  Robinow  of  McMaster  University 
was  one  of  its  choices  as  a  candidate  for  the  MLA  Board  of  Directors  for  the  1978  elec- 
tion. There  was,  indeed,  Canadian  content  at  the  MLA  Meeting  in  Seattle. 


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cone  up  wUXh  6ome.  good  idzau^. 

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NAHSL  MEETING  IN  MONTREAL 

The  Medical  Library  of  the  McGill  University  in  Montreal,  Canada  is  hosting  the 
20th  Annual  Meeting  of  the  North  Atlantic  Health  Sciences  Libraries,  Regional  Group 
of  the  Medical  Library  Association,  to  b?  held  in  Montreal,  Sheraton-Mount  Royal 
Hotel,  October  27-29,  1977.  The  theme  is  "International  Connections". 

For  further  information  please  contact:  Ms.  Claire  Tumbull ,  Medical  Library, 
McGill  University,  3655  Drummond  Street,  Montreal,  H36  1Y6,  Canada. 

BOOK  REVIEW 

Lloyd,  Hazel.  The  Information  Needs  of  Physiotherapists  in  the  Atlantic  Provinces 

With  Suggested  Working  Collections  for  Small  Hospitals.  Halifax,  N.  S.  Dalhousie 
University  Libraries/Dal housie  School  of  Library  Service,  1977.  Occasional  Paper 
no.  13. 

This  is  a  welcome  publication  and  Indeed  a  great  aid  In  filling  a  long  recognized 
gap  in  providing  information  concerning  physiotherapy  collections.  It  is,  as  stated, 
a  "starter"  collection  for  small  hospitals  under  300  beds  and  must  be  regularly  re- 
vised and  expanded  to  meet  the  demands  of  each  particular  situation.  A  number  of 
guidelines  are  set  forth  for  the  successful  establishment  of  hospital  library  service. 
The  list  is  arranged  by  broad  subject  field  of  interest  for  easy  use.  In  addition  to 
the  basic  list,  this  work  Drovldes  a  good  Introduction  to  the  field  of  physiotherapy 
and  discusses  the  needs  and  facilities  in  the  Atlantic  region.   While  there  are 
general  lists  available,  providing  guidelines  for  the  development  of  hospital  library 
collections,  this  publication  will  prove  useful  to  hospital  libraries,  especially  In 
Canada. 

To  order:        Dr.  Norman  Horrocks,  Series  Editor 

School  of  Library  Service 
Dalhousie  University 
Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  B3H  4H8 

$2.50  +  .50  mailing  -Shelagh  Wotherspoon 

Medical  Library,  Memorial  Universit. 

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POT  POURRI  -  COLLEAGUES,  LI3RARIES 

Jean  Benson  has  recently  been  appointed  Head  of  Reference  of  the  McGill  University 
Medical  Library.  Mrs.  Benson  has  a  B.  Sc.  from  the  University  of  London,  and 
a  B.L.S.  from  the  University  of  Alberta.  During  her  career  she  has  served  as 
a  Scientific  Information  Officer  at  the  Defence  Research  Board,  a  school  lib- 
rarian and,  most  recently,  as  lecturer  in  Library  Technology. 

CHLA/ABSC  Received  brief  mention  in  two  recent  library  publications:  first,  in 
Emergency  Librarian  (v.  4,  no.  6,  July/ August  1977)  attention  is  drawn  to  our 
new  "journal"  in  "Notes  from  the  Other  Side  of  the  Irony  Curtain;"  secondly,  in 
Library  Journal  (v.  102,  no.  15,  September  1,  1977,  p.  1735)  establishment  of 
CHLA  is  noted  by  Norman  Horrocks  in  his  report  of  the  Annual  Meeting  of  CLA  in 
Montreal . 

C.  William  Fraser,  Director  of  the  British  Columbia  Medical  Library  Service,  will 
be  participating  in  a  seminar  on  October  8,  1977,  as  part  of  the  dedication 
ceremonies  for  the  new  Medical  Center  Library  at  the  University  of  New  Mexico 
in  Albuquerque.  Bill's  paper  is  entitled  "Library  Service  to  Physicians:  A 
Canadian  Experience."    Bill  should  be  congratulated  on  timing  his  visit  to 
coincide  with  Albuquerque's  famous  Pal lorn  Festival. 

Helen  Michael  has  resigned  as  Head  of  Technical  Services  of  Memorial  University's 
Medical  Library  in  order  to  take  up  residence  in  Toronto,  where  Helen's  husband, 
David  Michael,  a  singer  and  entertainer  (co-star  of  CBC;s  "Kinda  Country")  will 
pursue  his  musical  career. 

Newfoundland  has  recently  acquired  one  of  North  America's  newest  and  most  modem 
MacDonald's  hamburger  stands,  thereby  joining  the  "have"  provinces.  The 
restaurant  has  already  taken  its  place  among  St.  John's  better  eating  spots. 
One  more  reason  to  visit  Memorial  University's  Medical  Library  which  has  recently 
assumed  responsibility  for  services  to  the  MUN  School  of  Nursing. 

Claire  Turnbull ,  formerly  head  of  Reference  in  McGill 's  Medical  Library,  has  recently 
been  appointed  Head  of  Public  Services  in  that  Library.  Claire  was  recently  a 
participant  in  the  CACUL  workshop  on  the  Reference  Interview  at  the  CLA  Meeting 
in  Montreal. 

Jane  Wachna  has  been  busy  with  the  relocation  of  the  Canadian  Hospital  Association 
Library  from  Toronto  to  Ottawa.  Miss  Linda  Solomon  will  be  assuming  the  position 
of  Librarian  in  the  Ottawa  location  on  September  12,  1977.  Linda  was  formerly 
a  librarian  for  Centraide  in  Montreal.  The  new  address  for  the  CHA  Library  is: 

The  Library 

Canadian  Hospital  Association 

Suite  800 

410  Laurier  Avenue  West 

Ottawa 

KIR  7T6 


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CONTENTS/TABLE  PES  MATI^RES 

Page 

Book  Review 14 

CHLA/A3SC  BUSINESS 

Annual  Meeting  Report  2 

Executive  1 

Executive  Meeting  Report  18 

financial  Statement  3 

Membership  Application  last  page 

Membership  Report  4 

Report  of  Elections  ConiRlttee 4 

CLA  Health  Sciences  Section  of  CASUS 10 

Feature  Articles 

British  Columbia  Health  Association  Library  10 

Constitution  de  la  bibliotheque  Osier  7 

The  Shape  of  the  Osier  Library 8 

Future  Meeting  Dates  2 

Job  Market    U 

HA  Annual  Meeting  Highlights.  A  Personal  View 12 

MLA  Annual  Meeting,  Canadian  Content  13 

P^LA  Canadian  Group  Meeting 11 

MLA  Scholarship  Committee   17 

Message  from  the  Editor   cover 

Potpourri  -  Colleagues,  Libraries,  Etc 15 

Publications  Available    5 

JOIN  OR  RECRUIT  A  MEMBER! 

See  handy-unpaged-tear-out  membership  form  at  back  of  this  issue.  Join  or 
give  to  a  non-member  to  join. 


CHLA/ABSC  EXECUTIVE 


President: 


Mrs.  M.  A.  Flower 

L' Atelier  a  votre  santS 

The  Workshop  -  A  Health  Resource 

101  Chemin  Amherst  Road 

Beacons field,  P.  0. 

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Secretary-Treasurer ; 


Alan  MacDonald  (two  year  term) 
Health  Sciences  Library 
Dalhousie  University 


Editor,  CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter: 


Richard  B.  Fredericksen 

(Non  voting  member) 
Medical  Library 
Memorial  University 


Members  at  Large: 


David  Crawford  (two  year  term) 
Medical  Library 
McGill  University 


C.  William  Fraser  (two  year  term) 
B.  C.  Medical  Library  Service 
Vancouver 


Philiope  LeMay  (one  year  term) 
Health  Sciences  Resource  Center 
CISTI  I 

Ottawa 

Martha  Stone  (one  year  term) 
Health  and  Welfare  Library 
Ottawa 

Sheila  Swanson  (one  year  term) 
Toronto  Academy  of  Medicine  Library 
Toronto 


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JOB  MARKET 

NEWFOUNDLAND 

Head  of  Technical  Services  —Work  In  Canada's  newest  medical  school  llbraryl 
This  position  carries  responsibiltty  for  all  Technical  Services  operations 
in  the  Medical  Library  Including  cataloging,  serials,  acquisitions  and  binding. 
Supervises  a  staff  of  nine  FTE  composed  of  para-professional  and  clerical  staff. 
Considerable  day-to-day  involvement  In  cataloging  operations.  Some  participation 
in  reference  services  also  required.  Candidates  must  have  substantial  cataloging 
experience  with  the  National  Library  of  Medicine  scheme.  Knowledge  of  serials, 
acquisitions  and  binding  operations  extremely  desirable.  Salary  and  level  of 
appointment  commensurate  with  training  and  experience.  Memorial  University 
offers  liberal  fringe  benefits  including  provision  for  Special  Leave  after 
three  years  and  Sabbatical  Leave  after  seven.  Generous  moving  allowance. 
Interested,  qualified  persons  should  submit  a  curriculum  vitae  along  with  the 
names  of  three  persons  as  references.  Send  to:  Richard  B.  Fredericksen, 
Medical  Librarian,  Health  Sciences  Centre,  Memorial  University  of  Newfoundland, 
St.  John's,  Newfoundland,  Canada,  A1B  3V6. 

NOVA  SCOTIA 

The  Health  Sciences  Library  of  Dalhousle  University  invites  applications  for 
the  position  of  Reference  Librarian.  Responsibilities:  Information  Desk  and 
related  activities.  Selection  and  liaison  responsibilities  with  several 
departments  and  schools  in  the  Health  Sciences.  Assist  in  provision  of 
service  to  hospital  and  other  health  care  libraries  in  Maritimes.  Qualifica- 
tions: Degree  from  accredited  library  school.  Degree  in  chemistry,  biology 
or  related  basic  science  preferred.  Experience:  1-3  years,  preferably  in 
reference  work.  The  successful  candidate  will,  under  the  supervision  of  the 
Head,  Information  Services,  perform  all  the  reference  duties  associated  with  an 
academic  health  sciences  library  serving  schools  of  medicine,  dentistry,  nursing, 
physiotherapy,  pharmacy,  human  connunicatlon  disorders  and  physical  education 
including  orientation,  selection,  support  of  active  continuing  education  pro- 
graime,  mounting  displays  and  operation  of  bibliographic  retrieval  service. 
Library  uses  Medline,  CAN/OLE  and  Dialog.  The  candidate  will  be  expected  to 
travel  In  the  Maritime  Provinces  as  part  of  the  Regional  Library  Service. 
Salary:  $10,880  -  S12,160.  Apply  to:  Alan  H.  MacDonald,  Health  Sciences 
Librarian,  W.  K.  Kellogg  Health  Sciences  Library,  Sir  Charles  Tupper  Building, 
Dalhousle  University,  Halifax.  N.  S.  B3H  4H7 


QUEBEC 


The  Medical  Library  of  McGill  University  is  presently  looking  for  a  Computer 
Services  Librarian.  This  position  is  classified  as  a  Librarian  2  and  the 
starting  salary  is  $14,290  per  annum.  The  position  reports  directly  to  the 
Head  of  Public  Services  and  the  person  aooointed  will  have  primary  responsi- 
bility for  the  provision  of  comouter-based  bibliograohic  services  to  all  users 
of  the  Medical  Library.  The  services  offered  at  the  present  are  those  from 
the  U.S.  National  Library  of  Medicine  (Medline  and  its  associated  data  bases), 
CAN/OLE  and  CAN/SDI  from  the  Canada  Institute  for  Scientific  and  Technical 


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QUEBEC  (Cont'd.) 

Information  and  several  of  the  data  bases  offered  by  the  Systems  Develooment 
Corporation  and  Lockheed  such  as  CAIN,  Psychological  Abstracts,  Biosis  Previews 
and  CA  Condensates.  The  position  requires  a  knowledge  of  spoken  French,  a 
library  science  degree  from  an  accredited  Library  School  and  at  least  one  of 
the  following:  Two  years  of  experience  in  a  Medical  Library,  Completion  of  a 
one  year  post-graduate  medical  librarianship  intern  program,  two  years  of 
library  experience,  at  least  one  of  which  involved  on-line  searching  or 
subject  specialization  in  the  field  of  life  sciences.   This  position  will 
open  on  September  1,  1977  and  applications  or  requests  for  further  information 
should  be  addressed  to:  Claire  Turnbull,  Head  of  Public  Services,  Medical 
Library,  McGill  University,  3655  Drummond  Street,  Montreal,  H3G  1Y6. 

MLA  SCHOLARSHIP  COMHIHEE 

At  the  June  meeting  of  the  MLA  Scholarship  Committee,  a  proposal  based  on  the  sugges- 
tions of  both  regional  groups  and  individuals  for  the  awarding  of  one  of  the  two 
MLA  scholarships  for  career  development  was  discussed.  The  Committee  is  seeking 
additional  ideas  and  suggestions  on  this  subject  and  has  prepared  the  discussion 
questions  which  follow  for  distribution  to  the  various  groups  of  MLA. 

In  a  letter  to  all  regional  grouo  chairmen  dated  August  24,  1977,  Elizabeth  Petgen, 
Chairman  of  the  MLA  Scholarship  Committee  stated  that: 

"This  communication  is  a  search  for  ideas;  the  scholarship  policy  for 
1978  will  not  be  affected  as  any  proposal  for  change  in  the  committee's 
charge  must  be  approved  at  the  Midwinter  Board  meeting  and  could  not  be 
'implemented  before  the  fall  of  1978.  Publicity  describing  the  MLA  scholar- 
ships is  sent  to  appropriate  institutions  in  October  with  the  application 
deadline  being  March  1.  The  awarding  of  the  minority  scholarshio  will 
continue  under  the  current  committee  charge. 

A  proposed  change  in  the  awarding  of  one  of  the  scholarships  is  based 
upon  the  assumption  that  there  are  a  decreasing  number  of  positions  in 
health  sciences  libraries  for  entry  level  librarians  and  that  there  are 
practicing  health  sciences  librarians  who  could  benefit  from  financial 
support  of  special  education  or  research  which  could  ultimately  benefit 
health  sciences  librarianship  as  a  whole." 

Any  Canadians  who  would  like  to  express  their  opinion  of  this  subject,  should 
complete  the  form  which  follows  and  return  it  to  Mrs.  M.  A.  Flower,  Chairman  of 
the  Canadian  Group  for  1977/78. 


I 


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I 

I 

I  MLA  Scholarship  Committee 

I     Discussion  Questions  Regarding  the  Awarding  of  One  of  the  MLA  Scholarships 

I 
I 
I 
I 

I  1.     The  present  shcolarship  supporting  an  ¥i,S  candidate  should  be  suspended. 

j  Agree 

}  Disagree 


2.     The  award  should  be  made  for  mid-career  continuing  education. 
Agree 


j  ^Disagree 

I  3.     The  award  should  be  made  for  suoport  of  small  research  projects  in 

j  health  sciences  librarianship. 

Agree 

Disagree 


4.     Support  of  both  mid-career  education  and  research  projects  is  aoprooriate. 

Agree 

^Disagree 


5.     If  either  a  mid-career  continuing  education  or  a  research  project  award  is 
given,  check  the  criteria  essential  to  the  selection  of  a  recipient. 

Five  years  In  professional  health  sciences  librarianship 
^MLA  Membership 


Certified  HA  member 


A  combined  five  years  of  non-professional/professional 
"health  sciences  library  experience 

_F1ve  years  of  professional   librarianship  plus  years 

"in  a  health  sciences  library 

Other  (you  may  wish  to  address  yourself  to  the  question 
"of  Canadian  eligibility) 


Cofflolete  and  Return  this  form  to: 

Mrs.  M.  A.  Flower 

Chairman:  Canadian  Group  of  MLA 

L' Atelier  a  votre  sante 

101  Chemin  Amberst  Road 

Beaconsfield,  P.  0. 

H9W  5Y7 


MINUTES  OF  CHLA/ABSC  EXECUTIVE/EXECUTIF  MEETING 
JUNE  14.  1977 


Present:  M.  A.  Flower  Absent:  Alan  MacDonald 

David  Crawford 
Bill  Fraser 
Philippe  Lemay 
Martha  Stone 
Sheila  Swanson 

The  Committee  met  at  3:00  p.m.  in  MAF's  quarters  at  the  Olympic  Hotel, 
Seattle.  The  following  three  points  were  put  forward  by  the  Chairman  for 
discussion  as  key  goals  for  the  CHLA  in  the  next  two  years: 

1)  regional izati on 

2  financing 

3  Newsletter 


1)  Regional ization 

Although  memberships  and  renewaU  are  coming  In  at  a  gratifying  rate. 
Increased  membershio  all  across  the  country  is  essential.  Especially 
in  the  western  provinces  the  response  has  been  low,  and  this  ooses  a 
problem  for  the  next  Annual  Meeting  of  the  CHLA.  Since  the  Constitution 
cownits  the  Association  to  holding  its  Annual  Meeting  at  the  same  time 
and  in  the  same  place  as  the  CLA,  our  next  meeting  should  be  in  Edmonton. 
We  must  have  enough  members  out  there  to  mount  such  a  program.  We  also 
need  enough  membership  in  each  province  so  that  local  groups  can  be 
developed. 

Bill  Fraser  was  established  as  Chairman  of  a  Membership  Committee,  therefore, 
which  was  to  recruit  new  members.  Because  of  the  western  imperative,  it 
was  suggested  that  Phyllis  Russell  might  become  a  member  of  this  Conmittee, 
and  because  H  i  W  Canada  provides  some  travel  opportunities  to  get  around 
the  country,  Martha  Stone  consented  to  join  the  recruitment  team  also. 

Bin  suggested  that  he  would  develop  a  form  letter  with  a  personal  touch, 
which  could  be  used  by  contact  people  in  each  province  for  recruiting  new 
members.  The  primary  thrust  would  be  in  B.C.  and  Alberta,  and  goal  no.  1 
would  be  300  members. 

2)  Financing 

Since  it  was  announced  at  the  Annual  Meeting  in  Montreal,  and  in  the 
Spring  issue  of  the  CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter  that  a  Fund  Raising  Committee  had 
been  formed  under  the  chairmanship  of  Fran  Groen,  the  question  was  raised 
in  the  Executive  Meeting,  "Just  what  are  we  financing?"  Discussion  boiled 
down  to  the  basic  requirement  that  the  CHLA  must  become  self-supporting 
as  much  as  possible.  Following  are  some  of  the  suggestions  that  were  put 
forward: 


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-  financial  support  from  members  in  the  larger  institutions  should  not  be 
more  than  temporary,  or  for  special  purposes 

-  travel  expenses  to  get  to  meetings,  for  members  of  the  Executive  without 
travel  funds 

-  costs  of  producing  and  mailing  the  Newsletter,  and  other  mailings 

-  sponsoring  particular  publications,  for  example,  re-editing  Phyllis 
Russell's  publication 

-  office  space  or  secretarial  support 

-  CE  workshops 

3)  Newsletter 

Since  the  Newsletter  is  crucial  to  the  life  of  the  CHLA,  and  its  quality 
is  equally  important,  the  need  for  a  committee  to  support  the  Editor  was 
discussed.  David  Crawford  accepted  the  Cahirmanship  of  this  Editorial 
Committee,  and  its  composition  was  left  to  his  discretion,  although  the 
Editor  of  the  Newsletter  would  obviously  be  a  key  member. 

Although  Dick  Fredericksen  had  let  it  be  understood  that  he  did  not  wish 
to  continue  as  Editor,  David  understood  that  he  could  perhaps  be  persua- 
ded to  change  his  mind.  It  vas  suggested  the  MAF  write  Dick  a  note 
formally  asking  him  to  continue  as  Editor  for  another  year. 

A  general  discussion  developed  concerning  some  of  the  features  that  the 
Newsletter  might  contain  while  building  on  what  Dick  has  already  accom- 
plished. The  concensus  was  that  it  should  attempt  to  publish  quarterly. 
The  bilingual  content  remains  a  problem.  The  concensus  here  was  that  at 
least  the  official  documents  of  the  Association  should  appear  in  both 
languages.  Philippe  was  asked  to  explore  ways  in  which  such  documents 
could  be  translated.  A  number  of  possible  features  were  suggested,  such 
as: 

-  an  Editor's  or  President's  page 

-  occasional  bibliographies  or  sources 

-  reviews  of  Canadian  publications 

All  these  ideas  were  left  to  the  discretion  of  the  Editorial  Committee. 

4.  Other  Business 

The  Executive  Committee  was  unanimous  in  reappointing  Alan  MacDonald  as 
the  Secretary-Treasurer. 

Affiliation  with  CLA  has  been  accomplished  through  Alan's  prompt  action, 
but  affiliation  with  other  organizations  such  as  MLA  remain  to  be  explored. 

The  next  meeting  of  the  Executive  was  set  for  the  time  of  the  ACMC  meeting 

in  Montreal  in  October,  when  most  members  would  be  in  one  place.  Each  of 

the  three  committee  chairman  will  make  some  form  of  interim  report  in 
October. 

The  meeting  ended  at  4:30  p.m. 

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CANADIAN  HEALTH  LIBRARIES  ASSOCIATION 
Membership  Application 

Naflie ..••.•••••>■.....•....••••...........«• 

Address 

Postal  Code 

I  enclose  $15.00  (made  payable  to  Canadian  Health  Libraries  Association) 
as  toy  membership  fee  for  the  period  ending  June  1978. 

PLEASE  RETURN  THIS  FORM  TO:- 

Alan  H.  MacOonald 

Trttsurer,  CHLA/ABSC 

W.K.  Kellogg  Health  Sciences  Library 

Dalhousic  Ihlverslty 

Halifax,  Nova  Scotia 

B3H  4H7 


ASSOCIATION  OES  BIBLIOTHEQUES  DE  LA  SANTE  OU  CANADA 
Fomult  d' Application 


Adrtsst. 


Code  Postale. 


J'inclus  $15.00  (payable  a  Canadian  Health  Libraries  Association)  comme 
cotlsation  pour  la  perfode  qu  se  termine  en  Juin  1978. 


ADRESSE  DE  RETOUR: 


Alan  H.  MacDonald 

Treasurer,  CHLA/ABSC 

W.  K.  Kellogg  Health  Sciences  Library 

Dalhousie  University 

Halifax,  Nova  Scotia 

B3H  4H7 


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_      ABSC 
NEWSLETTER 


JO.  4 


ISSN  0700-5174 


WINTER  1977 


FROM  THE  EDITOR 

That  time  o^  yeai  thou  mayit  in  me  behold 

When  yejUow  leaver,  ok  none,  ok  ^ei*)  do  hang 

Upon  tho6e  boughi  uthich  6hake  agcUnst  the  cold, 

BoAe  itUn'd  cholu,  uiheAe  late  the  hweeX  bindA  iang. 

UUZiain  Shakespeare 
Sonnet   LXXIII 

In  sharp  contrast  to  the  barren  imagery  of  Shakespeare,  I  am  pleased  to  present  an 
Issue  that  has  not  been  defoliated  by  the  grim  visage  of  Canadian  Winter.  Nor, 
apparently,  has  the  membership  fled  to  warmer  climates,  as  we  have  several  "birds" 
who  have  "chirped  in"  to  make  this  a  leafy,  verdant,  if  not  warbling,  issue.  Our 
President,  Babs  Flower,  has  wanned  to  the  task  of  doing  a  regular  President's  Page, 
this  time  offering  us  a  virtual  address  ...  an  inspiring  one  that  reports  on  the 
many  activities  of  the  CHLA/ABSC  Executive  since  the  last  issue  of  the  Newsletter. 
Alan  MacDonald,  CHLA  Secretary,  has  prepared  a  proposal  relating  to  the  organization 
of  local  chapters  of  CHLA.  Read  it  and  respond.  Anna  Leith  has  prepared  a  feature 
article  wherein  she  shares  some  very   interesting  observations  about  her  recent  trip 
to  China.  Statistics  Canada  has  submitted  some  material  that  should  be  of  interest 
and  assistance  to  us  all.  It  is  hoped  they  will  be  a  regular  contributor  to  the 
Newsletter.  I  am  disappointed  to  report  lack  of  response  to  my  call  for  corres- 
pondents to  the  Newsletter.  I  will  have  to  actively  recruit  people  to  serve  in  this 
capacity.  It  is  vital  that  we  build  up  a  network  of  news  "stringers"  throughout  the 
land  and  I  shall  do  this  by  using  persuasive  powers,  or,  this  failing,  cajolery,  arm 
twisting,  trickery  and  veiled  threats.  You  still  have  time  to  volunteer.  Our  next 
ssue  is  scheduled  for  March,  1978.  Serials  catalogers  please  note:  I  have  finally 
earned  the  correct  name  of  our  Association  (my  Head  of  Serials  tells  me  we  are 
rse  than  publishers)!  SEASONS  GREETINGS  AND  JOYEUX  NOEL! 


/:anadian  health  libraries  association 
association  des  bibliotheques  de  la  sante  du  canada 


CONTENTS/TABLE  PES  MATIERES 

Page 
CHLA/ABSC  Business 

Executive  1 

Membership  Application  last  page 

Membership  Report  9 

Newsletter  2 

Should  CHLA  have  Chapters? 7 

The  President  Reports  3 

Canadian  Medical  School  Library 

Administrators  Meet   29 

Clinical  Librarians  -  Who  are  You? 22 

Clinical  Librarians  Survey  22a 

Feature  Article 

Report  of  a  Trip  to  Mainland  China 11 

From  the  Editor front  cover 

Future  Meeting  Dates  3 

Job  Market   32 

Manitoba  Health  Libraries  Association  29 

MLA  Canadian  Group  Meeting  Planned 20 

NLM  Card  Sets  Available 21 

Noted  in  the  Literature 33 

Pot  Pourri -Col leagues.  Libraries,  etc 31 

Publications  10 

Statistics  Canada 

National  Health  Data 27 

Regional  User  Advisory  Services  25 

User  Services 23 


t 


CHLA/ABSC  EXECUTIVE 


President: 


Mrs.  M.  A.  Flower 

L' Atelier  a  votre  sant$ 

The  Workshop  -  A  Health  Resource 

101  Chemin  Amherst  Road 

Beaconsfield,  P.  Q. 

H9W  5Y7 


Secretary: 


Philippe  Lemay  (1  year) 

Health  Sciences  Resource  Center 

CISTI 

National  Research  Council  of  Canada 

Building  M-55 

Ottawa,  Ontario 

KIA  0S2 


Treasurer: 


Alan  HacOonald  (2  years) 
Health  Sciences  Library 
Dalhousie  University 
Halifax,  Nova  Scotia 
B3H  4H7 


Editor: 


Richard  B.   Fredericksen 
(Non-voting  member) 
Health  Sciences  Library 
Health  Sciences  Center 
Memorial  University  of  Newfoundland 
St.  John's,  Newfoundland 
AlB  3V6 


Members  at  Large: 


David  Crawford  (1  year) 
Medical  Library 
McGill  University 
3655  Drumnond  Street 
Montreal,  P.  Q. 
H3G  1Y6 


Martha  Stone  (1  year) 

Departmental   Library 

Oept.  of  National  Health  &  Welfare 

Ottawa,  Ontario 

KIA  0K9 


C.  William  Fraser  (2  years) 
B.  C.  Medical  Library  Service 
1807  West  Tenth  Avenue 
Vancouver,  British  Colifnbia 
V6J  2A9 


Sheila  Swanson  (1  year) 
Toronto  Academy  of  Medicine 
288  Bloor  Street  West 
Toronto,  Ontario 
M5S  1V8 


CHLA/ABSC  NEWSLETTER 

The  CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter  is  published  four  times  a  year  by  the  Canadian  Health 
Libraries  Association/Association  des  BibliothSques  de  la  Sant6  du  Canada.  Sub- 
scriptions are  available  with  membership  in  CHLA  for  $15.00  per  year.  Corres- 
pondence regarding  membership  and  subscriptions  should  be  addressed  to: 
MacDonald,  Treasurer,  CHLA/ABSC,  W.  K.  Kellogg  Health  Sciences  Library, 
University,  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  B3H  4H7. 


Alan  H. 
Dalhousie 


The  CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter  is  a  vehicle  for  providing  increased  comnuni cations  among 
all  Canadian  health  libraries  and  librarians,  but  has  a  special  commitment  to 
reach  and  assist  the  smaller,  isolated,  health  library.  Feature  length  articles 
are  accepted  describing  a  wide  range  of  health  library  topics:  organizations, 
services,  networks  and  consortia,  surveys,  state-of-the-art  reviews.  Brief,  news- 
length  items  accepted  include:  how-we-did-it  reports,  news  about  workshops  and 
continuing  education  opportunities  (forthcoming  or  recently  held),  job  announce- 
ments, new  publications,  news  about  colleagues  and  libraries,  miscellaneous  items. 
Contributors  should  consult  recent  issues  for  examples  of  types  of  material  and 
general  style.  Bibliographic  references  should  conform  to  the  format  used  in  the 
Bulletin  of  the  Medical  Library  Association,  whenever  possible.  Submissions  in 
French  or  English  are  welcome,  preferably  in  both  languages.  Contributions  should 
be  addressed  to:  Richard  B.  Fredericksen,  Editor,  CHLA/''3SC  Newsletter,  Health 
Sciences  Library,  Health  Sciences  Centre,  Memorial  University  of  Newfoundland, 
St.  John's,  Newfoundland,  AlB  3V6. 

Deadline  for  the  Spring  issue  is  March  1,  1978. 


CHLA/ABSC  NEWSLETTER 


Le  CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter  est  public  quatre  fois  par  ann^e  par  la  Canadian  Health 
Libraries  Association/Association  des  Biblioth&ques  de  la  Sant^  du  Canada.  Un 
abonnement  cl  cette  publication  fait  partie  de  votre  cotisation  annuelle  de  15.00 
dollars  en  tant  que  membre  de  1 'ABSC.  Pour  devenir  membre  et,  pour  recevoir  cette 
publication  il  faut  ^crire  3:  Alan  H.  MacDonald,  Tr^sorier,  CHLA/ABSC,  W.  K. 
Kellogg  Health  Sciences  Library,  Dalhousie  University,  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia, 
B3H  4H7. 

Le  but  du  CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter  est  de  rend re  la  communication  entre  toutes  les 
biblioth^ques  Canadiennes  de  la  sant^  et  les  bibliothecaires  plus  grande  mais  il 
veut  spdcialement  rejoindre  et  aider  les  bibliothfeques  isol^es  et  de  moins 
d'envergures.  Nous  acceptons  tout  article  traitant  de  tous  les  aspects 
bibliotheconomiques  du  domaine  de  la  sant6:  organisations  services  reseau  et 
consortium,  enqu&tes  exposes  de  synth&se.  En  risumd  les  articles  nouvelles 
accept^s  peuvent  comprendre:  des  r^sumSs  sur  la  fa9on  dont  on  est  arrive  3  trouver 
une  solution  a  un  project,  nouvelles  sur  des  ateliers  et  des  cours  d'^ducation 
permanente  (?l  venir  ou  passes)  postes  vacants,  nouvelles  publications,  nouvelles 
sur  des  coll&ques  et  biblioth&ques,  et  tout  autre  sujet.  Pour  les  int^r$sses,  le 
genre  d' article  et  le  sujet  public  \ians  les  derniers  num^ros  peuvent  vous  servir 
d'exemples.  II  serait  pr^fdrable  de  suivre  si  possible  le  format  utilise  dans  le 
Bulletin  of  the  Medical  Library  Association  lorsque  vous  avez  des  r^f^rences 
bibliographiques  3i  citer  a  la  fin  de  votre  article.  Des  articles  Fran^ais  ou 


K 


Anglais  seront  les  bienvenus  mais  il  serait  souhaitable  de  les  ^crire  dans  les 
deux  langues.  Vous  devez  faire  parvenir  vos  articles  8:  Richard  B.  Fredericksen, 
Editeur,  CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter,  Health  Sciences  Library,  Health  Sciences  Center, 
Memorial  University  of  Newfoundland,  St.  John's,  Newfoundland,  AlB  3V6. 

La  date  limits  pour  le  prochain  num^ro  est:  Mars  1,  1978. 


FUTURE  MEETING  DATES 

June  10  -  15,  1978  Medical  Library  Association,  Annual 

Meeting,  Palmer  House,  Chicago, 
Illinois. 

June  n  -  15,  1978  Special  Libraries  Association,  Annual 

Conference,  Radisson  Muehlebach  Hotel, 
Kansas  City,  Mo. 

June  13,  1978  Canadian  Group  of  the  Medical  Library 

Association.  Breakfast  meeting  from 
0700-0900  hours.  Mrs.  M.  A.  Flower, 
Chairman,  presiding.  Palmer  House, 
Chicago.  Details  to  be  announced. 

June  16,  1978  Canadian  Health  Library  Association/ 

Association  des  Bibliothdques  de  1a 
Sant^  du  Canada,  2nd  Annual  Meeting, 
Edmonton,  Alberta. 

September,  1980  4th  International  Congress  on  Medical 

Librarianship,  Yugoslavia. 


THE  PRESIDENT  REPORTS 

That  long-nosed  old  New  Englander,  Ralph  Waldo  Emerson,  had  a  maxim  that  "the 
value  of  life  lies  in  its  inscrutable  possibilities".  Inscrutable  possibilities 
are  an  alluring  prospect  for  the  young,  and  a  good  one  to  grow  on.  Perhaps  they 
should  provide  the  same  impetus  for  an  organization  that  is  young  also. 

Canadian  health  sciences  librarians  have  talked  among  themselves  for  a  long  time 
about  their  problems  as  a  small  specialty  within  a  not-so-large  profession  in  a 
wide  sparsely  settled  country.  That  is,  when  they  have  had  a  chance  to  talk  to 
each  other.  This  tends  to  happen  mostly  in  urban  centres,  sometimes  exclusively 
at  conferences.  But  there  are  many  medium-sized  to  small  hospitals  scattered 
through  smallish  Canadian  communities,  where  not  even  the  public  library  can 
provide  intellectual  resources  to  any  great  extent,  and  where  an  effort  to 
provide  information,  medical  or  not,  for  professional  people  is  isolated  from  all 
the  modern  computer  technology,  and  all  the  interpersonal  know-how  that  we  tend 
to  assume  is  available  to  us  all.  Even  in  the  communities  where  these  things  are 


actually  reachable,  a  great  many  information  people  find  them  obscure  or  difficult 
to  tap.  And  still  all  that  medical  and  social  science  literature  comes  pouring 
out  of  the  hopper  in  a  great  heap,  like  a  dock  pile  of  sulphur  gleaming  in  the  sun. 

We  have  now,  in  the  CHLA/ABSC,  an  organization  that  we  hope  will  manage  to 
provide  the  contacts  which  will  help  us  move  in  and  take  command  of  that  stream  of 
literature,  and  make  it  work  for  the  health  of  the  community.  An  organization 
which  should  promote  individual  contacts  among  us;  exchange  of  knowledge  about  how 
and  where  to  do  our  jobs;  links  between  the  larger  communities  with  the  sophisti- 
cated expertise  and  the  smaller  communities  with  no  expertise  at  all. 

Where  there  is  information  that  is  pertinent  to  the  health  problem  in  hand,  our 
job  is  to  provide  the  access.  One  of  the  tools  we  have  lacked  has  been  a  medium 
through  which  we  can  all  work  together  to  do  this.  Now  we  have  the  CHLA/ABSC— the 
linkage.  We  hope  the  possibilities  are  going  to  be  limitless,  the  prospects 
"inscrutable". 

Since  the  inaugural  meeting  of  CHLA/ABSC  in  Montreal  in  June  1977,  the  Executive 
Committee  has  been  working  through  a  series  of  ideas  for  the  administration  and 
extension  of  the  Association.  There  was  so  much  ground  to  cover  that  the  mid-term 
meeting  of  the  Committee  occurred  in  Montreal  in  two  parts:  first,  on  October  4th, 
when  most  members  were  in  Montreal  for  the  meeting  of  the  Special  Resources 
Committee  on  Medical  School  Libraries  of  ACMC,  and  again  on  October  29th,  when 
members  were  back  in  town  for  a  regional  meeting  of  the  North  Atlantic  Health 
Sciences  Libraries  of  MLA. 

Membership 

A  brochure  has  been  developed  and  printed,  which  will  be  distributed  to  individuals 
in  each  province  to  be  used  in  a  membership  drive.  Hopefully  all  CHLA/ABSC  ad- 
herents will  become  aware  of  these  campaigns,  and  will  do  their  share.  Additional 
copies  of  the  brochures  are  available  from  David  S.  Crawford,  at  McGill  University, 
for  those  who  are  enthusiastic  enough  to  carry  the  flag.  As  of  the  last  report, 
fully  paid-up  membership  in  CHLA/ABSC  stood  at  208;  our  first  target  is  300. 

The  Membership  Committee  consists  of  Bill  Fraser,  B.C.  Medical  Library  Service; 
Phyllis  Russell,  Alberta  University;  and  Martha  Stone,  Health  &  Welfare.  Bill  and 
Phyllis,  assisted  by  Pam  Griffith,  Calgary  University,  have  also  accepted  respon- 
sibility for  mounting  the  second  Annual  Meeting  of  CHLA/ABSC  in  Edmonton  on  June 
16th,  1978,  with  all  the  problems  of  program  and  logistics  that  that  entails.  You 
will  hear  the  drums  beating  in  future  issues  of  the  NEWSLETTER. 

Another  menbership  issue  which  has  engaged  the  attention  of  your  Executive 
Committee  is  that  of  the  relationship  of  local  groups  of  library  people  with  the 
National  Association.  Under  the  leadership  of  Alan  MacDonald  a  position  paper  has 
been  developed  on  the  affiliation  of  Chapters  with  the  CHLA/ABSC.  This  statement 
will  appear  elsewhere  in  this  issue  of  the  NEWSLETTER.  There  are  several  active 
groups  of  library  personnel  across^ Canada,  especially  in  the  major  cities.  We  are 
looking  forward  to  a  dialogue  with  these  groups--and  to  the  establishment  of  the 
first  Chapter  of  CHLA/ABSC.  The  interaction  between  the  national  point  of  view 
and  the  local  points  of  view  will  inevitably  become  the  basis  of  all  our  activities. 

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This  issue  is  so  important  to  the  Association  that  the  Executive  Committee  will 
probably  recommend  a  delay  in  the  revision  of  the  CHLA/ABSC  Interim  Constitution. 
According  to  Article  15,  the  deadline  for  a  new  Constitution  is  December  31,  1978. 
This  may  be  too  soon  to  sort  out  the  policy  on  Chapters. 

External  Affiliations 

CHLA/ABSC  must  also  consider  its  working  relationships  with  other  organizations. 
Primary  among  these  are  CLA,  MLA,  ASTED  and  CISTI/ICIST.  Currently  we  hold  our 
Annual  Meeting  at  the  same  time  and  in  the  same  place  as  CLA,  and  we  take  part  in 
CLA  activities  as  an  Institutional  Member,  but  there  are  many  more  levels  of 
Interaction  possible. 

The  International  Cooperation  Committee  of  MLA  has  a  long  history  of  dialogue 
with  Canadian  members  of  MLA,  and  currently  two  CHLA/ABSC  members  are  active  on 
that  Committee.  Our  Association  has  undertaken  a  dialogue  with  the  Committee  on 
their  position  paper  on  MLA's  affiliation  with  other  national  library  groups. 
Out  of  this  dialogue  our  own  affiliate  relationship  will  emerge. 

With  ASTED  we  have  a  more  direct  tie.  At  the  September  1977  meeting  of  the 
Executive  Conmlttee  of  the  Section  des  bibliothdques  sp(?rial1s6es  de  la  sant^, 
Ginette  Boyer-Caya,  de  I'HOtel-Dieu  de  Montreal,  was  appointed  as  their  liason 
with  CHLA/ABSC.  She  will  be  a  great  asset  to  us  as  we  work  through  an  affiliation 
policy  for  our  Association. 

Our  last  and  most  exciting  venture  Into  the  field  of  relationships  has  been  a  most 
successful  one.  The  CHLA/ABSC  has  been  in  a  position  to  support  the  initiative  of 
the  Special  Resource  Group  of  ACMC  In  their  efforts  to  establish  an  Advisory 
Conmittee  which  will  meet  in  Ottawa  and  make  reconnendations  to  the  Director  of 
the  Canada  Institute  for  Scientific  and  Technical  Information  (CISTI/ICIST)  on  the 
role  of  the  Health  Sciences  Resource  Centre. 

Because  our  support  Indicated  a  concern  which  was  national  in  scope,  the  principle 
was  accepted  by  Dr.  Jack  Brown,  and  the  Advisory  Committee  has  been  named. 
Representatives  of  CHLA/ABSC  are:  Bill  Fraser,  Medical  Library  Service,  Vancouver; 
Linda  McFarlane,  Sunnybrook  Medical  Centre,  Toronto;  and  Alan  MacDonald,  Medical 
Library,  Dalhousie  University,  Halifax.  Representative  of  the  Special  Resource 
Committee  of  ACMC  is  Frances  Groen,  Medical  Library,  McGill  University,  Montreal. 
Representative  of  ASTED  Is  Pierrette  Dubuc,  I'HOpital  Sainte-Justine,  Montreal. 
It  is  hoped  that  this  Advisory  Committee  will  be  convened  for  its  first  meeting 
before  the  end  of  1977,  and  our  aspirations  for  it  know  no  bounds. 

Newsletter 

The  Editorial  Conmittee  also  met  in  October  to  lay  down  its  ground  rules.  Members 
are  David  Crawford,  Chairman;  Alan  MacDonald,  Production  Manager;  and  Dick 
Fredericksen,  Editor.  The  decisions  they  made  will  be  apparent  throughout  this 
issue  of  the  NEWSLETTER,  but  two  should  perhaps  be  mentioned:  the  NEWSLETTER  will 
definitely  appear  quarterly;  and  Dick  Fredericksen  will  definitely  stay  around  to 
edit  for  two  years,  instead  of  one.  Both  good  decisions. 


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Financial  Committee 

An  Interim  Report  was  presented  to  the  Executive  Committee  by  Frances  Groen, 
Chairman  of  the  Financial  Committee,  which  has  been  given  the  task  of  fund 
raising  on  behalf  of  the  CHLA/ABSC.  Other  members  of  the  Committee  are  David 
Crawford,  immediate  Past  President;  and  Babs  Flower,  President. 

Having  established  that  the  primary  purpose  in  seeking  funding  was  to  support  the 
educational  goals  of  the  Association,  the  Interim  Report  suggested  two  alternative 
approaches.  One  included  modest  support  for  activities  the  CHLA/ABSC  has  already 
started,  such  as  the  NEWSLETTER,  the  membership  drive,  and  an  active  publications 
program.  The  second  posed  the  possibility  of  developing  a  substantial  project 
toward  raising  the  general  level  of  information  services  across  Canada.  Such  a 
project  could  include: 

—  Institutes  of  continuing  education  for  health  librarians 

--A  demonstration  health  library  centre,  or  centres 

—Education  in  the  realities  of  library  service  for 
hospital  administrators,  chiefs  of  medical  services, 
and  head  nurses 

—Preparation  and  dissemination  of  resource  materials. 

The  more  modest  educational  goals  of  CHLA/ABSC  could  also  be  embedded  in  such  a 
project. 

The  decision  was  made  to  explore  the  larger  possibilities,  and  a  Committee  was 
established,  under  the  chairmanship  of  the  President,  to  develop  an  inter- 
disciplinary advisory  group  which  would  include  physicians,  nurses,  hospital 
administrators  and  health  librarians.  The  Advisory  Group  would  be  asked  to  work 
together  to  mount  an  invitational  seminar  in  the  Spring  of  1979,  which  would 
explore  the  real  information  needs  of  their  colleagues,  and  would  refine  program 
plans  to  meet  those  needs. 

For  want  of  a  better  name,  the  project  has  been  called  A  Canadian  Health  Libraries 
Project--CANHELP.  A  series  of  specific  proposals  for  funding  will  be  reported 
back  to  the  Funding  Committee  of  CHLA/ABSC.  The  first  set  of  interviews  has 
already  been  undertaken  in  Toronto,  and  the  response  has  been  universally 
favorable.  The  "value  of  life"  lies  here.  You  will  hear  more  about  CANHELP. 

Since  this  is  the  season  to  be  jolly,  may  I  wish  you  all  a  happy  holiday  season. 

(Mrs.)  M.  A.  Flower 
President 


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SHOULD  CHLA  HAVE  CHAPTERS? 

On  behalf  of  your  executive  I  am  pleased  to  place  before  you  our  first  proposal 
on  the  subject  of  chapters.  We  would  welcome  your  comments  before  the  middle  of 
February. 

Purpose  of  CHLA 

To  promote  the  provision  of  quality  library  service  to  the  health  community  in 
Canada  by  communication  and  mutual  assistance. 

Functions  of  a  national  association 

In  addition  to  the  usual  acini ni strati ve  matters  (such  as  membership,  organization, 
etc.)  which  a  national  association  undertakes,  there  are  many  important  issues 
which  can  best  be  dealt  with  by  a  national  body  representing  all  health  librarians 
in  Canada  and  all  types  of  health  libraries.  Issues  such  as  Copyright  reform, 
advice  to  CISTI  on  HSRC,  the  National  Library  review,  meetings,  colloquia,  etc. 
on  topics  of  general  interest,  exchange  of  Information  by  Newsletter,  the  annual 
meeting,  relations  with  other  National  and  Internat1on>i1  organizations,  etc. 

Functions  of  local  associations 

The  primary  centre  for  conmunication  and  mutual  assistance  must  be  at  the  local 
level.  Only  a  local  body  can  facilitate  regular  contacts  of  all  colleagues  who 
work  in  the  same  area.  While  there  are  many  instances  where  exchange  of 
experience  between  locales  can  be  useful,  each  locality  has  its  own  economic, 
political,  social  characteristics  and  staffing  which  dictate  local  solutions  to 
local  problems.  The  existence  of  this  need  is  demonstrated  by  the  present 
functioning  of  at  least  five  localized  groups  of  health  librarians  in  Canada 
(Halifax,  Montreal,  Ottawa-Hull,  Toronto,  and  Manitoba). 

Affiliation 

Why  should  local  groups  of  health  library  personnel,  either  those  which  are 
already  in  operation,  or  those  which  may  develop  in  the  future,  be  encouraged  to 
create  formal  links  with  CHLA?  Both  national  and  local  groups  are  necessary  for 
the  exchange  of  ideas  and  the  support  of  continuing  education  programs.  Each 
serves  different  needs.  Neither  Is  capable  of  undertaking  the  function  of  the 
other  in  an  effective  way.  A  group  representing  one  city,  region  or  province 
cannot  speak  for  all  health  libraries  in  Canada.  A  national  group  cannot 
effectively  organize  the  resources  to  solve  local  problems  of  information  exchange 
and  assure  development  of  services.  Both  groups  CAN  reinforce  and  assist  each 
other. 

A  local  group  can  provide  more  effective  support  for  its  projects,  if  It  has 
access  to  the  broader  experience  represented  by  other  local  groups  with  which  it 
may  be  associated  through  a  national  affiliation. 


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A  iational  group  which  is  firmly  based  on  strong,  active  local  groups,  can  give 
mr  -3  vital  leadership  based  on  input  from  a  wide  variety  of  health  librarians 
(r.v.t  just  chiefs),  when  the  need  for  national  action  requires  it. 

For  these  reasons  CHLA  should  make  every   effort  to  encourage  the  creation  of 
strong  local  groups  among  health  librarians  and  their  staffs,  wherever  they  may 
form  naturally. 

Where  these  groups  are  prepared  to  accept  the  aims  and  objectives  of  the 
Association,  and  when  such  groups  so  request,  the  CHLA  should  formally  recognize 
them  as  Chapters  of  the  Association. 

Constitutional  Matters 

While  the  Interim  Constitution  does  not  mention  Chapters  per  se.  Chapters  nay  be 
created  under  the  Committees  Section  (Sec.  9)  until  the  Constitution  is  revised. 

Requirements  for  proposed  chapters 

1.  The  group  should  be  organized  before  requesting  Chapter  status. 

2.  The  group  should  represent  a  single  geographic  area  (city,  county, 
region,  province)  small  enough  to  allow  the  large  majority  of 
members  to  attend  its  activities  regularly. 

3.  There  should  be  no  limitations  to  membership  based  on  the  type  of 
service  or  library  in  which  the  member  works. 

4.  The  group  must  have  members  from  at  least  five  different  institutions. 

5.  All  officers  must  be  elected  by  the  chapter  members  and  must  be  paid- 
up  members  of  CHLA.  Chapter  membership  need  not  necessarily  include 
membership  in  CHLA  but  it  would  be  desirable. 

6.  The  local  group  should  have  a  Constitution  which  is  compatible  with 
that  of  the  CHLA.  (It  may  be  a  very  simple  one). 

7.  The  local  group  may  request  chapter  status  in  writing  in  a  letter  to 
the  President  of  CHLA. 

Representation 

1.  Chapter  presidents  will  be  ex-officio  corresponding  members  of  the  CHLA 
Executive.  They  will  receive  all  Executive  Committee  documentation  and 
will  be  expected  to  report  to  the  Executive  on  Chapter  activities. 

2.  Any  chapter  may  place  an  item  on  the  agenda  of  the  Executive  Committee 
and  may  ask  a  member  to  sp^ak  to  that  item.  (No  funding  is  available 
at  this  point  for  such  activities). 

3.  Chapters  should  appoint  a  correspondent  to  assist  the  Editor  of  the 
Newsletter. 


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Finances 

1.  Each  chapter  will  be  expected  to  cover  their  basic  costs  (e.g.  coffee, 
meeting  space,  etc.)  from  local  resources. 

2.  Where  proposed  programs  and  activities  merit,  development  grants  may  be 
made  by  the  Executive  up  to  a  maximum  of  $5.00  per  active  CHLA  member 
in  the  Chapter. 

3.  Chapters  may  also  request  loans  as  bridging  funds  to  facilitate  the 
organization  of  workshops,  etc. 

Send  your  coinments  to:  Allan  H.  MacDonald 

Treasurer 

W.  K.  Kellogg  Health  Sciences  Library 
Sir  Charles  Tupper  Building 
Oalhousie  University 
Halifax,  Nova  Scotia   B3H  4H7 


CHLA/ABSC 
MEMBERSHIP  REPORT 


Members 


Canada : 


Alberta: 

11 

British  Columbia: 

11 

Manitoba: 

15 

New  Brunswick: 

6 

Newfoundland: 

6 

Nova  Scotia: 

24 

Ontario: 

77 

(incl. 

London 
Ottawa 
Toronto 

-  10 

-  21 

-  27) 

Quebec : 

49 

(incl. 

Montreal 

-41) 

Saskatchewan: 

3 

Other  Countries: 

Switzerland: 

1 

Tunisia: 

1 

United  States: 

4 

Grand  Total: 

208 

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The  above  represents  the  membership  report  as  of  mid-November,  1977.  This 
represents  a  net  gain  of  42  members  since  the  Fall  Issue  where  we  reported 
the  membership  at  166  persons  and  institutions.  Twelve  persons/institutions 
who  were  members  through  June,  1977,  allowed  their  memberships  to  lapse. 

Alan  H.  MacDonald 
•    -  -^^ '  Treasurer 


PUBLICATIONS 

The  Second  Progress  Report  of  the  Interdepartmental  Committee  on  Health 
Statistics.  Statistics  Canada,  February,  1977. 

This  report  contains  reconinendations  for  improving  the  development  of  health 
statistics  at  the  Federal  level  and  also  reviews  progress  concerning  problems 
in  the  collection,  analysis  and  dissemination  of  National  Health  Statistics. 
A  number  of  important  health  statistical  activities  of  special  interest  are 
described.  An  appendix  gives  an  overall  picture  of  federal  health  statistical 
activities. 

Copies  are  limited,  but  reference  copies  are  available  in  the  regional  User 
Advisory  Services  Office,  who  would  be  able  to  photocopy  selected  portions  of 
the  Report,  on  demand. 

R.  B.  Fredericksen 

■  !muro3 
CORRECTION  NOTED 

Our  apologies  to  Doreen  Fraser  and  the  Dalhousie  School  of  Library  Service  for 
omitting  her  name  as  the  co-author  of  the  book  that  was  reviev/ed  in  our  last 
issue.  The  entry  should  have  read: 

Lloyd,  Hazel  and  Doreen  Fraser.  The  Information  Needs  of  Physio- 
therapists in  the  Atlantic  Provinces  With  Suggested  Working 
Collections  for  Small  HospitalT!  Halifax,  N.S.,  Dalhousie 
University  Libraries,  Dalhousie  School  of  Library  Service, 
1977.  Occasional  Paper  No.  13. 

To  order:  Dr.  Norman  Horrocks,  Series  Editor    r,.i.:i,Kt, 
School  of  Library  Service 
Dalhousie  University 
Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  B3H  4H8 


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Price:  $2.50  +  .50  mailing. 


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GO  IF  YOU  CAN! 
REPORT  OF  A  TRIP  TO  MAINLAND  CHINA 
September,  1976 

As  I  look  upon  my  trip  to  the  People's  Republic  of  China  almost  a  year  ago  I  am 
confused  by  rny  Impressions;  I  have  difficulty  believing  that  during  each  minute 
of  every  day  there  are  eight  hundred  million  persons  living  a  life  so  different 
from  ours-yet  one  that  appeared  just  as  satisfactory  for  them  in  spite  of  many 
limitations  from  our  North  American  point  of  view. 

In  August  of  1975  I  visited  San  Francisco  primarily  to  attend  an  exhibit  of 
archaeological  treasures  from  the  People's  Republic.  The  artifacts  were  un- 
believably intriguing;  from  that  time  I  hoped  to  visit  Mainland  China  to  find 
out  whether  today's  developments  were  as  fascinating  as  those  of  thousands  of 
years  ago;  and  I  hoped  to  see  more  treasures.  The  second  aspiration  was  to  be 
somewhat  limited  because,  I  understand,  many  treasures  were  spirited  off  by  the 
Nationalists  to  Taiwan. 

In  April  of  1976,  when  I  learned  that  I  might  be  allowed  to  join  a  group  of 
twenty  B.C.  Registered  Nurses  who  vvould  be  travelling  to  China  in  late  September, 
obviously  not  a  good  time  for  a  medical  school  librarian,  I  hesitated  briefly, 
but  decided  that  opportunities  like  this  might  never  occur  again,  and  would 
certainly  be  well  worth  the  two  thousand  dollars  (roughly)  that  the  trip  would 
cost.  Until  the  day  before  departure,  when  our  visas  were  actually  In  hand,  we 
were  not  certain  of  acceptance;  and  the  disastrous  earthquake  at  Tangshan  near 
Peking  as  well  as  the  recent  death  of  Chairman  Mao  were  threatening  our  itinerary. 
On  September  21,  however,  we  climbed  aboard  a  Japan  Air  Lines  plane  bound  for 
Tokyo,  In  a  state  of  shock  and  slight  disbelief. 

After  two  days  In  Tokyo  which  were  crammed  with  sights  and  sounds  of  Infinite 
variety,  we  boarded  a  China  Air  Lines  plan,  immediately  impressed  with  the 
sobriety,  lack  of  artifice,  and  somber  demeanor  of  staff  and  Chinese  travellers 
alike;  this  was  especially  noticeable  after  the  atmosphere  of  Tokyo.  Our 
inauspicious  landing  at  an  almost  darkened  airport  near  Shanghai  was  anticlimactic 
to  the  four-hour  flight  of  fantastic  anticipation.  The  dimly  lit  interior  was 
clean,  and  almost  bare  of  decoration,  except  for  some  banner-like  calligraphy  in 
Chinese  which  we  understood  proclaimed  sorrow  at  Chairman  Mao's  death. 

After  cursory  customs  and  inmigration  examination,  we  were  welcomed  by  approxi- 
mately ten  young  women  who,  in  spite  of  their  petite  size,  were  strangely 
determined  to  carry  our  overloaded  baggage  to  a  bus.  These  friendly  young  women 
were  guides  (two  had  travelled  from  Peking  to  meet  us),  translators,  language 
students,  a  Revolutionary  Cormittee  member,  and  a  supervisory  nurse. 

Arrival  in  Shanghai 

In  spite  of  the  welcome,  the  trip  to  our  hotel  was  somewhat  forbidding.  I,  for 
one,  hated  iT\yself  for  missing  the  bright  lights  and  gaudy  advertising  visible 
along  almost  every  approach  to  any  city  in  other  parts  of  the  world.  Our  bus 
bumped  along  a  macadamized  highway  lined  with  large  trees  through  which  we  glimpsed 


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poorly  lit  buildings  which  we  surmised  might  be  factories  on  evening  shift  (some, 
we  heard  later,  were  apartments).  When  we  actually  reached  the  city  we  were 
alerted  by  the  bus  driver's  honking  which  was  his  way  of  clearing  a  pathway 
through  multitudes  of  pedestrians  and  cyclists  who  seemed  undaunted  by  relentless 
noise.  Every  dimly  lit,  or  unlit,  doorway  which  was  an  entrance  to  upstairs 
living  quarters  or  small,  crumbling,  or  impoverished-looking  shops  was  festooned 
with  black  and  white  bunting  or  banners,  and  magnificent  hollow  papier-mach6  pom- 
poms proclaiming  deep  mourning  for  Chairman  Mao.  In  the  daylight  we  were  to  find 
that  every  Shanghai^  resident,  including  children,  wore  a  black  arm-band— but  this 
was  not  to  be  the  case  as  we  travelled  north--less  than  half  would  wear  it  in 
Peking.  Most  women  in  Shanghai,  where  Mao's  earliest  significant  political 
activities  began,  were  wearing  a  white  flower  pinned  in  their  hair  as  well--a 
lovely  gesture. 

We  were  promptly  to  experience,  in  spite  of  hope  for  an  immediate  meal  and  sleep, 
our  first  of  perhaps  thirty  "brief  introductions"  which  included  a  formal  welcome, 
an  introduction  to  a  program  planned  for  us,  history,  idealism,  politics,  or 
statistics  (the  latter  not  always  consistent).  It  was  to  be  at  least  two  days 
before  we  arranged  an  appropriately  formal  type  of  reply,  since  our  briefing  by 
our  Vancouver  travel  bureau  had  been  woefully  inadequate.  Although  we  understand 
that  the  Luxingshe  Travel  Bureau  staff  privately  referred  to  "b.i.'s"  we  were 
also  made  aware,  at  that  time,  that  certain  conventions  nf  behavior  were  expected 
from  us  in  response  to  our  treatment  as  honoured  guests  with  special  privileges 
and  an  invisible  red  carpet  laid  out. 

The  food  which  was  eventually  served  was  varied,  and  probably  extravagant.  There 
was  an  emphasis  on  seafood  and  meat  based  on  a  premise,  no  doubt,  that  Westerners 
expected  little  in  the  way  of  a  Chinese  diet  which  is  preponderantly  vegetables, 
rice,  and  noodles.  We  were  to  be  catered  to,  and  were  afforded  a  number  of 
adjustments  in  this  respect,  as  in  many  others.  The  Chinese  provide?" hotel 
attendants  on  each  floor  who  were  available  at  most  hours  for  miscellaneous 
supplies,  including  thermos  bottles  of  boiling  water  and  tea  caddies,  and  laundry 
services  for  charges  reckoned  in  pennies.  No  task  was  too  much  trouble  if 
sufficient  notice  was  given. 

When  we  were  left  free  to  investigate  the  hustle  and  bustle  of  Shanghai  near  our 
hotel,  or  taken  to  visit  neighbourhoods  and  communes,  we  were  aware  of  our 
complete  misconception  concerning  grim  factory-like  buildings  or  crumbling  doorways. 
The  atmosphere  was  gay  and  even  abandoned.  Families  lived  close  to  each  other  in 
noisy  confusion;  and  carried  on  a  great  deal  of  their  living  in  the  fresh  air  near 
doorsteps.  Washing  was  stretched  along  poles  protruding  from  balconies  or  tree 
branches  which  presented  a  multi-coloured  background  to  children  at  play,  to 
housewives  gossiping,  or  men  and  youths  intrigued  by  table-top  games.  In  the 
light  of  dawn  we  ventured  down  to  the  Bund  park  area,  barely  awake,  where  we  were 
welcomed  to  the  friendly  exercise  routine,  teased  a  bit,  and  then  given  special 
assistance  in  moving  our  creaking  joints. 

We  were  free  to  travel  in  buses  or  taxis;  we  could  take  photographs  of  all  except 
military  personnel  or  establishments.  We  could  investigate  anywhere,  but  were 
seriously  limited  by  a  language  barrier.  Street  signs  and  maps  were  easiest  to 
follow  in  Peking  but  it  was  less  fun  because  of  a  more  orderly,  almost  Western, 
ambience. 

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The  Nurses'  Group 

When  yye  visited  communes,  hospitals,  libraries,  museums,  villages,  neighbourhoods, 
factories,  parks,  or  historical  sites,  we  had  opportunities  to  ask  questions 
during  the  "briefing"  and  "debriefing"  sessions.  As  might  be  expected  from  a 
group  of  nurses,  our  hosts,  and  the  travelling  nurses,  emphasized  matters  of 
health  and  medical  care  which  had  advantages  in  rr\y  participation  as  a  member  of 
this  group.  To  my  embarrassment,  however,  a  number  of  "liberated"  women  asked 
repetitive  queries  related  to  certain  areas  of  Western  hang-up  which  included 
pre-marital  sex,  abortion,  contraception,  nutrition,  and  divorce.  Answers  were 
polite,  perhaps  occasionally  amused,  and  varied  little  in  response  no  matter  who 
the  respondent  might  be.  It  was  explained  that  China  had  been  busy  developing  a 
basic  system  of  medical  care,  not  previously  or  universally  available,  which  was 
extended  to  include  all  of  its  citizens  even  in  far-flung  and  isolated  areas.  Her 
"Ministry"  had  not  had  time  to  collect  countless  numbers  of  statistics,  although 
our  informants  often  told  us  what  diseases  were  most  frequently  encountered  or 
were  responsible  for  high  mortality  rates. 

China's  socialistic  and  puritanical  approach  to  attitudes  of  personal  behaviour 
had  probably  depressed  the  Incidence  of  many  problems  which  are  rampant  in  North 
/werica  and  European  countries.  The  replies  appearc'  'im  eal  istic,  perhaps  evasive, 
but  In  China's  terms  were  essentially  honest:  "No  preiiidrital  sex!  Abortions 
available  upon  medical  recommendation!  Contraceptive  information  available  only 
to  married  couples!  Zero  population  growth  is  an  immediate  aim;  two  children 
families  are  the  most  usual!  Most  persons  get  an  adequate  diet!"  Repetition 
of  this  line  of  enquiry  may  have  bored  and  amazed  the  translators,  although  we 
were  told  that  Western  travellers  were  unusually  persistent  about  this  type  of 
enquiry.  The  replies  were  amazingly  consistent  and  patient. 

Acupuncture  Anaesthesia 

It  was  assumed,  and  rightfully  so,  that  we  had  come  hoping  to  see  a  demonstration 
of  acupuncture  anaesthesia,  and  no  time  was  lost.  On  our  first  day  in  Shanghai, 
shortly  after  8:00  a.m.  (every  bit  of  our  tour  was  prompt  unless  we  delayed 
progress),  we  were  driven  to  a  large  general  hospital,  the  Luihua,  and  taken  to  a 
changing  area  where  we  donned  suitable  hospital  garb.  We  were  then  served  boiling 
cups  of  tea  (which  was  an  unvarying  precedent--along  with  cigarettes  and 
occasionally  fruit)  during  our  usual  "brief  introduction",  or  informational 
briefing,  and  given  the  opportunity  to  watch  an  operation  in  progress  through  a 
glass  observation  dome.  The  operation  was  for  removal  of  a  fist-size  thyroid 
tumour.  Everything  was  very  absorbing:  the  simplicity  of  equipment  and 
monitoring;  and  the  dexterity  and  obvious  professionalism  of  all  staff  as  far  as 
the  actual  surgery  and  anaesthesia  were  concerned.  By  far  the  most  whimsical  part 
of  the  whole  procedure  was  a  large  grey  granite  kettle  with  a  metal  cup  over  the 
spout  which  was  passed  into  the  operating  theatre  to  supply  sterile  water  for 
rinsing  and  cleaning.  Equipment  was  adequate  but  somewhat  outdated  in  design  - 
e.g.  the  lighting  was  only  partially  adequate  since  some  of  the  staff  were 
working  in  their  own  shadows. 

The  patient  was  a  particularly  attractive  woman  who  waved  to  us  during  her 
operation,  and  walked  into  our  briefing  room  about  five  minutes  after  she  stood 
up  from  the  operating  table.  She  spoke  with  us  and  replied  to  questions  with 
charm,  smiles,  and  self-possession.  She  reported  neither  pain  nor  discomfort  of 


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any  kind.  We  were  astounded,  and  incredulous.  No  recovery  room  procedures!  We 
were  told  that  a  prospective  patient  must  be  a  suitable  candidate  on  a  psycho- 
logical basis  who  agreed  to  the  procedure;  he/she  must  have  a  satisfactory 
physiological  response  to  acupuncture,  and  must  have  a  surgical  problem  for  which 
acupuncture  is  the  anaesthesia  of  choice.  Most  of  us  felt  that  we  might  fail  on 
any  number  of  counts,  although  at  least  three  of  our  group  requested  acupuncture 
therapy  in  Peking  and  reported  that  some  success  v/as  experienced. 

Implications  of  the  Revolution 

This  initial  dramatic  operation  was  an  introduction  to  a  variety  of  experiences- 
many  exciting  or  moving  emotionally,  but  also  medical,  academic,  informative, 
historical,  political,  or  merely  pleasurable.  None  of  the  travellers  in  our 
group  rejected  the  experiences  as  misleading  or  dishonest,  regardless  of  any 
propaganda  or  difference  in  attitude  from  our  own.  We  were  there  to  listen, 
learn,  and  experience  all  that  was  available,  although  there  was  a  considerable 
amount  of  healthy  skepticism  which  we  could  express  to  our  hosts  without  raising 
any  extreme  hostility. 

In  order  to  appreciate  the  present,  it  was  helpful  to  relate  it  to  the  past— i.e. 
where  was  China  now  in  terms  of  where  it  had  been?  I  pictured  the  past  in  terms 
of  a  number  of  things  that  I  had  read,  but  particularly  Hans  Suyin's  Crippled  Tree 
which  so  eloquently  described  her  life  in  China  as  a  child  years  before  the 
Revolution.  The  misery  experienced  by  the  poor  and  the  peasant  was  unspeakable. 
Modern  China  seemed  to  have  progressed  centuries  since  those  days  of  excessive 
greed,  inhumanity,  and  blind  adherence  to  tradition. 

Mao's  efforts  after  the  1946  Revolution,  and  more  intensively  after  the  Cultural 
Revolution,  were  extended,  amongst  other  programs,  toward  providing  medical  care 
for  everyone,  particularly  for  those  who  might  not  have  received  it  before. 
Obviously  it  was  impossible  to  provide  immediately  what  we  might  consider  as 
acceptable  according  to  Western  standards  with  a  need  for  different  approaches  and 
substitutes  for  Western  organization  and  methods.  One  avenue  of  investigation  and 
application  was  the  exploitation  of  Chines  traditional  medicine  and  herbs  which 
led  to  the  use  of  acupuncture  for  anaesthesia.  In  some  instances  we  were  shown 
therapeutic  uses  of  moxibustion,  cupping,  and  acupuncture.  In  the  same  treatment 
areas  as  where  Chinese  medicine  was  being  practiced,  ultrasound  and  diathermy 
machines  were  being  used.  Whole  areas  of  medical  schools  and  hospitals  were 
devoted  to  the  preparation  of  both  traditional  Chinese  drugs,  and  Western  (including 
antibiotics)  for  injection  or  oral  administration.  Ginseng  was  undergoing  intensive 
use  and  examination,  although  many  of  our  group  were  as  skeptical  there,  as  they 
probably  are  here,  concerning  the  eventual  value  of  such  a  universal  cure. 

Medical  Programs 

Some  of  the  hospitals  which  we  visited  had  up  to  two  thousand  outpatients  per  day. 
We  saw  many  who  sat  patiently  and  quietly  in  dark,  crowded,  uncomfortable  corridors 
without  complaining;  children  rarely  cried. 

Within  hospitals,  roles  of  nurses  and  doctors  appeared  to  be  traditional,  although 
a  number  of  male  doctors  assured  us  that  doctors  could,  and  did,  assume  the  duties 
of  nurses.  The  high  percentage  of  female  doctors  did  not  stress  this  interchange 


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of  roles;  many  of  them  were  department  heads  and  medical  directors  of  institutions. 
The  team  concept  was  stressed,  and  these  teams  often  spent  a  portion  of  their 
year's  work  in  the  country  on  agricultural  comnunes,  in  factories,  or  meeting 
special  needs  as  in  the  Tangshan  earthquake  area.  We  met  at  least  one  nurse  who 
had  become  a  physician  because  of  her  knowledge,  skill  and  experience. 

The  most  obvious  shortage  in  medical  care  after  the  Revolution  was  amongst  the 
workers  and  peasants  who  had  not  previously  received  any.  In  order  to  bridge  this 
gap--and  expecially  after  the  Cultural  Revolution  in  1968--there  has  been  a 
tremendous  program  to  train  "barefoot  doctors"  who  could  provide  basic  medical 
services  in  city  clinics,  factories  or  country  infirmaries.  They  would  serve, 
then, much  as  do  our  public  health  nurses,  or  nurse  practitioners  in  public  health 
centres  or  medical  outposts.  They  are  selected  from  fellow  workers,  and  think  of 
themselves  as  peasants  or  workers  who  perform  medical  duties.  Besides  diagnosing 
and  treating  simple  diseases,  or  referring  elsewhere,  their  duties  include  health 
education,  sanitation,  preventive  medicine  such  as  immunization,  and  antenatal 
care  and  family  planning.  Their  training  is  short  (a  few  months)  and  recurrent. 
Estimates  report  their  number  as  one  million  which  means  a  ratio  of  1:800. 

In  great  contrast  to  this  was  the  sophistication  of  other  developments  such  as 
cryogenic  medical  instruments  displayed  at  a  Shanghai  trade  fair;  but  some  of  the 
simple  developments  were  most  impressive— e.g.  a  roUino  wooden  frame  including  a 
seat  used  for  short  resting  periods  which  was  used  by  an  earthquake  victim  who 
was  attempting  to  learn  to  walk  after  severe  spinal  injury.  This  frame  was 
constructed  In  the  carpenter  shop  of  a  general  hospital  as  a  simple  solution  to 
special  needs  suddenly  thrust  upon  a  hospital  which  had  four  hundred  unanticipated 
emergencies. 

Co-operative  medical  services  were  available  in  agricultural  communes  with  both 
professionals  and  barefoot  doctors  working  in  teams.  Each  work  brigade  was  provided 
with  a  clinic.  Seventy  per  cent  of  the  medical  care  is  free  in  the  city  or  paid 
for  by  comnune  funds  in  the  country.  Preventive  medicine  is  placed  ahead  of  other 
programs  so  that  it  appears  that  the  general  health  of  all  citizens  is  constantly 
improving.  In  the  area  of  a  large  commune  which  we  visited  there  had  been  six 
doctors  located  in  pre-revolutionary  days  ministering  only  to  the  wealthy.  It 
was  explained  that  in  the  same  area  there  were  now  52  professional  health  workers, 
and  50  barefoot  doctors  available  for  the  whole  population. 

After  the  1968  Cultural  Revolution,  medical  programs  were  promoted  as  a  part  of 
the  general  social  consciousness  with  the  following  guidelines: 

1.  All  aspects  of  medical  work  were  to  be  enhanced 

2.  Dispersal  of  information  was  to  be  the  foremost  consideration 

3.  Western  and  Chinese  medical  practices  were  to  be  combined 

4.  Health  workers  were  to  be  part  of  a  general  mass  workers'  movement 

5.  Education  of  health  workers  was  to  be  shortened  and  revolutionized. 

We  could  only  accept  the  words  of  professional  and  Revolutionary  Committee 
Chairmen  that  these  principles  were  in  effect.  There  was  much  evidence  of  ground 
roots  medical  care  provided  by  medical  teams  and  barefoot  doctors.  "Barefoot" 
establishments  such  as  small  hospitals,  examining  and  treatment  rooms,  and 
dispensaries  were  shown  with  gr^at  pride  and  a  visitor  could  only  be  impressed 
with  this  evidence  of  progress. 

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Libraries 

Rumour  has  It  that  libraries  in  China  are  inaccessible  to  visitors  because 
material  of  questionable  nature  (Western  presumably)  is  available  only  for 
privileged  persons,  and  this  information  is  witheld  from  the  masses.  We  were, 
as  a  matter  of  fact,  never  encouraged  to  visit  libraries,  but  opportunities  were 
arranged  although  not  enthusiastically;  my  suspicions  were  that  libraries  were 
not  necessarily  amongst  resources  to  be  shown  with  pride--because  they  were  not 
yet  heavily  supported.  I  might  have  been  mistaken  in  this  supposition,  since  a 
natural  history  museum  at  Wuhan  University  was  shown  with  pride,  although  it 
mostly  contained  materials  dating  back  at  least  as  far  as  pre-revolutionary 
days. 

At  Shanghai  #2  Medical  College  Hospital  which  had  500  to  600  medical  students 
enrolled  in  a  three  year  program  we  did  visit  a  medical  library—but  not  all 
divisions  of  that.  Four  hospitals  were  involved  in  the  training  program,  and  we 
visited  only  one.  Extensive  numbers  of  other  health  workers  used  these  facilities; 
and  correspondence  courses  for  5,000  barefoot  doctors  emanated  from  this  hospital. 

Emphasis  was  placed  on  the  friendly  relationship  between  faculty  and  students 
which  was  promoted  after  the  Cultural  Revolution.  Examinations  were  often  of 
the  open-book  variety— students  often  worked  in  pairs  which  no  doubt  indicated 
a  trend  to  down-grading  competition.  In  every  way  China  was  attempting  to  over- 
come the  elite  aspects  of  the  medical  profession  which  were  traditional.  Yet, 
paradoxically,  the  library  was  separated  into  two  divisions,  one  for  faculty  and 
another  for  students. 

The  faculty  facility  housed  75  to  100  journals  in  European  languages— there  were 
obvious  gaps— no  signs  of  the  J.A.M.A.  or  the  CM. A. J.!  A  half  bay  housed 
English  language  texts  published  in  the  last  ten  years.  We  could  not  assess 
Chinese  publications  but  they  were  available  in  approximately  a  dozen  bays.  The 
catalogue  reflected  conversion  of  a  subject  arrangement  of  materials  to  the  LC 
"R"  although  we  were  unable  to  determine  whether  an  author- title  approach  or 
shelf-list  were  to  be  considered.  A  small  technical  services  room  was  situated 
nearby.  In  my  attempt  to  find  out  if  many  books  were  circulating,  I  was  informed 
that  the  faculty  was  fined  for  late  returns.  (Hurrah  for  the  Revolution!  The 
same  practice  at  U.B.C.  nearly  caused  one).  There  were  no  users  evident  during 
our  morning  visit. 

There  was  a  buzz  and  hubbub  down  the  hall  in  the  student  division,  but  since  the 
entrance  was  physically  barred  by  a  sullen  employee,  we  shall  never  know  what  the 
facilities  included.  Our  amazement  was  complete,  and  an  explanation  was  not 
offered. 

When  we  visited  Wuhan  University  which  is  an  old  establishment  overlooking  a  large 
Industrial  city  on  the  Yangtze,  we  climbed  up  over  two  hundred  steps  so  that  we 
might  visit  the  fair-sized  library;  library  science  was  one  of  the  subjects 
available  there.  There  were  reading  rooms  crammed  with  students  utterly  absorbed 
1n  study,  but  not  necessarily  using  the  many  floors  of  book  stacks  surrounding 
the  study  rooms  in  tier  arrangement.  The  attendants,  or  staff,  appeared  to  be 
receptive,  although  perhaps  more  custodial  than  public  service  oriented.  European 
zoology  literature  was  carefully  examined,  and  although  it  was  not  necessarily 


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current  there  was  an  obvious  attempt  to  have  a  working  collection,  if  not  one 
totally  adequate  for  the  extensive  research  described  during  the  "brief 
introduction"  of  at  least  one  hpur.  The  classification  was  L.C. 

Bethune  Influences 

It  is  well  for  Canadians  to  realize  that  If  It  were  not  for  Dr.  Norman  Bethune, 
there  would  not  be  the  universal  welcome  extended  to  Canadians  as  is  the  case. 
Every  child  of  school  age,  and  every  adult  whom  we  met,  knew  of  Bethune's 
contribution  to  the  Revolutionary  forces  following  the  Long  March  and  during  the 
Sino-Japanese  battles  in  World  War  II  which  led  to  the  establishment  of  the 
People's  Republic.  Every  Canadian  tour  group  visits  Shichiachuang  where  Bethune's 
tomb  may  be  visited.  It  lies  in  a  Martyrs  Park  which  pays  homage  to  Bethune, 
five  hundred  Chinese  martyrs,  and  two  East  Indian  doctors,  who  all  contributed 
their  lives  in  an  outstanding  fashion  to  the  revolutionary  cause. 

In  the  Norman  Bethune  Menwrial  Hospital  in  Shichiachuang  there  is  a  splendid 
museum  depicting  Dr.  Bethune's  activities  in  China  and  elsewhere,  but  especially 
during  his  assistance  and  guidance  to  the  military  forces  from  1937  until  his 
untimely  death  in  China  in  1939.  The  hospital  was  established  in  a  mountainous 
region  in  1940;  it  was  moved  to  its  present  site  in  194/  after  the  Revolution 
when  the  city  was  liberated.  During  the  U.S.  War  against  Korea  the  Bethune 
Hospital  sent  a  team  to  North  Korea  in  1950.  So  go  the  chances  of  war!  A  few 
months  before  our  visit  to  China,  Dr.  Lee,  the  petite  woman  who  is  the  adminis- 
trator of  the  Bethune  Hospital,  had  visited  the  Woodward  Library  to  examine  a 
recently  commissioned  tapestry  depicting  Bethune  operating  upon  a  Chinese  soldier 
in  a  small  temple  shortly  before  his  death.  She  had  been  returning  from  Gravenhurst, 
Ontario,  where  she  had  attended  the  dedication  of  Bethune's  family  home  as  a 
historical  site.  Our  welcome  at  the  Bethune  Hospital,  which  is  a  military  hospital 
serving  the  general  population,  was  particularly  warm. 

Concluding  Comments 

It  is  impossible  to  remain  within  reasonable  limits  of  space  and  provide  even  a 
list  of  all   the  factories,  museums,  shops,  parks,  or  other  tourist  sights  and 
sounds  which  we  experienced  on  this  trip,     f^  description  does  little  to  relay 
much  of  the  fascination  experienced,  or  the  myriad  impressions  gathered  as  we 
travelled.     We  could  not  always  clearly  sort  out  our  Impressions,  nor  determine 
why  the  motivations  of  the  Chinese  people  seemed  to  stem  from  an  impetus  so 
different  from  our  own.     Yet  we  shared  so  many  attitudes--especially  of  warmth, 
hunour,  and  response  to  sadness.  .^    , 

We  were  unutterably  depressed  by  certain  things  which  we  saw— e.g.  the  Inhuman 
loads  pulled  by  men— and  even  women  and  their  children.     Ironically  we  saw  the 
worst  of  this  in  Changsha  which  is  just  miles  from  where  we  visited  Mao's  birth- 
place. 

We  cried  along  with  the  director  of  a  deaf-mute  school   in  Shanghai  as  she  told  us 
of  the  care  and  attention  to  the  problems  of  these  children  which  had  occurred 
under  Mao's  special   interest  and  attention,  and  undoubtedly  the  sorrow  at  his 
death  was  heartfelt. 


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We  were  amused  to  notice  that  opposite  our  rather  elegant  Russo-French-style 
hotel  in  Wuhan  we  could  see  five  families  at  a  third  floor  level  living  a  \/ery 
complete  existence  on  top  of  a  factory  building;  their  arrangement  offered  them 
little  privacy  (we  had  elaborate  screened  verandahs)  and  so  gave  us  a  full  view 
of  all  comings  and  goings  including  that  of  the  family  chickens  who  were  obviously 
living  every  aspect  of  their  existence  at  that  exalted  level. 

We  were  bemused  concerning  telephones  which  were  consistently  coloured,  and 
television  programs  which  were  usually  in  colour—surely  not  essential  for 
traveller  or  citizen  in  a  socialist  country. 

We  were  amazed  at  the  availability  of  medicine  of  Western  or  Chinese  formula 
dispensed  so  readily  by  pharmacist,  nurse,  physician,  or  barefoot  doctor.  Often, 
in  our  own  cases,  diagnosis  and  therapy  were  relayed  by  a  guide  although  we 
presume  that  some  of  the  ease  we  experienced  in  receiving  treatment  arose  from 
the  fact  that  we  v/ere  a  Nurses'  Group.  Some  of  these  medications  were  astoun- 
dingly  effective.  Eighteen  of  our  group  of  twenty-one  developed  severe  "colds"— 
endemic  to  all  Canadian  visitors  our  guides  wearily  told  us.  Other  than  tea  and 
sympathy,  which  was  generously  levied,  the  Chinese  were  unable  to  produce  anything 
more  effective— an  international  problem  shared  with  the  world. 

Most  of  the  treasures  which  we  saw  »■  »"  in  the  Forbidden  City  in  Peking--the 
preservation  of  those  during  the  occupation  by  the  Japam se  was  a  miracle  in 
itself.  We  were,  in  addition,  treated  to  a  view  of  a  2100-year-old  female  corpse 
in  a  remarkable  state  of  preservation.  She  was  estimated  to  be  50  years  of  age, 
and  had  probably  died  from  an  acute  heart  attack  as  a  result  of  severe  obstructive 
disease  of  her  left  coronary  artery— still  a  prevalent  disease  of  modern  Chinese 
civilization.  This  corpse  is  housed  in  Changsha  along  with  a  collection  of  other 
treasures  of  the  Han  Dynasty  which  was  unearthed  near  that  city  in  1972. 

Return  to  the  West 

Reluctantly  we  left  for  the  Peking  airport  at  5:00  a.m.  along  a  cold,  dark,  unlit 
road  on  an  unheated  bus  on  October  12.  This  time  we  were  warmed  by  the  few  lights, 
and  noticed  early  workers  cycling  for  miles  to  destinations  which  we  better 
understood.  Perhaps  we  would  never  feel  the  same  about  North  America  again  as  we 
remembered  that  life  could  be  just  as  pleasant  and  challenging  on  a  much  simpler 
scale  in  a  country  lying  on  the  opposite  shore  of  the  Pacific  rim  from  Vancouver. 
It  had  been  as  different  as  it  was  possible  to  imagine,  and  yet  it  reflected  many 
concepts  which  faced  us  daily,  but  applied  in  different  ways.  j 

As  we  deplaned  at  Tokyo  we  were  met  by  a  delegation  of  anxious  reporters  who  hoped 
to  glean  comments  on  the  election  of  Chairman  Hua,  and  the  deposition  of  the  Gang 
of  Four.  Alas,  we  had  failed  to  pick  up  the  few  clues  dropped  along  the  way— and 
we  were  unaware  of  the  world-shaking  events!  We  avidly  read  the  teletype  reports 
in  the  lobby  of  our  Tokyo  hotel,  as  we  marvelled  at  the  facilities  and  sumptuous 
quarters  which  we  had  eyed  critically  just  about  three  weeks  before.  Soon  we 
would  be  adjusted  to  our  previous  habits  of  conspicuous  consumption  with  infrequent 
twinges  of  conscience,  but  we  would,  often  reflect  on  our  experiences  and  wonder  if 
we  would  absorb  more  on  our  next  visit.  We  were  determined  to  see  more  of  the 
amazing  country  that  had  accomplished  miracles  in  less  than  thirty  years. 

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Special  thanks  to  Barbara  Gibson,  a  travelling  companion  and  former  nurse,  who 
is  presently  the  History  Librarian  at  the  Woodward  Library;  she  provided 
critical  assistance  and  accuracy  concerning  certain  details. 

Anna  R.  Leith 

Woodward  Biomedical   Library 

September,  1977 


SELECTED  READING  LIST  ON 
THE  PEOPLE'S  REPUBLIC  OF  CHINA 

ALLAN,  Ted  and  Sydney  Gordon.     The  Scalpel,  The  Sword;  The  Story  of  Dr.  Norman 
Bethune.     London,  Hale,  1954. 

BAREFOOT  Doctor's  Manual.     U.S.  Dept.  of  Health,  Education  and  Welfare.     1974 
(DHEW  publication.  No.    (NIH)  75-695).     Translation  of  Ch'ch  chiao  i 
sheng  shere  t'se. 

BLOODWORTH,  Dennis.     Chinese  Looking  Glass.     Hamnondsworth,  Penguin,  1969. 

CHA60T,  H.  T.  J.     "The  Chinese  system  of  health  care".     Trop.  Geogr.  Med.  28(2): 
S87-S134;  June,  1976.     Bibl.   p.  S130-S134. 

CHINA  medicine  as  we  saw  it.     ed.  by  Joseph  R.  Quinn.     Bethesda,  Md.     Nat.   Inst, 
of  Health,  1974. 

DeBAKEY,  Michael   E.     A  Surgeon's  Diary  of  a  Visit  to  China.     Phoenix,  Arizona, 
Phoenix  Newspapers  Inc.,  1974. 

DE  BEAUVOIR,  Simone.     The  Long  March.     Cleveland,  World,  1958. 

DIMOND,  E.  Grey.     More  than  Herbs  and  Acupuncture.     N.Y.,  Norton,     1975. 

FITZGERALD,  Charles  P.     Revolution  in  China.     London,  Cresset,  1952.     (Also  rev. 
ed.  as  Birth  of  Conwunist  China,  Penguin). 

GALSTON.  Arthur  W.  and  Jean  S.  Savage.     Daily  Life  in  People's  China.     N.Y., 
Washington  Sq.  Press,  1975.     (Pocket  Books). 

HAN,  Suyin.     The  Crippled  Tree;  China:     Biography.  History,  Autobiography. 
London,  J.  Cape,  1965.     (also  Bantam  or  Panther). 

HAN,  Suyin.     A  Many-Splendoured  Thing.    London,  J.  Cape,  1952.     (also  Panther). 

HEALTH  Care  in  China:     An  Introduction,     ed.   by  E.   H.   Paterson  and  Susan  B.  Rifkin. 
Geneva  Christian  Medical   Commission,  1974. 


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HINTON,  William.  Fanshen;  a  Documentary  of  Revolution  in  a  Chinese  Village. 
N.Y.,  Random,  1966.  (Vintage). 

LAMPTON,  David  M.  H6alth.  Conflict,  and  the  Chinese •Political  System.  Ann  Arbor, 
U.  of  Mich.  Center  for  Chinese  Studies,  1974.  (Michigan  paers  in  Chinese 
studies  No.  18).  Bibl.  p.  131-146. 

MacLAINE,  Shirley.  You  Can  Get  There  From  Here.  Des  Plaines,  111.,  Bantam,  1976. 

MYDRAL,  Jan.  Report  from  a  Chinese  Village.  Michael  M.  tr.  Pantheon,  1965. 
(also  Signet). 

PUBLIC  Health  in  the  People's  Republic  of  China;  Report  of  a  Conference,  ed.  by 
Myron  E.  Wegman,  Tsung-Li  Lin  and  Elizabeth  R.  Puree!!.  N.Y.,  Josiah  Macy, 
Jr.  Foundation,  1973. 

SI  DEL,  Ruth.  Families  of  Fengsheng:  the  Urban  Life  in  China.  Hammondsworth , 
Penguin,  1974. 

SNOW,  Edgar.  Red  Star  Over  China.  N.Y.,  Grove,  1968. 

STEWART,  Roderick.  Norman  Bethune   Don  Mills,  Ont.,  Fitzhenry  &  Whiteside,  1974. 

TOURIST  Guide  to  China.  Edited  by  China  International  Travel  Service  and  Foreign 
Language  Press.  Peking,  1974. 

TUCHMAN,  Barbara  W.  Stillwell  and  the  American  Experience  in  China,  1911-45. 
■  N.Y.,  McMillan,  1971. 

China  Reconstructs,  China  Pictorial  and  Peking  Review  (editions  in  several  languages) 
are  serials  which  are  published  in  Peking.  Examination  of  recent  issues 
of  China  Reconstructs  or  Peking  Review  provides  the  latest  proclamations 
and  news  for  foreigners  visiting  China  or  living  elsewhere.  China 
Pictorial  is  a  handsome,  coloured  presentation  of  many  aspects  of  life 
in  China. 

September,  1977. 


NEWS  FLASH! 
MLA  CANADIAN  GROUP  MEETING  PLANNED 

The  Canadian  Group  of  the  f^dical  Library  Association  will  again  be  meeting  during 
the  MLA  Annual  Meeting.  It  has  been  scheduled  as  a  breakfast  meeting,  June  13, 
1978,  0700  -  0900  hours.  Unfortunately,  this  information  was  inadvertently 
omitted  from  the  preliminary  program  which  will  be  published  in  the  February  issue  ■ 
of  the  MLA  News.  Notice  of  the  time,  date  and  place  of  the  meeting  will  appear  in  |j 
the  registration  packet  and  final  program. 


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MANITOBA  HEALTH  CONFERENCE 

The  Manitoba  Health  Organizations,  a  co-operative  of  hospital  and  health  care 
institutions,  holds  a  health  conference  in  November  of  ewery  year.  The  annual 
conference  is  a  three  day  continuing  education  event  for  health  workers  in 
Manitoba  which  consists  of  v/orkshops  and  lectures  on  a  wide  variety  of  topics. 
This  year,  in  response  to  a  growing  Interest  in,  and  a  need  for,  libraries  in 
small,  rural  facilities,  the  conference  Included  a  workshop  on  the  development 
of  hospital  libraries.  It  was  co-ordinated  by  Mrs.  R.  Kroeker,  Consultant 
Librarian  for  Grace  and  Concordia  Hospitals  in  Winnipeg  and  Ms.  S.  Langlands, 
Extension  Librarian,  University  of  Manitoba  Medical  Library. 

The  daylong  workshop,  which  covered  only  the  rudiments  of  library  organization 
and  development,  was  quite  successful,  tlineteen  people,  from  medical  records 
technicians  to  inservice  officers  and  hospital  adninistrators  participated. 
Almost  all  indicated  an  interest  in  a  follow-up  workshop  as  part  of  next  year's 
conferences . 

Sandra  Langlands 
University  of  Manitoba 


NLM  CARD  SETS  AVAILABLE 


A  firm  in  Connecticut  is  in  the  business  of  producing  complete  sets  of  NLM 
catalog  cards.  The  sets  come  with  MeSH  and  are  available  for  $1.49  per  set, 
$2.49  per  set  when  the  set  Includes  continuation  cards.  Orders  can  be 
submitted  in  card  or  list  form.  They  claim  that  orders  are  shipped  within 
two  weeks.  Invoicing  upon  shipment,  with  payment  in  thirty  days.  For  more 
information,  call  or  write:  Medical  Library  Service,  Inc. 

364  Green  Hill  Road 

Madison,  Ct.  06443 


Telephone:  (203)  245-1388 


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CLINICAL  LIBRARIANS  -  WHO  ARE  YOU? 

At  sharing  sessions  on  clinical  librarianship  at  the  MLA  Annual  Meeting  in  Seattle 
in  June  1977  and  the  NAHSL  Meeting  in  Montreal  in  October  1977  a  need  was  expressed 
by  those  interested  in  clinical  librarianship  to  know  about  each  other.  Since 
clinical  librarianship  is  a  new  field,  particularly  in  Canada,  it  was  felt  that 
the  sharing  of  interests  and  experiences  would  be  valuable  to  all  of  us. 

If  you  are  interested  in  clinical  librarianship  or  if  you  have  had  experience  in 
the  field,  you  are  asked  to  fill  out  the  form  below.  The  responses  will  be  used 
to  set  up  a  list  of  resource  people  in  clinical  librarianship.  The  listing  will 
allow  librarians  who  enquire  in  the  future  to  be  alerted  to  resource  people  in 
their  own  geographical  area  and  will  serve  as  the  basis  for  future  communication 
between  clinical  librarians  in  Canada. 

Thank  you  and  I  will  look  forward  to  hearing  from  you.  A  selective  listing  of 
references  on  clinical  librarianship  follows. 

Algermissen,  Virginia.  Biomedical  librarians  in  a  patient  care  setting  at  the 
University  of  Missouri -Kansas  City  School  of  Medicine.  Bulletin  of  the 
Medical  Library  Assoc.  62(4):  354-8,  Oct.  K<7'^. 

And  now  "clinical  librarians"  on  rounds.  Journal  of  the  American  Medical  Assoc. 
230(4):  521,  Oct.  28,  1974. 

Clinical  librarians  now  accompany  physicians  on  rounds.  National  Library  of 
Medicine  News.  No.  11,  p.  3,  1974. 

Colianni,  Lois  A.  Clinical  medical  librarians  in  a  private  teaching  hospital 

setting.  Bulletin  of  the  Medical  Library  Assoc.  63:  410-11,  Oct.  1975. 

Librarians  on  rounds.  American  Libraries.  Dec.  1974.  p.  593. 

Medical  librarians  accompany  physicians  on  medical  rounds.  News  and  Features 
from  N.I.H.  Oct.  25,  1974.  p.  11-12. 

Marshall,  Joanne  G.  A  Proposal  to  Establish  a  Clinical  Librarian  Program  at 
McMaster  University  Medical  Centre.  Health  Sciences  Libraries  in 
Canada.  7(7):  1-5,  1976. 

New  roles  for  health  sciences  librarians  -  4;  clinical  librarians  at  Hartford, 
MLA  News  No.  60,  p.  5,  Nov.  1974. 

Roach,  A.  A.  and  Addington,  W.  W.  The  effects  of  an  information  specialist  on  I 
patient  care  and  medical  education.  Journal  of  Medical  Education  ¥ 
50:  176-80,  Feb.  1975. 

Staudt,  C.  Clinical  Librarians  program;  an  attempt  at  evaluation.  Bulletin  of 
the  Medical  Library  Association  64:  236-8,  April  1976. 


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Joanne  Marshall 

Health  Sciences  Library 

McMaster  University 


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STATISTICS  CANADA    STATISTIQUE  CANADA 
USER  SERVICES  ASS  I  STANCE- UTILjZATElJRS 


The  concept  of  a  "national  statistical 
system"  in  Canada  includes  the  statis- 
tical activities  of  all   levels  of 
Government  (federal,  provincial  and 
municipal),  the  private  sector  and  the 
academic  world.     Statistics  Canada  plays 
the  central   role  in  this  system  and 
produces  most  of  the  country's  statis- 
tical  information. 

Originally  created  as  the  Dominion 
Bureau  of  Statistics  in  1918,  the  man- 
date is  to  "collect,  compile,  analyze, 
abstract  and  publish  statistical  Infor- 
mation on    all  aspects  of  Canada's 
economy  and  society".     The  name  of  the 
organization  was  changed  In  1971  to 
"Statistics  Canada",  but  the  mandate 
has  remained  the  same. 

The  structure  of  Statistics  Canada  was 
re-organizaed  in  1973  to  strengthen  the 
organization  and  to  make  the  Bureau  more 
sensitive'to  the  needs  of  data  users. 
One  of  the  most  important  aspects  of  the 
re-organization  was  the  creation  of  a 
Marketing  Services  Field  headed  by  an 
Assistant  Chief  Statistician.     This 
Field  is  the  focus  of  the  Bureau's 
marketing  activities  in  the  dissemination 
of  information  and  the  explaining  of 
Statistics  Canada's  role  to  the  public. 

The  User  Advisory  Services  Division  is 
part  of  the  Marketing  Services  Field  and 
Is  charged  with  several  responsibilities: 

1.  To  provide  inquiry  services  for 
statistical  users  across  Canada. 

2.  To  encourage  the  use  of  statistical 
Information  in  Canada. 

3.  To  develop  feedback  mechanisms  from 
statistical  users  to  the  Bureau. 

4.  To  serve  as  the  focal  point  for  co- 
operative programs  and  discussions 
between  the  Provincial  Governments 
and  Statistics  Canada. 


Le  concept  d'un  "syst&me  statistique 
national"  au  Canada  s'^tend  J  I'activit^ 
statistique  de  tous  les  niveaux  de  gou- 
vernement  (f^d^ral ,  provincial  et 
municipal),  du  secteur  priv6  et  des 
milieux    universitaires.     Statistique 
Canada  occupe  la  place  centrale  dans  ce 
systfime  et  produit  la  plupart  des  ren- 
seignements  statistique  du  pays. 

Statistique  Canada,  qui  s'appelait  Bureau 
f^d^ral  de  la  statistique  au  moment  de  sa 
creation  en  1918,  a  pour  mandat  de 
"recueillir,  6tablir,  analyser,  rfisumer 
et  publier  des  renseignements  statistiques" 
sur  tous  les  aspects  de  I'economie  et  de  la 
socl^t^  canadienne.     L'organisme  est  devenu 
"Statistique  Canada"  en  1971,  mais  son 
mandat  n'a  pas  change. 

Une  restructuration  de  Statistique  Canada 
en  1973  a  renforc6  1 'organisation  et  a 
rendu  le  bureau  plus  sensible  aux  besoins 
des  utilisateurs  de  donn^es.     L'un  des 
aspects  les  plus  importants  de  cette  re- 
organisation a  6x£  la  creation  d'un  Secteur 
des  services  de  promotion  et  de  diffusion, 
dirig6  par  un  statisticien  en  chef  adjoint. 
Ce  Secteur  est  au  centre  du  travail  de 
promotion  du  bureau  en  ce  qui  concerne  la 
diffusion  de  renseignements  et  I'explication 
du  rOle  de  Statistique  Canada. 

La  Division  de  1 'Assistance-utilisateurs  fait 
partie  du  Secteur  des  services  de  promotion 
et  de  diffusion  et  est  charg^e  de  plusieurs 
responsab1lit6s: 

1.  Assurer  un  service  de  renseignements  aux 
utilisateurs  de  statistiques  dans  tout 
le  Canada. 

2.  Encourager  1 'utilisation  de  renseignements 
statistiques  au  Canada. 

3.  Etablir  des  m^canismes  de  retour  d' infor- 
mation de  la  part  des  utilisateures  de 
statistique. 

4.  Servir  de  point  de  contact  pour  les 
programmes  de  collaboration  et  les 
entretiens  entre  les  gouvernements  pro- 
vinciaux  et  Statistique  Canada. 


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5.  To  undertake  market  research  to  better 
understand  and  meet  the  needs  of  data 
users. 

The  User  Advisory  Services  Division  main- 
tains Regional  Offices  in  eight  cities 
across  the  country.  Each  Regional  Office 
maintains  a  library  of  Statistics  Canada 
and  related  material  in  addition  to  a 
knowledgeable  inquiries  staff  who  respond 
to  requests  for  statistical  data,  and 
offer  advice  on  the  meaning  and  uses  of 
the  data.  Over  100,000  requests  for 
information  are  answered  each  year, 
mostly  by  telephone. 

Each  Regional  Office  also  has  Regional 
Advisors  who  perform  local  liaison 
activities  between  Statistics  Canada  and 
provincial  and  local  government,  the 
business  conmunity  and  academic  insti- 
tutions. The  Regional  Advisors  promote 
the  use  of  statistical  data  through 
visits,  talks  and  meetings,  as  well  as 
helping  people  get  in  touch  with  the 
proper  subject  matter  experts  in  Ottawa. 
Other  features,  of  a  Regional  Office  of 
User  Advisory  Services,  include  the 
development  and  implementation  of  feed- 
back programs  to  keep  the  Bureau 
informed  of  data  users'  needs  and 
problems,  and  direct  terminal  access  to 
the  bureau's  computer  database  -  CANSIM. 

See  below. 


5.  Faire  des  Etudes  de  marchd  pour 
comprendre  les  besoins  des  utili- 
sateurs  de  donn^es  et  mieux  y  r^pondre. 

La  Division  de  I'Assistance-utilisateurs 
a  des  bureaux  rigionaux  dans  huit  villes 
du  pays.  Chaque  bureau  regional  est  dot6 
d'une  biblioth&que  de  publications  de 
Statistique  Canada  et  de  textes  semblables 
et  dispose  d'un  personnel  competent  charg§ 
de  donner  suite  aux  demandes  de  renseigne- 
ments  statistiques  et  de  donner  des  conseil^ 
sur  la  signification  et  les  utilisations 
des  donn^es.  Ce  personnel  r^pond  ^   plus  de 
100,000  demandes  de  renseignements  par  an, 
le  plus  souvent  par  t^l^phone. 


Chaque  bureau  regional  a  dgalement  ses  con- 
seillers  regionaux,  qui  font  du  travail  dc 
liaison  localement  entre  Statistique  Canada 
et  les  gouvernements  provinciaux  et  les 
administrations  locales,  le  monde  des 
affaires  et  les  ^tablissements  d'enseigne- 
ment.  Des  conseillers  regionaux  font  la 
promotion  des  donn^es  statistiques  au  moyen 
de  visites,  de  causeries  et  de  reunions  et 
aident  les  gens  cl  entrer  en  contact  avec 
les  fonctionnaires  comp6tents  el  Ottawa. 
Parmi  les  autres  traits  caract6ristiques 
d'un  bureau  regional  des  Services  d'Assis- 
tance-utilisateurs,  il  faut  mentionner 
1 '^tablissement  et  la  mise  en  oeuvre  de 
programmes  de  retour  d' information  pour 
tenir  le  bureau  au  courant  des  besoins  et 
des  probl^mes  des  utilisateurs  de  donnfies 
et  la  possibilite  d'acc^s  direct  par 
terminal  I  la  base  des  donn^es  m^cano- 
graphiques  de  Statistique  Canada:  CANSIM. 

Voir  au  verso. 


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REGIONAL  USER  ADVISORY  SERVICES 


Central   Inquiries 

Service, 

Statistics  Canada, 

Ottawa,  Ontario. 

KIA  0T6 

(613)  992-2959;  992-4734 

St.  John's 

Statistics  Canada 

P.O.  Box  8556, 

3rd  Floor, 

Viking  Building, 

Crosbie  Road, 

St.  John's,  Newfoundland. 

AlB  3P2 

(709)   726-0713. 

Halifax 

Statistics  Canada 
1256  Barrington  Street, 
Halifax,  Nova  Scotia. 
B3J  1Y6. 
(902)  426-5331 

Montreal 

Statistics  Canada, 
Alexis  Nihon  Plaza, 
1500  Atwater  Avenue, 
Montreal ,  P.Q. 
H3Z  1Y2. 
(514)283-5725. 


Toll-free  access  to  the  Halifax  Office 
is  available  from  Charlottetown,  Moncton, 
Saint  John  and  Sydney  by  calling  the 
operator  and  asking  for  ZENITH  22066. 
Throughout  Saskatchewan  the  Regina  office 
can  be  reached  by  dialing  1-800-667-3524 
and  in  Alberta  the  Edmonton  office  can  be 
reached  at  1-800-222-6400. 


Toronto 

Statistics  Canada 

25  St.  Clair  Avenue  East, 

Toronto,  Ontario. 

M4T  1M4 

(416)  966-6586. 

Winnipeg 

Statistics  Canada, 
Room  500, 

General  Post  Office, 
266  Graham  Avenue, 
Winnipeg,  Manitoba. 
R3C  0K4 
(204)  985-4020. 

Regi  na 

Statistics  Canada, 

530  Midtown  Centre, 

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STATISTICS  CANADA: 
NATIONAL  HEALTH  DATA 


STATISTIQUE  CANADA: 
DONN^ES  NATIONALES  SUR  LA  SANTf 


The  Health  Division  of  Statistics  Canada 
is  responsible  for  the  preparation  and 
maintenance  of  numerous  national  health 
data  series.     Data  are  obtained  from  a 
variety  of  sources  including  individual 
respondents,  health  care  institutions, 
provincial   governments,  voluntary 
agencies  and  national  associations. 
Data  elements  within  the  series  cover  a 
wide  range  of  health  related  information 
as  well  as  basic  socio-economic  and 
demographic  data.     The  health  related 
components  include  such  areas  as  vital 
statistics  (births,  deaths,  marriages 
and  divorces),  patient  hospitalization 
Information,  special  disease  registries 
(e.g.,  cancer,  TB,  etc.),  health  man- 
power occupation  groups,  as  well  as  an 
extensive  series  on  the  functional  and 
financial  characteristics  of  insti- 
tutions operating  within  the  health  care 
delivery  system.     For  more  details  on 
the  type  of  data  available  consult  the 
Statistics  Canada  Catalogue.     The  Health 
series  are  described  in  catalogue 
numbers  82-000  to  84-000  inclusive. 

Data  are  obtained  in,  or  converted  to 
machine-readable  form  by  Statistics 
Canada,  which  performs  rigorous  edits 
and  adjustments  to  establish  statistical 
reliability.     The  series,  some  dating 
as  far  back  as  1961,  are  stored  and 
maintained  on  magnetic  tape. 

Statistics  Canada  has,  from  the 
outset,  followed  the  policy  of  making 
copies  of  their  edited  tapes 
available  to  provincial  suppliers  of 
data.     Many  provinces  have  taken 
advantage  of  this  policy  to  secure 
copies  of  their  data  for  subsequent 
manipulation.     Similarly,  researchers 
and  others  with  interest  in  the  health 
field  have  been  provided  access  to 
certain  of  these  tape  files,  subject 
to  the  secrecy  provisions  of  the 
Statistics  Act.      In  cases  where 
potential   individual  disclosure  exists, 
tape  copies  are  carefully  stripped  of 
identifying  information  before  being 
released. 


La  Division  de  la  Sant^  de  Statistique 
Canada  est  charg^e  d'^tablir  et  de  tenir 
i  jour  plusieurs  series  de  donn^es  sur  la 
sant6  dans  1 'ensemble  du  pays.     Ces 
donn^es  proviennent  de  di verses  sources 
notariment  du  r^pondant  individuel,  des 
^tablisements  de  soins  m^dicaux,  des 
gouvernements  provlnciaux,  des  organismes 
b^n^voles  et  des  associations  nationales. 
Les  ^16nents  des  donn^es  d'une  m&iie  sfirie 
couvrent  une  vaste  gamme  de  renseignements 
relatifs  I  la  sant^  et  comprennent 
^galernent  des  donn^es  socio-^conomiques 
et  d6mographiques  fondamentales.     Les 
composantes  ayant  trait  21  la  sant6 
couvrent  des  domaines  comnie  les  statis- 
tiques  d'etat  civil    (naissances,  d^cfes, 
marl  ages  et  divorces),  les  renseignements 
sur  les  patients  hospitalises,  les 
registres  o^  s'inscrivent  certaines 
maladies  (corime  le  cancer,  la  tuberculose, 
etc.),  les  groupes  de  professions  du 
domaine  de  la  sant^  de  m§me  qu'une  s^rie 
exhaustive  de  caract^ristlaues  d'exploi- 
tation  et  financi&res  des  etablissements 
qui  fonctionment a  I'lnterieur  de  regime 
de  presentation  des  soins  m^dicaux.     Pour 
ob tenir  plus  de  details  concernant  le  type 
de  donn^es  disponibles,  consulter  le 
catalogue  de  Statistique  Canada.     Les 
series  sur  la  sant^  se  trouvent  dans  les 
publications  portant  les  num^ros  82-000 
i  84-000  incliisivement. 

Les  donn^es  s'obtiennent  ou  sont  con- 
verties  sous  forme  ordinolingue  par 
Statistique  Canada  qui  procSde  3  des  veri- 
fications et  i  des  rajustements  rigoureux 
visant  i  etablir  une  bonne  fiabilite 
statistique.     Les  series,  dont  certaines 
datent  de  1961,  sont  emmagasinees  et 
conserv^es  sur  bandes  magnetoscopiques. 

Depuis  le  debut,  Statistique  Canada  ^ 
respecte  une  politique  de  cooperation  en 
remettant  aux  fournisseurs  des  donnees, 
dans  les  provinces,  les  copies  verifiees 
de  leurs  bandes  d'ordinateur.     Bon  nombre 
de  provinces  ont  profite  de  cette  politique 
pour  en  obtenir  des  exemplaires  en  vue 
d'une  eventuelle  utilisation  ulterieure. 
Les  chercheurs  et  autres  personnes  qui 


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Machine  readable  files  are  supplied 
on  a  high  speed  magnetic  tape 
provided  by  the  user.  Detailed 
documentation  is  provided  for  each 
tape  and  in  certain  instances 
existing  Statistics  Canada  extraction 
soft-ware  can  also  be  supplied. 

Special  requests  for  data  files 
requiring  additional  manipulation  or 
non-standard  outputs  may  require  that 
the  work  be  performed  on  a  cost 
recovery  basis.  These  requests  are 
subject  to  the  resource  limitations 
within  the  ongoing  Health  Division 
operations. 

With  many  years  of  data  already  in 
machine-readable  form,  enquiries 
regarding  access  to  these  files  by 
researchers  and  others  with 
legitimate  interests  are  welcome. 
For  further  details,  contact  Dr.  J. 
Hauser,  Director,  Health  Division, 
Statistics  Canada,  R.  H.  Coats 
Building,  Ottawa,  telephone 
(613)  995-0780. 


s'int^ressent  au  domaine  de  la  sant^  ont 
^galement  acc&s  ^  certain  de  ces  fichiers 
tl  condition  qu'ils  se  conforment  aux 
dispositions  de  la  Loi  sur  la  statistique 
portant  sur  le  secret.  Pour  ^viter  toute 
divulgation  de  renseignements  individuels, 
les  reproductions  de  bandes  magn^tiques 
sont  soigneusement  d^pouill^es  de  tout 
renseignement  pouvant  permettre  d'identi- 
fier  qui  que  ce  soit  avant  d'§tre  mises 
en  circulation. 

Les  fichiers  ordinolingues  sont 
transcrits  sur  des  bandes  magn^tiques  5 
haute  Vitesse  fournies  par  1 'utilisateur. 
Chaque  bande  est  accompagn^e  d'une 
documentation  detail 16e  et  dans  certains 
cas  on  peut  offrir  le  logiciel 
d'extraction  d^j2l  en  place  5  Statistique 
Canada. 

Dans  certain:  "as  le  travail  devra  §tre 
effectue  contre  remboursement  des  frais, 
lorsqu'il  s'agit  de  demandes  speciales 
de  fichiers  de  donnees  qui  exigent  des 
operations  supplementaires  ou  des  sorties 
non  normal i sees.  Ces  demandes  sont 
remplies  dans  les  li mites  des  resources 
disponibles  dans  le  cadre  des  operations 
courantes  de  la  Division  de  la  sant§. 


Etant  donne  I'abondance  des  donnees  qui 
sont  conserv^es  sous  forme  ordinolingue 
depuis  quelques  temps  d§j3i,  c'est  avec 
plaisir  que  nous  accueillerons  les 
demandes  de  tout  chercheur  ou  toute 
personne  dont  les  int^r§ts  dans  ce  domaine 
sont  fond^s.  Pri&re  de  contacter  M.  J. 
Hauser,  directeur  de  la  Division  de  la 
sant6,  Statistique  Canada,  Immeuble  R.  H. 
Coats,  Ottawa,  Ontario,  t^l^phone 
(613)  995-0780. 


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V 

I 


THE  tlANITOBA  HEALTH  LIBRARIES  ASSOCIATION 

The  Manitoba  Health  Libraries  Association  has  been  in  existence  just  one  year. 
In  that  short  time  MHLA  members  have  recognized  the  benefits  of  co-operating 
closely  with  other  libraries  and  as  a  result  have  initiated  a  number  of 
important  projects  that  will  affect  the  health  library  scene  in  Manitoba.  At 
the  October  17th  meeting  a  number  of  these  projects  were  discussed. 

First  and  foremost  was  the  decision  of  the  Association  to  establish  a  union 
list  of  periodicals  held  by  health  libraries  in  Manitoba.  Early  in  1976  each 
MHLA  library  drew  up  a  list  of  its  journal  titles,  sans  holdings,  and  dis- 
tributed it  to  member  libraries.  These  lists,  although  helpful,  have  pointed 
out  the  need  for  a  more  complete  listing  of  health  related  periodicals.  The 
Association  has  therefore  struck  a  committee  to  develop  guidelines  and  a  format 
for  a  union  list.  Provincial  funding  is  being  sought  to  support  the  clerical 
functions  which  the  task  will  entail. 

In  response  to  the  Interest  of  MHLA  members  past  president  Mrs.  R.  Kroeker 
approached  Red  River  Community  College  teaching  staff  about  establishing  a 
course  on  health  libraries.  "Itorking  in  Health  Libraries",  a  diploma  course, 
will  be  offered  in  the  new  year  to  graduate  technicians  and  those  that  have 
health  library  experience. 

The  membership  also  agreed  that  further  information  should  be  sought  with 
regards  to  becoming  a  group  or  regional  member  of  CHLA/ABSC. 

Finally,  the  Association  decided  that  in  the  future  a  series  of  workshops 
geared  to  the  needs  and  interests  of  the  membership  will  be  prepared. 

Sandra  Langlands 
University  of  Manitoba 


CANADIAN  MEDICAL  SCHOOL  LIBRARY 
ADMINISTRATORS  MEET 

The  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Association  of  Canadian  Medical  Colleges  was  held  from 
October  1  -  4,  1977  in  Montreal,  Canada.  This  group  is  representative  of  the 
medical  schools  of  Canada  and  their  teaching  hospitals.  Representatives  from 
federal  and  provincial  governments  as  well  as  from  the  American  analog,  the 
Association  of  American  Medical  Colleges,  also  participate  in  this  annual  meeting, 
The  Association  has  a  number  of  Standing  and  Special  Resource  Committees.  One  of 
the  Special  Resource  Committees  is  the  Committee  on  Medical  School  Libraries, 
consisting  of  the  administrative  libraries  of  Canada's  sixteen  medical  colleges 
and  librarian  representatives  from  Canada's  Department  of  Health  and  Welfare 
Library  and  from  the  Health  Sciences  Resources  Centre  of  the  Canada  Institute  for 
Scientific  and  Technical  information. 


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Over  the  past  year  the  activities  of  this  committee  of  medical  library  adminis- 
trators have  focussed  upon  the  National  Library  of  Canada  and  the  current  review 
of  its  goals  and  objectives  by  the  National  Librarian  of  Canada.  The  Canada 
Institute  for  Scientific  and  Technical  Information  functions  on  the  federal 
level  as  Canada's  national  science  library,  and  the  Director  of  the  Canada 
Institute  was  also  involved  in  this  current  review  of  priorities  by  the  Nationc 
Librarian.  The  Special  Resource  Committee  on  Medical  School  Libraries  prepared 
two  sets  of  comments  and  recommendations  for  this  review:  one  to  the  National 
Librarian  of  Canada,  Dr.  Guy  Sylvestre,  and  one  to  Dr.  Jack  Brown,  Director  of 
the  Canada  Institute  for  Scientific  and  Technical  Information.  The  Committee 
felt  especially  involved  with  the  statement  regarding  the  Canada  Institute  for 
Scientific  and  Technical  Information  as  we  were  the  only  group  preparing  a 
statement  concerned  solely  with  the  services  and  role  of  the  Canada  Institute. 

The  Committee  submitted  seven  recommendations  to  the  Director  of  the  Canada 
Institute  for  Scientific  and  Technical  Information.  Among  these  were  the 
development  of  a  Canadian  biomedical  library  network  supported  by  regional 
improvement  grants,  the  accelerated  development  of  scientific  collections  at  the 
national  level,  the  more  rapid  availability  of  the  full  array  of  services  offered 
by  the  U.S.  National  Library  of  Medicine  to  foreign  consumers  of  NLM's  services, 
and  the  establishment  of  an  advisory  committee.  During  the  recent  Montreal 
meeting  Dr.  Jack  Brown  accepted  the  Invitation  to  meet  and  discuss  these  recommen- 
dations. During  the  course  of  Sunday  afternoon's  sessi»  ' ,  Dr.  Brown  delineated 
the  priorities  and  restrictions  under  which  the  Canada  Institute  operates.  He 
reviewed  the  positive  and  negative  aspects  of  the  federal  library  situation  and 
emphasized  the  ongoing  concern  with  collections  development  and  the  adeiquacy  of 
the  budget  in  support  of  collections.  He  discussed  the  monitoring  of  Canadian 
journals  indexed  in  Index  Medicus.  (Canada  is  in  a  unique  situation  here.  The 
indexing  of  Canadian  medical  periodicals  for  Index  Medicus  and  MEDLINE  is  done 
at  the  National  Library  of  Medicine  rather  than  in  Canada,  unlike  most  "foreign" 
MEDLINE  users  who  provide  their  own  indexing).  Dr.  Brown  also  discussed  the 
"make  or  buy"  philosophy  of  library  services  and  operations  at  the  federal  level. 

The  Committee  had  also  recommended  the  establishment  of  an  Advisory  Committee  to 
the  Health  Sciences  Resources  Centre  to  guarantee  the  continuation  of  the  rapport 
established  between  the  Centre  and  the  community  of  health  sciences  librarians. 
Dr.  Brown  accepted  this  recommendation  and  is  acting  immediately  to  establish 
such  an  advisory  committee.  The  Chairman  of  the  Committee  was  charged  with 
obtaining  names  from  the  appropriate  bodies  representing  health  science  libraries 
in  Canada:  The  Canadian  Health  Libraries  Association,  the  Canadian  Group  of  the 
Medical  Library  Association,  L'Association  pour  1 'Avancement  des  Sciences  et  des 
Techniques  de  la  Documentation,  Section  de  la  Sant^,  and  the  originator  of  these 
recommendations,  the  Special  Resource  Committee  on  Medical  School  Libraires  of 
the  Association  of  Canadian  Medical  Colleges. 

During  the  course  of  its  two  day  meeting  the  Committee  also  received  reports  from 
the  Head  of  the  Health  Sciences  Resources  Centre,  Mr.  Philippe  Lemay  and  from  Mrs. 
Valerie  Monkhouse,  representing  Mrs.  Martha  Stone  who  is  Chief  of  Departmental 
Library  Services,  Health  and  Welfare,  Canada.  The  annual  library  statistical 
compilations  were  also  reviewed  and  considerable  discussion  revolved  around  the 
ranking  of  libraries  by  size  in  publishing  the  annual  statistics  relating  to 
medical  school  libraries  in  Canada. 


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The  Committee  also  enjoyed  two  further  presentations.  Dr.  Philip  Teigen,  History 
of  Medicine  Librarian,  Osier  Library,  discussed  the  rationalization  and  adminis- 
tration of  historical  medical  collections.  The  present  status,  contents  and 
concerns  surrounding  the  Working  Paper  on  copyright  were  reviewed  by  Mr.  Alan 
MacDonald,  Health  Sciences  Librarian,  Dalhousie  University.  Mr.  MacDonald  is 
the  Special  Resource  Cormittee's  representative  on  the  Copyright  Liaison  Group  of 
the  Canadian  Library  Association. 

One  of  the  additional  benefits  to  medical  library  administrators  who  have  parti- 
cipated in  the  annual  meeting  has  been  the  opportunity  to  visit  medical  libraries 
in  a  variety  of  Canadian  locations.  This  year,  the  Association  of  Canadian 
Medical  Colleges  determined,  largely  for  reasons  of  econorny,  partly  for  travel 
convenience,  to  limit  the  meeting  sites  to  the  central  part  of  Canada.  Meetings 
will  henceforth  be  limited  to  Montreal,  Toronto  and  Winnipeg.  Some  regret  was 
expressed  by  participating  librarians  on  the  loss  of  this  opportunity  to  become 
familiar  with  Canadian  medical  libraries  throughout  the  country. 

Frances  Groen 

Chairman,  Special  Resources  Committee 

on  Medical  School  Libraries 

Association  of  Canadian  Medical  Colleges 

and 

Life  Sciences  Area  Librarian 

McGill  University 


POT  POURRI  -  COLLEAGUES,  LIBRARIES 

Linda  Harvey  has  recently  returned  to  the  Kellogg  Health  Sciences  Library  of 
Dalhousie  after  a  twelve  month  study  leave  and  leave  of  absence.  Her  leave  was 
spent  in  London,  England  where  she  investigated  the  services  provided  by  libraries 
serving  the  Royal  College  of  Nurses,  the  Queen's  Institute  of  District  Nursing,  the 
Royal  College  of  Midwives,  the  Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Great  Britain,  and  the 
King's  Fund  Centre.  In  addition,  she  visited  several  hospital -based  drug  infor- 
mation centres  to  learn  about  the  provision  of  drug  information  from  such  centres 
as  well  as  other  practical  problems.  She  brings  this  valuable  experience  back  to 
Kellogg  where  she  has  assumed  the  duties  of  Head,  Information  Services. 

Joe  Lavery  has  been  appointed  Head  of  Technical  Services  at  the  Health  Sciences 
Library,  Memorial  University  of  Nev/foundland.  He  comes  to  Memorial  from  the  Main 
Library  of  Agriculture  Canada  in  Ottawa  where  he  has  been  serving  as  Assistant  Head 
of  Acquisitions.  Prior  to  his  Ottawa  appointment,  he  was  a  Research  Station 
Librarian  with  the  sane  department  in  Summerland,  B.C.  Joe's  undergraduate 
training  was  in  the  biological  sciences  at  the  University  of  Alberta.  He  earned  a 
B.L.S.  from  the  University  of  Toronto.  He  brings  with  him  some  ten  years  of  varied 
professional  experience  and  will  make  a  valuable  contribution  to  the  Library  which 
he  plans  to  join  in  early  January  of  1978. 

Joanne  Marshall  has  been  on  leave  from  the  Health  Sciences  Library  of  McMaster 
University  and  plans  to  return  to  her  position  on  January  1,  1978.  She  has  been 
living  in  Montreal  with  her  husband  who  is  on  sabbatical  leave.  Her  own  project  has 
involved  a  clinical  study  as  part  of  the  requirement  for  a  Master  of  Health  Sciences 
degree. 

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Memorial  University  of  Newfourtdland  reports  that  a  new  section  of  its  Health 
Sciences  Library  has  recently  been  opened.  The  Library,  formerly  called  the 
Medical  Library,  was  recently  renamed  as  it  assumed  responsibility  for  serving 
the  M.U.N.  School  of  Nursing  in  late  summer.  The  new  wing  forms  the  second 
portion  of  a  plan  that  will  see  the  Library  completed  in  three  stages.  This 
second  stage  adds  54  reader  stations  with  75  double  face  stack  sections. 
Ultimately,  the  Library  will  feature  some  316  sears  for  users  with  stacking  for 
approximately  110,000  volumes. 


JOB  MARKET 

QUEBEC 

The  Medical  Library  of  McGill  University  is  presently  looking  for  a  Computer 
Services  Librarian.  This  position  is  classified  as  Librarian  2  and  the  starting 
salary  is  $14,560  per  annum.  The  position  reports  directly  to  the  Head  of  Public 
Services  and  the  person  appointed  will  have  primary  responsibility  for  the  pro- 
vision of  computer-based  bibliographic  services  to  all  users  of  the  Medical 
Library.  The  services  offered  at  the  tr^esent  are  those  from  the  U.S.  National 
Library  of  Medicine  (Medicine  and  its  associated  data  Im-'^s),  CAN/OLE  and  CAN/SDI 
from  the  Canada  Institute  for  Scientific  and  Technical  Information  and  several  of 
the  data  bases  offered  by  the  Systems  Development  Corporation  and  Lockheed  such 
as  CAIN,  Psychological  Abstracts,  Bio.n's  Previews,  and  CA  Condensates.  The 
position  requires  a  knowledge  of  spoken  French,  a  library  science  degree  from  an 
accredited  Library  School  and  at  least  one  of  the  following:  Two  years  of 
experience  in  a  Medical  Library,  completion  of  a  one  year  post-graduate  medical 
librarianship  intern  program,  two  years  of  library  experience,  at  least  one  of 
which  involved  on-line  searching  or  subject  specialization  in  the  field  of  life 
sciences.  This  position  will  open  on  September  1,  1977  and  applications  or 
requests  for  further  information  should  be  addressed  to:  Claire  Turnbull,  Head 
of  Public  Services,  Medical  Library,  McGill  University,  3655  Drummond  Street, 
Montreal,  H3G  1Y6.  Starting  date  for  this  position  is  as  soon  as  possible. 

The  Macdonald  College  Library  of  McGill  University  is  looking  for  a  Public  Services 
Librarian,  Librarian  II  level.  This  position  is  responsible  for  Public  Services, 
performs  reference  tasks,  including  orientation  and  user  education  and  computer 
based  bibliographic  searches.  Assists  in  the  selection  of  reference  books  and  A/V 
materials.  Qualifications  for  this  position  are:  Undergraduate  degree  in  a  life 
science  preferred.  BLS/MLS  from  ALA  accredited  library  school.  Minimum  3  years 
experience,  one  at  least  in  reference,  some  in  supervisory  capacity.  On-line 
searching  expertise  preferred.  Conversational  and  reading  knowledge  of  French  an 
asset.  Other  European  languages  useful.  Apply  to:  Mrs.  M.  M.  Wright,  Librarian, 
Macdonald  College  Library,  Macdonald  College,  Ste.  Anne  de  Bellevue,  Que.  Tel.: 
457-6580  loc.  211.  Salary:  $14,290  per  annum. 


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McGill  University,  Life  Sciences  Library  invites  applications  for  the  position 
of  Head.  Nursing  Library,  at  the  Librarian  III  level  in  the  Life  Sciences 
Library.  Full  tine  position.  Nature  of  duties:  Under  the  general  supervision 
of  the  Life  Sciences  Area  Librarian,  the  Nursing  Librarian  is  responsible  for 
the  organization,  operation,  and  administration  of  the  Nursing  Library.  Areas 
of  responsibility  include  circulation,  reference,  audio-visual  services  and 
collections  development  as  well  as  budget  preparation  and  monitoring.  Close 
working  relations  with  the  School  of  Nursing  are  an  essential  aspect  of  the  work 
of  the  Nursing  Librarian.  Qualifications:  BLS  or  MLS  plus  three  years  pro- 
fessional librarian  experience  in  either  public  or  technical  services,  at  least 
one  year  to  include  supervisory  experience.  Salary:  $16,040.  Apply  in  writing 
to:  Mrs.  Frances  Groen,  Life  Sciences  Area  Librarian,  3655  Drummond  Street, 
Montreal,  Que.  H36  1Y6. 


NOTED  IN  THE  LITERATURE 


Bulletin  of  the 


Kamenoff,  Lovisa 

Retention  of  Journals  in  a  Community  Hospital  Library. 
Medical  Library  Association.  65:  446-447,  October,  1977. 

This  is  a  brief  article  of  primary  interest  to  hospital  libraries  and  librarians. 
The  author  reports  on  an  in-house  study  which  evaluated  use  of  a  hospital  journal 
collection  in  order  to  arrive  at  rational  decisions  regarding  retention  policies. 
The  library  under  study  found  that  there  were  some  twenty  journals  in  its  col- 
lection where  use  warranted  retention  policies  of  fifteen  years  or  longer.  The 
author  argues  against  accepting  the  arbitrary  standard  of  five  or  ten  years  and 
suggests  that  each  hospital  library  must  define  its  own  use  pattern  before  estab- 
lishing a  retention  policy. 

-  R.  B.  Fredericksen 


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Health  Sciences  Library 
McMaster  University 
Hamilton,  Ontario  LBS  4J9 


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Alan  H.  MacDonald 

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Dalhousie  University 

Halifax,  Nova  Scotia 

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NEWSLETTER 


No.    5 


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ISSN    0700-5474 


SPRING  197^ 


FROM  THE  EDITOR 

Several  more  people  have  volunteered  to  serve  as  correspondents  to  the  Newsletter 
since  our  last  issue.  Their  substantial  contributions  are  reflected  in  the  cages 
that  follow.  A  list  of  the  correspondents  appears  with  the  listing  of  the  CHLA/ 
ABSC  Executive.  You  will  note  that  there  are  still  some  geographic  and  topical 
"vacancies."  Any  more  volunteers?  I  am  sure  there  are  still  a  lot  of  interesting 
activities  "out  there"  that  are  just  not  being  reported.  Our  new  "Form  for  Sub- 
mission of  Copy"  is  included  in  the  back  of  this  issue  and  should  provide  a  pain- 
less way  for  individuals  to  submit  copy.  The  "Form"  will  appear  in  subsequent 

issues,  and  frequently  accompany  CHLA/ABSC  mailings The  "President  Reports" 

feature  in  this  issue  focuses  on  the  new  Checklist  for  Staff  Library  Service 
developed  and  adopted  by  the  Ontario  Medical  AssocirtTbnT  Riead  and  study  it  as 
President  Flower  suggests,  then  write  to  either  the  Editor  or  Mrs.  Flower  with 

your  views  and  coiments Manitoba  is  the  only  group  or  region  to  respond  to 

Alan  MacDonald's  proposal  for  chapters  which  appeared  in  the  last  issue.  The 

Executive  would  be  interested  in  hearing  from  other  groups,  as  well The  2nd 

Annual  Meeting  Program  has  now  been  finalized  and  appears  elsewhere  in  this 
issue.  We  hope  for  a  big,  enthusiastic  turn-out  for  our  first  western  meeting 
In  Edmonton. 


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CONTENTS/TABLE  PES  MATIERES 

Page 

CHLA/ABSC  Business 

Checklist  for  Staff  Library  Services  6 

CHLA/ABSC:     2nd  Annual  Meeting       11 

Hotel   Information back  of  issue 

Pre-registration       back  of  issue 

Executive  and  Correspondents  1 

Form  for  Submission  of  Copy back  of  issue 

Membership  Application last  page 

Membership  Report        4 

Newsletter       2 

Should  CHLA  Have  Chapters?    Manitoba  Responds     3 

The  President  Reports     4 

Book  Review      18 

Cancer  Information  News  from  B.C 13 

aA  Conference  1978       12 

From  the  Editor front  cover 

Future  Meeting  Dates     12 

Hamilton-Wentworth  District  Health  Library  Network     15 

Job  Market        20 

Pot  Pourri  -  Colleagues,  Libraries,  etc 18 

U.W.O.  Marks  Centenary  17 

Workshop  on  Aging,  Gerontology,  Geriatrics  13 

Workshop  on  Patent  Literature   17 


CHLA/ABSC  EXECUTIVE 


President: 

Mrs.  M.  A.  Flower 
Nursing  Library 
McGill  University 
3506  University  Street 
Montreal,  Quebec,  H3A  2A7 

Treasurer: 

Alan  MacDonald  (2  years) 
Health  Sciences  Library 
Dalhousie  University 
Halifax,  Nova  Scotia 
B3H  4H7 


Secretary: 

Philippe  Lemay  (1  year) 
Biblioth$que  Scientifique 
University  Laval 
Cit6  Universitaire 
Quebec,  GIK  7P4 

Editor: 

Richard  B.  Fredericksen  (Non-voting 

member) 
Health  Sciences  Library 
Health  Sciences  Centre 
Memorial  University  of  Newfoundland 
St.  John's,  Newfoundland,  AlB  3V6 


Members  at  Large: 


David  Crawford  (1  year) 
Medical  Library 
McGill  University 
3655  Drummond  Street 
Montreal,  P.Q.  H3G  1Y6 

C.  William  Fraser  (2  years) 

B.  C.  Medical  Library  Service 

1807  West  Tenth  Avenue 

Vancouver,  British  Columbia,  V6J  2A9 


Martha  Stone  (1  year) 

Departmental  Library 

Dept.  of  National  Health  &  Welfare 

Ottawa,  Ontario 

KIA  0K9 

Sheila  Swanson  (1  year) 
Toronto  Academy  of  Medicine 
288  Bloor  Street  West 
Toronto,  Ontario,  M5S  1V8 


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NEWSLETTER  CORRESPONDENTS: 


REGIONAL: 

ALBERTA: 

Sylvia  Chetner 

Medical  Sciences  Library 

University  of  Alberta 

Edmonton,  Alberta,  T66  2J8 

Pam  Griffith 
Medical   Library 
University  of  Calgary 
Calgary,  Alberta,  T2N  2T9 

BRITISH  COLUMBIA: 
Donna  Signori 
514-425  Simcoe  Street 
Victoria,   B.C.,  V8V  4T3 

TOPICAL: 

DENTISTRY: 
Jean  Fensom 
Dentistry  Library 
3640  University  Street 
Montreal,  P.Q.,  H3A  2B2 


MANITOBA: 

Sandra  A.  Langlands 
Medical  Library 
University  of  Manitoba 
770  Bannatyne  Avenue 
Winnipeg,  Manitoba,  R3E 


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MARITIME  PROVINCES: 
Barbara  Prince 
Health  Sciences  Library 
Dalhousie  University 
Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  B3H 


4H7 


ONTARIO: 

Dorothy  Fitzgerald 

Canadian  Library  of  Family  Medicine 

Health  Sciences  Library 

Univ.  of  Western  Ontario 

London,  Ontario,  N6A  5C1 


CHLA/ABSC  NEWSLETTER 

The  CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter  is  published  four  times  a  year  by  the  Canadian  Health 
Libraries  Association/Association  des  Bibl iotheques  de  la  Sant^  du  Canada.  Sub- 
scriptions are  available  with  membership  in  CHLA  for  $15.00  per  year.  Corres- 
pondence regarding  membership  and  subscriptions  should  be  addressed  to:  Alan  H. 
MacDonald,  Treasurer,  CHLA/ABSC,  W.K.  Kellogg  Health  Sciences  Library,  Dalhousie 
University,  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  B3H  4H7. 

The  CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter  is  a  vehicle  for  providing  increased  communications  among 
all  Canadian  health  libraries  and  librarians,  but  has  a  special  commitment  to 
reach  and  assist  the  smaller,  isolated,  health  library.  Feature  length  articles 
are  accepted  describing  a  wide  range  of  health  library  topics:  organizations, 
services,  networks  and  consortia,  surveys,  state-of-the-art  reviews.  Brief,  news- 
length  items  accepted  include:  how-we-did-it  reports,  news  about  workshops  and 
continuing  education  opportunities  (forthcoming  or  recently  held),  job  announce- 
ments, new  publications,  news  about  colleagues  and  libraries,  miscellaneous  items. 
Contributors  should  consult  recent  issues  for  examples  of  types  of  material  and 
general  style.  Bibliographic  references  should  conform  to  the  format  used  in  the 
Bulletin  of  the  Medical  Library  Association,  whenever  possible.  Submissions  in 
French  or  English  are  welcome,  preferably  in  both  languages.  Contributions  should 
be  addressed  to:  Richard  B.  Fredericksen,  Editor,  CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter,  Health 
Sciences  Library,  Health  Sciences  Centre,  Memorial  University  of  Newfoundland, 
St.  John's,  Newfoundland,  AlB  3V6. 

Deadline  for  the  Spring  issue  is  April  27,  1978. 

CHLA/ABSC  NEWSLETTER 

Le  CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter  est  public  quatre  fois  par  ann^e  par  la  Canadian  Health 
Libraries  Association/Association  des  Bibl ioth&ques  de  la  Sant6  du  Canada.  Un 
abonnement  et  cette  publication  fait  partie  de  votre  cotisation  annuelle  de  15.00 
dollars  en  tant  que  membre  de  I'ABSC.  Pour  devenir  membre  et,  pour  recevoir  cette 
publication  il  faut  6crire  ci:  Alan  H.  MacDonald,  Tr^sorier,  CHLA/ABSC,  W.  K. 
Kellogg  Health  Sciences  Library,  Dalhousie  University,  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  B3H  4H7, 

Le  but  du  CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter  est  de  rendre  la  communication  entre  toutes  les 
biblioth^ques  Canadiennes  de  la  sant6  et  les  bibliothecaires  plus  grande  mais  il 
veut  sp^cialement  rejoindre  et  aider  les  bibl iotheques  isolees  et  de  moins 
d'envergures.  Nous  acceptons  tout  article  traitant  de  tous  les  aspects 
bibliotheconomiques  du  domaine  de  la  sant6:  organisations  services  reseau  et 
consortium,  enquetes  exposes  de  synthese.  En  resume  les  articles  nouvelles 
acceptes  peuvent  comprendre:  des  resumes  sur  la  fafon  dont  on  est  arrivl  a  trouver 
une  solution^a  un  project,  nouvelles  sur  des  ateliers  et  des  cours  d'education 
permanente  (a  venir  ou  passes]  postes  vacants,  nouvelles  publications, ^nouvelles 
sur  des  colleques  et  bibl iotheques,  et  tout  autre  sujet.^  Pour  les  interesses,  le 
genre  d' article  et  le  sujet  public  dans  les  derniers  numeros  peuvent  vous  servir 
d'exemples.  II  serait  preferable  de  suivre  si  possible  le  format  util^ise  dans  le 
Bulletin  of  the  Medical  Library  Association  lorsque  vous  avez  des  references 
bibliographiques  a  citer  a  la  fin  de  votre  article.  Des  articles  Frangais  ou 
Anglais  seront  les  bienvenus  mais  il  serait  souhaitable  de  les  ^crire  dans  les 
deux  langues.  Vous  devez  faire  parvenir  vos  articles  a:  Richard  B.  Fredericksen, 
Editeur,  CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter,  Health  Sciences  Library,  Health  Sciences  Centre, 
Memorial  University  of  Newfoundland,  St.  John's,  Newfoundland,  AlB  3V6. 

La  date  limite  pour  le  prochain  numero  est:  April  27,  1978. 

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SHOULD  CHLA  HAVE  CHAPTERS?  -  MANITOBA  RESPONDS 

Alan  H.  MacDonald  ' 

Treasurer  CHLA/ABSC 

W.  K.  Kellogg  Health  Sciences  Library 

Sir  Charles  Tupper  Building 

Dalhousie  University 

Halifax,  Nova  Scotia  B3H  4H7 

Dear  Alan: 

The  Ides  of  February  has  come  and  gone  and  Manitoba  is  just  now  responding  to 
your  first  proposal  on  CHLA  chapters.  Sorry  for  the  delay.  At  the  regular 
meeting  of  the  Manitoba  Health  Libraries  Association  on  February  13,  the 
proposal  was  reviewed  and  discussed  in  detail. 

We  agree  completely  with  your  statements  on  the  function  of  national  and  local 
associations  and  the  statement  on  affiliation.  It  seems,  by  the  list  of  local 
organizations,  that  the  MHLA  is  the  only  group  presumptuous  enough  to  try  to 
cover  an  entire  province. 

In  review  of  the  requirements  for  proposed  chapters,  as  published: 

1.  The  MHLA  has  been  organized  in  its  present  form  for  almost  a  year.  Prior  ; 
to  the  approval  of  our  present  constitution,  "unorganized"  meetings  had 

taken  place  since  1973. 

2.  Manitoba  is  a  rather  large  geographic  area  to  allow  regular  attendance  of 
MHLA  activities.  Preliminary  reports  from  Sandra  Langlands,  the  U.  of  M. 
Extension  Librarian,  would  indicate  that  there  are  very  few  organized  health 
libraries  outside  Winnipeg  and  those  that  do  exist  are  geographically  extremely      ■■ 
isolated.  If  government  funding  for  health  institutions  improves  and  if  we         % 
hone  our  survey  and  recruitment  techniques,  we  hope  to  find  more  health  libraries 
throughout  the  province.  To  be  optimistic,  in  future  there  may  be  sufficient 

members  in  various  communities  to  support  subdivisions  of  a  Manitoba  chapter. 

3.  The  reading  aloud  of  this  requirement  brought  a  variety  of  strongly  positive 
reactions:  applause,  profuse  nodding  of  heads  and  even  one  shout  of  "Right 
On!".  We  really  liked  number  three! 

(Ed.  Note.  The  requirement  referred  to  states  that  "there 
should  be  no  limitations  to  membership  based  on  the  type  of 
service  or  library  in  which  the  member  works"). 

4.  To  date  there  are  31  active  members  representing  27  health  libraries  in  Winnipeg, 
Brandon  and  Selkirk. 

5.  Of  the  31  MHLA  members,  16  are  already  members  of  CHLA.  The  remaining  15 
have  been  given  CHLA  membership  applications,  the  brochure  and  much  encourage- 
ment to  sign  up  as  soon  as  possible.  Failing  total  CHLA  membership:  "It 

was  moved  that  if  the  intent  of  point  5  is  approved  by  the  CHLA,  that  the 
MHLA  subsidize,  if  necessary,  members  who  are  elected  to  the  executive." 


6.     The  constitution  of  the  MHLA,  approved  in  May  1977,  was  patterned  after 
the  CHLA  constitution  by  a  yery  forward-looking  constitution  committee. 

The  representation  outlined  in  your  proposal  should  encourage  communication 
between  the  CHLA  and  the  chapters.  The  MHLA  already  has  a  correspondent  to  the 
Newsletter;  Sandra  Langlands  was  volunteered  at  the  MLA  Yawn-In  in  June,  1977. 

Re  finances:  The  MHLA  can  cover  costs  of  regular  meetings  and  mailings  with 
little  or  no  difficulty.  However  financial  support  will  definitely  be  requested 
to  allow  the  production  of  our  union  list  of  serials.  An  outline  of  our  project 
will  be  submitted  to  the  CHLA  executive  at  a  later  date.  This  type  of  support  would 
be  extremely  beneficial  to  a  smaller  chapter,  as  would  the  offer  of  loans  to  facili- 
tate workshops. 

In  brief,  the  MHLA  has  approved  the  first  proposal  and  will  officially  apply  for 
chapter  status  in  the  near  future. 

I  hope  our  comments  will  be  of  use  despite  their  tardiness. 

Sincerely, 

Barbara  Henwood 
President 

Manitoba  Health  Libraries 
Association 

CHLA/ABSC  MEMBERSHIP  REPORT 

As  of  24  February  1978,  we  have  252  members,  an  increase  of  44  since  the  last 
issue  of  the  Newsletter. 

THE  PRESIDENT  REPORTS 

There  has  been  a  very   interesting  development  concerning  hospital  libraries  in 
Canada.  One  of  our  problems  in  fostering  good  library  services  in  hospitals 
has  been  the  difficulty  in  developing  norms  by  which  these  services  can  be  judged 
by  non-librarians  along  with  other  services  in  the  hospitals  which  have  more  drama- 
tic outcomes.  An  intensive  care  unit  which  does  not  rally  patients  can  be  easily 
assessed  as  being  inadequate,  but  an  information  service  which  does  not  reach 
more  than  a  quarter  of  the  hospital  personnel  is  not  so  obviously  defective. 
People  simply  find  other  sources  of  information.  This  whole  problem  of  efficiency 
and  productivity  is,  of  course,  exactly  what  hospital  accreditation  is  all  about. 
And  hospital  libraries  have  traditionally  had  a  curious  role  as  bystanders  in  this 
process.  Now  that  situation  may  be  changing. 

In  1975  a  survey  of  hospital  libraries  in  Ontario  was  conducted  through  the  coopera- 
tion of  three  separate  organizations:  the  Toronto  Medical  Libraries  Group,  the 
Ontario  Hospital  Association  and  the  Ontario  Medical  Association.  The  summary 
report  of  that  survey,  put  together  by  a  committee  of  the  Toronto  Medical  Libraries 
Group,  established  that  there  were  basically  two  varieties  of  libraries  in  Ontario 


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hospitals,  which  applied  to  all  kinds  of  hospitals  and  all  sizes  of  libraries. 
There  were  functional  libraries  that  worked,  and  there  were  non-functional  li- 
braries that  were  merely  nominal.  Unfortunately,  there  seemed  to  be  more  of 
the  non-functional  libraries. 

The  report  offered  eight  recommendations  designed  to  redress  that  balance.  The 
recommendations  were  directed  at  four  levels  of  administration.  The  first  level 
was,  of  course,  the  management  of  the  library  in  the  individual  hospital.  The 
second  level  was  regional,  where  interaction  among  libraries  in  hospitals  and 
other  institutions  is  a  valid  concern.  The  third  level  was  provincial,  where 
continuing  education  for  health  sciences  library  personnel  should  be  addressed. 
And  the  fourth  level  was  national,  where  the  whole  matter  of  standards  and  accre- 
ditation comes  to  rest.  As  reported  in  the  CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter  for  Spring  1977, 
this  summary  report  was  presented  to  the  Ontario  Medical  Association  and  the 
Ontario  Hospital  Association  last  winter,  in  the  hope  that  some  action  might  be 
taken. 

The  Committee  on  Medical  Library  Services  of  the  Ontario  Medical  Association  has 
been  concerned  with  hospital  libraries  for  over  ten  years.  It  was  gratified  to 
have,  for  the  first  time  in  those  years,  some  reasonably  accurate  data  on  the 
current  number  of  hospital  libraries  which  are  operating  in  the  Province  of  Ontario, 
and  on  their  potential  for  delivering  patient  care  and  continuing  education  infor- 
mation. In  reviewing  its  options  for  acting  on  these  data,  the  Committee  has 
chosen  the  national  level  as  its  first  line  of  approach.  It  has  developed  a 
Checklist  for  Staff  Library  Services,  which  It  has  offered  to  the  Canadian  Council 
on  Hospital  Accreditation  as  an  option  to  be  used  by  their  accreditation  teams, 
either  In  addition  to,  or  Instead  of,  the  section  on  libraries  in  their  regular 
hospital  accreditation  forms. 

To  develop  this  Checklist  the  OMA  Coranittee  used  two  sources  right  at  hand.  The 
new  Checklist  is  grounded  on  the  questionnaire  which  was  used  in  the  Ontario  survey, 
and  the  suggested  norms  are  based  on  the  Appendixes  published  with  the  Canadian 
Hospital  Library  Standards  in  CMAJ,  17  May  1975.  These  Standards  were  the  ones 
used  as  a  background  paper  in  the  revision  of  the  library  section  of  the  new  Guide 
to  Hospital  Accreditation  published  in  1977  by  the  Canadian  Council  on  Hospital 
Accreditation,  although  they  did  not  incorporate  the  Appendixes. 

It  is  exhilarating  to  be  able  to  report  that  the  Canadian  Council  on  Hospital 
Accreditation  has  accepted  the  OMA  Checklist  as  a  useful  document  which  they  will 
add  to  their  present  form  and  test.  This  means  that  the  principle  has  been  estab- 
lished, that  the  CCHA  is  willing  to  judge  hospital  libraries  in  all  the  provinces 
on  the  basis  of  norms  established  by  librarians  and  others,  who  understand  the 
dynamics  of  information  services.  Surely  we  must  all  applaud  this  turn  of  events. 
It  brings  much  closer  to  reality  the  hope  that  the  calibre  of  the  library  may 
ultimately  bear  directly  on  the  accreditation  or  non-accreditation  of  the  hospital 
which  houses  it. 

Now  our  turn  has  come.  The  OMA  Committee  on  Medical  Library  Services  has  forwarded 
their  Checklist  for  Staff  Library  Services  to  the  Canadian  Health  Libraries  Associa- 
tion "for  comments."  Since  their  next  meeting  is  on  March  8th,  your  Executive 
Committee  has  contributed  to  a  report  which  can  be  returned  to  the  Committee  for 


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that  meeting.  That  report  begins  by  accepting  the  principle  of  basic  norms  set 
by  knowledgeable  people,  which  the  Checklist  represents.  It  goes  on  to  suggest 
some  clarification  in  wording,  some  emphasis  on  library  training,  and  on  the 
services  a  library  should  be  offering.  Inevitably,  it  tries  to  come  to  terms 
with  the  minimum  quality  of  the  norms. 

In  the  discussion  throughout  the  health  library  community  which  surrounded  the 
acceptance  of  the  Appendixes  which  accompanied  the  original  Canadian  Hospital 
Library  Standards,  it  became  very  apparent  that  the  minimum  concept  was  a  difficult 
one  for  many  people.  It  is  based  on  the  thorny  realism  that  only  minimums  can  be 
legislated.  Growth  and  expansion  need  a  structure  which  will  provide  support,  and 
minimums  can  put  a  floor  under  that  structure.  Below  that  floor,  the  library  will 
not  work  at  all--and  for  this  very  reason,  it  is  a  crucial  landmark  for  a  non- 
functional oneration.  However,  figures  seem  very  concrete,  and  it  is  difficult 
to  convey  that  they  are  free  to  expand  upward,  AND  SHOULD  DO  SO.  They  tend  to 
be  looked  upon  as  the  top  as  well  as  the  bottom.  In  her  comments  on  the  Checklist, 
our  ASTED  liaison  person  has  brought  this  out  in  connection  with  the  minimum 
acquisition  budgets  assigned  to  each  hospital  Category.  And  it  applies  equally 
to  the  balance  of  materials  in  the  collections  themselves. 

Two  aspects  of  a  hospital  library  are  particularly  difficult  to  annotate  in  a 
checklist  of  this  sort:  the  interactive  quality  of  good  library  service,  which 
derives  some  of  its  most  pertinent  materials  from  other  collections;  and  the 
cumulative  nature  of  collections  and  acquisition  budgets,  which  normally  increase 
by  percentage  increments  annually.  In  the  case  of  a  budget  which  is  adequate  for 
starting  a  collection,  for  instance,  the  same  number  of  dollars  ten  years  later 
would  mean  stultification.  In  the  case  of  a  service  to  a  research  project, 
borrowing  from  other  collections  would  often  provide  the  only  possibility  for  good 
service.  The  problem  is  to  state  these  characteristics  in  a  periodic  checklist. 

We  are  publishing  the  Checklist  for  Staff  Library  Services  which  was  developed 
by  the  Ontario  Medical  Association  elsewhere  in  this  Newsletter.  We  hope  you 
will  study  it,  and  offer  your  own  comments.  These  will  be  compiled  and  forwarded 
to  the  Committee  on  Medical  Library  Services  as  an  addendum  to  our  current  report. 
We  would  like  to  hear  from  any  hospital  librarian  who  has  watched  an  accreditation 
team  wander  into  the  library,  look  vaguely  at  the  books,  ask  a  few  desultory 
questions,  and  drift  out  again.  This  new  Checklist  may  actually  be  the  beginning 
of  a  new  era. 

M.  A.  Flower 
President 


CHECKLIST  FOR  STAFF  LIBRARY  SERVICES 


1.  Is  there  an  identifiable  library?    Yes No_ 


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2.  Is  the  library  in  a  central,  easily  accessible,  clearly  identified 
location?  Yes   No 


CHECKLIST  (Cont'd.) 

3.  Is  it  used  only  for  library  purposes?  Yes No 

If  no,  do  these  other  activities  interfere  with  the  library  functions? 
(i.e.  if  the  room  is  used  for  meetings,  does  this  mean  that  the  library 
functions  are  not  available  during  these  meetings?)  Yes ^No 

4.  Who  may  use  the  library? 

All  the  staff?  Yes   No 

Doctors  only?  Yes  Uo 

Nurses?  Yes   No 

Administration?  Yes ^lo 

Allied  Health 

Staff?  Yes ^No 

5.  Is  there  space  and  seating  for  library  users  to  study  library  materials? 

Yes ^No 

6.  Is  there  space  for  the  library  staff  to  work?  Yes No 

7.  (In  conjunction  with  questionnaire  #2,3,4) 

Does  the  library  committee  meet  regularly?  (i.e.  minimum  of  quarterly) 
Yes ^No How  often?  

8.  (In  conjunction  with  #11) 

Is  there  a  regular  budget?  Yes No 

a)  How  much  is  budgeted?  per  year  (Category  1    $8000 

Category  2  4500 

Category  3  2500 

(not  Including  salaries)      Category  4  1500 

Category  5)  1000 
see  below  for  an  explanation  of  categories. 

b)  Where  does  this  money  come  from? 

Hospital  global  budget?   Yes Ho 

Doctors'  donations?      Yes No 

Nurses'  donations?      Yes No 

Other  (specify)  


LIBRARY  SERVICES 

9.  (In  conjunction  with  #8) 

Is  the  library  accessible  at  times  when  the  library  staff  are  not  there? 
Yes ^No 

10.  (In  conjunction  with  #9,10) 

Are  library  materials  easily  accessed?  (i.e.  catalogued  or  indexed  in  some 
manner?)  Yes Ho 

(continued) 


CHECKLIST  (cont'd.) 

The  rest  of  the  questions  deal  with  the  5  categories  of  hospitals  individually. 
Use  only  the  appropriate  section.  See  below  for  an  explanation  of  categories. 

11 .  Category  1 

a)  Library  personnel 

Is  there  a  librarian  available?  Degree?  Yes No 

Other  staff?  Number  and  kind? 

(library  technician,  2  clerks) 

b)  Number  of  courses,  workshops,  seminars  etc.,  attended  within  the  past 
12  months?  (1 ) 

c)  Number  of  current  book  titles?  (1000)   


d)  How  many  purchases  within  past  12  months?  (50) 

e)  Number  of  journals?  Medical  (200+) 

Nursing  (20)  ' 

Administration  (10) 

Other  allied  (15)       ; 

f)  Reference  sources?  Index  Medicus? 


Cumulative  Index  to  Nursing  Literature 

or  International  Nursing  Index?  

Hospital  Literature  Index?  


g)  Audio-visual  resources?  Catalogues? 


Equipment  for  playback? 


12.  Category  2 

a)  Library  personnel 

Is  there  a  librarian  available?  Degree?  Yes No 

Other  staff?  Number  and  kind?   

(library  assistant,  1  clerk) 

b)  Number  of  courses,  workshops,  seminars  etc.,  attended  within  the  past 
12  months?  (1)  

c)  Number  of  current  book  titles?  (750)   


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d)  How  many  purchased  within  past  12  months?  (37) 

e)  Number  of  journals?  Medical    (75)   

Nursing  (10) 

Administration  (10) 

Other  allied  (10)   

f)  Reference  sources?  Index  Medicus? 


Cumulative  Index  to  Nursing  Literature 

or  International  Nursing  Index? 

Hospital  Literature  Index? 


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g)  Audio-visual   resources?    Catalogues? 

Equipment  for  playback?_ 


13.     Category  3 

a)  Library  personnel 

Is  there  a  librarian  available?  Degree?  Yes No 

Other  staff?  Number  and  kind?  

(Clerk-typist) 

b)  Number  of  courses,  workshops,  seminars  etc.,  attended  within  the 

past  12  months?  (1)    

c)  Number  of  current  books?  (500)  


d)  Number  purchased  within  past  12  months?  (25) 

e)  Number  of  journals?  Medical  (35)  

Nursing  (5)   __,,,__ 
Administration   (5) 
Other  allied  (5) 


f)  Reference  sources?  Abridged  Index  Medicus  or  Index  Medicus? 

Cunulated  Index  to  Nursing  Literature  or 

International  Nursing  Index?  

Hospital  Literature  Index?  

g)  Audio-visual  resources?  Catalogues?  __^_^ 

Equipment  for  playback?  


14.  Category  4 

a)  Library  personnel 

Is  there  a  library  assistant  or  technician? 
Diploma?  Yes ^No 

b)  Number  of  courses,  workshops,  seminars  etc.,  attended  In  the  past  12 
months?  (1)  

c)  Number  of  current  books?  (200)  


d)  Number  of  purchases  within  past  12  months?  (10) 

e)  Number  of  journals?  Medical     (20)   

Nursing  (3)       

Administration  (3)  

Other  allied  (3)  


f)  Reference  sources?  Abridged  Index  Medicus? 


Cumulated  Index  to  Nursing  Literature  qr_ 

International  Nursing  Index?  

Hospital  Literature  index?  


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g)  Audio-visual  resources?  Catalogues? 


Equipment  for  playback? 


15.  Category  5 

a)  Library  personnel 

Is  there  a  part-time  assistant?  (minimum  of  15  hours  per  week)  Yes no_ 

b)  Number  of  courses,  workshops,  seminars  etc.,  attended  in  the  past 
12  months?  (1)  

c)  Number  of  current  books?  (50)  

d)  How  many  were  purchased  in  the  past  12  months?  (3)  

e)  Number  of  journals?  Medical    (15)  

Nursing    (3) 


Administration  (27 
Other  allied  (2) 


f)  Reference  sources?  Abridged  Index  Medicus?   

Cumulated  Index  to  Nursing  Literature  or. 

International  Nursing  Index?  

Hospital  Literature  Index?   

g)  Audio-visual  resources?  Catalogues?  

Equipment  for  playback?  


These  5  categories  of  hospitals  were  established  for  use  in  the  Canadian  Standards 
for  Hospital  Libraries,  and  are  roughly  based  on  the  ACBLF*  standards. 

The  categories  have  the  following  characteristics: 

Category  1 : 

a)  The  hospital  is  affiliated  with  a  Faculty  of  Medicine  of  a  University. 

b)  It  is  accredited  for  internship  and  residency  in  various  specialties. 

c)  It  maintains  research  projects. 

d)  It  has  a  medical  staff  of  at  least  200  physicians,  residents  and  interns, 
and  appropriate  supporting  staff. 

Category  2: 

a)  The  hospital  has  two  of  the  characteristics  a,  b,  or  c,  of  Category  1. 

b)  It  has  a  medical  staff  of  at  least  100  persons,  and  appropriate  supporting 
staff. 

Category  3: 

a)  The  hospital  does  not  qualify  for  Category  1  or  2,  but  has  300-499  beds. 

Category  4: 

a)  The  hospital  does  not  qualify  for  Categories  1,  2,  or  3,  but  has  100-299  bed^ 

Category  5: 

a)  The  hospital  does  not  qualify  for  Categories  1,  2,  3  or  4,  and  has  less  thaj 
100  beds. 


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♦Association  Canadienne  des  Bibliothecaires  de  la  Langue  Francaise. 

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CHLA/ABSC:  2ND  ANNUAL  MEETING- 
TODAY'S  TRENDS  IN  THE  HEALTH  FIELD 

A  program  of  interest  to  all  workers  in  health  libraries  has  been  planned  for 
the  second  annual  meeting  in  Edmonton  of  the  Canadian  Health  Libraries  Association/ 
Association  des  Bibliothfeques  de  la  Sant§  du  Canada.  In  addition  to  some  interesting 
local  speakers  the  program  promises  a  business  meeting  full  of  lively  ideas  and 
livelier  discussion. 

Time:    June  16,  1978,  9:00  a.m.  -  4:00  p.m. 

Place:  Drayton-Turner  Valley  Room 

Edmonton  Plaza  Hotel 

PROGRAM 

9:00-9:30     Welcome  and  introduction  of  the  executive 

9:30-10:30     Dr.  T.  Shnitka,  Department  of  Pathology, 
University  of  Alberta.  Trends  in  Journal 
Literature  Based  on  New  Medical  Developments. 

10:30-11:00     Coffee. 

11:00-12:00     Second  annual  business  meeting  conducted  by 
Mrs.  M.  A.  Flower. 

12:00-1:30     Lunch 

1:30-2:30  Miss  K.  Dier,  Faculty  of  Nursing,  University  of 

Alberta.     The  Nurse  Practitioner,  New  Concepts  in 
Health  Care  Delivery. 

1:30-2:30  A  mini-workshop  on  reference  services  in  health 

libraries.     This  workshop  is  geared  to  persons 
working  in  small  hospital   libraries  and  will   be  a 
concurrent  session  with  Miss  K.  Dier's  presentation. 
Location:     The  Director  Room,  Edmonton  Plaza  Hotel. 

2:30-3:00  Coffee. 

3:00-3:30     Report  from  the  Health  Science  Resource  Centre, 

Canada  Institute  for  Scientific  and  Technical  Info. 

3:30-4:00     Report  from  the  Librarian,  Department  of  National 
Health  and  Welfare. 

4:15-6:00     An  Informal  social  gathering.  Location  to  be 
announced. 

Add  to  your  continuing  education  and  meet  others  working  in  the  health 
library  field.  Support  the  CHLA/ABSC  at  Edmonton,  June  16th: 

SEE  HANDY  TEAR-OUT  REGISTRATION  FORM  AT  THE  BACK  OF  THIS  ISSUE! 

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FUTURE  MEETING  DATES 

June  10  -  15,  1978        Medical  Library  Association,  Annual  Meeting, 

Palmer  House,  Chicago,  Illinois. 

June  11  -  15,  1978        Special  Libraries  Association,  Annual 

Conference,  Radisson  Muehlebach  Hotel 
Kansas  City,  Mo. 

June  13,  1978  Canadian  Group  of  the  Medical  Library 

Association.  Breakfast  meeting  from 
0700-0900  hours.  Mrs.  M.  A.  Flower, 
Chairman,  presiding.  Palmer  House, 
Chicago.  Details  to  be  announced. 

June  16,  1978  Canadian  Health  Library  Association/ 

Association  des  Bibliotheques  de  la 
Sante  du  Canada,  2nd  Annual  Meeting, 
Edmonton,  Alberta. 

September,  1980  4th  International  Congress  on  Medical 

Librarianship,  Yugoslavia. 

CLA  CONFERENCE  1978 

Edmonton,  Alberta  -  June  15  -  20,  1978 

Theme:  "Strategies  for  Change:  Developing  Support  for  Growth" 

For  the  first  time  CLA  is  hosting  an  Association-wide  conference,  with  sessions 
open  to  all  members  regardless  of  division  affiliation. 

Among  the  speakers  at  the  Plenary  Sessions  will  be  Herbert  S.  White,  Director, 
Research  Center  for  Library  and  Information  Science,  Indiana  University,  who 
will  deal  with  Management,  and  Paul  Audley,  who  serves  with  the  Department  of 
the  Secretary  of  State  as  a  consultant  on  publishing  policy  who  will  speak  on 
Publicity  and  Outreach. 

As  well  as  the  usual  division-sponsored  workshops  and  publisher/suppliers  displays, 
two  special  features  of  this  year's  conference  will  be  the  "Corridor  of  1001  Ideas" 
a  swap  shop  of  materials  and  services  to  enhance  and  promote  services,  and  the 
"Library  Marketplace,"  a  consultants'  forum  for  experts  from  all  fields  of  library 
service  who  will  share  their  experience  with  individual  members  on  request  and 
at  no  fee. 

The  Local  Arrangements  Coimiittee,  chaired  by  Rod  Banks  of  the  University  of 
Alberta  Library,  has  provided  for  your  enjoyment  with  a  Klondike  Breakfast, 
Pub  Night,  Casino,  Banquet  and  dance,  Inaugural  Luncheon  featuring  Ukrainian 
food  and  entertainment,  as  well  as  local  bus  tours  and  hikes  for  the  exercise- 
conscious.  In  addition,  special  performances  of  Shelagh  Delaney's  "A  Taste  of 
Honey"  will  be  featured  nightly  at  Edmonton's  magnificent  new  Citadel  Theatre, 
and  a  film  series  with  librarians  as  principal  characters  will  also  take  place 

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in  the  Citadel  complex. 

The  registration  booklet  with  detailed  information  about  all  conference  matters 
is  now  in  process  and  you  can  be  assured  of  a  warm  welcome  from  your  Edmonton 
colleagues. 

CANCER  INFORMATION  NEWS  FROM  B.  C. 


David  Noble,  Librarian  at  CCABC,  reports  that  the  Cancer  Control  Agency  of  B.  C. 
Library  will  soon  be  receiving  its  own  MEDLINE  code  because  of  their  heavy  use 
of  the  MEDLARS  Files.  Prior  to  this  they  shared  a  code  with  B.  C.  Medical  Library 
Service.  This  will  bring  the  number  of  MEDLINE  centres  in  B.  C.  to  five.* 

Of  greater  interest,  a  Patient  Information  Library  for  cancer  patients  and  their 
families  has  been  in  operation  at  CCABC  for  six  months.  The  Cancer  Control  Agency 
of  B.  C.  Library  from  its  Patient  Information  Library  provides  pamphlets,  books 
and  journal  articles  relating  to  cancer  for  patients  and  families  upon  request. 
The  Library's  information  service  is  also  made  available  to  outpatients,  in- 
patients and  their  families. 

A  list  of  the  material  in  the  Patient  Information  Library  is  available  upon  re- 
quest. 

*Also  under  way  on  Vancouver  Island  are  d1scussions--more  like  loud  whispers— 
for  Installing  a  second  MEDLINE  terminal.  The  first  has  been  operational  at 
University  of  Victoria,  McPherson  Library  since  last  year. 

Donna  Signori 
Collections  Librarian 
University  of  Victoria 

WORKSHOP  ON  AGING.  GERONTOLOGY.  AND  GERIATRICS 

The  University  of  Calgary  sponsored  a  one-day  workshop.  February  8th.  on  aging, 
gerontology  and  geriatrics.  In  promoting  this  gathering.  President  W.  A. 
Cochrane  was  primarily  concerned  with  the  role  of  the  University  of  Calgary.  In 
the  University's  provision  of  expertise  and  programs  which  would  most  benefit  the 
elderly,  of  ensuring  awareness  within  the  University  and  the  community  of  what  was 
being  done,  or  should  be  done  in  this  area. 

The  Ad  Hoc  Committee  chaired  by  Dr.  W.  L.  Zwerman  of  the  Sociology  Department 
was  able  to  bring  together  a  varied  group  of  concerned  participants.  More  than 
twelve  of  the  University  faculties  were  represented,  as  well  as  librarians.  These, 
along  with  provincial,  municipal  officials  and  senior  citizen  group  representatives, 
provided  lively  and  sometimes  controversial  input  at  the  morning  and  afternoon 
working  sessions. 

Dr.  D.  E.  Berghofer,  Assistant  Deputy  Minister  of  the  Alberta  Department  of 
Advanced  Education  and  Manpower,  Program  Services  Division,  spoke  of  the  resources 
and  funds  available  to  senior  citizens  from  the  government.  The  government,  he 
said,  looked  to  the  University  to  conduct  research,  to  provide  leadership  and 

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train  students  preferably  without  undue  narrow  specialization.  His  main  concern 
was  with  the  segmentation  of  responsibilities  within  a  technological  rather  than 
a  humane  society. 

Professor  A.  E.  D.  Schonfield,  of  the  Psychology  Department  and  an  internationally 
recognized  author  on  the  subject  of  aging,  spoke  of  the  teaching  role  of  the 
university.  He  questioned  the  qualifications  of  those  teaching  gerontology,  and 
the  proliferation  of  courses  available  on  this  continent  on  this  'in'  subject 
such  that  the  branches  appeared  before  the  trunk. 

Dr.  W.  R.  N.  Blair,  Associate  Vice-President  (Academic)  outlined  the  research 
presently  underway  at  the  University  and  what  assistance  was  available  for  further 
research.  David  L.  6.  Yule,  of  Continuing  Education,  reviewed  the  University  pro- 
grams available  not  only  to  the  over-65's  but  also  pre-retirement  programs  for 
those  30  years  and  over.  With  this  background  the  first  set  of  working  groups 
went  into  voluble  sessions  to  consider  the  current  status  of  programs  and  activities 
in  the  area  of  aging. 

The  situation  was  viewed  from  the  inside  and  outside,  along  with  the  status  of 
external  programs  as  they  related  to  the  University  and  its  potentials,  and  the 
relations  between  the  activities  of  the  University  of  Calgary  and  those  in  the 
larger  community.  Particular  reference  was  made  to  the  work  of  the  unique  Kerby 
Centre,  a  senior  citizen's  information  and  housing  group,  with  which  the  University 
is  involved. 


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At  the  afternoon  session  the  government  and  community  groups  set  the  stage  for 
the  second  set  of  working  groups.  Ms.  Mary  Engelman,  Director,  Senior  Citizens 
Bureau,  Alberta  Department  of  Social  Services  and  Community  Health  reviewed  the 
objectives  and  function  of  the  Bureau.  She  commented  on  its  advisory  role  to 
five  provincial  departments  in  matters  concerning  the  over-65's.  The  Bureau 
supplies  staff,  and  together  with  the  Senior  Citizens  Council,  whose  members 
represent  some  27  community  organizations,  endeavour  to  establish  priorities 
and  co-ordinate  programs  and  other  assistance  as  may  be  required  by  the  elderly 
in  Alberta. 

Ms.  Hazel  McDonald,  President  of  the  Alberta  Council  on  Aging,  urged  the  impor- 
tance of  consulting  with  and  obtaining  the  participation  of  senior  citizens  in 
all  matters  affecting  them.  Help,  she  said,  was  needed  by  custodians  as  well 
as  by  the  elderly.  Senior  citizens  needed  control  of  their  own  lives  for  the 
maintenance  of  self-respect  and  dignity.  She  concluded  with  the  remark  that 
it  is  the  senior  citizens  who  have  the  Ph.D's  in  living. 

Mr.  Sid  Grimsby,  President  of  the  Calgary  Council  on  Aging  and  member  of  the 
Central  Council  of  Calgary  at  Kerby  Centre,  spoke  of  the  work  of  his  group  in 
ensuring  that  the  needs  of  the  elderly  are  publicized  and  brought  to  the  atten- 
tion of  authorities  for  action.  Once  again,  objections  were  voiced  about  the 
negative  images  held  of  the  elderly,  and  to  the  warehousing  of  the  aged.  Health 
care  designed  to  restore  independence,  choice  of  living  arrangements,  fraternal - 
ization  with  all  age  groups,  and  participation  within  their  local  community 
were  seen  as  key  factors  in  preserving  the  dignity  of  the  elderly  and  recog- 
nizing them  as  still  valuable  members  of  society. 

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In  essence  people's  attitudes  toward  aging  and  the  aged  need  to  be  changed. 
Otherwise,  as  Margaret  Mead  pointed  out  in  her  autobiography  'Blackberry  Winter,' 
"a  society  that  has  ceased  to  care  about  its  older  people  and  cuts  them  off  from 
meaningful  contact,  a  society  that  segregates  them,  is  greatly  endangered." 

After  a  final  wrap-up  with  reports  and  comments  from  the  working  groups  the 
Honourable  MS.  Helen  Hunley,  Minister  of  the  Alberta  Department  of  Social 
Services  and  Community  Health  addressed  the  gathering.  She  had  anticipated 
much  of  the  concerns  expressed  and  commented  on  the  useful  report  just  received 
from  the  Senior  Citizens  Advisory  Council.  She  acknowledged  the  government's 
role  in  planning,  the  need  for  the  elderly  person  to  be  consulted,  and  for  more 
research  in  the  area.  To  this  end,  she  announced  that  a  feasibility  study  would 
be  made  into  the  possibility  of  establishing  an  Institute  of  Gerontology,  possibly 
in  Calgary. 

In  conclusion.  President  Cochrane  announced  that  the  University's  Ad  Hoc  Committee 
would  become  a  Standing  Committee  on  Aging,  Gerontology  and  Geriatrics.  Its  purpose 
would  be  to  follow  up  on  the  findings  of  the  meeting  and  to  develop  resources  and 
research  in  this  vital  area. 

The  workshop  was  considered  a  fruitful  one.  Not  only  did  It  bring  together  an 
unexpected  variety  of  persons  Interested  and  working  in  the  area,  but  it  also 
made  participants  more  aware  of  what  could  be  done  both  Individually  and  co- 
operatively to  make  for  more  fulfilling  later  years  for  all,  including  themselves. 


Pamela  B.  Griffin 
Medical  Library 
University  of  Calgary 


HAMILTON-WENTWORTH  DISTRICT  HEALTH  LIBRARY  NETWORK 

Soon  after  the  establishment  of  a  new  Medical  Faculty  at  McMaster  University, 
early  in  1967,  the  Librarian  of  the  new  School  was  asked  by  the  Hamilton  District 
Hospital  Council  (later  Health  Council)  to  form  a  Library  Corrmittee,  with  repre- 
sentation from  all  health  science  libraries  in  the  area.  These  were  the  terms 
of  reference: 

The  Library  Comnittee  of  the  Hamilton  District  Hospital  Council  consists  of 
single  representatives  from  the  member  hospitals  and  the  Academy  of  Medicine, 
and  the  Health  Sciences  Librarian  at  McMaster  University,  with  the  opportunity 
of  inviting  further  representatives  for  advice  or  to  join  the  Committee  as  the 
need  arises. 

The  aims  of  the  Committee  are  to  promote  library  cooperation  and  establish  a 
system  of  communication,  with  the  object  of  giving  good  library  service  to 
medical,  nursing,  and  paramedical  personnel. 

Activities: 


A  questionnaire  was  designed  and  a  survey  of  the  library  facilities  in 
the  area  was  completed  and  the  results  tabulated,  showing  strengths  .and 
weaknesses  in  resources  and  personnel. 


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2.  A  union  list  of  periodicals  was  completed  and  distributed  by  March  1969. 
Since  that  time  the  List  has  been  converted  to  computer  format  and  reissued 
several  times.  This  remains  one  of  the  most  valuable  of  the  achievements 
of  the  Committee. 

3.  Transport  and  document  delivery.  A  vehicle  leaves  several  times  daily  from 
McMaster  and  calls  at  all  the  main  institutions.  One  telephone  line  at  the 
McMaster  Library  is  dedicated  to  the  service. 

4.  Regional  Coordinator.  In  September  1968  the  Library  Committee  recommended 
to  the  Council  the  appointment  of  a  regional  coordinator  for  the  libraries 
in  the  hospitals  and  similar  institutions,  such  a  person  being  a  trained 
medical  librarian  working  under  the  direction  of  the  McMaster  University 
Health  Sciences  Librarian,  and  stationed  at  McMaster.  In  January  1970  a 
clerk-typist  was  appointed,  and  in  June  1970  Miss  Linda  Woods ide  (now  Mrs. 
Panton)  started  as  the  coordinating  librarian.  Since  that  time  the  salaries 
of  the  Librarian  and  her  assistant  have  been  paid  on  a  pro-rated  basis  by 
the  seven  main  hospitals,  and  an  annual  amount  for  travel  has  also  been       | 
allowed.  For  the  rest  the  University  Health  Sciences  Library  absorbs  tele- 
phone, stationery,  office  costs  as  well  as  supplying  the  material  resources 
and  any  further  staff  support  required  for  the  operation.  Functions  of 
this  unit  include  advice  and  consultation  with  the  hospitals  on  policy, 
planning  and  personnel,  help  with  cataloging,  reference  questions  (including 
MEDLINE  searches)  and  inter-library  loans,  and  the  circulation  of  and  help 
with  periodical  exchange  lists.  Workshops  have  been  held  on  specific  topics, 
like  Medical  Subject  Headings.  In-service  training  is  provided  both  at 
McMaster  and  in  the  individual  libraries.  Monthly  meetings  of  the  committee 
serve  to  keep  library  workers  in  touch  and  provide  opportunities  for  dis- 
cussion of  common  problems.  By  now  the  group  includes  the  Mohawk  College  of 
Applied  Arts  and  Technology  with  its  own  Health  Sciences  Library,  and  its 
four  Nursing  Libraries,  the  Cancer  Clinic,  the  Addiction  Research  Foundation 
branch,  and  the  VON  unit,  as  well  as  all  the  hospitals  and  the  Academy  of 
Medicine. 

In  no  way  does  this  network  offer  an  alternative  to  the  "primary  contact"  library. 
The  hospital  and  other  libraries  do  all  the  circulation,  reference  work,  purchasing, 
cataloging  which  they  can  possibly  do,  but  the  network  supplies  help  beyond  the 
local  level.  The  Union  List  of  periodicals  makes  it  possible  also  for  the  con- 
stituent libraries  to  borrow  from  one  another  where  feasible  and  there  is  a  con- 
siderable traffic  to  and  fro.  There  is  also  a  combined  list  of  new  books  kept 
in  card  form  at  the  University  and  member  libraries  can  refer  to  this  by  telephone. 
A  few  statistics  illustrate  the  extent  of  the  University  involvement: 


(Averages  per  annum,  calculated  over  the  last  five  years) 

805  books  lent  from  the  McMaster  library,  3,578  articles  sent  (24,888p.) 
437  items  borrowed  on  Inter-library  Loan  from  outside  the  area. 
427  reference  questions/literature  searches  attended  to. 

Northwest  Ontario 

The  McMaster  Medical  School  has  been  involved  with  the  Northwestern  Ontario 
area  for  some  years,  and  in  line  with  this  the  Library  has  tried  to  help  to 
provide  information  and  communication  between  libraries  and  hospitals  in  the  area. 

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A  half-time  Library  worker  at  McKellar  General  Hospital  in  Thunder  Bay  has  put 
together  a  Union  List  of  periodicals  on  cards,  representing  the  holdings  of  the 
four  hospitals,  and  the  two  schools  of  nursing,  and  the  biomedical  material  in 
Lakehead  University  Library.  She  has  also  been  able  to  visit  many  of  the  small 
hospitals  in  the  outlying  areas  and  given  guidance  in  the  organization  of  the 
libraries.  In  this  way  health  professionals  can  find  access  to  periodicals  and 
articles  anywhere  in  the  area  before  having  to  obtain  them  from  the  Health  Sciences 
Library  at  McMaster  University,  saving  time  and  trouble. 

Beatrix  Robinow 

Health  Sciences  Librarian 

McMaster  University 

WORKSHOP  ON  PATENT  LITERATURE 

An  interesting  and  informative  overview  of  the  subject  of  patents  was  presented 
at  a  one  day  workshop  held  in  Edmonton  recently.  Ably  organized  by  two  local 
library  science  students,  Evelyn  Piush  and  Keith  McLaughlin,  and  sponsored  by 
Edmonton  branch  of  CASLIS  and  the  Faculty  of  Library  Science,  University  of 
Alberta,  the  workshop  presented  a  glimpse  into  the  fascinating  world  of  the 
Bureau  of  Intellectual  Property.  The  Bureau  handles  copyright,  trade  marks. 
Industrial  designs  and  patents.  The  main  emphasis  was,  of  course,  on  patents; 
their  nature,  form,  content  and  their  use  as  a  source  of  technological  information. 
Speakers  included  Don  Campbell  of  the  Canadian  Patent  Office,  Peter  Johnson, 
attorney  and  patent  agent,  and  Dr.  Carl  Reich,  a  Calgary  internist,  who  spoke 
on  behalf  of  CIPAC,  the  Copyright  Inventions  and  Patents  Association  of  Canada. 
Georg  Mauerhoff,  of  Infomart,  discussed  on-line  computer  searching  of  the  patent 
literature,  while  the  subject  of  manual  searching  was  covered  in  a  videotape 
from  the  Barker  Engineering  Library,  M.I.T.  The  workshop  also  included  a  panel 
discussion  on  the  acquisition  and  organization  of  patents  and  on  the  problems 
of  service  in  this  area  in  both  public  and  special  library  situations.  Panel 
members  were  Dr.  Sheila  Bertram,  Faculty  of  Library  Science,  University  of 
Alberta,  Alan  Waugh,  head  of  the  Science  and  Technology  Division,  Calgary 
Public  Library  and  Barbara  Jordan,  librarian  for  Syncrude. 

Sylvia  Chetner 

Medical  Sciences  Library 

University  of  Alberta 


U.W.O.  MARKS  CENTENARY 

The  University  of  Western  Ontario  is  celebrating  its  centenary  during  1978. 
To  mark  the  celebration,  the  University  has  published  a  book  on  the  history 
of  its  Faculty  of  Medicine.  The  book  was  written  by  Dr.  Murray  L.  Barr, 
entitled  A  Century  of  Medicine  at  Western.  The  ISBN  is  0-919534-00-7,  with 
the  book  priced  at  515.00  per  copy.  It  is  available  from: 

The  Book  Store 
University  Community  Centre 
University  of  Western  Ontario 
London,  Ontario,  N6A  3K7 


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BOOK  REVIEW 

LAMKIN,  Coleen  C. 

Cataloging  policies  and  procedures  for  the  hospital  library. 
Revised;  69  pp.  Biomedical  Library,  University  of  California, 
Los  Angeles,  1977.  $2.00  (U.S.) 

From  out  of  the  hills  of  Westwood  comes  this  practical  manual  which  should  be 
of  interest  and  assistance  to  individuals  who  are  responsible  for  cataloging 
in  the  smaller,  one-person  health  libraries.  Written  for  a  person  with  little 
or  no  cataloging  experience,  the  book  contains  chapters  on  the  cataloging 
process,  card  sets,  sources  of  cataloging  information,  catalog  card  reproduction, 
labeling,  filing  and  statistics.  An  appendix  supplies  ordering  information  for 
most  of  the  medical  cataloging  tools.  Although  it  lacks  an  index,  most  things 
could  be  located  through  the  table  of  contents.  The  book  is  clearly  written 
with  many  examples  and  is  published  in  a  format  that  permits  the  addition  of 
notes  and  other  supplementary  material.  I  have  not  seen  the  earlier  edition, 
and  cannot  advise  as  to  whether  this  revision  adds  significant  new  material. 
For  two  American  dollars,  it  is  recommended  as  a  good  buy. 

Order  from:  The  Biomedical  Library 

Center  for  the  Health  Sciences 
University  of  California,  Los  Angeles 
Los  Angeles 
California,  90024 

Price:  $2.00  (U.S. )--postage  may  be  extra. 

Richard  B.  Fredericksen 
Health  Sciences  Librarian 
Memorial  University  of 
Newfoundland 

POT  POURRI  -  COLLEAGUES.  LIBRARIES 


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Marjorie  Cox,  Librarian  at  the  Nova  Scotia  Hospital  (Psychiatric)  in  Dartmouth, 
reports  that  her  "libraries"  have  been  successfully  moved  to  their  new  quarters. 
The  windows  look  out  over  the  harbour.  The  patients  recreational  reading  library 
is  taking  shape  although  funds  are  scarce.  A  new  Health  Sciences  Library  Committee 
has  been  formed  and  Mrs.  Cox  is  busy  sorting  and  cataloguing  existing  materials 
and  organizing  new  titles. 

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The  Dentistry  Library  of  McGill  University  reports  that  it  will  soon  be  joining 
other  McGill  libraries  in  adding  the  3M  "Spartan"  Book  Detection  System.  Dentistry 
Librarian,  Jean  Fensom .  reports  that  their  book  losses  have  grown  to  an  unaccept- 
able level,  with  the  equivalent  of  half  a  year's  book  acquisitions  disappearing 
annually. 


Mrs.  Babs  Flower  has  accepted  the  position  of  Nursing  Librarian,  Life  Sciences 
Area,  McGill  University  Libraries  commencing  April  1,  1978.  Mrs.  Flower  obtained 
her  graduate  degree  in  Librarianship  from  the  University  of  Toronto,  and  was 
certified  by  the  Medical  Library  Association  in  1975.  She  has  previously  worked 
as  a  Librarian  with  the  Ontario  Medical  Association  and  the  Canadian  Arthritis 
and  Rheumatism  Society.  Her  most  recent  position  was  that  of  Information  Co- 
ordinator, the  Workshop,  School  of  Nursing  Research  Unit,  McGill  University. 

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Mrs.  Flower  is  presently  President  of  the  Canadian  Health  Libraries  Association 
and  Chairman  of  the  Canadian  Group  of  the  Medical  Library  Association. 

In  Newfoundland,  Richard  Fredericksen  recently  visited  hospitals  in  Grand  Falls 
and  Gander  to  advise  on  ways  they  might  upgrade  their  library  services.  The 
Central  Newfoundland  Hospital  in  Grand  Falls  now  has  a  full-time  library  techni- 
cian, Sandra  Lanning,  who  is  busily  trying  to  catalog  the  various  hospital  col- 
lections. Sandra  recently  spent  several  days  at  the  Health  Sciences  Library  of 
Memorial  University  learning  cataloging  routines.  The  Grand  Falls  hospital 
recently  became  affiliated  with  Memorial's  School  of  Medicine.  In  Gander's 
Paton  Memorial  Hospital,  there  is  presently  no  one  assigned  to  look  after  library 
services,  but  the  Library  Committee  there  plans  to  upgrade  the  Library  in  the 
near  future. 

Richard  Fredericksen.  Health  Sciences  Librarian,  Memorial  University  of 
Newfoundland,  has  been  appointed  Director,  Lister  Hill  Library  of  the  Health 
Sciences,  University  of  Alabama  in  Birmingham  and  will  be  assuming  his  duties 
there  later  this  summer. 

Philippe  Lemay,  formerly  Head  of  the  Health  Sciences  Resource  Centre  of  CISTI, 

is  now  a  Specialist  Librarian  with  the  Bibliothfeque  Scientifique  of  Laval  University 

On  February  7,  1978,  Alan  MacDonald  and  Barbara  Prince  visited  Prince  Edward 
Island  at  the  invitation  of  Dr  Marvin  Clarke,  the  Deputy  Minister  of  Health. 
Jean  McKay,  recently  appcintedT  Library  Technician  at  the  Research,  Planning 
and  Evaluation  Unit  Library  of  the  Department  of  Health,  organized  a  meeting 
of  librarians  involved  with  health  information  in  the  Charlottetown  area. 
Alan  MacDonald  addressed  the  meeting  on  the  theme  of  co-operation  and  maximum 
utilization  of  existing  resources  and  emphasized  the  support  services  available 
through  the  W.K.  Kellogg  Health  Sciences  Library.  The  future  direction  and 
organization  of  the  Research,  Planning  and  Evaluation  Unit  Library  was  also 
reviewed.  Jean  McKav  only  works  part-time  at  present.  Besides  the  Unit  Library 
she  is  also  responsible  for  co-ordinating  library  services  within  the  Department. 
She  finds  her  time  well-filled  as  there  are  12  library  locations,  which  include 
the  Hillsborough  Hospital  and  the  Rehabilitation  Centre,  for  which  Jean  has 
already  produced  a  union  list  of  serials. 

The  new  Nova  Scotia  Rehabilitation  Centre  in  Halifax  has  appointed  Christine 
MacLellan,  as  part-time  Librarian.  This  new  facility  is  within  easy  reach  of 
the  W.K.  Kellogg  Health  Sciences  Library  and  so  the  need  is  for  a  basic  working 
collection. 

In  the  Halifax  area  a  group  consisting  of  all  librarians  involved  in  health  care 
or  education  for  health  care  has  been  meeting  to  discuss  mutual  problems,  and 
mutual  aid  for  the  past  2  years.  The  meetings  have  been  informal  and  arranged 
as  soon  as  sufficient  items  for  discussion  were  identified.  Each  meeting 
has  been  been  held  at  a  different  hospital.  At  the  last  meeting  in  November 
it  was  decided  that  a  more  formal  structure  would  be  in  order.  Frank  Oram 
of  the  Victoria  General  Hospital  was  elected  President,  and  Pat  Goddard  of  the 
W.K.  Kellogg  Health  Sciences  Library  was  elected  Secretary.  The  group  has 

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produced  a  newsletter  (irregular)  and  the  third  issue  is  planned  for  March  1978. 

Donalda  Putnam,  who  has  been  active  in  library  circles  for  many  years,  attended 
the  meeting  with  the  librarians  from  the  W.K.  Kellogg  Health  Sciences  Library. 
She  was  formerly  Librarian  at  the  Prince  of  Wales  College  in  Charlottetown.  Now 
"retired"  she  is  working  part-time  organizing  a  small  library  at  the  Prince  Edward 
Island  Hospital.  She  is  also  on  the  Planning  Committee  for  the  new  hospital, 
the  Queen  Elizabeth  which  will  replace  the  two  existing  general  hospitals.  Let's 
hope  she  will  persuade  the  Committee  to  provide  a  good,  central  location  for  the 
new  health  sciences  libraryl 

Many  small  hospitals  in  the  Maritime  area  are  developing  information  resources. 
In  February  Beverly  Smith  (Health  Records  Administrator)  and  Peggy  Owen  (Secretary) 
came  in  from  the  Eastern  Shore  Memorial  Hospital  (35  beds)  in  Sheet  Harbour, 
Nova  Scotia,  for  2  days  of  orientation  into  library  procedures  at  the  W.K.  Kellogg 
Health  Sciences  Library  and  the  Halifax  Infirmary  Library  in  Halifax. 

Ruth  StiUman,  Librarian  at  the  Institute  of  Community  &  Family  Psychiatry,  Jewish 
General  Hospital,  Montreal,  is  new  Anchor  Chairman  of  MMHLA  (McGill  Medical  & 
Hospital  Libraries  Association)  starting  March,  1978. 

Isobel  Wallace.  Librarian  at  the  Moncton  Hospital  in  New  Brunswick,  expresses  the 
isolation  of  many  hospital  librarians  in  the  Maritime  area  as  in  a  recent  letter 
she  wrote:  "I  have  become  a  member  of  CHLA  and  would  love  to  have  some  communica- 
tion with  other  members  in  the  Atlantic  area.  Anybody  out  there  got  any  money- 
making  ideas?  -  I  am  open  to  all  suggestions  (short  of  my  own  printing  press). 
I  would  also  appreciate  any  help  members  can  give  on  time-saving  techniques  which 
could  be  applied  to  help  out  a  one-man-band  librarian." 

Angela  Webb  is  the  new  part-time  Librarian  at  the  Abbie  J.  Lane  Hospital  in 
Halifax.  Angela  comes  to  this  job  from  the  library  of  the  Coast-Guard  College 
in  Cape  Breton  where  she  worked  for  3  years.  She  says  she  is  finding  a  health 
sciences  library  "a  whole  new  picture." 

Anne  Worrell  has  recently  been  appointed  as  Librarian  at  Camp  Hill  Hospital  in 
Halifax.  This  position  combines  general  duties  with  those  of  Drug  Information 
Centre  Assistant.  Anne  reports  that  one  of  the  tasks  to  be  completed  is  the 
cataloguing  of  the  book  collection. 


JOB  MARKET 


SASKATCHEWAN 


Reference  Librarian,  Health  Sciences  Library  (Librarian  I  or  II). 

The  University  of  Saskatchewan  Library  invites  applications  for  the  position  of 
Health  Sciences  Reference  Librarian.  The  individual  holding  this  position  will 
be  responsible  to  the  Health  Sciences  Librarian,  Duties  will  include  general 
reference,  user  education,  computer-assisted  bibliographic  searching,  and 
selection  in  specified  subject  areas.  The  successful  candidate  will  have  a 
degree  from  an  accredited  library  school.  Public  service  experience,  including 
on-line  bibliographic  searching,  is  desirable.  Candidates  with  a  degree  in  the 
life  sciences  will  be  given  preference.  Salary  and  rank  will  be  commensurate 

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with  qualifications  and  experience.  Salary  scales  are  presently  under  review. 
Position  available:  May  1,  1978.  Applicants  are  requested  to  send  curriculum 
vitae  and  to  arrange  for  a  minumum  of  three  letters  of  reference  (sent  directly 
by  the  referee)  to  be  received  no  later  than  April  15,  1978.  Apply  to:  J.  D. 
Teskey,  Assistant  to  the  University  Librarian  (Administration),  Library, 
University  of  Saskatchewan,  Saskatoon,  Saskatchewan,  S7N  OWO. 


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CANADIAN  HEALTH  LIBRARIES  ASSOCIATION 

ASSOCIATION  DES  BIBLIOTHEQUES  DE  LA  SANTE  DU  CANADA 


SECOND   ANNUAL   MEETING 


PRE-REGISTRATION 


WHEN:      16  June  1978 

WHERE:     Edmonton,  Alberta 

EDMONTON  PLAZA  HOTEL 

REGISTRATION  FEE:   MEMBERS,   $5.00;  NON-MEMBERS,  $7.00 


PLEASE  RETURN  TO:   Phyllis  Russell,  Medical  Sciences  Library 

University  of  Alberta,  Edmonton,  Alta.  T6G  2J8 


NAME 


LIBRARY 


CITY 


AMOUNT  ENCLOSED 


(S.V.P.  make  checks  payable  to  the  CANADIAN  HEALTH  LIBRARIES  ASSOCIATION) 


CANADIAN  HEALTH  LIBRARIES  A3SCC:ATIC.*J 

ASSOCIATION  DBS  BIBLIOTHcQUHS  D5  LA  SANTE  DU  CANADA 


CHLA     SECOND     ANNUAL     MEETING 

16  June  1978 
Edmonton,  Alberta 

HOTEL   INFORMATION 


While  the  Ednronton  Plaza  Hotel  will  be  the  headquarters  site  for  our  annual 
meeting,  there  are  two  additional  hotels  in  its  iimediate  area  which  are  in 
easy  walking  distance  from  the  Plaza.     The  names  and  addresses  for  all   three 
hotels  are  given  below.     For  those  attending  the  CHLA  meeting,  it  is  suggested 
that  you  write  directly  to  book  your  reservations.     Since  these  three  hotels 
will   be  holding  their  rooms  for  CLA  members,  it  is  suggested  that  you  state 
you  will  be  attending  the  CHLA  meeting  held  1n  conjunction  with  CLA  in  order 
to  obtain  reservations. 

Chateau  Lacombe 

101   St.   at  Bellamy  Hill 

Edmonton,  Alberta     T3J  0T5 

Edmonton  Plaza 
10135     100  St. 
Edmonton,  Alberta 
T5J  0N7 

Hotel  MacDonald 

100  St.  and  Jasper  Ave. 

Edmonton 

Alberta 

T5J  0N7 

The  Editor  regrets  that  he  is  unable  to  furnish  information  regarding  room 
rates  in  time  for  publication  of  this  issue. 


CANADIAN  HEALTH  LiSRARlES  ASSOCIATION 

ASSOCIATION  DES  BIBLIOTHEQLHS  DE  LA  SANTE  DU  CANADA 

CHLA/ABSC  NEWSLETTER 
FORM  FOR  SUBMISSION  OF  COPY 


1.   Name  of  Individual/Library  Reporting  (give  mailing  address) 


2.   Personnel  Appointments,  Activities: 


3.   Notable  Library  News,  New  Programs,  Acquisitions,  Grants,  Buildings,  Services; 


4.   Workshops,  Continuing  Education  Activities  in  your  area: 


5.   Brief  Description  of  Article  You  are  Writing  for  Future  Submission  (give 
estimated  completion  date): 


Full  length  articles  and  news  items  contributed  on  this  form  should  be  sub- 
mitted to: 

Richard  B.  Fredericksen 

Editor 

CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter 

Health  Sciences  Library 

Health  Sciences  Centre 

Memorial  University  of  Newfoundland 

St.  John's,  Newfoundland,  AlB  3V6 

Deadlines  for  1978  copy:   Spring  issue,  March  1;  Summer  issue,  April  27;  Fall 
issue,  September  5. 


CANADIAN  HEALTH  LIBRARIES  ASSOCIATION 
Membership  Application 


Name 

Address 

Postal  code. 


I  enclose  $15.00  (made  payable  to  Canadian  Health  Libraries  Association) 
as  my  membership  fee  for  the  period  ending  June  1979. 


PLEASE  RETURN  THIS  FORM  TO:- 

Alan  H.  MacDonald 

Treasurer,  CHLA/ABSC 

W.  K.  Kellogg  Health  Sciences  Library 

Dalhousie  University 

Hal ifax.  Nova  Scotia 

B3H  4H7 


ASSOCIATION  DES  BIBLIOTHEQUES  DE  LA  SANTE  DU  CANADA 
Formule  d'Applicatlon 

Noffl 

Adresse 

Code  postal e 


J'inclus  $15.00  (payable  a  Canadian  Health  Libraries  Association)  comme 
cotisation  pour  la  periode  qui  se  termine  en  juin  1979. 


ADRESSE  DE  RETOUR: 


Alan  H.  MacDonald 

Treasurer,  CHLA/ABSC 

W.  K.  Kellogg  Health  Sciences  Library 

Dalhousie  University 

Halifax,  Nova  Scotia 

B3H  4H7 


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NEWSLETTER 

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SUMMER  1978 


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I  have  recently  accepted  a  position  that  will  take  me  to  the  United  States  and  since 
Alabama  seems  like  an  unlikely  spot  from  which  to  edit  a  Canadian  publication,  I 
have  resigned  as  Editor  of  the  CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter.  This  will  be  my  final  Issue. 
It  has  been  a  lot  of  fun  to  be  your  first  ed1tor--also  a  great  challenge  and  honour. 
Thanks  are  due  to  all  of  you  who  contributed  news  over  the  past  six  Issues.  I  am 
particularly  Indebted  to  Alan  MacDonald,  David  Crawford,  Babs  Flower  and  our  corres- 
pondents for  their  assistance  and  input  during  this  time.  David  Crawford  will  be 
assuming  the  duties  of  Editor,  and  the  Association  is  fortunate  to  have  him  take  on 
this  responsibility.  Having  served  as  the  Chairman  of  the  Editorial  Committee  for 
the  past  year,  he  is  ably  suited  for  the  task.  His  central  location,  too,  should 
make  production  and  distribution  somewhat  easier,  while  French  translations  should 
also  be  less  of  a  problem  than  they  were  In  Newfoundland.  David  will  be  attending 
the  CHLA/ABSC  Annual  Meeting  in  Edmonton,  where  he  will,  among  other  things,  be 
presenting  my  annual  report  for  1977/78.  I  am  sure  he  would  be  glad  to  talk  with 
any  of  you  about  the  Newsletter  there,  should  you  have  any  questions  or  suggestions. 
News  submissions  for  the  next  issue  should  be  sent  to:  David  Crawford/  Medical 
Library/  McGill  University/  3655  Orumnond  Street/  Montreal,  Quebec,  H3G  1Y6. 


CANADIAN    HEALTH    LIBRARIES    ASSOCIATION 
ASSOCIATION    DES    BIBLIOTHEQUES    DE    LA    SANTE    DU    CANADA 


CONTENTS/TABLE  PES  MATIERES 

Page 

CHLA/ABSC  BUSINESS 

Annual  Meeting  Program  4 

Hotel   Information back  of  issue 

Pre-regl  strati  on back  of  issue 

Membership  Application last  page 

Membership  Report     5 

Report  on  CHLA  Elections 6 

The  President  Reports     7 

Courses  in  Biomedical   Bibliography  and 

Biomedical   Librarlanship  14 

Dental  Developments  at  Dalhousle     .   .   .   .- 21 

Future  Meeting  Dates     3 

Job  Market        25 

McMaster  Goes  to  COM 23 

MEDLINE  News  Release 13 

Patient  Cancer  Library     9 

Pot  Pourri  -  Colleagues,  Libraries 23 

Technician  Workshop  Offered  23 

Toronto  Medical  Libraries  Group  Meets  23 

Sager's  Book  Service 20 

Single  Daily  Dosing      15 

Updates  to  Guide     9 


CHLA/ABSC  EXECUTIVE 


President: 
Mrs.  M 


A.  Flower 
Nursing  Library 
McGill  University 
3506  University  Street 
Montreal ,  Quebec   H3A  2A7 


Treasurer; 


Alan  MacDonald  (2  years) 
Health  Sciences  Library 
Dalhousie  University 
Halifax,  Nova  Scotia 
B3H  4H7 


Secretary: 

Philippe  Lemay  (1  year) 
Bibliothegue  Scientifique 
Universite  Laval 
Cite  Universitaire 
Quebec,   GIK  7P4 

Editor: 

David  Crawford  (1  year) 
Medical  Library 
McGill  University 
3655  Drummond  Street 
Montreal,  P.Q.   H36  1Y6 


Members  at  Large: 


David  Crawford  (1  year) 
Medical  Library 
McGill  University 
3655  Drunmond  Street 
Montreal,  P.Q.   H36  1Y6 

C.  William  Fraser  (2  years) 
B.  C.  Medical  Library  Service 
1807  West  Tenth  Avenue 
Vancouver,  British  Columbia,  V6J  2A9 


Martha  Stone  (1  year) 

Departmental  Library 

Dept.  of  National  Health  &  Welfare 

Ottawa,  Ontario 

KIA  0K9 

Sheila  Swanson  (1  year) 
Toronto  Academy  of  Medicine 
288  Bloor  Street  West 
Toronto,  Ontario,  M5S  1V8 


NEWSLETTER  CORRESPONDENTS; 


REGIONAL: 


ALBERTA: 

Sylvia  Chetner 

Medical  Sciences  Library 

University  of  Alberta 

Edmonton,  Alberta,  T6G  2J8 

Pam  Griffin 
Medical  Library 
University  of  Calgary 
Calgary,  Alberta,  T2N  2T9 

BRITISH  COLUMBIA: 
Donna  Signori 
514-425  Simcoe  Street 
Victoria,  B.C.,  V8V  4T3 

MANITOBA: 

Sandra  A.  Langlands 
Medical  Library 
University  of  Manitoba 
770  Bannatyne  Avenue 
Winnipeg,  Manitoba,  R3E  1E5 


MARITIME  PROVINCES: 
Barbara  Prince 
Health  Sciences  Library 
Dalhousie  University 
Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  B3H 


4H7 


ONTARIO: 

Dorothy  Fitzgerald 

Canadian  Library  of  Family  Medicine 

Health  Sciences  Library 

University  of  Western  Ontario 

London,  Ontario,  N6A  5C1 


TOPICAL; 


DENTISTRY: 
Jean  Fensom 
Dentistry  Library 
3640  University  Street 
Montreal,  P.Q.,  H3A  2B2 


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CHLA/ABSC  NEWSLETTER 

The  CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter  is  published  four  times  a  year  by  the  Canadian  Health 
Libraries  Association/Association  des  BibliothSques  de  la  Sant^  du  Canada.  Sub- 
scriptions are  available  with  membership  in  CHLA  for  $15.00  per  year.  Correspondence 
regarding  membership  and  subscriptions  should  be  addressed  to:  Alan  H.  MacDonald, 
Treasurer,  CHLA/ABSC,  W.  K.  Kellogg  Health  Sciences  Library,  Dalhousie  University, 
Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  B3H  4H7. 

The  CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter  is  a  vehicle  for  providing  increased  communications  among 
all  Canadian  health  libraries  and  librarians,  but  has  a  special  commitment  to  reach 
and  assist  the  smaller,  isolated,  health  library.  Feature  length  articles  are 
accepted  describing  a  wide  range  of  health  library  topics:  organizations,  services, 
networks  and  consortia,  surveys,  state-of-the  art  reviews.  Brief,  news-length  items 
accepted  include:  how-we-did-it  reports,  news  about  workshops  and  continuing  educa- 
tion opportunities  (forthcoming  or  recently  held),  job  announcements,  new  publications, 
news  about  colleagues  and  libraries,  miscellaneous  items.  Contributors  should  consult 
recent  issues  for  examples  of  types  of  material  and  general  style.  Bibliographic 
references  should  conform  to  the  format  used  in  the  Bulletin  of  the  Medical  Library 
Association,  whenever  possible.  Submissions  in  French  or  English  are  welcome,  pre- 
ferably  in  both  languages.  Contributions  should  be  addressed  to:  Mr.  David  Crawford, 
Editor,  CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter,  Medical  Library,  McGill  University,  3655  Drummond  Street, 
Montreal,  Quebec,  H3G  1Y6. 

Deadline  for  the  Fall  Issue  is  September  5,  1978. 

CHLA/ABSC  NEWSLETTER 

Le  CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter  est  public  quatre  fois  par  ann^e  par  la  Canadian  Health 
Libraries  Association/Association  des  Bibliothlques  de  la  Sant6  du  Canada.  Un 
abonnement  S  cette  publication  fait  partie  de  votre  cotisation  annuelle  de  15.00 
dollars  en  tant  que  membre  de  I'ABSC.  Pour  devenir  membre  et,  pour  recevoir  cette 
publication  il  faut  Scrire  2t:  Alan  H.  MacDonald,  Trgsorier,  CHLA/ABSC,  W.  K. 
Kellogg  Health  Sciences  Library,  Dalhousie  University,  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  B3H  4H7. 

Le  but  du  CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter  est  de  rendre  la  communication  entre  toutes  les 
bibliothSques  Canadiennes  de  la  santi  et  les  bibliothecaires  plus  grande  mais  il 
veut  specialement  rejoindre  et  aider  les  bibliotheques  isolees  et  de  moins  d'envergures. 
Nous  acceptons  tout  article  traitant  de  tous  les  aspects  bibliotheconomiques  du  domaine 
de  la  sante:  organisations  services  reseau  et  consortium,  enquetes  exposes  de  synthase, 
En  resume  les  articles  nouvelles  acceptes  peuvent  comprendre:  des  resumes  sur  la  fa^on 
dont  on  est  arrive  a  trouver  une  solution  a  un  project,  nouvelles  sur  des  ateliers  et 
des  cours  d' education  permanente  (a  venir  ou  passes)  postes  vacants,  nouvelles  publi- 
cations, nouvelles  sur  des  colleques  et  bibliotheques,  et  tout  autre  sujet.  Pour  les 
int^r^sses,  le  genre  d' article  et  le  sujet  publie  dans  les  derniers  numeros  peuvent 
vous  servir  d'exemples.  11  serait  preferable  de  suivre  si  possible  le  format  utilisi 
dans  le  Bulletin  of  thg.  Medical  Library  Association  lorsque  vous  avez  des  references 
bibliographiques  a~citer  a  la  fin  de  votre  article.  Des  articles  Frangais  ou  Anglais 
seront  les  bienvenus  mais  il  serait  souhai table  de  les  $crire  dans  les  deux  langues. 
Vous  devez  faire  parvenir  vos  articles  a:  Mr.  David  Crawford,  Editeur,  CHLA/ABSC 
Newsletter,  Medical  Library,  McGill  University,  3655  Drummond  Street,  Montreal,  Quebec, 
H3G  1Y6. 

La  date  limite  pour  le  prochain  numero  est:  Septembre  5,  1978. 


FUTURE  MEETING  DATES 


Medical  Library  Association,  Annua 
Meeting,  Palmer  House,  Chicago, 
Illinois. 


June  10  -  15,  1978  Medical  Library  Association,  Annual 

Meeting, 
Illinois, 


June  n  -  15,  1978  Special  Libraries  Association,  Annual 

Conference,  Radisson  Muehlebach  Hotel, 
Kansas  City 

June  13,  1978  Canadian  Group  of  the  Medical  Library 

Association.  Breakfast  meeting  from 
0700  -  0900  hours.  Mrs.  M.  A.  Flower, 
Chairman,  presiding.  Palmer  House, 
Chicago. 

June  13,  1978  Association  of  Academic  Health  Sciences 

Library  Directors.  Parlour  A,  Palmer 
House,  Chicago,  6:30  p.m.  In  conjunction 
with  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Medical 
Library  Association. 

June  15  -  20,  1978  Canadian  Library  Association  Annual 

Meeting.  Hotel  MacDonald,  Edmonton, 
Alberta. 

June  16,  1978  Canadian  Health  Library  Association/ 

Association  des  Bibliotheques  de  la 
Sant^  du  Canada,  2nd  Annual  Meeting, 
Four  Seasons  Hotel  Edmonton,  Alberta, 
Details  elsewhere  in  this  issue. 

June  20  -  July  13,  1978  Special  Courses  in  Biomedical  Bibliography 

and  Biomedical  Librarianship  sponsored 
by  Graduate  School  of  Library  Science, 
McGill  University.  More  information 
given  elsewhere  in  this  issue. 


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CHLA/ABSC:  2ND  ANNUAL  MEETING- 
TODAY'S  TRENDS  IN  THE  HEALTH  FIELD 

A  program  of  interest  to  all  workers  in  health  libraries  has  been  planned  for 
the  second  annual  meeting  in  Edmonton  of  the  Canadian  Health  Libraries  Association/ 
Association  des  Biblioth&ques  de  la  Sante  du  Canada.  In  addition  to  some  interesting 
local  speakers  the  program  promises  a  business  meeting  full  of  lively  ideas  and 
livelier  discussion. 

Time:     June  16,  1978,  9:00  a.m.  -  4:00  p.m. 

Place:     Northcote  Room 

Four  Seasons  Hotel 

PROGRAM 

9:00-9:30     Welcome  and  introduction  of  the  executive 

9:30-10:30     Dr.  T.  Shnitka,  Department  of  Pathology, 
University  of  Alberta.  Trends  in  Journal 
Literature  Based  on  New  Medical  Developments. 

10:30-11:00     Coffee.  .  • 

11:00-12:00     Second  annual  business  meeting  conducted  by 
Mrs.  M.  A.  Flower. 

12:00-1:30     Lunch 

1:30-2:30  Miss  K.  Dier,  Faculty  of  Nursing,  University  of 

Alberta.     The  Nurse  Practitioner,  New  Concepts  1n 
Health  Care  Delivery. 

1:30-2:30  A  mini-workshop  on  reference  services  in  health 

libraries.     This  workshop  is  geared  to  persons 
working  in  small   hospital   libraries  and  will   be 
a  concurrent  session  with  Miss  K.  Dier's  presenta- 
tion.    Location:     The  Director  Room,  Edmonton  Plaza 
Hotel . 

2:30-3:00  Coffee. 

3:00-3:30     Report  from  the  Health  Science  Resource  Centre, 

Canada  Institute  for  Scientific  and  Technical  Info. 

3:30-4:00     Report  from  the  Librarian,  Department  of  National 
Health  and  Welfare. 

4:15-6:00     An  informal  social  gathering.  Location  to  be 
announced. 

Add  to  your  continuing  education  and  meet  others  working  in  the  health  library 
field.  Support  the  CHLA/ABSC  at  Edmonton,  June  16th! 

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NEMBERSHIP  REPORT 


19  May 

1978 

1976/77  Members:            147  (Non-Renewals  -  9) 

1977/78  Menfcers:            2S5 

Newfbmdland 

7 

Nova  Scotia 

24 

P.E.I. 

1 

New  Bruiswick 

7 

Quebec 

52 

Ontario 

94 

Mnitoba 

18 

Saskatchewan 

4 

Alberta 

19 

British  Colinbia 

22 

U.S.A. 

4 

Other 

3 

1978/79  NfeiAers:            110 

Renewals: 

101 

" — 

new. 

9 

Alan  H.  MacDonald 
Treasiorer 


ELECTIONS  REPORT 


1978/79 


Ballots  distributed 
Ballots  received 
Ballots  counted 
Ballots  spoiled 


255 

144 

138 

6 


****  Bradley,  Eileen  M. ,  Toronto 
Wallace,  Isabel  W. ,  ^4^ncton 
Oram,  Frank,  Halifax 

****  Henwood,  Barbara  E. ,  Winnipeg 
Sinclair,  Toni,  Windsor 
Fensom,  Jean,  Montreal 
Sager,  Loma,  Vancouver 
McFarlane,  Linda,  Toronto 
Solomon,  Linda,  Ottawa 
Fitzgerald,  Dorothy,  London 

****  Lemay,  Philippe,  Quebec 
Parkin,  Margaret,  Ottawa 
Lacroix,  Eve-Marie,  Ottawa 
Patrick,  Wendy,  Montreal 


A(3) 

B(2). 

CCD 

Total 

17 

16 

12 

95 

7 

4 

4 

33 

7 

5 

5 

36 

14 

11 

9 

73 

5 

- 

3 

18 

4 

7 

8 

34 

6 

S 

9 

37 

IS 

10 

5 

70 

8 

8 

12 

52 

11 

13 

10 

69 

26 

22 

17 

139 

7 

12 

7 

7 

52 

4 

12 

38 

7 

7 

6 

41 

**** 


Elected/Elves 


Alan  H.  MacDonald 


E.  Christine  Hayward 


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THE  PRESIDENT  REPORTS 


78-04-30 


This  is  a  report  of  probabilities  delivered  In  the  off-season  from  between 
stools.     Everything  on  the  agenda  of  the  CHLA/ABSC  is  currently  in  the  file 
marked    "pending",  and  "winter  lingering  chills  the  lap  of  spring."     (Goldsmith: 
The  Travellers)     It  has  been  a  long  year— a  very  long,  cold,  wintery  year.     And 
outside  the  window  tonight  it  is  snowing  and  blowing  again,  with  the  thermometer 
(S.I.  of  course!)  registering  minus  3.     Clearly,  however,  spring  must  be  due, 
for  last  night  was  the  night  when  all  of  us  dutifully  set  our  alarm  clocks  for 
0230,  so  that  we  could  wake  up  and  set  our  watches  and  clocks  ahead  one  hour  for 
Daylight  Saving  Time.     Spring  is,  at  least,  one  of  the  surest  of  our  probabilities. 

Perhaps,   therefore,  a  rather  short  note  from  the  President  this  time  will  encourage 
a  bit  of  vernal  euphoria.     Let  us  begin  with  the  anecdote  about  a  recent  contest. 

Persons  were  asked  to  submit  their  completion  for  the  phrase  "As  Canadian  as   ", 

the  grand  prize,  in  typically    Canadian  fashion,  to  be  an  all-expense  tour  for  two 
to  someplace  outside  Canada.     The  entries  came  thick  and  fast:     several  versions  of 

" as  a  maple  leaf,   as  maple  sugar,   as  a  beaver,   as  hockey,  etc." 

But  the  judges  finally  selected  the  following  entries  as  winners: 

Fourth  prize:     "As  Canadian  as  a  Royal  Commission" 

Third  Prize:       "As  Canadian  as  John  Diefenbaker's  French" 

Second  Prize:     "As  Canadian  as  seasonally-adjusted  unemployment" 

The  grand  prize,  be$t-of-show,  was  "As  Canadian  as  possible  under  the  circumstances". 

That  may  represent  a  pretty  good  philosophy  for  these  days.     And  In  reality  the 
CHLA/ABSC  has  been  moving  ahead  as  well  as  possible  under  the  circumstances  of  new- 
ness and  distance,  with  a  good  deal  for  us  to  be  pleased  about,  and  most  of  our 
plans  for  the  year  on  the  edge  of  fruition.     Which  brings  us  to  the  immediate  future. 

We  are  looking  forward  to  the  Annual  Meeting  in  Edmonton,  and  we  hope  to  see  a  great 
many  more  CHLA/ABSC  members  there  from  the  western  half  of  the  country,  than  we 
usually  meet.     We  also  hope  that  a  good  percentage  of  travellers  will  join  us  in 
the  trek  from  MLA  in  Chicago  to  CHLA/ABSC  in  Edmonton,  even  though  the  spring  air- 
line schedule  has  not  yet  been  issued,  and  the  current  route  seems  to  go  via  Robin 
Hood's  Bam. 

The  meeting  will  be  held  In  the    Four  Seasons    Hotel  on  Friday,  the  16th  of  June, 
from  9  a.m.   to  4  p.m.    .    .    .  and  then  some.     A  good  program  is  being  developed  under 
Phyllis  Russell's  leadership  around  the  topic  of  Today's  Trends  in  the  Health  Field. 
Dynamic  speakers  from  the  Edmonton  comrajnity  will   Inform  us  about  current  develop- 
ments  in  medicine  and  in  nursing.     There  will  also  be  a  short  workshop  available 
on  library  concepts  for  the  smaller  hospitals.     And  there  will   be  plenty  of  time 
left  over  for  the  informal   exchanges  that  are  the  real  value  of  any  such  gathering. 
What  we  must  all   remember  is  that  today's  trend  in  health  sciences  libraries  in 
Canada  is  us_.     The  Canadian  Health  Libraries  Association  is  the  vanguard  for  the 
future  progress  of  all  kinds  of  health  sciences  libraries  in  Canada,  and  the 

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decisions  we  make  at  our  Annual  Meeting  this  year,  and  for  the  next  few  years  in 
particular,  will  actually  affect  the  working  lives  of  all  of  us.  So  it  is  impor- 
tant to  be  there  and  to  give  us  your  views. 


What  is  on  the  agenda?  Our  own  members  will  report  to  us  from  Ottawa.  In  addition, 
a  report  on  the  progress  of  our  overtures  for  affiliation  with  MLA  and  CLA;  a  bulleti 
on  the  advancement  of  at  least  three  local  groups  toward  Chapter  status  within  CHLA/ 
ABSC,  as  well  as  the  discussion  of  Association  by-laws  which  will  facilitate  such  a 
development;  an  update  on  the  OMA  checklist  and  its  approach  to  hospital  library 
standards,  plus  an  addendum  on  the  activities  of  librarians  in  the  psychiatric  hos- 
pitals in  Ontario;  a  report  on  the  developing  CANHELP  project,  which  is  gaining 
enthusiastic  support  from  a  number  of  people;  and,  of  course,  a  regular  accounting 
from  committees,  the  treasury,  and  the  membership  drive— which  is  beginning  to 
approach  our  first  target  of  300.  The  election  results  of  our  mailed  ballot  will 
be  in  by  then  too  .  .  .  and  perhaps  even  the  name  of  our  new  Editor. 

For  we  must  remind  you  that  Dick  Fredericksen,  Health  Sciences  Librarian  at  Memorial 
University,  has  accepted  a  post  as  Director  of  the  Lister  Hill  Library  of  the  Health 
Sciences  at  the  University  of  Alabama  in  Birmingham.  The  May  issue  of  the  CHLA/ABSC 
Newsletter  will  be  his  last  editorial  effort  for  the  Canadian  community  which  he 
has  graced  so  well.  We  wish  him  well,  but  we  are  sorry  to  see  him  go,  because  we 
are  very  much  aware  that  we  have  a  newsletter  at  all  only  because  of  his  initiative 
and  persistence.  He  leaves  behind  a  publication  which  is  well  designed  for  our 
needs,  broadening  in  scope  and  increasing  in  interest.  We  do  admit,  however,  that 
a  Canadian  winter  like  this  last  one  could  persuade  almost  anyone  to  yearn  to  live 
down  south. 


Those  of  you  who  manage  to  reach  Chicago  for  the  meetings  of  the  Medical  Library 
Association  can  perhaps  help  send  Dick  off  with  a  flair  by  checking  in  at  the 
Canadian  hospitality  night  he  is  organizing.  Keep  in  mind,  too,  the  Canadian 
Group  breakfast  at  7:30  a.m.  on  Tuesday,  June  13th,  when  Canadian  members  of  MLA 
will  gather  for  news  and  companionship.  We  look  forward  to  seeing  you  in  June: 
Edmonton  Chicago  or  somewhere  along  the  highroad. 


M.  A.  Flower 
President 


NOTICE 


Addendum  3  to  the  Index  of  Canadian  Nursing  Studies,  1974  cumulation,  has  just 
been  released  and  may  be  purchased  at  $1.00  a  copy  from: 

The  Canadian  Nurses  Association 
50  The  Driveway 
Ottawa,  Ontario 
K2P  1E2 

This  Index  lists  studies  by  Canadian  nurses  or  about  nursing  in  Canada,  by  author/ 
source  and  by  subject.  The  last  cumulation  was  in  1974  and  there  have  been  addenda 
for  1975,  1976  and  1977.  The  complete  set,  i.e.  the  1974  Cumulation  and  the  three 
addenda,  may  be  purchased  for  $8.00  from  the  same  address. 


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AVIS 

L' Addendum  n°  3  du  Rgpertolre  des  gtudes  canadiennes  sur  les  so1ns  infirmiers. 
recapitulation  de  1974,  vient  d'etre  publie  et  se  vend  $1  Texemplaire. 

S'adresser  a: 

L 'Association  des  infirmieres  et  infinniers  du  Canada 
50,  The  Driveway 
Ottawa  (Ontario) 
K2P  1E2 

Ce  repertoire  donne  une  liste,  classfie  par  auteur/source  et  par  sujets,  des 
etudes  canadiennes  sur  les  sciences  infirmieres  ou  faites  par  des  membres  de 
la  profession.  La  derniere  recapitulation  date  de  1974  et  11  y  a  eu  des  addenda 
en  1975,  1976  et  1977.  Ces  quatre  documents  (edition  1974  et  les  trois  addenda) 
se  vendent  $8  (mane  adresse  que  ci-dessus). 

PATIENT  CANCER  LIBRARY 

Requests  for  lists  of  patient-related  cancer  pamphlets  and  books  used  by  the 
Cancer  Control  Agency  of  B.C..  announced  in  our  last  issue,  should  be  sent  to: 

David  Noble,  Librarian 
Cancer  Control  Agency  of  B.C. 
2656  Heather  Street 
Vancouver,  B.C. 
V5Z  3J3 

UPDATES  TO  GUIDE 

The  following  Items  have  been  received  as  updates  and  additions  to  the  Guide  to 
Canadian  Health  Science  Information,  Services  and  Sources  booklet  which  was 
recently  mailed  to  the  CHLA  menbership: 

Section  III.  Library  and  Health  Science  Organizations 

Correction: 

The  French  language  name  of  the  Canadian  Nurses  Association  has 
been  revised  to  Canadian  Nurses  Association/Association  des  infirmiSres 
et  infirmiers  du  Canada  (applies  to  all  sections  of  the  Guide  where  the 
name  appears). 


Add: 


Canadian  Health  Libraries  Association 
President:  Mrs.  M.  A.  Flower 
Nursing  Library 
McGin  University 
3506  University  Street 
Montreal ,  Quebec 
H3A  2A7 

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Manitoba  Health  Libraries  Association 
President:  Ms.  Barbara  Henwood 

Health  Sciences  Centre,  6H  103 

700  William  Avenue 

Winnipeg,  Manitoba 

R3E  0Z3 

Section  VI.     Selection  Sources 

Add: 

Core  list  of  Medical  and  Nursing  Material   Suitable  for  Rural 
Hospitals  ln  Manitoba,     txtension  :>ervice.  Medical  Library, 
University  of  Manitoba,  770  Bannatyne  Avenue,  Winnipeg, 
Manitoba      R3E  0W3 

-10  p.     $1.00 

Re  Canadian  Nurses  Association  Publications: 

Canadian  Nurse.  Monthly.  Lists  new  accessions  to  the  Canadian 
Nurses'  Association  library. 

Similar  listings  are  covered  in  our  French  language  journal  as 
follows: 

L'infirmi$re  canadienne.  Monthly.  Lists  new  accessions  to  the 
Canadian  Nurses  Association  library,  with  emphasis  on  French 
language  material . 

If  the  publication  is  made  bilingual  then  the  item  in  respect 
to  Canadian  Nurses  Association  should  be  similarly  covered. 
The  bibliography  service  tries  very  hard  to  find  as  much  material 
as  possible  in  the  French  language  for  listing. 

Section  VII.  Reference  Sources 

Changes/Additions  as  follows: 

The  Canadian  Nurses  Association  no  longer  publishes  Countdown. 

From  a  historical  point  of  view,  Countdown  Canadian  nursing  statistics, 
Ottawa,  Canadian  Nurses  Association.  Annual  1967-1974. 

From  1975  to  1978  these  statistics  were  published  by  Statistics 
Canada  under  the  title  Nursing  in  Canada. 

From  1979  forward  selected  statistics  on  nursing  will  be  included, 
we  understand,  in  a  new  publication  from  the  Health  Manpower  Statistics' 
Section  with  the  title  The  Compendium  of  Selected  Health  Manpower 
Statistics. 

The  item  on  the  Index  of  Canadian  Nursing  Studies  should  be  revised 
as  follows: 

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Canadian  Nurses  Association. 

Index  of  Canadian  Nursing  Studies/Repertoire  des  etudes 
canadiennes  sur  les  spins  infinniers.  1974  cumulation. 
Annual  Addenda  1975-1978;  next  cumulation  1979. 

Section  IX.  Canadian  Health  Science  Serials 

The  Alberta  Association  of  Registered  Nurses  Newsletter,  AARN 
Newsletter  is  not  irregular  but  is  monthly.  Similarly  there  are 
journals  of  the  other  ten  of  our  eleven  provincial/territorial 
member  associations  as  shown  below: 


A.A.R.N. 


Title  (All  Free) 
Newsletter 


R.N. A. B.C.  News 


M.A.R.N.  News 


N.B.A.R.N.  News/Circulaire  de 

I'A.I.E.N.B. 


A. R.N.N  News  Bulletin 


N.W.T.R.N.A.  News 


R.N.A.N-.S.  Bulletin 


R.N.A.O.  News 


Available  from/Pi sponible  chez 

Alberta  Association  of  Registered 

Nurses 
10256  -  112th  Street 
Edmonton,  Alberta,  T5K  1M6 

Registered  Nurses'  Association  of 

British  Columbia 
2130  West  12th  Avenue 
Vancouver,  British  Columbia,  V6K  2N3 

Manitoba  Association  of  Registered 

Nurses 
647  Broadway  Avenue 
Winnipeg,  Manitoba,  R3C  0X2 

New  Brunswick  Association  of 

Registered  Nurses 
231  Saunders  Street 
Fredericton,  New  Brunswick,  E3B  1N6 

Association  of  Registered  Nurses  of 

Newfoundland 
67  LeMarchant  Road 
St.  John's,  Newfoundland,  AlC  2G9 

Northwest  Territories  Registered 

Nurses'  Association 
Box  2757 
Yellowknlfe,  N.W.T.,  XOE  IHO 

Registered  Nurses'  Association  of 

Nova  Scotia 
6035  Coburg  Road 
Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  B3H  1Y8 

Registered  Nurses'  Association 

of  Ontario 
33  Price  Street 
Toronto,  Ontario,  M4W  1Z2 


n  - 


O.N.Q.  News  and  Notes/Notes  et 
Nouvelles  O.I.I.Q. 


S.R.N. A.  News  Bulletin 


A.N.P.E.I.  Newsletter 


Order  of  Nurses  of  Quebec 
4200  Dorchester  Blvd.  West 
Montreal,  Quebec,  H3Z  1V4 

Saskatchewan  Registered 

Nurses'  Association 
2066  Retallack  Street 
Regina,  Saskatchewan,  S4T  2K2 

Association  of  Nurses  of 

Prince  Edward  Island 
188  Prince  Street 
Charlottetown,  P.E.I. 


The  C.N. A.  French  language  journal  should  be  listed  as 

L'infirmiere  canadienne.  Monthly.  $8.00 
50  The  Driveway 
Ottawa,  Ontario 
K2P  1E2 

Canadian  Nutrition  Notes— no  longer  published. 


MMA  Reports.  No  longer  published. 
Manitoba. Medical  Association 
201  Kennedy  Street 
Winnipeg,  Manitoba 
R3C  1S8 


Replaced  by  montly  newsletter  Intercom 


University  of  Manitoba  Medical  Journal.  3  issues  per  year  plus 

supplements. $8.00.  " 

Dr.  Marion  Ferguson 

Dean's  Office 

Faculty  of  Medicine 

University  of  Manitoba 

770  Bannatyne  Avenue 

Winnipeg,  Manitoba 

R3E  0W3 


Section  X.  Canadian  Book  Dealers: 

Wilson  &  Lafleur 
39  Notre  Dame  St.  West 
Montreal ,  Quebec 
H2Y  1S5 

Section  XII.     Library  Book  Binders: 

Add:  Smith,   Irwin  &  Conley  Ltd. 

P.  0.   Box  456 
50  Lome  Street 
Smiths  Falls,  Ontario 
K7A  4T4 


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Section  XII:     (Cont'd.) 


Universal   Bindery  (Manitoba)  Ltd. 

1338  Clifton  Street 

Winnipeg 

Manitoba 

-will  provide  catalogue  of  supplies  on  request. 


MEDLINE 
NOUVaLES 

La  bibliothdque  m^icale  ^i  I'hSpital  Royal  Victoria,  Montreal,  est  devenue  la 
premiere  bibliotheque  d'hopltal  au  Canada  qui  offre  MEDLINE,  le  systeme  automatise 
qui  donne  acces  a  la  banque  de  donnees  d' Index  Medicus.     Ce  project  a  ete  finance 
par  le  Postgraduate  Board  de  I'hopltal. 

Les  negociations  ont  ete  falts  avec  1 'Institution  canadlen  d  Tlnfonration  scienti- 
fique  et  technique  (ICIST),  la  liaison  officielle  entre  les  bibliotheques  canadiennes 
et  la  National  Library  of  Medicine  a  Washington.     Sandra  Duchow,  la  bibliothecaire 
medlcale,  et  Elaine  Waddington,  la  bibliothecaire  de  la  Women's  Pavilion  Library, 
sont  allees  en  Janvier  a  1 ' ICIST  a  Ottawa  suivre  un  cours  d'entratnement. 

Le  terminal  est  maintenant  install^  I  la  bibliothdque  medlcale,  et  le  service  a 
usagers  a  comnence  le  1  fevrier.     La  reponse  a  ete  chaleureuse;  20  recherches  ont 
ete  faites  le  premier  mois,  meme  avant  que  la  publicite  officielle  soit  faite. 

MEDLINE 

NEWS  RELEASE 

The  Medical  Library  at  the  Royal  Victoria  Hospital,  Montreal,  has  become  the  first 
hospital   library  in  Canada  to  acquire  MEDLINE,  the  automated  system  giving  access  to 
the  data  base  of  Index  Medicus.     The  project  was  made  possible  by  funds  contributed 
through  the  Postgraduate  Board  of  the  hospital. 

Arrangements  to  acquire  MEDLINE  were  made  through  the  Canada  Institute  for  Scientific 
and  Technical   Information  (CISTI),  the  official  liaison  between  Canadian  libraries 
and  the  National  Library  of  Medicine  In  Washington.     Sandra  Duchow,  the  Medical 
Librarian,  and  Elaine  Waddington,  the  librarian  of  the  Women's  Pavilion  Library, 
recently  went  to  CISTI  in  Ottawa  to  attend  a  three-day  training  course  in  search 
techniques. 

The  terminal   is  now  installed  in  the  Medical  Library.     Service  started  on  February 
1.     The  response  has  been  enthusiastic,  with  20  searches  being  done  the  first  month, 
even  before  any  official  publicity  was  given  to  the  project. 


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COURSES  IN  BIOMEDICAL  BIBLIOGRAPHY  AND 
BIOMEDICAL  LIBRARIANSHIP 

June  20  -  July  13,  1978 

The  two  courses  together  help  prepare  students  for  the  accreditation  examination 
of  the  (U.S.)  Medical  Library  Association;  however,  either  course  may  be  taken 
independently.  (Each  course  is  valued  at  3  academic  credits). 

BIOMEDICAL  BIBLIOGRAPHY  covers  the  history  and  scope  of  the  biomedical  sciences; 
patterns  of  conmuni cation  in  the  health  science  disciplines;  manual  and  machine- 
assisted  reference  services,  with  special  emphasis  on  and  experience  with  MEDLINE; 
the  role  of  major  national  and  international  institutions  in  the  area  of  biomedical 
bibliography. 

BIOMEDICAL  LIBRARIANSHIP  examines  different  types  of  health  science  libraries; 
medical  schools  and  organizations  in  health-related  fileds;  the  application  of 
modern  library  techniques  to  the  management  of  such  libraries;  special  service 
problems;  current  trends. 

Both  courses  will  be  given  in  English;  some  discussion  will  take  place  in  French. 

FEES:    Biomedical  Bibliography:      $57  course  fee 

$30  laboratory  fee  (computer  connect  time) 

Biomedical  Librarianship:     $57  course  fee 

Dormitory  accommodation  is  available  on  a  first-register,  first-serve  basis. 

For  further  information  and  registration  forms,  please  write  or  telephone: 

Vivian  S.  Sessions,  Director 
Graduate  School  of  Library  Science 
McGill  University 
3459  McTavish  Street 
Montreal,  P.Q.,  H3A  lYl 
(514)  392-5947 


COURS  EN  BIBLIOGRAPHIE  BIOMEDICALE  ET  EN 
BIBLIOTHECARIAT  BIOMEDICAL 

20  juin  -  13  juillet  1978 

Le  fait  de  suivre  ces  deux  cours  aide  2t  preparer  les  ^tudiants  S  I'examen 
d'agr^ment  de  I'Association  des  bibliothSques  de  medicine  des  Etats-Unis;  il 
est  toutefois  possible  de  suivre  ces  cours  indgpendamment  I'un  de  1 'autre. 

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i 


Le  cours  de  BIBLIOGRAPHIE  BIOMEDICALE  traite  de  Thistorique  et  de  Tetendue  des 
sciences  biomedicales,  des  schemas  de  communication  en  sciences  de  la  sante,  des 
services  bibliographiques  manuels  et  mecaniques  (une  partie  de  cours  sera  consacree 
I  I'efliploi  du  systeme  MEDLINE)  aisni  que  du  role  des  princigales  institutions 
nationales  et  internationales  en  fait  de  bibliographic  biomedicale. 

Le  cours  de  BIBLIOTH^CARIAT  BIOMEDICAL  examine  dlff^rents  types  de  bibliothlques 
de  sciences  de  la  sant6,  diffgrents  types  d'§coles  de  medicine  et  d'organismes 
touchant  a  la  sante;  ce  cours  traite  aussi  de  1 'application  de  bibliotechniques 
modernes  a  la  gestion  de  ces  bibliotheques,  de  probl ernes  de  service  particuliers 
et  des  courants  actuels  dans  ces  domaines. 

Ces  deux  cours  seront  donnes  en  anglais;  certaines  discussions  pourront  avoir  lieu 
en  frangais. 

COOtS:  Bibliographie  biomldicale:  $57  droits  de  scolarite 

$30  frais  de  laboratoire  (duree  de 
connexion  de  1 'ordinateur) 

Blbllothecariat  biomedical  $57  droits  de  scolarite 

Pour  obtenir  de  plus  amples  renselgnements  ainsl  que  des  fortnules  d' inscription, 
veulllez  vous  adresser  ou  t^lfiphoner  I: 

Vivian  S.  Sessions,  directrlce 

Ecole  sup6r1eure  de  b1bl1oth6conom1e 

University  McGIll 

3459  rue  Mc lavish 

Montreal,  P.Q. 

H3A  lYl 

(514)  392-5947 


SINGLE-DAILY  DOSING:     A  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  RECENT  REFERENCES 

Single-dally  dosing  or  once-daily  administration  of  drugs  has  been  increasingly 
reported  in  the  pharmacy-medical  journal   literature.     This  is  the  concept  of 
administering  one  high  dose  of  a  drug  instead  of  multiple  smaller  doses  to  a 
patient  each  day.     It  has  been  found  that  with  certain  drugs,  single-daily  dosing 
is  safe  and  efficacious  and  increases  patient  con^l lance  with  drug  therapy 
regimens. 

When  requested  to  compile  a  bibliography  on  this  topic  for  one  of  our  faculty 
members,  we  found  that  single-daily  dosing  was  a  topic  that  could  not  be  easily 
searched  in  the  traditional   reference  sources  available  in  our  pharmacy-medical 
library  (e.g.   in  International   Pharmaceutical  Abstracts  and  in  Index  MedJcus). 
Having  explored  the  possibility  of  text-word  searching  of  MEDLINE,  we  eventually 
found  our  greatest  number  of  references  by  text-word  searching  of  Science  Citation 
Index.  • 

We  continually  updated  our  bibliography  by  scanning  the  new  journals  received 
daily  in  our  library  and  also  by  scanning  the  clinical  pages  of  Current  Contents. 
Life  Sciences  as  each  new  issue  was  received.     We  also  scanned  issues  of  Inpharma, 

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a  relatively  new  (1975)  drug  information  source  which  presents  critical  .abstracts 
of  the  drug  therapy  literature  and  which  is  received  by  air  mail  each  week. 
Inpharma  highlights  the  latest  drug  therapy  trends,  so  we  found  many  references 
to  single-daily  dosing  through  this  source.  Although  Inpharma  is  indexed  quarterly, 
the  single-daily  dosing  concept  is  not  listed  which  is  a  disadvantage  for  retro- 
spective searching  of  this  source. 

Our  bibliography  is  presented  in  the  hope  that  it  will  be  useful  to  other  health 
librarians  asked  to  find  information  on  once-daily  administration  of  drugs. 

General 


Bezchilbnyk,  K.  Z.,  and  Bredin,  S.B.  Once-a-day  drug  therapy.  Can.  J_.  Hos 
Pharm.  30:  157-158,  Sept. -Oct.  1977. 

Thomas,  J.,  and  Ausburn,  L.  Simplification  of  dosage  regimens  and  patient 
compliance  of  drug  therapy.  Aust.  J_.  Pharm.  58:  685-690,  Nov.  1977. 

Weber,  C.  E.,  Sather,  M.R.,  and  Mace,  D.J.  Improving  patient  compliance  through 
use  of  single  daily  dosages.  Hosp.  Pharm.  12:  508-510,  Oct.  1977. 

Antacids  and  Absorbents 

Smith,  D.R.,  Chang,  B.S.,  and  Johnson,  C.E.  Aluminum  hydroxide:  Evaluation 
of  two  dosage  forms  and  two  dosing  schedules  in  reducing  intestinal 
phosphate  absorption.  Am.  J_.  Hosp.  Pharm.  35:  58-61,  Jan.  1978. 

Antibiotics 

Klastersky,  J.,  Prgvost,  J.-M.,  Meunier-Carpentier,  F.  et  al .     Comparative 
trial  of  single-dose  versus  twice-daily  sisomicin  in  bacteriuric 
patients.     J_.  Clin.   Pharmacol .     17:     520-528,  Aug. -Sept.  1977. 

Landes,  R.R.     Single  daily  doses  of  tobramycin  in  therapy  of  urinary  tract 
infections.     J_.   Infect.  Pis.     134  (suppl.):     142-145,  Aug.  1976. 

Anticonvulsants 


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Buchanan,  R.A.,  Kinkel,  A.W.,  Turner,  J.L.  et  al .  Ethosuximide  dosage 
regimens.  Clin.  Pharmacol .  Ther.  19:  143-147,  Feb.  1976. 

Cocks,  D.A.,  Critchley,  E.M.R.,  Hayward,  H.W.  et  al .  Control  of  epilepsy 
with  a  single  daily  dose  of  phenytoin  sodium.  Br.  J.-  Clin.  Pharmacol . 
2:  449-453,  Oct.  1975. 

Livingston,  S.,  Pauli,  L.L.,  and  Pruce,  I.  Single  or  multiple  daily  doses 
of  anticonvulsant  drugs  (letter).  J_.  Pediatr.  90:  853-855,  May,  1977. 


Antidiarrheals 


Heel,  R.C.,  Brogden,  R.N.,  Speight,  T.M.,  et  al .  Loperamide:  A  review  of  its 
pharmacological  properties  and  therapeutic  efficacy  in  diarrhoea.  Drugs 
15:  33-52,  Jan.  1978. 

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Anti- Inflammatory  Agents 

Lawless,  J.F.,  and  Stubbs,  S.S.  Comparative  efficacy  of  once-a-day 

diflorasone  diacetate  and  t.i.d.  hydrocortisone,  in  treating  eczematous 
dermatitis.  Curr.  Ther.  Res.  23:  159-165,  Feb.  1978. 

Myles,  A.B.,  Schiller,  L.F.G.,  Glass,  D.  et  al .  Single  daily  dose  cortico- 
steriod  treatment.  Ann.  Rheum.  Dis.  35:  73-76,  Feb.  1976. 

Ronn,  H.H.  Fluocinonide  compared  with  betamethasone  in  the  treatment  of 
eczema  and  psoriasis.  Practitioner  216:  704-706.  June  1976. 

Diuretics 

Hunter,  K.R.,  and  Underwood,  P.N.     Evaluation  of  once-daily  versus  twice- 
daily  bumetanide  in  heart  failure.     Postgrad.  Med.  J^.   51(suppl.6): 
91-95.  1975. 

Hypotensive  Agents 

Besterman,  E.     Once-daily  atenoTol  for  hypertension  (letter).     Br.  Med.  J^.  1: 
1403,  June  5,  1976. 

Buhler,  F.R.,  Lutold,  B.E.,  Kung,  M.  et  al .     Once  daily  dosage  B-  blockade: 
Antihypertensive  efficacy  of  slow  release  oxprenolol  as  related  to 
renin  and  age.     Aust.  N.Z.J^.  Med.  6  (suppl.  3):     37-43,  Aug.  1976. 

Douglas-Jones,  A. P.,  and  Crulckshank,  J.M.     Once-daily  dosing  with  atenolol 
In  patients  with  mild  or  moderate  hypertension.     Br.  Med.  J_.  1:     990-991, 
Apr.  24.  1976. 

Frithz,  G.     Initiation  of  once-daily  pindolol  treatment  (letter).     Br.  Med.  J. 
1:     302.  Feb.  4,  1978. 

Frithz,  G.     Pindolol  once  daily  in  the  treatment  of  hypertension.     Ups.  J.  Med. 
Sci.     81:     151-154.  1976. 

Gabriel.  R.     Control  of  hypertension  with  single  dally  doses  of  sotalol 
hydrochloride.     Curr.  Med.  Res_.  Opin.  4:  739-742.  1976-1977. 

Gordon,  R.D.     Initial  treatment  of  the  young  hypertensive:     Thiazide  diuretic 
or  0-adrenoreceptor-block1ng  agent  in  a  single  daily  dose?     Clin.  Sci.  Mol 
Med.     51    (suppl.  3):  631S-633S.  Dec.  1976 

Hamilton,  S.,  and  Kelly,  D.     A  placebo  controlled  single  blind  cross  over 

trial   to  evaluate  the  antihypertensive  activity  of  indapamide.     Irish  Med. 
J.  70:     462-465,  Oct.   21.  1977. 

Harris.  A.M.,  Wollard.  K.V..  and  Tweed,  J. A.     A  study  of  once  daily  Tenormin 
(atenolol)  in  hypertension:     Some  Implications  in  patient  compliance. 
J,.  Int.  Med.  Res..  4(5):     347-  .  1976. 

Harry,  J.D.  and  Young,  J.     The  duration  of  action  of  atenolol   in  man.     Br.  J^. 
Clin.   Pharmacol.  4:     387P-388P,  June  1977. 

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Hypotensive  Agents 

Jain,  A.K.,  Ryan,  J.R.,  Vargas,  R.  et  al .  Efficacy  and  acceptability  of 
different  dosage  schedules  of  clonidine.  Clin.  Pharmacol .  Ther.  21: 
382-387,  Apr.  1977.  

Jeffers,  T.A.,  Webster,  J.,  Petrie,  J.C.  et  al .  Atenolol  once-daily  in 
hypertension.  Br.  J..  Clin.  Pharmacol .  4:  523-527,  Oct.  1977. 

Lehtonen,  A.,  and  Sundquist,  H.  Comparison  of  antihypertensive  activity 
of  sotalol  and  metoprolol  administered  once  daily  and  every  other 
day.  Curr.  Ther.  Res.  23:  131-135,  Feb.  1978. 

Marshall,  A.,  and  Barritt,  D.W.  Drug  compliance  in  hypertensive  patients 
(letter).  Br.  Med.  J..  1:  1278-1279,  May  14,  1977. 

O'Brien,  K.P.,  and  Stephens,  E.J.W.  Comparison  of  a  slow  release  formulation 
of  oxoprenolol  with  conventional  oxprenolol  in  the  treatment  of  hyper- 
tension. N^.  Med.  J_.  84:  142-144,  Aug.  1976. 

Persoff,  D.  and  Mason,  E.  Drug  Compliance  in  hypertensive  patients  (letter). 
Br.  Med.  J_.  2:  125,  July  9,  1977. 

Rosenberg,  J.,  John,  T.M.,  Raina,  M.K.  et  al .  Can  methyl dopa  be  effectively 
utilized  in  a  once-per-day  dosage  regimen?  Apothecary  89:  50  July-Aug. 
1977. 

Rosenberg.  J.M.,  Raina,  M.K. ,  Sangkachand,  P.  et  al .  Dosage  of  methyl dopa. 
HosD.  Pharm.  12:  593,  Dec.  1977. 

Toivonen,  S.I.,  Mattila,  S.,  Tarpila,  S.  et  al .  The  efficacy  of  single 

dose  of  pindolol  in  hypertension.  Ann.  Clin.  Res.  9:  93-96,  Apr.  1977. 

Tuomilehto,  J.,  Arstila,  M.,  Savilahti,  R.  et  al .  Sotalol  and  a  combination 
of  hydrochlorthiazide  and  spironolactone  in  the  treatment  of  hypertension 
with  a  single  daily  dose.  Curr.  Ther.  Res.  21:  668-675,  May,  1977. 

Weber,  J.C. P.,  Bird,  H.,  Cosh,  J.  et  al .  Once  daily  treatment  of  mild  to 
moderate  hypertension  with  xipamid:  A  controlled  study.  Br.  J_.  CI i n . 
Pharmacol .  4:  283-288,  June,  1977. 

West,  M.J.,  Kendall,  M.J.,  Mitchard,  M.  et  al .  A  comparison  of  slow  release 
with  conventional  oxprenolol:  Plasma  concentrations  and  clinical  effects. 
Br.  J^.  Clin.  Pharmacol .  3:  439-443,  June,  1976. 

Westerlund,  A.,  and  Hansson,  L.  Once-daily  treatment  of  hypertension  (letter). 
Br.  Med.  J.  2:  877,  Oct.  9,  1976. 

Wilson,  M.,  Morgan,  G.,  and  Morgan,  T.  Effect  on  blood  pressure  of  beta- 
adrenoreceptor-blocking  drugs  given  once  daily.  Clin.  Sci .  Mol .  Med. 
51  (suppl.  3):  527S-528S,  Dec.  1976. 

Wilson,  M.,  Morgan,  6.  and  Morgan,  T.  The  effect  of  blood  pressure  of  S-adreno- 
receptor  blocking  drugs  administered  once  daily  and  their  duration  of 
action  when  therapy  is  ceased.  Br.  J.  Clin.  Pharmacol .  3:  857-861.  Oct. 
1976. 

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Hypotensive  Agents  (Cont'd.) 

Wright,  J.M.,  McLeod,  P.J.,  and  McCullough,  W.  Antihypertensive  efficacy 
of  single  bedtime  dose  of  methyl dopa.  Clin.  Pharmacol .  Ther.  20: 
733-737.  Dec.  1976. 

Wright,  J.M.,  McLeod,  P.J.,  and  Ruedy,  J.  Antihypertensive  efficacy  of 

single  daily  dose  of  raethyldopa.  Pharmacologist  18:  187,  Fall,  1976. 

Yajnik,  V.H.,  Nandi ,  J.S.,  Patel ,  S.C.  et  al .  Penbutolol  in  hypertension: 
A  pilot  study  with  single  daily  doses.  J_.  Int.  Med.  Res.  5  (4): 
236-242,  1977. 

Psychotherapeutic  Agents 

Anon.  Dothiepin  for  depression:  Single  nightly  dosage.  Drug.  Ther.  Bull . 
15:  92,  Nov.  11,  1977. 

Brodie,  N.H.,  McGhie,  R.L.,  O'Hara,  H.  et  al .  Once  daily  administration 
of  fluphenazine/ nortriptyline  preparation  in  the  treatment  of  mixed 
anxiety/ depressive  states.  Curr.  Med.  Res.  Opin.  4(5):  346-352,  1976. 

Callahan,  E.J.,  Alevizos,  P.N. ,  Teigen,  J.R.  et  al .  Behavioral  effects  of 

reducing  the  dally  frequency  of  phenothiazine  administration.  Arch.  Gen. 
Psychiatry  32:  1285-1290,  Oct.  1975. 

Cohen,  I.M.  The  case  for  once-a-day  dosage  of  tricyclics.  Curr.  Prescrib. 
3:  54-58.  Oct.  1977. 

Davis,  J.M.  Comparative  doses  and  costs  of  antipsychotic  medication.  Arch. 
Gen.  Psychiatry  33;  858-861,  July  1976. 

E11e,  R.,  Duguay,  R.,  Panisset,  J.C.  et  al .  Single  and  divided  doses  of  imipramine. 
Curr.  Ther.  Res.  21:  725-735,  May  1977. 

Kline,  F.,  Burgoyne,  R.W. ,  and  Yamamoto,  J.  Comparison  of  pimozide  and  tri- 
fluoperazine as  once-daily  therapy  in  chronic  schizophrenic  outpatients. 
Curr.  Ther.  Res.  21:  768-778,  June,  1977. 

Low,  N.C.  An  interim  report  of  a  double-blind  study  comparing  a  once  daily 
dosage  of  maprotiline  (Ludomir)  with  ami tri pty  1 1  ne  thrice  daily. 
J,.  Int.  Med.  Res.  3  (suppl.  2):  114-    .  1975. 

Magnus,  R.V.,  Dean,  B.C.,  and  Curry,  S.H.  Clorazepate:  Double  blind  crossover 
comparison  of  a  single  nightly  dose  woth  diazepam  thrice  daily  in  anxiety. 
DIs.  Nerv.  Sept.  38:  819-821,  Oct.  1977. 

Magnus,  R.V.,  and  Schiff,  A. A.  Once-daily  treatment  for  mixed  anxiety/ 
depressive  states:  A  comparison  of  slow  release  amltriptyline  and 
fluphenazine  with  nortriptyline.  J,.  Int.  Med.  Res.  5  (2):  109-    ,  1977. 


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Psychotherapeutic  Agents  (Cont'd.) 

Mendel s,  J.,  and  Schless,  A.  A  controlled  comparison  of  doxepin  h.s.  and 
doxepin  q.l.d.  J^.  Clin.  Pharmacol .  15:  534-539,  July,  1975. 

Mendels,  J.,  and  Schless,  A. P.  Antidepressant  effects  of  desipramine  administere 
in  two  dosage  schedules.  Dis.  Nerv.  Syst.  38:  249-251,  Apr.  1977. 

Post,  C,  Lindgren,  S.,  Bertler,  A.  et  al .  Pharmacokinetics  of  N-desmethyl- 
diazepam  in  healthy  volunteers  after  single  daily  doses  of  dipotassium 
chlorazepate.  Psychopharmacology  53:  105-109,  July  18,  1977. 

Rees,  J. A.,  and  Cryer,  P.C.  A  single-blind  comparative  study  of  once  daily 
dothiepin  ('Prothiaden' )  and  divided  daily  doses  of  ami tripty line. 
Curr.  Med.  Res,.  Opin.  4  (6):  416-421,  1976. 

Rees,  J. A.,  and  Risdall,  P.C.  An  evaluation  of  a  once  daily  dosage  regime 
of  dothiepin  hydrochloride  (Prothiaden).  J.  Int.  Med.  Res.  4  (5): 
319-    ,  1976.  " 

Rosenberg,  J.,  Raina,  M.K.,  Sangkachand,  P.  et  al .  Is  it  feasible  to  administer 
diazepam  on  a  once  daily  basis  for  maintenance  therapy?  Apothecary  89: 
40,  Nov. -Dec.  1977. 

Snowdon,  J. A.  Double-blind  comparison  of  3-times  daily  and  single  night  « 
dosage  of  amitriptyline,  with  special  reference  to  side-effects.  I 
Curr.  Med.  Res_.  Opin.  4  (6):  381-387,  1976. 

Stevenson,  I.H.,  and  Schiff,  A. A.  Plasma  drug  levels  on  once-daily  dosage 
(letter).  Br.  Med.  J_.  2:  579,- Aug.  27,  1977. 

Uricosuric  Agents 

Brewis,  I.,  Ellis,  R.M.,  and  Scott,  J-.T.  Single  daily  dose  of  allopurinol. 
Ann.  Rheum.  Dis.  34:  256-259,  June  1975. 

Brewis,  I.D.L.,  Loebl .  W.Y.,  and  Scott,  J.T.  Single  daily  dose  of  allopurinol 
Ann.  Rheum.  Dis.  34:  201-202,  Apr.  1975. 

Heel,  R.C.,  Brogden,  R.N.,  Speight,  T.M.  et  al .  Benzbromanone:  A  review 

of  its  pharmacological  properties  and  therapeutic  use  in  gout  and  hyper- 
uricaemia.  Drugs  14:  349-366,  Nov.  1977. 

Alexander  Wong 

Elizabeth  Foy 

College  of  Pharmacy  Library 

Dalhousie  University 

SAGER'S  BOOK  SERVICE 

For  one  librarian  one  job  is  not  enough.  Lorna  Sager,  medical  librarian  at  St. 
Paul's  Hospital  (Vancouver),  is  a  splendid  example  of  a  supporter  of  libraries 
and  librarians'  need.  She  recently  (within  the  last  year  and  a  half)  started  a 

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book  service  because,  as  she  so  directly  put  it,  "I  felt  there  was  a  place  for  a 
bookseller  who  understood  the  philosophy  and  needs  of  libraries,  .  .  .  particularly 
special  libraries."  Her  current  enterprise  is  not  without  prior  related  experience 
for  between  the  years  of  1975  and  1976  she  inanaged  a  large  bookstore  in  the  Okanagan. 

Sager's  Book  Service  is  not  limited  to  the  supply  of  health  or  medical  materials 
but  covers  all  subject  areas  and  is  extended  to  major  customers  such  as  hospitals, 
colleges,  school  districts,  government  departments,  etc.  One  doesn't  have  to  be 
an  institution  to  order  a  book,  because  this  Service  claims  to  offer  fast  and 
efficient  service  to  individuals  as  well.  Lorna  Sager  maintains  direct  liaison 
with  publishers  on  an  international  basis,  while  bank  accounts  established  in  the 
United  Kingdon  and  the  United  States  help  to  facilitate  immediate  action  on  her 
orders . 

Sager's  Book  Service  is  a  fitting  example  of  the  saying  "wherever  there  is  a  need, 
there  is  a  job."  The  service  operates  from  931  Baycrest  Drive,  North  Vancouver, 
B.C.  V7G  1N7. 

Donna  Signori  (Miss) 
Collections  Librarian 
University  of  Victoria 

DENTAL  DEVaOPMENTS  AT  DALHOUSIE 

Dalhousie  University  w11l  soon  be  starting  construction  of  a  new  Dental  building 
to  be  completed  by  1980.  Enrollment  in  dentistry  and  dental  hygiene  will  be 
considerably  increased.  Since  the  new  building  will  be  adjacent  to  the  W.K^ 
Kellogg  Health  Sciences  Library  in  the  Sir  Charles  Tupper  Medical  Building  it 
has  been  decided  to  leave  the  Dental  Collection  In  Its  present  location  in 
the  Kellogg  Library.  This  arrangement  makes  it  possible  to  give  more  efficient 
and  economic  service  since  it  is  possible  to  draw  on  the  collection,  services 
and  technical  resources  of  the  Kellogg.  Of  course  there  will  be  a  need  for  more 
seating  and  audio-visual  carrels  and  for  more  duplication  in  the  collection  to 
acconmodate  the  increased  numbers  of  students. 

This  year  the  Dental  Librarian  has  begun  preparing  library  displays  for  Continuing 
Dental  Education  courses  in  order  to  promote  Kellogg  Library's  Regional  Loan 
Service.  The  recent  Prosthodontics  Canada  1978  saw  Clinicians  from  each  Faculty 
of  Dentistry  in  Canada  as  speakers.  Each  submitted  three  references  which  were 
copied  and  put  on  display.  Those  attending  could  request  photocopies  of  the 
articles  which  were  done  during  the  course.  This  seemed  quite  popular. 

Our  Regional  Loan  Service  makes  it  possible  for  dentists  and  hyglenists  in  the 
Atlantic  Provinces  to  have  information  searches  done  and  borrow  material  by  mail. 

THE  PRIORY  METHOD 

HUMANIZING  CARING  INSTITUTIONS 

Extended  care  and  geriatric  programs  have  historically  been  relegated  to  the  bottom 
rung  of  the  health  care  field.  Without  going  into  great  lengths,  we  can  quickly 

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conclude  that  the  level  of  care,  physically,  emotionally,  and  socially  has,  and 
indeed  is,  still  generally  far  from  what  it  might  be.  Usually  the  acute  care 
philosophy,  based  on  a  medical  model,  organizationally  and  administratively, 
has  been  transferred  to  the  extended  care  hospitals.  In  this  kind  of  model, 
meeting  social  and  emotional  needs  is  usually  absent  and  neglected.  Doctors 
prescribe  for  symptoms;  para-medical  and  disciplines  carry  out  orders.  A 
person's  total  human  psychological  needs  in  this  acute  care  environment  receive 
little  priority.  The  degenerating  process  created  by  the  omissions  and  neglects 
within  this  sterile,  "sick"  hospital  environment  soon  lead  to  depersonalization, 
loss  of  identity,  dependency,  and  loss  of  ego.  Patients  soon  display  all  the 
symptoms  of  senility,  confusion,  withdrawal,  and  eventually  a  form  of  social  and 
psychological  death  develops— the  patient  becomes  a  "vegetable".  The  myth  that 
this  deterioration  is  inevitable  is  finally  beginning  to  founder. 

There  have  been  some  exciting  inroads  made  in  Alberta  and  elsewhere,  in  reversing 
this  institutional,  structured  deterioration  of  people  who  can  no  longer  care  for 
themselves.  These  changes  in  a  few  hospitals  have  come  about  by  staff  who  are 
committed  to  the  philosophy  of  adding  "life  to  years"  rather  than  "years  to  life". 
Often,  these  exciting  and  restorative  approaches  are  taking  place  in  Alberta  in 
spite  of  an  acute  care,  institutional,  hospital  environment.  This  clearly  indi- 
cates to  me  that  there  is  a  strong  desire  and  will  to  deinstitutionalize  and 
humanize  extended  care  facilities. 

There  has  evolved  over  the  past  several  years  an  approach  to  extended  care 

that  not  only  emphasized  the  personal,  psychological,  emotional,  and  physical 

needs  of  patients,  but  has  also  structured  and  reorganized  its  delivery  systems 

so  that  a  rehabilitative,  restorative  program  is  possible.  This  program  has 

grown  out  of  Mrs.  Vera  Mclver's  work  at  the  St.  Mary's  Priory  Hospital  in 

Victoria,  B.C.  and  has  become  known  as  The  Priory  Method.  ^ 

I  would  see  using  this  approach  that  is  in  effect  in  four  different  hospitals      " 
in  Victoria,  as  a  model  and  guide  for  what  might  happen  here  in  Alberta.  In 
essence,  the  Priory  Method  is  merely  the  implementation  of  Henderson's  14 
Principles  of  Nursing  Care.  In  creating  a  homelike  environment  and  placing  the 
resident  first,  above  all  other  considerations,  good,  sound  nursing  care  does 
become  a  reality. 

The  National  Film  Board  has  just  completed  a  long  film  telling  the  story  of  the 
Priory  Method.  This  film,  along  with  a  self-explanation  kit,  will  soon  be 
available  for  distribution.  The  Faculty  of  Continuing  Education,  The  University 
of  Calgary  has  co-produced  this  film  and  is  actively  involved  in  working  with  a 
number  of  nursing  homes  and  hospitals  in  introducing  this  approach  to  Alberta 
caring  facilities.  ^.. 

As  one  ninety-four  year  old  resident  of  one  of  thei-Priory  Hospitals  said, 
"Before  I  came  here  I  just  wanted  to  die,  now  I  look  forward  to  everyday  in 
life."  This  attitude  should  be  prevalent  in  all  extended  care  facilities— we 
know  it's  not,  but  there  are  changes  on  the  way. 

A.  J.  Karch 

Division  of  Continuing 

Education 
University  of  Calgary 

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MCMASTER  GOES  TO  COM 

MEDICAT  Is  an  extension  of  the  cooperative  on-line  cataloging  system  known 
as  UNICAT-TELECAT  of  the  OULCS.  Using  the  NLM  data  base  as  well  as  data  already 
present  in  the  OUCLS  base,  the  Health  Sciences  Library  of  McMaster  University  will 
be  converting  its  entire  catalog  to  Computer  Output  Microfiche.  The  project  has 
been  supported  by  a  grant  from  the  Hannah  Institute  for  the  History  of  Medicine 
and  Related  Sciences.  The  final  aim  will  be  to  have  a  union  list  of  all  materials 
in  the  five  medical  school  libraries  in  Ontario,  along  with  that  of  the  Academy  of 
Medicine  Library  and  the  Ontario  Department  of  Health  Library. 

TECHNICIAN  WORKSHOP  OFFERED 

The  Ontario  Association  of  Library  Technicians  is  holding  a  workshop  at  Erindale 
College  in  Mississauga  May  25  -  28,  1978.  Peter  Wolters,  Head  of  Information 
Services  of  CISTI  and  Claire  Callaghan,  Circulation  and  Reference  Library  at 
McMaster's  Health  Sciences  Library  will  be  program  participants. 

TORONTO  MEDICAL  LIBRARIES  GROUP  MEETS 

The  Toronto  Medical  Libraries  Group  met  on  Monday  evening.  May  8,  1978,  at  the 
Sciences  and  Medicine  Library  of  the  University  of  Toronto.  Highlights  of  the 
meeting  Included  Linda  MacFarlane's  report  on  the  formation  of  an  Advisory  Committee 
to  CISTI's  Health  Sciences  Resource  Centre  and  Shelagh  Swanson's  report  on  CHLA 
and  also  a  proposed  union  list  of  serials.  L.  Gibson  sunmarized  results  of  a 
survey  on  working  conditions  in  metropolitan  Toronto  Health  Libraries.  M.  Morphy 
explained  some  of  the  features  of  the  Medlcat  system,  while  P.  Avis  reported  on 
the  OHA-RNAO  workshop  for  health  library  personnel. 

POT  POURRI  -  COLLEAGUES,  LIBRARIES 

EVA  BORDA,  reference  librarian  at  the  Health  Sciences  Library,  University  of 
tfestern  Ontario  in  London,  attended  the  "Teaching  Techniques  for  Medical 
Librarians"  program  held  at  the  Francis  A.  Countway  Library  of  Medicine  in 
Boston  on  May  1-5,  1978.  The  program  Included  a  series  of  Interrelated  con- 
secutive teaching  presentations  and  practice  sessions.  We  hope  Eva  will 
share  her  experiences  from  this  workshop  in  the  next  Issue  of  the  CHLA 
Newsletter. 

DOROTHY  FITZGERALD.  Librarian,  Canadian  Library  of  Family  Medicine  In  London, 
has  been  invited  to  Richmond,  Virginia  for  June  2,  1978,  by  the  Medical  College 
of  Virginia.  Dorothy  will  be  advising  the  College  on  ways  of  establishing  an' 
information  service  for  researchers  in  family  medicine  during  her  visit.  In 
addition,  Dorothy  will  soon  publish  a  "Suggested  Core  Library  List  for  Family 
Medical  Centres"  in  the  July,  1978,  issue  of  Canadian  Family  Physician.  This 
list  is  an  update  of  the  version  which  last  appeared  in  the  July,  1976  issue  of 
Canadian  Fami 1 y  Physician. 

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ERIC  J.  FREEMAN,  Librarian  of  the  Wellcome  Institute  for  the  History  of  Medicine, 
London,  England,  carried  out  an  inspection  of  library  resources  in  the  history 
of  medicine  on  behalf  of  Associated  Medical  Services  at  the  Universities  of 
Ottawa,  Toronto,  Western  Ontario,  McMaster  University  and  Queen's  University 
during  the  month  of  April,  1978. 

JUDY  HODGSON,  formerly  OHA  Librarian  and  Research  Assistant,  is  now  working  for  ^ 
the  Metric  Conversion  Workshop  of  the  Toronto  General  Hospital.  Judy  will 
initially  work  only  at  T.G.H.  but  then  will  travel  around  to  various  hospitals, 
running  the  workshop. 

EVE-MARIE  LACROIX  has  been  appointed  Head  of  the  Health  Sciences  Resource  Centre, 
replacing  Philippe  Lemay,  who  recently  returned  to  the  Province  of  Quebec.  Ms. 
Lacroix  comes  to  this  position  after  three  years  in  CISTI's  Research  and  Planning 
Division.  She  was  previously  employed  in  the  Ames  Division  of  Miles  Labroaton'es. 
In  addition  to  her  undergraduate  degree,  she  holds  an  M.S.  in  Science  Information 
from  the  Illinois  Institute  of  Technology. 

JOANNE  MARSHALL.  Reference  Librarian  with  the  McMaster  Health  Sciences  Library  in 
Hamilton,  Ontario,  will  be  presenting  a  paper  on  clinical  librarianship  related 
to  the  patient  at  the  forthcoming  MLA  meeting  in  Chicago.  Her  presentation  is 
scheduled  for  Wednesday,  June  14th,  at  0945  hours.  Joanne  recently  attended  a 
symposium  on  the  Clinical  librarian  held  in  Hartford,  Connecticut,  in  early  May. 
In  addition,  she  has  recently  had  a  paper  accepted  for  publication  in  the  Bulletin 
of  the  Medical  Library  Association.  Entitled  "The  Clinical  Librarian  and  the 
Patient,:  it  is  scheduled  for  publication  in  the  October,  1978  issue.  Joanne 
recently  received  a  Master  of  Health  Sciences  (Health  Care  Practice)  degree  in 
May  of  1978.  She  is  the  first  librarian  to  graduate  from  the  McMaster  program. 
Information  about  the  program  is  available  from  Joanne  upon  request. 


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SR.  JULIETTE  MERCIER  has  recently  retired  as  Librarian  of  the  Hotel-Dieu  d'Arthabaska, 
i n  Arthabaska,  Quebec . 

The  ONTARIO  MEDICAL  ASSOCIATION  LIBRARY  has  issued  December,  1977,  updates  to  the 
three  booklists  they  compile.  There  is  a  suggested  list  of  basic  books  and  journals 
for  a  community  active  treatment  hospital  plus  two  supplementary  lists,  one  for 
medical  books  and  journals,  and  one  for  health  sciences  books  and  journals.  The 
lists  are  revised  biennially  and  are  available  through  the  OMA  Library. 

Congrats  are  due  BEATRIX  ROBINOW,  Librarian  of  the  McMaster  Health  Sciences  Library, 

on  her  election  to  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Medical  Library  Association. 

Beatrix  will  commence  her  three  year  term  of  office  at  the  close  of  this  year's 

.Annual  Meeting  of  MLA.  Mrs.  Robinow  is  one  of  the  few  Canadians  to  hold  such  an 
office  in  recent  years. 

MARGIE  TAYLOR  has  accepted  the  position  of  manager  of  library  services  for  the 
Children's  Hospital  of  Eastern  Ontario  in  Ottawa.  She  will  be  assuming  her 
duties  in  mid-May.  Margie  was  formerly  the  Health  Sciences  Education  Centre 
Librarian,  of  the  Mohawk  College  in  Hamilton,  Ontario. 


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JOB  MARKET 


NEWFOUNDLAND 

Health  Sciences  Librarian—Health  Sciences  Library  of  Memorial  University  of 
Newfoundland.     Administers  health  sciences  library  serving  Schools  of  Medicine 
and  Nursing  and  General  Hospital.     This  is  a  new  library  facility  within  the 
new  Health  Sciences  Centre.     The  Health  Sciences  Librarian  is  responsible  to 
the  University  Librarian  for  cooperation  and  coordination  within  the  University 
Library  system.     The  Health  Sciences  Librarian  is  responsible  to  the  Dean  of 
Medicine  for  preparation  of  the  budget,  planning  for  effective  library  services, 
supervision  of  a  library  staff  of  21  FTE,  provision  for  province-wide  health 
library  services.       Qualifications  Include  a  degree  in  librarianship;  admini- 
strative experience  in  an  academic  health  library  preferred;  ability  to  relate 
effectively  to  staff,  students  and  faculty;  innovative  potential.     Salary 
negotiable  and  commensurate  with  past  training  and  experience.     Applicants  should 
send  their  curriculum  vitae  and  the  names  of  at  least  three  referees  to: 
Dr.  J.  Tomlinson/  Chairman,  Health  Sciences  Librarian  Search  Committee/  Faculty 
of  Medicine/  Memorial  University  of  Newfoundland/  St.  John's,  Newfoundland, 
AlB  3V6.     Deadline  for  applications  is  June  30,  1978.     Appointment  available 
August.  1978. 


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CANADIAN  HEALTH  LIBRARIES  ASSOCIATION 

ASSOCIATION  DES  BIBLIOTHEQUES  DE  LA  SANTE  DU  CANADA 


SECOND   ANNUAL   MEETING 


PRE-REGISTRATION 


WHEN: 


16  June  1978 


WHERE:     Edffloncon,  Alberta 
FOUR  SEASONS  HOTEL 

REGISTRATION  FEE:   MEMBERS,   $5.00;  NON-MEMBERS,  $7.00 


PLEASE  RETURN  TO:   Phyllis  Russell,  Medical  Sciences  Library 

University  of  Alberta,  Edmonton,  Alta.  T6G  2J8 


LIBRARY 


cin 


AMOUNT  ENCLOSED 


(S.V.P.  aake  checks  payable  to  the  CANADIAN  HEALTH  LIBRARIES  ASSOCIATION) 


CANADIAN  HEALTH  LIBRARIES  ASSOCIATION 

ASSOCIATION  DES  BIBLIOTHEQUES  DE  LA  SANTE  DU  CANADA 

CHLA/ABSC  NEWSLETTER 
FORM  FOR  SUBMISSION  OF  COPY 

1.  Name  of  Individual/Library  Reporting  (give  mailing  address): 


2.  Personnel  Appointments,  Activities: 


3.  Notable  Library  News,  New  Programs,  Acquisitions,  Grants,  Buildings,  Services: 


4.  Workshops,  Continuing  Education  Activities  in  your  area: 


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5.  Brief  Description  of  Article  You  are  Writing  for  Future  Submission  (give 
estimated  completion  date):_ 


Full  length  articles  and  news  items  contributed  on  this  form  should  be  submitted 
to: 

David  Crawford 

Editor:  CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter 

Medical  Library 

McGill  University 

3655  Drunriond  Street 

Montreal,  P.Q.   H3G  1Y6 

Deadlines  for  1978  copy:  Spring  Issue,  March  1;  Summer  Issue,  April  27,  Fall 
issue,  September  5. 


CANADIAN  HEALTH  LIBRARIES  ASSOCIATION 

ASSOCIATION  DES  BIBLIOTHEQUES  DE  LA  SANTE  DU  CANADA 


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CHLA     SECOND     ANNUAL     MEETING 

16  June  1978 
Edmonton,  Alberta 

HOTEL   INFORMATION 

While  the     Four  Seasons     Hotel  will   be  the  headquarters  site  for  our  annual 
meeting,   there  are  two  additional   hotels  in  its  immediate  area  which  are  in 
easy  walking  distance  from  the  hotel.     The  names  and  addresses  for  all   three 
hotels  are  given  below.     For  those  attending  the  CHLA  meeting,   it  is  suggested 
that  you  write  directly  to  book  your  reservations.     Since  these  three  hotels 
will   be  holding  their  rooms  for  CLA  members,  it  is  suggested  that  you  state 
you  will   be  attending  the  CHLA  meeting  held  in  conjunction  with  CLA  in  order 
to  obtain  reservations. 

Chateau  Lacombe 

101   St.  at  Bellamy  Hill 

Edmonton,  Alberta     T3J  0T5 

Edmonton  Plaza 
10135     100  St. 
Edmonton,  Alberta 
T5J  0N7 

Hotel   MacDonald 

100  St.  and  Jasper  Ave. 

Edmonton 

Alberta 

T5J  0N7 


The  Editor  regrets  that  he  is  unable  to  furnish  information  regarding  room 
rates  in  time  for  publication  of  this  issue. 


ABSC 
NEViTSLETTER 


No.  7 


ISSN  0700-5474 


Fall  1978 


is  issue  of  the  Newsletter  is  the  first  to  be  edited  outside  Newfoundland  and  cones  to 
you  froa  Montreal.  The  next  and  succeeding  issues  will  be  edited  in  Winnipeg  as  we  are 
happy  to  announce  that  Patrick  ("P.J.")  Fawcett  has  been  appointed  editor  with  effect 
froa  issue  No.  8. 

It  has  been  our  pleasure  to  edit  issue  No.  7  and  this  task  has  been  made  much  easier  by 
the  excellent  contributions  sent  in  by  the  Correspondents.  The  Newsletter  is  the  only 
contact  that  many  CHLA  members  have  with  the  organisation  and  it  is  our  hope  that  the 
news  and  information  which  follows  is  both  interesting  and  useful  to  you. 

Contributions  to  issue  No.  8  should  reach  the  Editor  before  October  28  and  should  be 
addressed  to  P.J.  Fawcett,  University  of  Manitoba,  Medical  Library,  770  Bannatyne  Ave. 
Winnipeg,  Manitoba,  R3E  0M3. 


Cette  publication  du  bulletin  est  la  premiere  qui  a  iti   (dit6e  i   I'extirieur  de  Terre- 
Neuve.  En  effet,  elle  vous  parvient  de  Montreal.  Les  publications  suivant  celle-ci 
seront  d6sormais  6dities  i  Winnipeg  par  M.  Patrick  ("P. J.")  Fawcett,  dont  il  nous  fait 
plaisir  d'annoncer  la  nomination  au  poste  d'iditeur.  II  exercera  ce  poste  dis   la  8e 
publication. 

Ce  fut  un  plaisir  d'iditer  la  7e  publication  du  bulletin  et  notre  tfiche  a  iti   facilitfie 
grace  aux  noabreuses  contributions  envoyies  par  nos  correspondents.  Ce  bulletin  est  le 
seul  contact  que  plusieurs  membres  de  I'ABSC  ont  avec  notre  organisation.  Nous  souhaitons 
que  les  nouvelles  et  les  infoxmations  suivantes  sauront  vous  intiresser  et  vous  8tre  utiles, 

Les  contributions  i  la  8e  publication  devraient  ttre  envoy6es  ^  I'^diteur  avant  le  28 
octobre  prochain  et  adress6es  i  M.  P.  J.  Fawcett,  University  of  Manitoba,  Medical  Library, 
770  Bannatyne  Ave.  Winnipeg,  Manitoba,  R3E  0W3. 

David  S.  Crawford/Hanna  Waluzyniec 
Editeurs 


CANADIAN  HEALTH  LIBRARIES  ASSOCIATiai 
ASSOCIATIGN  EES  BIELKTHiEqUES  IE  LA  SAMIE  DU  CANAM 


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CONTENTS / TABLE  PES  MATIERES 


Page 
CHLA/ABSC  BUSINESS 

Executive 2 

Chapters  of  CHLA 21 

Editorial front  cover 

Formule  d' application derniere  page 

Guide  aux  sciences  de  la  sante 12 

Guide  to  Canadian  .  .  .  sources 18 

Membership  Application last  page 

Membership  Report 5 

Newsletter  Correspondents 2 

President  Reports 13 

Rapport  du  Pre'sident 7 

Secteurs  de  I'ABSC 19 

Treasurer '  s  Report 6 

ASTED  Joum^e   d' etude 44,45 

Advisory  Committee  on  HSRC 33 

B.  C.  Health  Libraries  Association 42 

Bibliotheque  de  1 ' Universite'  Laval 40 

CBSS 38 

Colleagues 48 

Comite'  consul  tatlf  sur  le  CBSS 29 

Consumer  Health  Education 25 

Evaluation  of  the  Librarians  educational 

role  in  a  patient  care  setting 24 

Forthcoming  meetings 4 

HSRC 39 

Manitoba  Health  Libraries  Association 43 

News  Items 47 

Publication  News 41,46,49 


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CHLA/ABSC  EXECUTIVE 


Eileen  Bradley   (1978-1980) 
Science  and  Medicine  Library 
University  of  Toronto 
7  King's  College  Circle 
Toronto,  Ontario  M5S  1A5 

David  S.  Crawford  (1977-1979) 
Medical  Library 
McGill  University 
3655  Drxunmond  Street 
Montreal   H3G  1Y6 

Patrick  Fawcett   (Editor  of  the 

Newsletter) 
Medical  Library 
University  of  Manitoba 
770  Banna tyne  Avenue 
Winnipeg,  Man.   R3E  1E5 

Mrs.  M.A.  Flower  (President) 

(1977-79) 
Nursing  Library 
McGill  University 
3506  University  Street 
Montreal  H3A  2A7 


Bill  Fraser   (1977-1979) 
B.C.  Medical  Library  Service 
1807  West  10th  Street 
Vancouver.  B.C.   V6J  2A9 

Barbara  Kenwood   (1978-1980) 
General  Centre  Medical  Library 
Health  Sciences  Centre 
700  William  Avenue 
Winnipeg,  Man.   R3E  0Z3 

Philippe  Lemay 
Bibliothe^ue  Scientifique 
Universite  Laval 
Cite'  Universitaire 
Quibec  GIK  7PA 

Alan  MacDonald  (Treasurer) 

(1977-1979) 
Health  Sciences  Library 
Dalhousie  University 
Halifax,  Nova  Scotia 
B3H  4H7 


NEWSLETTER  CORRESPONDENTS 


REGIONAL: 

ALBERTA 

Sylvia  Chetner 

Medical  Sciences  Library 

University  of  Alberta 

Edmonton,  Alberta, T6G  2J8 

Pam  Griffin 
Medical  Library 
University  of  Calgary 
Calgary,  Alberta.   T2N  2T9 

BRITISH  COLUMBIA 
Donna  Signori 
514-425  Simcoe  Street 
Victoria.  B.C. ,  V8V  4T3 

MANITOBA 

Denise  Poirier 

Medical  Library 

St.  Boniface  Hospital 

409  Tache  Avenue 

Winnipeg ,  Man . , R2H  2A6 


MARITIME  PROVINCES: 

Barbara  Prince 

Health  Sciences  Library 

Dalhousie  University 

Halifax.  Nova  Scotia,   B3H  4H7 

ONTARIO 

Dorothy  Fitzgerald 

Canadian  Library  of  Family 

Medicine 
Health  Sciences  Library 
University  of  Western  Ontario 
London,  Ontario.   N6A  5C1 

TOPICAL: 
DENTISTRY 
Jean  Fensom 
Dentistry  Library 
3640  University  Street 
Montreal,  PQ,  H3A  2B2 


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CHLA/ABSC  NEWSLETTER 

The  CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter  is  published  four  times  a  year  by  the  Canadian  Health 
Libraries  Association/Association  des  Bibliotheques  de  la  Sante  du  Canada.   Sub- 
scriptions are  available  with  membership  in  CHLA  for  $15.00  per  year.  Correspondence 
regarding  membership  and  subscriptions  should  be  addressed  to:  Alan  H.  MacDonald, 
Treasurer,  CHLA/ABSC,  W.K.  Kellogg  Health  Sciences  Library,  Dalhousie  University, 
Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,   B3H  4H7. 

The  CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter  is  a  vehicle  for  providing  increased  communications  among 
all  Canadian  health  libraries  and  librarians,  but  has  a  special  commitment  to  reach 
and  assist  the  smaller,  isolated,  health  library.   Feature  length  articles  are 
accepted  describing  a  wide  range  of  health  library  topics:   organizations,  services, 
networks  and  consortia,  surveys,  state-of-the  art  reviews.   Brief,  news-length  items 
accepted  include:   how-we-did-it  reports,  news  about  workshops  and  continuing  educa- 
tion opportunities  (forthcoming  or  recently  held),  job  announcements,  new  publications, 
news  about  colleagues  and  libraries,  miscellaneous  items.  Contributors  should  consult 
recent  issues  for  examples  of  types  of  material  and  general  style.   Bibliographic 
references  should  conform  to  the  format  used  in  the  Bulletin  of  the  Medical  Library 
Association,  whenever  possible.  Submissions  in  French  or  English  are  welcome,  pre- 
ferably in  both  languages.  Contributions  should  be  addressed  to:  Patrick  Fawcett, 
Editor,  CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter,  Medical  Library,  University  of  Manitoba,  770  Bannatyne 
Avenue,  Winnipeg,  Manitoba  R3E  1E5. 

Deadline  for  the  next  issue  is  October  28,  1978. 


CHLA/ABSC  NEWSLETTER 

Le  CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter  est  public  quatre  fois  par  annee  pa  la  Canadian  Health 
Libraries  Association/Association  des  Bibliotheques  de  la  Sante  du  Canada.  Un 

abonnement  a  cette  publication  fait  partie  de  votre  cotisation  annuelle  de  15.00 
dollars  en  tant  que  membre  de  I'ABSC.   Pour  devenir  membre  et,  pour  recevoir  cette 
publication  il  faut  ecrire  S:  Alan  H.  MacDonald,  Tresorier,  CHLA/ABSC,  W.K. 
Kellogg  Health  Sciences  Library,  Dalhousie  University,  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  B3H  4H7. 

Le  but  du  CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter  est  de  rendre  la  communication  entre  toutes  les 
bibliotheques  Canadiennes  de  la  sante  et  les  biblioth^caires  plus  grande  mais  il 
veut  specialement  rejoindre  et  aider  les  bibliotheques  isolees  et  de  moins  d'envergures 
Nous  acceptons  tout  article  traitant  de  tous  les  aspects  biblioth^conomiques  du  domaine 
de  la  sante:  organisations  services  reseau  et  consortium,  enquetes  exposes  de  synthese. 
En  resume  les  articles  nouvelles  acceptes  peuvent  comprendre:  des  resumes  sur  la  fa§on 
dont  on  est  arrive  5  trouver  une  solution  a  un  project,  nouvelles  sur  des  ateliers  et 
des  cours  d'education  permanente  (&  venir  ou  passes)  postes  vacants,  nouvelles  publi- 
cations, nouvelles  sur  des  colleques  et  bibliotheques,  et  tout  autre  sujet.   Pour  les 
interesses,  le  genre  d'article  et  le  suject  public  dans  les  demiers  numeros  peuvent 
vous  servir  d'exemples.   II  serait  preferable  de  suivre  si  possible  le  format  utilise 
dans  le  Bulletin  of  the  Medical  Library  Association  lorsque  vous  avez  des  references 
bibliographiques  a  citer  a  la  fin  de  votre  article.   Des  articles  Frangais  ou  Anglais 
seront  les  bienvenus  mais  il  serait  souhaitable  de  les  ecrire  dans  les  deux  langues. 
Vous  devez  faire  parvenir  vos  articles  a:   Patrick  Fawcett,  Editeur,  CHLA/ABSC  Newslette 
Medical  Library,  University  of  Manitoba,  770  Bannatyne  Avenue,  Winnipeg,  Manitoba,  R3E  1 

La  date  limite  pour  le  prochain  numero  est:  Octobre  28,  1978. 


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FORTHCOMING  ^EETINGS 


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September  22  -  25,  1978 


Annual  meeting  of  the  Library 
Association,  Medical  Health  and 
Welfare  Libraries  Group. 
Nothingham,  England 


September  27  -  29,  1978 


North  Atlantic  Health  Science 
Libraries.   21st  Annual  Meeting. 
Wakefield,  Mass.   Information  from 
NAHSL  c/o  Francis  A.  Countway 
Library  of  Medicine,  10  Shattuck  St 
Boston,  Mass.   02113 


October  15  -  16.  1978 


Association  of  Canadian  Medical 
College^Association  des  facultes 
de  Medecine  du  Canada.   Special 
Resource  Committee  on  Medical  School 
Libraries/Comite  Consultatif  des 
Bibliotheques  des  Facultes  de  Medecine 
Toronto,  Ontario 


October  19  -  21,  1978 


Upstate  New  York  and  Ontario  Regional 
Group  of  the  MLA  meeting.   Albany, 
New  York.   Information  from  Dorothy 
Bross,  New  York  State  Department  of 
Health  Library.   Empire  State  Plaza. 
New  York,  12201 


October  25  -  28,  1978 


ASTED  Annual  Meeting.   Quebec 


June  2-  7.  1979 


Medical  Library  Association,  Honolulu 
Hawaii 


June  8-13,  1979 


June  1979 


Special  Libraries  Association, 
Honolulu,  Hawaii 

Canadian  Library  Association  and 
Canadian  Health  Libraries  Association/ 
Association  des  bibliotheques 
de  la  Sante  du  Canada,  Ottawa,  Ontario 


MEMBERSHIP  REPORT 


Members 

Renewa' 

-S 

New  Members 

Non-Renewals 

at  31  May  1978 

to  31  Aug 

1978 

to  31  Aug 

1978 

at  31 

Aug  1978 

Nfld. 

7 

4 

0 

2 

N.S. 

22 

18 

1 

4 

N.B. 

7 

5 

1 

2 

P.E.I. 

1 

1 

0 

0 

Que. 

54 

40 

4 

11 

Ont. 

93 

71 

13 

23 

Man. 

18 

16 

1 

2 

Sask. 

4 

4 

0 

0 

Alta. 

20 

18 

1 

3 

B.C. 

22 

22 

2 

0 

U.S.A. 

4 

5 

1 

0 

Other 

3 

3 

0 

- 

1 

207 

24 

48 

MEMBERSHIP 


255 


231 


Renewal  notices  are  enclosed  for  those  who  have 

not  yet  renewed.   This  will  be  the  last  issue  of 

the  Newsletter  to  be  sent  to  non-renewing  members 
************* 


Receipts  will  be  sent  out  in  October  to  all 

1978/79  members  of  record. 

************* 


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FINANCIAL  STATEMENTS 


1  June  1977 


31  May  1978 


Balance  on  hand  31  May  1977 


$12  34.4  7 


REVENUE 


EXPENDITURES 


Re:    1976/77 
Re:    1977/78 
Re:    1978/79 
Interest 
Conference    1977 
Conference    1978 


Memberships 
Memberships 
Memberships 


$      15.50 

3418.84 

2053.93 

62.28 

277,00 

124.00 


TOTAL 

$5951.55 

I'ublicat  ions 

1499.73 

Association   Business 

327.55 

Membership 

334.14 

Elections 

132.15 

Conference    1977 

91.57 

Memberships 

30.00 

Balance   on   hand   31    May    1978 


REVENUE 


EXPENDITURES 


Re:    19  78/79 
Re:    1979/80 
Conference   1978 
Donation 


Travel   Assistance 
Printing 
Conference   1978 
Memberships 


1396.28 
30.00 
86.5  7 
50.00 


300.00 
27.87 

192.68 
55.00 


Balance  on  hand  31  August  1978 


$2415.14 
$4770.88 


$1562.85 


$  575.55 
$5758.18 


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LE  RAPPORT  DU  PRESIDENT 


S'il  y  a  un  conseil  precieux  que  nous  pouvons  offrir  aux  membres 
de  I'ABSC  qui  n'ont  pas  pu  se  rendre  a  la  deuxieme  assemblee 
annuelle  tenue  a  Edmonton,  c'est  bien  celui-ci:  "N'essayez  jamais 
de  vous  rendre  a  Edmonton  a  partir  de  Chicagol".  Certains  s'y  sont 
rendus  a  partir  de  Minneapolis,  d'autre  a  partir  de  Toronto.  Mais, 
de  toute  fagon,  c'est  toujours  la  meme  histoir*  attente  aux  escales, 
valises  perdues,  les  declarations  routini"bres  aux  douanes.  Tout  cela 
fait  parti  du  prestige  de  voyager,  c'est  3  la  fois  la  source  d' anecdotes 
spirituelles  et  de  revenu  de  certains  ecrivains  a  succes  qui  s'achetent 
une  lie  deserte  ou  ils  se  rendront  pour  finir  leurs  jours. 

Tendences 

La  deuxieme  assemblee  annuelle  de  I'ABSC  s'est  tenue,  tel  que  pr§vu, 
a  la  salle  Northcote  du  nouvel  hStel  Four  Seasons  a  Edmonton.   Le 
sujet  etait  des  plus  appropries:   Les  nouvel les  tendances  dans  le 
domaine  de  la  sante.   Les  conferenciers  et  les  rapporteurs  de  Sante 
et  Bien-Stre  Social  et  de  I'ICIST  se  sont  adresses  aux  membres  dans 
cette  veine.   Le  premier  conferencier,  le  docteur  Theodor  Shnitka, 
est  president  du  comite  dc  la  biblTOtlu'qnc  de  la  faculte  de  medecine  de 
I'universite  de  1 'Alberta.   II  est  venu  nous  parler  de  son  passe- 
temps  favori  et  comme  c'est  toujours  le  cas  dans  les  exposes  de  ce    ' 
genre,  sa  connaissance  de  la  publication  de  revues  professionnelles 
dans  le  domaine  de  la  medecine  est  absolument  phenomenale.   Les 
courbes  de  publications  qu'il  nous  a  exposees,  grSce  a  une  serie  de 
diapositives  des  plus  interessantes,  n'ont  laisse  aucun  doute  dans 
1' esprit  de  chacun  que  la  tendance  actuelle  se  repetera  indefiniment, 
malgre  la  baisse  constante  de  fonds  accordes  aux  bibliotheques  pour 
1' achat  de  revues  professionnelles.   En  effet,  les  nouvel les  revues 
ne  pouront  pas  cesser  d'etre  publiees,  a  la  lumiere  des  nouvel les     \ 
decouvertes  medicales,  en  depit  de  la  situation  economique  actuelle, 
car  en  regroupant  le  nombre  de  periodiques  publics,  on  augmentera 
par  le  fait  meme  la  qualite  des  travaux  qu'on  y  retrouve.   C'est 
1 'expression  de  la  communaute  scientifique,  qui  ne  cesse  de  s'evaluer 
et  de  repandre  ses  nouvel les. 

I. e  deuxi  eme  conferencier  etait  egalement  membre  du  personnel  de 
I'Universitc  d  1 'Alberta.   En  tant  que  professeur  adjoint  de  la 
faculte  des  infirmieres,  Kay  Dier  a  passe  les  cinq  dernieres  annees 
dans  un  des  nouveaux  programmes  offert  dans  le  domaine.   II  s'agit 
du  programme  d' infirmieres  cliniciennes  de  I'Universite  de  1 'Alberta. 
EUe  nous  a  decrit  le  developpement  de  ce  concept  et  le  besoin 
pressant  d' infirmieres  cliniciennes  autonomes  dans  le  Grand  Nord 
canadien,  oQ  les  soins  medicaux  sont  rares,  et  dans  les  pays  tels 
la  Thailand,  ou  les  soins  medicaux  sont  rares,  mais  pour  des 
raisons  diverses.  Elle  nous  a  decrit  les  problemes  legaux  et 
fiscaux  qui  ont  empeches  1 'acceptation  des  infirmieres  cliniciennes 
au  Canada  et  qui  ont  encourages  les  collegues  du  domaine  medical, 
qui  doutent  peut-etre  vraiement  de  I'autonomie  des  infirmieres,  3 
les  rejeter  parce  que  leur  statut  legal  est  ambigu  dans  plusieurs 
juridictions  et  parce  que  leur  salaire  en  tant  que  personnel  para- 
medical n'est  pas  couvert  directement  par  le  regime  d' assurance  maladie. 


Deux  de  nos  membres  3  Ottawa  nous  ont  expos§  les  tendences  actuelles 
dans  le  domaine  des  bibliotheques  des  sciences  de  la  sante.   Martha 
Stone,  Chef  de  la  bibliotheque  du  Ministere  de  Sante  et  Bien-Etre 
Social  Canada  nous  a  parle  des  changements  entrepris  et  projetes 
dans  sa  bibliotheque.   Certains  de  ces  changements  ont  ete  instituSs 
en  reponse  aux  coupures  de  budget  et  de  personnel  qui  ont  suivis  les 
mesures  que  le  Premier  ministre  Trudeau  a  annonce  lors  de  son  discours 
diffuse  en  juillet  dernier.   On  a  par  la  suite  effectue  une  verification 
interne,  entralnant  tout  d'abord  une  definition  du  rOle  de  la  biblio- 
theque face  au  Ministere  et  3  la  communaut?  des  sciences  de  la  sante,  et 
ensuite  au  developpement  d'une  politique  sur  laquelle  on  baserait  1 'organi- 
sation rationnelle  de  l'6ntendue  de  la  collection. 

Martha  nous  a  §galeiiient  expliqu§  que  la  bibliothdque  est  en  train  de 
■ettre  sur  pied  une  s#rie  de  lignes  de  conduites  voulant  qu'on  impose 
d^sormais  des  fraispour  les  services  rendus.  Ce  concept  6tait  jusqu'5 
present  inacceptable,  car  les  bibliothdques  gouvememen tales  sont 
financ6es  par  les  taxes.  Mais  I'aust^ritf  fconomique  actuelle  tend  d 
i  changer  cette  fa^on  de  penser  et  il  semble  que  le  Conseil  du  Tr^sor 
acceptera  cette  faqon  de  proc6der  6tant  donn6  les  circonstances. 

Une  autre  entreprise  qui  r6pond  3  un».  lacune  dans  le  service, 

est  la  nise  sur  pied  d'un  catalogue  des  publications  du  Ministre  de 

la  Sante  et  du  Bien-Etre  Social  Canada.  Ce  catalogue  sera  en  circulation 

des  la  fin  de  I'annJe  1978  et  comprendra  une  liste  de  tous  les  titres 

des  publications  qui  pourront  8tre  denich^es,  sur  une  p^riode  d'environs 

60  ans.  soit  de  1917  3  1978. 

Jusqu'l  date,  les  tentatives  d'offre  d' informations  de  toutes  sortes 
entreprises  par  un  gouvemement  federal  monolithique  et  dirig6es  3  un 
public  de  plus  en  plus  conscient  de  ses  droits  en  tant  que  consonmateur, 
n'ont  gudre  €t€   un  succ^s  ^clatant.   II  est  toutefois  survenu  un 
ev§nement  3  Ottawa  qui  pourrait  changer  les  choses.  En  effet,  les 
directeurs  des  bibliothdques  ont  forne  un  Conseil  des  bibliotheques 
f6d6rales  qui  est  en  train  d'^tablir  une  s^rie  de  comites  permanents 
pour  traiter  des  responsabi litis  f6d§rales  envers  les  usagers  de 
I'extirieur.  C'est  peut-8tre  ce  qu'il  nous  faut  pour  combler  enfin  ce 
vide  qu'est  le  aanque  d' information  provenant  d'Ottawa. 

L'autre  confirencier  d'Ottawa  itait  Eve-Marie  Lacroix,  Chef,  Centre 
bibliographique  des  sciences  de  la  santi  I  I'ICIST.   Elle  a  ecrit  un 
article,  qui  paratt  dans  ce  bulletin,  sur  les  relations  qu'aura  le 
centre  bibliographique  avec  les  autres  organismes  des  sciences  de  la 
sant§  i   travers  le  Canada.  Nous  recevrons  des  rapports  du  comity 
consultatif,  compost  en  partie  par  des  deiiguis  de  I'ABSC,  qui  parraine 
ces  nouvelles  relations,  de  la  part  de  Frances  Groen,  presidente  du 
coBite. 


8 


Secteurs 

L'ordre  du  jour  de  1 'Association  a  ete  lu  par  le  groupe  assemble  a 
Edmonton  et  1 'atmosphere  etait  a  la  discussion.   Le  proces-verbal 
de  la  premiere  assemblee  annuelle  a  ete  lu  et  adopte.   Le  rapport 
sur  les  elections  de  1978,  qui  a  paru  dans  le  bulletin  nO  6  de  I'ete 
1978,  le  rapport  du  tresorier  et  les  rapports  portant  sur  le  statut 
de  membre  et,  sur  les  publications  ont  tous  ete  lus  et  adoptes. 

La  question  de  premiere  importance  concemait  les  secteurs.   Le 
premier  avant-projet  publie  a  ce  sujet  paru  dans  le  bulletin  n°  4, 
de  I'hiver  1977  et  s'intitulait  ABSC  devrait-elle  avoir  des  secteurs? 
A  Chicago,  lors  d'une  reunion  du  MLA  le  comite  executif  de  I'ABSC  a 
revise  cet  article  d'apres  les  commentaires  et  les  mises  en  application 
regues  par  le  courrier.   Le  second  avant-projet  a  ete  lu  par  M.  Alan 
MacDonald  devant  les  membres  de  la  deuxieme  assemblee  annuelle  de 
I'ABSC,  qui  se  tenait  a  Edmonton.   La  proposition  qu'on  accepte 
1 ' introduction  de  secteurs  a  I'interieur  de  I'ABSC  a  ete  seconde  par 
M.  David  Crawford  et  adoptee  a  I'unanimite  par  les  membres  presents. 
L' avant-projet  et  la  proposition  sont  publics  dans  ce  bulletin. 

La  question  des  secteurs  a  encore  ete  soulevee  par  le  comite  executif 
lors  d'une  autre  reunion  tenue  a  Edmonton,  au  cours  de  laquelle  on  en 
est  arrive  a  certaines  decisions.  Etant  donnee  que  les  membres  de 
I'ABSC  ont  adopte  la  politique  concemant  1' introduction  des  secteurs, 
telle  qu'on  en  avait  discute  et  suite  aux  developpement  qui  s'en  sont 
suivis,  cette  politique  devra  desormais  etre  incorporee  a  I'acte 
constitutif  de  1 'Association.  Cela  devrait  se  faire  assez  facilement, 
puisque  I'acte  constitutif  interimaire,  institue  a  I'origine  par  le 

omite  pecial  d' inauguration,  specific  qu'un  acte  constitutif  permanent 
doit  etre  ratifie  avant  la  fin  de  I'annee  1978.   Lors  de  la  reunion 
tenue  a  Edmonton,  le  comite  executif  a  done  fonde  un  comite  en  charge 
de  la  redaction  finale  de  I'acte  constitutif.   Les  membres  du  comite 
sont  Eileen  Bradley,  Science  and  Medical  Library,  University  of  Toronto; 
Hanna  Waluzyniec,  Medical  Library,  McGill  University;  et  Alan  MacDonald, 
W.  K.  Kellog  Health  Sciences  Library,  Dalhousie  University,  president 
du  comite.   De  par  ses  fonctions,  le  president  de  I'ABSC  sera  egalement 
membre  du  comite. 

Ces  membres  etablieront  un  nouvel  acte  constitutif,  qui  comprendra  la 
politique  adoptee  sur  les  secteurs.   lis  developperont  la  mise  sur  pied 
de  reglements  et  elaboreront  les  rouages  permettant  a  notre  organisme 
d'etre  constitue  en  corporation,  lorsque  le  besoin  s'en  fera  sentir. 
lis  presenteront  leur  avant-projet  au  comite  executif  de  I'ABSC  lorsqu'il 
se  recontrera  a  Toronto  en  octobre  prochain.   Le  projet  final,  de  meme 
ques  les  revisions  que  I'on  aura  jugees  necessaires,  sera  present!  a 
tous  les  membres  vers  la  fin  du  mois  de  novembre.   II  sera  ratifie  grSce 
a  un  vote  effectue  par  le  courrier.   Comme  vous  le  constatez,  notre 
calendrier  est  tres  serre.  Nous  souhaitons  que  les  personnes  concemees 
seront  presentes  jusqu'au  bout. 


A  part  la  question  de  reviser  I'acte  constitutif  d'ici  la  fin  de 
I'annee,  il  ya  un  autre  projet  en  vue.      En  effet ,  le  comite  executif 
a  pris  une  seconde  decision  lors  de  la  reunion  3  Edmonton.   II  s'agit 
dc  conferer  au  president  de  I'ABSC,  durant  la  periode  de  revision  de 
I'acte  constitutif,  le  pouvoir  d'accepter  provi soirement  conune  secteurs 
les  groupes  qui  satisfont  les  exigences  etabliesdans  la  politique 
adoptee  5  Edmonton.   II  y  a  presentemment  quatre  demandes  de  statut  de 
secteurs  qui  nous  sont  parvenues.   El les  seront  done  accept 6es 
provi  so  i  rement ,  afin  ques  les  groupes  concerncs  puisscr.t  planifier  leur 
activitees  en  accord  avec  I'ABSC  et  selon  la  marche  5  suivre  adoptee, 
jusqu'au  debut  de  1979,  Icrsqu'on  entamera  le  processus  dans  les  for- 
amilit^s  6tablies  officiel lement  par  I'ABSC.   C'est  done  avec  enthousiasme 
que  nous  accueillons  ces  premiers  secteurs.   Nous  envisageons  une  longue 
association  et  surtout  une  association  stimulante. 

Relations  ext^rieures 

En  plus  de  nos  relations  internes  avec  les  secteurs,  la  preoccupation 
majeure  du  Comit6  Exfcutif  durant  son  sfjour  I  Chicago  ftait  la  question 
d'affiliation  avec  la  Medical  Library  Associatioa Durant  les  demiers  mois, 
il  y  a  eu  beaucoup  dc  correspondance  A   ce  sujet  et  cette  entreprise  devait 
atteindre  une  conclusion  sat isfaisante  h   I'assemblee  annuel le  de  la  Medical 
Library  Association,  alors  ques  les  membres  concemfs  des  deux  associations 
ftaient  presents  pour  une  s6rie  de  reunions.   On  a  choisi  de  former  un 
cofflite  special  coapos6  de  trois  membres  du  International  Cooperation 
Committee  of  MLA,  et  de  d#l(gu6s  de  I'ABSC.   Martha  Stone,  Bill  Fraser, 
Alan  MacDonald,  Sheila  Swanson  et  Babs  Flower  part iciperent  tous  i   un 
moment  ou  1 'autre.   Le  comite  special  ne  s'est  recontre  qu'^  une  seule 
reprise,  laais  les  deux  factions  se  rencontrirent  S  plusieurs  reprises 
pour  discuter  du  protocole. 

La  proposition  d'affiliation  de  I'ABSC  est  tout  un  6venement  marquant 
pour  MLA  et  coane  toute  autre  innovation  elle  est  sujette  3  vives 
controverses.   La  question  2  definir  demeurait  essent iel lement  celle-ci: 
•Que  signifie  le  terme  affiliation?"  Serait-ce  une  relation  plutOt 
officielle,  ou  s'agirait-il   au  contraire  d'un  ^change  plus  anime? 
Etant  donne  que  le  MLA  tenait  i   ce  que  la  proposition  de  I'ABSC  devienne 
le  noddle  pour  les  futures  associations  cooperatives  avec  d'autres 
soci6t6s  rationales  de  bibl iothdques  cette  question  etait,  en  effet,  des 
plus  import antes.   Le  MLA  off rait  une  accreditation  alors  que  I'ABSC 
proposait  une  cooperation.   Finalement,  mSme  si  les  details  rcstent 
encore  il  ?tre  J i scutes,  on  a  opt§  pour  I'idee  dc  la  cooperation. 
L'association  des  bibliothdques  medicales  a  accepte  le  concept  d'une 
association  mutuelle  et  active. 

Va  pour  Chicago.   Nous  devons  maintenant  porter  not re  attention  3 
Ottawa  et  chercher  d'obtenir  une  entente  semblable  avec  la  Canadian 
Library  Association.   Dans  ce  cas-ci,  nous  sommes  encore  une  fois  des 
innovateurs,  puisque  nous  proposons  une  nouvelle  forme  d'association. 


10 


Le  pro jet  CANHELP 

Nous  avons  dej&  discutS  du  projet  CANHELP  par  le  passe.   II  s'agit  du 
premier  projet  d'envergure  mis  sur  pied  par  I'ABSC.   Le  comite  executif 
et  le  comite  des  finances  ont  etudie  les  objectifs  de  I'ABSC  et  ont  conclu 
que  les  priorites  auxquelles  nous  n'avons  pas  encore  trouve  de  solution 
sont  dans  le  domaine  de  1 'education  permanente.   II  ne  s'agit  pas  seule- 
ment  d'un  probleme  de  ressources  canadiennes  dont  nos  membres  ont  besoin 
pour  exploiter  les  bibliotheques,  car  il  nous  semble  evident  que  les 
usagers  des  services  d' information  offert  par  nos  membres  ont  beaucoup 
&  apprendre  sur  la  fagon  qu'ils  peuvent  profiter  du  service  offert  par 
les  bibliotheques.   Le  personnel  qui  semble  avoir  le  plus  besoin  de 
contacts  exterieurs  avec  des  gens  du  mgme  domaine,  en  plus  de  materiel 
specialise  pour  resoudre  certains  problemes  semblent  Stre  situe  dans 
les  hopitaux.   Les  bibliotheques  medicales  sont  done  devenues  notre 
point  de  mise  pour  ce  projet. 

Durant  les  derniers  mois,  la  presidente,  exer^ant  ses  fonctions  de 
presidente  du  projet  CANHELP,  a  peu  a  peu  mis  sur  pied  un  service 
consultatif  regroupant  les  principaux  professionnels  canadiens  qui 
utilisent  les  bibliotheques  hospitalieres  ou  qui  sont  en  charge  de 
celles-ci.   Le  medecin,  1 ' infirmiere,  1 'administrateur  de  I'hSpital 
et  les  bibliothecaire  en  sciences  de  la  sante  peuvent  tous  etre  choisis 
comme  conseillers.  Au  fur  et  £l  mesure  que  le  service  consultatif  prend 
de  I'envergure,  les  grandes  lignes  du  programme,  qui  doit  §tre  mis  au 
pied  pour  appuyer  les  activites  des  bibliotheques  hospitalieres  et  pour 
leur  foumir  tout  un  reseau  de  ressources,  de  catalogue  collectifs,  de 
manuels  et  d'ateliers,  se  transforment  en  un  programme  de  discussions 
collectives  qui  devrait  avoir  lieu,  si  possible,  le  printemps  de  1979. 
Le  service  consultatif  nous  aidera  a  decider  du  moment,  du  lieu,  ainsi 
que  des  institutions  avec  lesquelles  ce  devrait  §tre  organise  et  des 
sujets  possibles  a  discuter.   Le  comite  des  finances  se  charge  de 
trouver  les  fonds  pour  financer  le  projet  et  nous  souhaitons  que 
1 'Association  entiere  se  joindra  a  nous  en  un  effort  national  pour 
creer  les  elements  necessaires  a  1 'etablissement  d'une  cooperation 
regionale  qui  saura  durer. 

On  invitera  a  ces  discussions  collectives,  des  "equipes"  de  quatre 
personnes  provenant  d'hSpitaux  de  grandeur  moyenne  choisis  dans  chaque 
province.   II  s'agira  de  1 'administrateur  de  I'hSpital,  les  membres 
du  corps   medical  et  infirmier  du  comite  de  biblioth§que  et  le 
bibliothecaire  de  I'hSpital.  On  retrouvera  egalement  des  representants 
de  bibliotheques  et  des  ministeres  federaux  et  provinciaux  concemes, 
qui  se  joindront  aux  representants  regionaux  de  I'ABSC. 

Les  discussions  traiteront  de  documentation  generale  qui  a  deja  ete 
circulee.   L'ABSC,  conseillee  par  le  service  consultatif,  sera 
responsable  du  suivi  et  de  1 'implentation  des  recommendations  faitcs 
durant  la  discussion.  Ainsi,  les  resultats  emanant  de  ces  discussions 
pourront  decider  du  r51e  que  jouera  I'ABSC  dans  les  mois  et  les  ^ 

annees  ^  venir.   C'est  un  projet  qui  s'annonce  des  plus  interessants.  f 


11 


Rgstone 

Le  comit^  exScutif  a  travail  16  trSs  fort  durant  1977  et  1978  pour 
delimiter  la  direction  que  prendra  I'ABSC  au  cours  des  prochaines 
annees  et  pour  etablir  les  fondements  d'une  organisation  solide 
ayant  un  regard  sur  la  collaboration  nationale  tout  en  demeurant 
tr&s  presente  sur  le  plan  regional.   GrSce  au  bulletin  de  I'ABSC 
nous  cherchons  ^  creer  des  liens  avec  chaque  membre.    Les  assemblies 
annuelles,  tenues  dans  plusieurs  villes  3  travers  le  pays,  et  les 
recontres  anicales,  telles  que  nous  avons  eues  dans  le  bureau  de 
Bill  Fraser  aprds  la  reunion  tenue  ^  Edmonton,  nous  permettront  de 
connattre  6ventuellement  tous  nos  membres.   Le  cadre  administratif 
I  I'intSrieur  duquel  nous  travaillons,  nous  permettra  d'etablir 
certaines  relations  avec  les  groupes  de  gens  traillant  dans  les 
bibliothdques  des  sciences  de  la  sante  au  niveau  provincial  ou  autre. 
GrSce  au  projet  CAfWELP,  nous  esperons  pouvoir  exposer  certains 
probl^nes  de  base  que  doivent  affronter  les  diverses  bibl ioth^ques 
des  sciences  de  la  sant^  du  Canada.   Les  reactions  retentissantes 
que  nous  recevons  de  la  part  des  membres  de  I'ABSC  nous  font  grand 
plaisir  et  c'est  avec  optiaisae  que  nous  affronterons  l'ann$e  1978 
et  1979,  qui  s'annonce  difficile  mais  des  plus  int^ressantes. 


M.  A.  Flower 
President 


Guide  aux  sciences  de  la  santt  canadiennes 
Services  d' information  et  sources 


Lors  de  la  reunion  du  coinit6  ex^cutif  de  I'ABSC,  tenue  ^  Chicago  en 
juin  dernier,  nous  avons  discut#  du  guide  et  decide  qu'il  serait 
pr€f6rable  d'en  publier  dans  les  plus  courts  d§lais  une  version  r§vis#e 
et  plus  comprehensive.  Ainsi ,  nous  ne  publierons  aucune  mise  3  jour 
du  guide  dans  ce  bulletin  et  nous  esperons  en  publier  une  nouvelle 
Mition  dis  le  printemps  1979. 

II  nous  fait  plaisir  de  vous  annoncer  la  nomination  de  Martha  Stone, 
Chef,  Bibliothlque  du  Ministdre  de  Sant$  et  Bien-Etre  Social  Canada, 
Ottawa  KIA  0K9,  au  poste  d'gditeur.   Le  comit§  ex§cutif  a  egalement 
d6cid6  que  le  guide  serait  plus  utiles  aux  membres  s'il  §tait  publi§ 
dans  les  deux  langues  officielles  et  s'il  comprenait  plus  d'information 
sur  le  Quebec.  Ainsi,  nous  avons  demand^  conseil  ^  la  Section  de  la 
Sante  d'ASTED,  qui  nous  a  suggere  de  nominer  Dorothy  Sirois,  biblio- 
th^caire  au  Montreal  Children's  Hospital,  2300  Tupper  Street,  Montreal 
H3H  1P3,  au  poste  de  co^diteur. 

Nous  tenons  ^  remercier  >toe.  Stone  et  >tee.  Sirois  d' avoir  accepter 
cette  tache.  Dorenavant,  toutes  corrections,  tous  ajouts  et  toutes 
suggestions  devront  8tre  adresses  ii  I'une  ou  1' autre  de  ces  dames. 

David  S.  Crawford 


THE  PRESIDENT  REPORTS 


There  is  one  ^)it  of  priceless  information  which  we  can  provide 
for  all  CHLA/ABSC  members  who  did  not  make  it  to  the  Second 
Annual  Meeting  in  Edmonton  -  never  try  to  get  to  Edmonton  from 
Chicago  I    Some  hardy  souls  traveled  by  way  of  Minneapolis, 
some  by  way  of  Toronto.    Either  way  there  was  much  waiting 
between  flights,  lost  luggage.  Customs  routine.   But  this  is 
the  glamour  of  travel,  the  basis  of  witty  anecdotes,  the  source 
of  the  income  with  which  successful  writers  buy  up  remote 
tropical  islands  where  they  can  spend  their  reclining  years.  . 

Trends 

The  Second  Annual  Meeting  of  the  CHLA/ABSC  took  place  as 
scheduled  in  the  Northcote  Room  of  the  brand  new  Four  Seasons 
Hotel  in  Edmonton.   The  topic  was  appropriate:  Today ' s 
Trends  in  the  Health  Field.    Both  the  guest  speakers  and  the 
reporters  from  Health  and  Welfare  and  CISTI  spoke  in  this 
vein.   The  speaker  of  the  morning,  Dr.  Theodor  Shnitka,  was 
the  Chairman  of  the  Faculty  of  Medicine  Library  Committee  at 
the  University  of  Alberta.   He  was  sharing  with  us  his  hobby, 
and  in  the  tradition  of  that  genre  his  knowledge  of  professional 
journal  publication  in  the  medical  field  was  phenomenal.   The 
publication  curves  he  traced  with  the  aid  of  an  exceptional 
set  of  slides  left  little  doubt  that,  even  though  library  funds 
to  buy  professional  journals  continue  to  shrink  further  every 
year,  the  probabilities  are  that  the  present  pattern  will 
repeat  itself  indefinitely,  and  new  journals  will  not  cease 
to  break  out  in  the  wake  of  every  medical  break-through, 
founder  on  economic  realities,  combine  and  recombine,  while 
each  amalgamation  refines  further  the  calibre  of  work  which 
is  seen  in  print.    This  is  the  scientific  community  expressing 
itself,  judging  itself,  spreading  the  word. 

The  speaker  of  the  afternoon  was  also  a  member  of  the  staff 
of  the  University  of  Alberta.   An  Associate  Professor  in  the 
Faculty  of  Nursing,  Kay  Dier  has  spent  the  last  five  years 
immersed  in  one  of  the  recent  innovations  in  the  nursing  field, 
the  Nurse  Practitioner  program  at  the  University  of  Alberta. 
She  described  the  development  of  the  concept  and  the  need  for 
self-reliant  nurse  clinicians  in  the  Canadian  North,  where 
medical  aid  is  scarce,  and  in  countries  such  as  Thailand,  where 
it  is  scarce  for  different  reasons.   She  outlined  the  legal 
and  fiscal  problems  which  have  impeded  acceptance  of  nurse 
practitioners  in  Canada,  and  have  encouraged  medical  colleagues, 
who  may  really  be  doubtful  of  the  nurses'  independence,  to 
reject  them  on  the  grounds  that  their  legal  status  is  ambiguous 
in  many  jurisdictions,  and  their  salaries  as  part  of  a  clinical 
staff  are  not  directly  recoverable  from  medicare. 


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Current  trends  in  the  health  sciences  library  field  were 
reported  by  two  of  our  own  members  from  Ottawa.   Martha 
Stone.  Head  of  the  Departmental  Library  at  Health  &  Welfare 
Canada,  told  us  of  changes  underway  and  projected  in  her  own 
library.   Some  of  these  changes  had  been  inaugurated  in  response 
to  budget  and  staff  cuts  which  had  been  instituted  in  line 
with  the  kind  of  restraints  outlined  in  the  fireside  chat 
delivered  by  Prime  Minister  Trudeau  at  the  end  of  July.   These 
responses  included  an  internal  audit  of  the  library  which  led, 
first,  to  a  definition  of  the  library's  role  vis-^-vis  both 
the  Department  and  the  health  community ; and  second,  to  the 
development  of  a  policy  on  which  to  base  rationalization  of  the 
scope  of  the  collection. 

Martha  reported  another  set  of  guidelines  being  developed  in 
the  never-never- land  of  fees-for-service .  Until  very  recently 
this  has  been  an  idea  unacceptable  for  a  government  library 
which  is  financed  by  public  taxes.   But  economic  stringencies 
alter  even  such  situations,  and  indications  are  that  Treasury 
Board  may  well  acquiesce  to  such  a  philosophy  under  current 
circumstances . 

An  additional  response  to  a  well-known  gap  in  service  has  been 
the  development  of  a  catalogue  of  the  publications  of  Health 
&  Welfare  Canada.   This  will  be  available  by  the  end  of  1978, 
and  it  will  include  every  title  that  can  possibly  be  unearthed, 
which  was  produced  between  the  years  1917  -  1978 

A  final  development  in  Ottawa  augurs  well  for  the  future 
flexibility  of  a  monolithic  federal  government  in  its  attempts 
to  serve  a  public,  increasingly  aware  of  its  rights  as  a 
consumer,  with  information  in  its  many  forms.   To  date  this 
has  not  been  accomplished  with  spectacular  success.    Now 
the  library  Directors  have  formed  a  Council  of  Federal 
Libraries,  which  is  establishing  a  series  of  standing  committees 
to  deal  with  federal  responsibilities  to  external  users. 
Perhaps  this  is  the  mechanism  we  have  been  looking  for  to 
overcome  Ottawa's  information  gap,  so  frustrating  to  us  all. 

The  other  speaker  from  Ottawa  was  Eve-Marie  Lacroix,  Head  of 
the  Health  Sciences  Resource  Centre  at  CISTI .   She  herself  is 
reporting  elsewhere  in  this  issue  on  the  changes  she  anticipates 
in  the  relationships  of  the  HSRC  with  the  health  sciences 
communities  across  Canada.    The  Advisory  Committee,  manned  in 
part  by  delegates  from  CHLA/ABSC,  which  is  becoming  the  agent 
sponsoring  these  new  relationships,  will  be  reported  upon  by 
Frances  Groen,  its  Chairman. 

Chapters 

The  Business  of  the  Association  was  addressed  by  the  group 
assembled  in  Edmonton  just  before  lunch,  and  the  room  was  hot. 
The  Minutes  of  the  First  Annual  Meeting  in  Montreal  were  read 
and  accepted.   The  1978  Election  Report,  which  appeared  in  the 


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CHLA/ABSC  NEWSLETTER  6:6,  Summer  1978,  and  the  1978 
Membership,  Publications  and  Treasurer's  Reports  were  all 
read  and  accepted. 

The  important  issue  before  the  meeting  was  the  matter  of 
Chapters.   The  first  policy  paper,  entitled   Should  CHLA  Have 
Chapters?,  appeared  in  the  CHLA/ABSC  NEWSLETTER  4:7-9,  Winter 
197/ .    At  a  meeting  in  Chicago  during  the  MLA  Annual  Meeting, 
the  Executive  Committee  of  CHLA/ABSC  revised  this  draft  in  the 
light  of  the  comments  and  the  applications  which  had  been 
received.   This  second  draft  was  read  to  the  members  attending 
the  Second  Annual  Meeting  of  CHLA/ABSC  in  Edmonton  by  Alan 
MacDonald,  and  the  motion  for  adoption  was  seconded  by  David 
Crawford.   The  draft  was  accepted  unanimously  by  those  present, 
and  appears  elsewhere  in  this  issue,  along  with  the  Motion  to 
implement  it.  ,j 

The  issue  of  Chapters  was  addressed  again  by  the  Executive 
Committee  at  a  meeting  in  Edmonton  afterwards,  and  a  group  of 
decisions  were  made.    The  fact  that  the  policy  on  Chapters, 
as  it  has  been  discussed  and  evolved,  is  now  formally  accepted 
by  the  membership  of  CHLA/ABSC  means  that  this  policy  must  now 
be  incorporated  into  the  Constitution  of  the  Association. 
This  is  relatively  easy  to  manage,  since  the  Interim  Constitution 
set  up  originally  by  the  inauguration  Ad  Hoc  Committee  specifies 
that  a  permanent  Constitution  must  be  ratified  by  the  end  of 
1978.   The  Executive  Committee,  when  it  met  in  Edmonton,  there- 
fore established  a  Constitution  Committee  to  draft  the  final 
form.   This  Committee  consists  of  Eileen  Bradley,  Science  & 
Medicine  Library,  University  of  Toronto;  Hanna  Waluzyniec, 
Medical  Library,  McGill  University ; and  Alan  H.  MacDonald, 
W.K.  Kellogg  Health  Sciences  Library,  Dalhousie  University,  who 
is  Chairman.   The  President  is  also  involved,  ex  officio. 

These  members  will  put  together  a  new  Constitution,  including 
the  policy  on  Chapters.   They  will  work  out  the  mechanisms 
necessary  for  establishing  by-laws,  and  for  becoming  an 
incorporated  body,  when  that  is  necessary.   They  will  present 
their  draft  to  the  Executive  Committee  of  CHLA/ABSC  when  it 
meets  in  Toronto  in  October.   The  final  draft,  incorporating 
any  revisions  deemed  necessary,  will  be  presented  to  the  total 
membership  around  the  end  of  November  for  ratification  by 
mail  vote.   This  is  a  tight  schedule,  and  we  hope  no  one  goes 
missing,  or  otherwise  falls  apart  before  it  is  done. 

Quite  apart  from  the  imperative  for  getting  the  Constitution 
revised  by  the  end  of  the  year,  another  incentive  is  operating. 
The  second  decision  taken  by  the  Executive  Committee  in 
Edmonton  was  to  empower  the  President  during  the  interim  covered 
by  this  process,  to  accept  provisionally  those  groups  as  Chapters 
which  meet  the  criteria  laid  down  in  the  Chapters  policy  in 
Edmonton.   There  are  four  applications  for  Chapter  status  now 
outstanding,  and  these  are  being  dealt  with  in  this  manner,  so 
that  the  groups  can  carry  on  their  activities  in  conjunction 
with  CHLA/ABSC  in  normal  fashion  between  now  and  the  beginning 


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of  1979,  when  the  official  formalities  can  commence.   We 
welcome  our  first  Chapters  enthusiastically,  and  look 
forward  to  a  long  and  stimulating  association. 

Outside  Relationships 

Besides  our  internal  relationships  with  Chapters,  the  major 
preoccupation  of  the  Executive  Committee  during  its 
activities  in  Chicago  was  the  issue  of  affiliation  with  the 
Medical  Library  Association    There  has  been  considerable 
correspondence  over  a  period  of  months  on  this  topic ,  and  the 
endeavor  was  to  effect  a  satisfactory  conclusion  during  the 
Annual  Meeting  of  MLA,  when  the  involved  members  of  both 
Associations  were  available  for  a  series  of  meetings.   The 
mechanism  chosen  was  an  Ad  Hoc  Connittee  composed  of  three 
members  of  the  Sub-comnittee  on  Affiliation  of  the  International 
Co-operation  Coinnittee  of  MLA,  and  delegates  from  CHLA/ABSC. 
Martha  Stone,  Bill  Fraser,  Alan  MacDonald,  Sheila  Swanson  and 
Babs  Flower  all  participated  in  one  way  or  another.   The  Ad 
Hoc  Conanittee  met  only  once,  but  the  two  factions  met  separately 
several  times  to  clarify  protocol. 

The  CHLA/ABSC  proposal  of  affiliation  is  a  landmark  for  the 
Medical  Library  Association,  and  like  all  innovations,  it  is 
subject  to  considerable  controversy.   The  point  at  issue  has 
been  essentially  the  meaning  of  "affiliation".   Was  it  to  be 
a  formal,  rather  dry,  tip  of  the  hat?  or  was  it  to  be  a  lively 
interchange?    Since  the  MLA  expects  the  CHLA/ABSC  proposal 
to  become  the  prototype  for  all  future  cooperative  associations 
with  other  national  library  societies,  this  became  a  crucial 
issue.   The  MLA  was  offering  recognition; the  CHLA/ABSC  was 
proposing  cooperation.   Although  the  details  still  remain  to 
be  negotiated,  cooperation  won  the  day.   The  Medical  Library 
Association  has  accepted  the  concept  of  a  two-way  active 
association. 

That  was  in  Chicago.   Now  we  must  turn  our  attention  to 
Ottawa,  and  work  out  way  through  to  a  similar  understanding 
with  the  Canadian  Library  Association.   For  them,  too.  we  are 
a  test  case,  proposing  a  new  form  of  relationship. 

CANHELP  Project 

We  have  talked  about  CANHELP  before.   It  is  the  first  major 
project  which   is  to  be  mounted  by  the  CHLA/ABSC.  Your 
Executive  Connittee  and  your  Finance  Committee  have  both  looked 
at  the  objectives  of  the  CHLA/ABSC,  and  have  come  to  the  con- 
clusion that  our  outstanding  priorities  lie  in  the  area  of 
continuing  education.   Not  only  does  our  own  membership  need 
Canada-oriented  resources  in  order  to  rxm  their  libraries,  but 
it  seems  apparent  that  the  users  of  the  information  services 
offered  by  our  membership  have  a  great  deal  to  learn  about  the 
way  libraries  can  benefit  them.   The  personnel  who  are  most  in 


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need  of  both  contacts  with  others  in  the  same  field  and 
specialized  materials  to  help  resolve  their  problems, 
tend  to  be  in  the  hospitals.   We  have  therefore  made 
hospital  libraries  the  focus  of  our  project. 

During  the  last  few  months  your  President,  acting  in  her 
capacity  as  Chairman  of  the  CANHELP  project,  has  been 
gradually  recruiting  an  Advisory  Group  from  among  the  chief 
Canadian  professionals  who  use  and/or  are  responsible  for 
hospital  libraries.    Physicians,  nurses,  hospital  adminis- 
trators, and  health  sciences  librarians  are  all  possible 
advisors.   As  the  Advisory  Group  takes  shape,  the  broad 
general  outline  of  the  program  that  is  needed  to  support 
hospital  library  activities  and  provide  them  with  networks  of 
resources,  union  lists,  manuals  and  workshops,  is  being 
refined  into  a  plan  for  an  invitational  seminar,  to  be  mounted, 
if  possible,  in  the  spring  of  1979.   The  Advisory  Group  will 
help  us  decide  when, where,  in  conjunction  with  what 
institutions,  and  presenting  which  of  the  possible  contents. 
The  Finance  Committee  will  undertake  to  find  funds  to  under- 
write the  project,  and  before  we  are  done,  we  hope  the  whole 
Association  will  become  involved  in  a  national  effort  to  create 
out  of  the  grassroots  the  tools  to  build  regional  cooperation, 
and  the  links  to  make  it  work. 

Those  invited  to  the  seminar  will  be  "teams"  of  four  from  a 
medium-sized  hospital  selected  out  of  each  province: the 
hospital  administrator,  medical  and  nursing  members  of  the 
library  committee,  and  the  hospital  librarian.   In  addition, 
responsible  representatives  from  university  medical  libraries 
across  Canada,  and  from  professional  associations,  and  relevant 
federal  and  provincial  departments,  will  join  regional 
representatives  of  CHLA/ABSC. 

It  will  be  a  "working"  seminar,  basing  its  discussions  on  back- 
ground papers  which  have  been  circulated  previously.   The 
follow-up  and  implementation  of  the  recommendations  coming  out 
of  this  seminar  will  be  the  responsibility  of  CHLA/ABSC  guided 
by  the  Advisory  Group.   Indeed,  the  outcome  of  this  projected 
seminar  could  outline  the  role  of  CHLA/ABSC  for  some  time  to 
come.   It  is  an  exciting  prospect. 

Summary 

Your  Executive  Committee  has  worked  very  hard  during  1977/78 
to  outline  the  shape  which  the  CHLA/ABSC  will  take  in  future 
years,  and  to  lay  the  groundwork  for  a  sound  organization  with 
a  national  outlook  and  a  regional  presence.   Through  the  CHLA/ABSC 
NEWSLETTER  we  are  endeavoring  to  forge  links  with  individual 
members.   Through  our  Annual  Meetings  stakedaround  the  country, 
and  through  such  friedly  encounters  as  the  one  staged  in 


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Bill  Eraser's  room  after  the  Edmonton  meeting,  we  will 
gradually  meet  you  all.   Through  our  administrative  frame- 
work we  expect  to  develop  working  relationships  with 
groups  of  health  sciences  library  people  in  each  of  the 
provinces,  and  in  other  jurisdictions  as  well.   Through 
our  CANHELP  project  we  hope  to  address  some  of  the  basic 
problems  confronting  health  sciences  libraires  in  Canada. 
We  are  grateful  for  the  resounding  response  we  are  receiving 
from  the  members  of  CHLA/ABSC,  and  we  look  forward  to  another 
strenuous  year  of  working  together  with  you  all  in  1978/79. 


M.A.  Flower 
August.  1978 


GUIDE  TO  CANADIAN  HEALTH  SCIENCE 
INFORMATION  SERVICE  AND  SOURCES 


At  the  CHLA  Executive  Conmittee  meeting  held  in  Chicago  in 
June  the  Guide  was  discussed  and  it  was  decided  that  it  would 
be  better  if  a  revised  and  expanded  edition  could  be  issued  as 
soon  as  possible.   For  this  reason  no  further  updates  will  be 
published  in  this  Newsletter  and  it  is  hoped  to  issue  the  new 
edition  in  the  Spring  of  1979. 

We  are  pleased  to  announce  that  Martha  Stone,  Chief,  Departmental 
Library  Services.  National  Health  and  Welfare  Ottawa  KIS  0K9  has 
been  appointed  Editor.   The  Executive  Committee  also  decided 
that  the  Guide  would  be  more  useful  to  members  if  it  were 
bilingual  and  if  it  contained  more  information  relevant  to  Quebec 
For  this  reason  we  approached  the  Section  de  la  Sante  of  ASTED 
who  suggested  that  Dorothy  Sirois,  Librarian  of  the  Montreal 
Children's  Hospital,  2300  Tupper  Street,  Montre'al  H3H  1P3  be 
appointed  Co-Editor. 

We  are  grateful  to  Mrs.  Stone  and  Mme  Sirois  for  undertaking 
this  task  and  any  corrections,  additions  or  suggestions  should 
be  addressed  to  either  of  them. 

David  S.  Crawford  -  Chairman,  Publications  Committee 


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LES  SECTEURS  DE  L'ABSC 


On  a  adopte  une  proposition  lors  de  I'assemblee  generale  annuelle  qui, 
comme  vous  le  constaterez  dans  les  prochaines  pages,  permet  au  comite 
executif  d'implanter  un  programme  de  secteurs.   Nous  avons  dej&  regu 
des  demandes  officielles  de  quatre  secteurs  possibles  et  nous  les 
autoriserons  probablement  sous  peu.   Vous  trouverez  ci-apres  de  1' infor- 
mation concemant  la  formation  des  secteurs.   Pour  de  plus  amples 
informations  a  ce  sujet,  veuillez  vous  adresser  au  President  lui-m6me. 

i«  ^ 

11  est  propose  que  I'ABSC  approuve,  en  principe,  d'accorder  le  statu 

de  secteur  aux  groupes  locaux  qui  satisfoit  les  criteres  de  1 'Association 

et  qu'elle  conseille  aux  comite  executif  non  seulement  implenter  un 

programme  de  secteurs,  conformement  aux  criteres  enonces  ci-dessous, 

mais  aussi  d'inclure  ces  memes  criteres  dans  toute  proposition  voulant 

un  nouvel  acte  constitutif  et  de  nouveaux  reglements." 

Exigences 

1.  Tout  groupe  demandant  le  statut  de  secteur  a  I'interieur  de 

1 'Association  des  bibliotheques  de  la  sante  du  Canada  (designee 
ci-apres  par  1 'abbreviations  ABSC)  doit  gtre  officiellement  forme 
avant  de  faire  la  demande. 

2.  Le  groupe  demandeur  ne  doit  representer  qu'une  aire  geographique 
bien  determinee  (soit  une  ville,  un  comte,  une  region  ou  une 
province)  dont  la  grandeur  permettra  a  la  majorite  de  ces  membres 
d'assister  regulierement  aux  activites  prg^mes. 

3.  Toute  personne  qui  s'interesse  aux  buts  que  vise  I'ABSC  pourra 
adherer  au  groupe  demandeur.   L' adhesion  au  groupe  ne  devra  en 
aucun  cas  etre  limitee  par  le  poste  qu'occupe  I'individu  en  question, 
la  formation  qu'il  a  regu  ou  1' organisation  pour  laquelle  il 
travaille. 

4.  Les  membres  du  groupe  demandeur  devont  appartenir  ^  un  minimum  de 
cinq  institutions  ou  organisations. 

5.  II  est  preferable  que  tous  les  membres  du  groupe  demandeur  appar- 
tiennent  egalement  a  I'ABSC,  mais  cela  n'est  pas  un  critere  absolu. 

6.  Les  responsables  du  groupe  demandeur  seront  elus  par  ses  membres 
et  devront  egalement  etre  des  membres  payes  de  I'ABSC. 

7.  L'acte  constitutif  du  groupe  demandeur  devra  correspondre  a  celui 
de  I'ABSC. 

8.  Le  groupe  demandeur  doit  faire  sa  demande  de  statut  de  secteur  par 
^crit  aupres  du  president  de  I'ABSC  et  fournir  1 ' information  suivante: 

a)  nom  du  groupe 

b)  aire  geographique 

c)  noms  des  institutions  representees  par  ses  membres 

d)  acte  constitutif 

e)  noms  des  responsables  actuels. 

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Financement  du  secteur 

1.  Chaque  secteur  devra  couvrir  les  depenses  de  base  encourues  lors 
des  reunions  a  partir  des  ressources  locales  (ex.  lieu  de  reunion, 
publicite,  cafe.etc). 

2.  Les  secteurs  peuvent  demander  une  subvention  au  ComitS  Executif  de 
I'ABSC  pour  financer  les  activites  jugees  valables.   Les  subventions 
maximales  accordees  par  le  ComitS  Executif  ne  depasseront  pas  $5.00 
pour  chaque  membre  actif  de  I'ABSC  appartenant  au  secteur. 

3.  Les  secteurs  peuvent  demander  des  pr?ts  aupres  de  I'ABSC  pour  faciliter 
les  programmes  d'organisat ion  d'ateliers,  de  publications  et  d'autres 
activites  6ducatives.   Le  Comitf  Executif  §tudiera  chaque  demande 
d'apres  le  bien-fonde  de  I'activite  pr€vue. 

Representation 

1.  Le  premier  responsable  de  chaque  secteur  deviendra  membre  non-^lecteur 
du  Coait6  Executif  de  I'ABSC  et  aura  droit  d  toute  la  documentation 
reque  par  le  CoaitS.   Les  activites  et  des  demande  du  secteur  seront 
rapport§es  au  Coait^  Executif  de  I'ABSC  par  le  reprfsentant . 

2.  Les  secteurs  peuvent  introduire  une  question  3  I'ordre  du  jour  d'une 
reunion  du  Conit6  Executif  ou  de  I'assembl^e  g^n^rale  annuel le  de 
I'ABSC.  Un  responsable  du  secteur  peut  intervenir  lorsque  la  question 
est  en  discussion.   Les  frais  de  voyages  encourus  ne  seront  pas 
n€cessaire»ent  pay6s  par  I'ABSC. 

3.  Chaque  secteur  devra  nomner  un  correspondant  pour  assister  r6gulidrement 
r§diteur  du  bulletin  de  I'ABSC  dans  son  travail. 

Maintien  du  statut  de  secteur 

1.  Chaque  secteur  doit  foumir  un  rapport  annuel  au  ComitI  Ex§cutif  de 
1'  ABSC  d6crivant  les  activites  de  I'annfe  et  certifiant  que  les 
conditions  de  I'ABSC  ont  §ti  respectees. 

2.  Le  Comity  Exicutif  de  I'ABSC  doit  recevoir  les  rapports  annuels  de 
chaque  secteur  avant  qu'il  se  rencontre,  precedant  I'assenblee  generale 
annuel le. 

3.  Si  un  secteur  ne  r6pond  plus  aux  criteres  €tablis  par  I'ABSC,  pour 
quelque  raison  que  ce  soit,  le  statut  de  secteur  lui  sera  retirg 
jusqu'au  moment  oD  les  conditions  seront  3  nouveau  respectees. 


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CHAPTERS  OF  CHLA 


The  following  motion  was  passed  at  the  CHLA/ABSC 
Annual  meeting  and  as  you  will  note  allows  the 
Executive  Committee  to  implement  a  program  of 
Chapters.   Already  we  have  formal  applications  from 
four  potential  chapters  and  expect  to  approve  these 
shortly.    Information  on  how  to  become  a  chapter  is 
explained  in  the  following  statements  and  further 
information  can  be  obtained  from  the  President. 


That  the  CHLA/ABSC  approves  in  principle  the  granting 
of  Chapter  status  to  local  groups  that  meet  the 
criteria  of  the  Association,  and  directs  the  Executive 
Committee  of  the  CHLA/ABSC  to  implement  a  program 
of  Chapters  based  on  the  criteria  below,  and  further 
directs  the  Executive  Committee  to  include  such 
criteria  in  any  proposals  for  a  new  Constitution  and 
By-laws  .* 


Requirements  for  Chapters 

1.  A  group  seeking  Chapter  status  in  the  Canadian  Health 
Libraries  Association/Association  des  bibioth^ques  de 
la  sant^  du  Canada  (Hereinafter  referred  to  as  the  CHLA/ 
ABSC)   must  be  formally  organized  before  applying. 

2.  The  applicant  group  must  represent  a  single  geographic 
area  (city,  county,  region  or  province)  small  enough 
to  allow  the  large  majority  of  its  members  to  attend 
its  activities  regularly. 

3.  Membership  in  the  applicant  group  should  be  open  to 
any  person  who  is  interested  in  the  purposes  of  the 
CHLA/ABSC.   Such  membership  may  not  be  limited  on  the 
basis  of  the  type  of  position  or  training  of  the 
individual,  nor  may  it  be  limted  by  the  type  of 
organization  in  which  the  individual  works . 

4.  The  applicant  group  must  have  members  from  at  least 
five  different  institutions  or  organizations. 

5.  All  members  of  the  applicant  group  need  not  necessarily 
be  members  of  the  CHLA/ABSC,  although  this  is  desirable, 

6.  All  officers  of  the  applicant  group  must  be  elected 
by  the  membership  and  must  also  be  paid  up  members 
of  the  CHLA/ABSC. 


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7.  The  applicant  group  must  have  a  constitution  which  is 
compatible  with  that  of  the  CHLA/ABSC. 

8.  The  applicant  group  must  apply  for  Chapter  status  in 
writing  to  the  President  of  the  CHLA/ABSC  providing 
the  following  information: 

a)  Name  of  group; 

b)  Geographic  area  covered  by  the  group; 

c)  Names  of  the  institutions  currently 
represented  by  the  membership; 

d)  Constitution; 

e)  Names  of  current  Officers. 

Chapter  Finances 

1.  Each  Chapter  will  be  expected  to  cover  its  basic  costs 
of  meeting  from  local  resources  (e.g.  meeting  space, 
announcements,  coffee,  etc.) 

2.  Chapters  may  apply  to  the  CHLA/ABSC  Executive  Committee 
for  development  grants  to  support  or  assist  proposed 
Chapter  activities  of  merit.   The  Executive  Committee 
may  make  grants  to  Chapters  up  to  a  maximum  of  $5.00 
per  active  CHLA/ABSC  member  in  the  Chapter. 

3.  Chapters  may  request  thatthe  CHLA/ABSC  provide  program 
loans  to  facilitate  the  organization  of  workshops, 
publications,  or  other  continuing  education  activities. 
The  CHLA/ABSC  Executive  Committee  will  consider  each 
request  on  its  merits. 

Chapter  Representation 

1.  The  Chief  Executive  Officer  of  each  Chapter  will  become 
a  non- voting  corresponding  member  of  the  CHLA/ABSC 
Executive  Committee,  who  receives  all  documentation 
provided  to  that  Committee.   Chapter  activities  and 
requests  will  be  reported  to  the  CHLA/ABSC  Executive 
Committee  through  this  representative. 

2.  Any  Chapter  may  place  an  item  on  the  agenda  of  an 
Executive  Committee  Meeting  or  an  Annual  General  Meeting 
of  the  CHLA/ABSC.   An  Officer  of  the  Chapter  may  also 
speak  to  that  item  when  it  arises.   However,  the 
CHLA/ABSC  cannot  guarantee  travel  funding  for  this  purpose 


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Each  Chapter  will  be  expected  to  appoint  a  correspondent 
to  provide  regular  assistance  to  the  Editor  of  the 
CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter. 


Maintenance  of  Chapter  Status 

1.  Each  Chapter  must  provide  an  annual  report  to  the  CHLA/ 
ABSC  Executive  Committee  outlining  its  activities  during 
the  current  year,  and  verifying  that  all  CHLA/ABSC 
requirements  continue  to  be  met. 

2.  The  annual  report  submitted  by  each  Chapter  must  be 
received  by  the  CHLA/ABSC  Executive  Committee  before  it 
meets  immediately  prior  to  the  Annual  General  Meeting. 

3.  Should  any  Chapter  no  longer  meet  the  necessary  CHLA/ABSC 
criteria,  for  whatever  reason,  Chapter  status  will  be 
suspended  until  such  time  as  the  requirements  have  been 
fufilled. 


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Nouvelles 

A  cause  des  depenses  encourues,  le  comite  de  publication  de 
L'ABSC  a  decide'  qu'il  nous  est  impossible  de  distribuer  des 
doubles  ou  des  listes  de  desiderata.   On  suggere  aux  biblio- 
theques  possedant  du  materiel  en  double  de  1  envoyer  soit 
au  Universial  and  Book  Exchange  a  Washington  D.  C,  soit  au 
Canadian  Book  Exchange  Centre  a  Ottawa. 


News 

The  Publications  Committee  of  CHLA  has  decided  that  expense  makes  it 
impossible  for  us  to  distribute  duplicate  or  wants  lists.  Vfe  suggest 
that  libraries  having  duplicate  material  send  it  to  either  the 
Ihiversal  Serials  and  Book  Exchange  in  Washington,  D.C.  or  to  the 
Canadian  Book  Exchange  Centre  in  Ottawa. 


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AN  EVALUATION  OF  THE  LIBRARIAI^'S  EDUCATIONAL 
ROLE  IN  PATIENT  CARE  SETTING 


The  first  Canadian  project  to  evaluate  the  role  of  the  clinical 
librarian  has  been  funded  by  the  Ontario  Ministry  of  Health  at 
McMaster  University  for  a  one-year  period. 

Beginning  September  1,  1978,  two  Librarians  based  in  the  Health 
Sciences  Library  will  provide  an  information  service  for  patients 
and  health  professionals  in  the  Rheumatology  and  Obstetrics 
services  for  a  six-month  period.   Two  other  clinical  settings, 
yet  to  be  chosen,  will  be  served  for  the  second  six-month 
period. 

By  participating  in  selected  ward  rounds  and  clinics,  the 
librarians  will  develop  and  evaluate  patient  education 
packages.   Health  professionals  will  also  be  provided  with  recent 
articles  from  the  biomedical  literature  that  have  direct 
relevance  to  patient  care,  as  a  basis  for  teaching  information- 
seeking  skills.   Measures  of  library  use  and  information-seeking 
habits  for  treatment  and  control  groups  will  assess  the  effect 
of  the  librarians'  interventions  on  health  professionals. 
Expected  results  include: 

(1)  improved  access  Co  educational  materials 
for  patients 

(2)  improved  information -seeking  habits  of 
health  professionals 

(3)  improved  ability  of  librarians  to  accurately 
identify  and  meet  information  needs  in  patient 
care  settings. 

This  project  differs  from  existing  clinical  librarian  programs  in 
the  U.S.  and  Great  Britain  in  providing  an  information  service 
for  patients  and  attempting  to  demonstrate  that  a  clinical 
librarian  can  be  effective  on  a  part-time  basis. 

Additional  information  about  the  project  is  available  from  the 
principal  investigators,  Ms.  Joanne  Marshall  and  Dr.V.R.  Neufeld, 
Health  Sciences  Library.  McMaster  University.  Hamilton,  Ontario 
L8S  4J9. 


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CONSUMER  HEALTH  INFORMATION 
A  PERSPECTIVE  FOR  LIBRARIANS 


EDWARD  W.  TAWYEA 

It  is  possible  that  several  thousand  years  ago  someone  stood 
on  the  Mediterrean  coast  of  Egypt,  gazed  upon  one  great 
building  among  the  lessers  and  asked  this  question  -  "is 
the  Library  of  Alexandria  really  relevant?"  Whether  or  not 
our  ancient  predecessors  had  to  answer  charges  of  irrelevancy, 
and  of  not  meeting  users'  needs,  there  is  no  denying  the 
current  trend  of  assessing  the  usefulness  of  any  given 
institution,  most  especially  the  library.   It  no  longer  seems 
enough  to  defend  the  library's  existence  on  vague  notions  such 
as  preservation  of  civilization,  public  good,  or  the  spiritual 
uplifting  of  the  mass  of  hiimanity.   Such  claims  nowadays  are 
only  made  by  public  television.    Whether  for  good  or  bad, 
libraries  must  be  meeting  very  definite  needs.   However, 
library  needs  have  a  way  of  changing;  this  is  a  function  of 
the  changeable  nature  of  society  in  general.    It  is  incumbent 
upon  the  professional  librarian  to  perceive  shifting  needs  and 
creatively  respond  with  appropriate  services  and  programs .   In 
doing  so  in  recent  times  public  librarians  have  developed 
programs  for  the  elderly,  for  shut-ins  and  the  very  young. 
Medical  librarians  have  adopted  computerized  bibliographic 
retrieval,  S.D.I,  and  a  host  of  other  tools.    However,  an 
expanding  trend  has  all  but  been  ignored  by  both  -  it  involves 
the  need  for  information  to  support  the  education  of  the  public 
about  their  bodies,  disease,  and  healthful  living.   The 
evidence  that  this  trend  exists  is  strong.   It  stretches  from 
the  individual  to  the  highest  levels  of  federal  bureaucracy. 

The  empirical  evidence  for  a  revolution  in  the  attitude  of 
North  Americans  towards  their  bodies  is  overwhelming.   The 
activities  once  associated  only  with  the  "health  nuts"  are 
now  epidemic.   Note  the  joggers  in  any  public  park,  the 
bicyclists  on  the  streets,  the  rash  of  health  food  stores,  the 
"natural"  and  "organic"  labelling  on  food.   What  drugstore 
doesn't  carry  vitamins  in  megadoses?  What  city  of  any  size 
doesn't  have  a  number  of  health  clubs?   Along  with  this  very 
positive  interest  in  the  body  has  sprung  a  rather  negative 
attitude  toward  traditional  medicine.   No  longer  content  to 
be  given  a  prescription  and  told  to  return  in  a  week,  many 
dissatisfied  people  are  taking  more  personal  control  of  their 
health  care.   On  the  extreme  end  of  this  trend  are  the 
proponents  of  medical  self -care.   Its  advocates  insist  that 
much  of  what  the  public  seeks  the   advice  of  health  professionals] 
for  could  be  handled  by  the  individuals  themselves.   It  is  part 
of  the  do-it-yourself  mentality.   In  some  ways  a  call  to  return 
to  the  old  days  of  home  remedies.    The  literature,  always  a 
good  signpost  for  any  trend,  is  reflective  of  this  one  as  well. 
Consider  these  titles:   Man's  Body: An  Owner's  Manual,  Take  Care 
of  Yourself,   How  to  be  Your  Own  Doctor  -  Sometimes, 


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CANADIAN  HEALTH  LIBRARIES  ASSOCIATION 
Membership  Application 


Name 

Address 

Postal  code. 


I  enclose  $15.00  (made  payable  to  Canadian  Health  Libraries  Association) 
as  my  membership  fee  for  the  period  ending  June  1979. 


PLEASE  RETURN  THIS  FORH  TO:- 


'■?■ 


Alan  H.  MacDonald 

Treasurer,  CHLA/ABSC 

W.  K.  Kellogg  Health  Sciences  Library 

Oalhousie  University 

Halifax,  Nova  Scotia 

B3H  4H7 


ASSOCIATION  DES  BIBLIOTHEQUES  OE  LA  SANTE  OU  CANADA 
Formule  d'Appllcation 


y- 


Non 

Adresse 

Code  postale. 


J'inclus  $15.00  (payable  a  Canadian  Health  Libraries  Association)  comme 
cotisation  pour  la  periode  qui  se  termine  en  juin  1979. 


ADRESSE  DE  RETOUR: 


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Alan  H.  MacDonald 

Treasurer,  CHLA/ABSC 

W.  K.  Kellogg  Health  Sciences  Library 

Dalhousie  University 

Halifax,  Nova  Scotia 

B3H  4H7 


CANADIAN  HEALTH  LIBRARIES  ASSOCIATION 

ASSOCIATION  DES  BIBLIOTHEQUES  DE  LA  SANTE  DU  CANADA 

CHLA/ABSC  NEWSLETTER 
FORM  FOR  SUBMISSION  OF  COPY 


1.  Naae  of  Individual/Library  Reporting  (give  nailing  address): 


2.  Personnel  Appointments,  Activities: 


3.  Notable  Library  News,  New  Prograas,  Acquisitions,  Grants,  Buildings,  Services: 


^».~^..W^^,    ^WI.V  *••».••( 

5. 

Brief  Description  of 
estimated  coapletion 

Article  you  are  Writing  for  Future  Submission  (give     f 
date) : 

1 

Full  length  articles 
submitted  to: 

Deadlines  for:   Issue 
Issue 

and  news  items  contributed  on  this  form  should  be 

Patrick  Fawcett 
CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter 
Medical  Library 
University  of  Manitoba 
770  Bannatyne  Avenue 
WINNIPEG,  Manitoba  R3E  0W3 

!  No.  8,  October  28,  Issue  No.  9,  January  19, 
!  No.  10,  March  2 

CANADIAN  HEALTH  LIBRARIES  ASSOCIATION 

ASSOCIATION  DES  BIBLIOTHEQUES  DE  LA  SANTE  DU  CANADl 


NOUVELLES  CHLA/ABSC 
FORMULE  DE  SOUMISSION  D'ARTICLES 

1.  Nom  de  I'individu/bibliothSque  faisant  rapport  (Donnez  I'adresse  postale) 


2.  Changements  de  personnel,  activitees: 


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3.  Nouvelles  &  noter,  nouveaux  programmes,  services,  locaux,  nouvelles  acqui- 
sitions, subventions: 


4.  Ateliers,  activitees  d' education  permanente  dans  votre  milieu: 


5.  Description  breve  de  1' article  en  preparation  pour  soumission  future 
(estimez  une  date  d'achevement) :  


Tous  les  articles  et  faits  divers  contribues  sur  cette  formule  devraient 

Stre  soumis  a: 

Patrick  Fawcett 

Nouvelles  CHLA/ABSC 

Medical  Library 

University  of  Manitoba 

770  Bannatyne  Avenue 

WINNIPEG,  Manitoba  R3E  0W3 

Dates  limites  pour  les  soumissions:  Bulletins  No.  8  le  28  octobre.  No.  9 

le  19  Janvier,  No.  10  le  2  mars 


Our  Bodies  -  Chir  Selves,  these  are  just  a  few.   There  is  more 
than  just  a  bit  of  the  reactionary  spirit  in  all  of  this. 
There  is  a  frustration  and  disappointment  with  the  medical 
establishment.   The  spiralling  costs  and  the  perceived 
benefits  have  not  jived,  leaving  some  to  strike  out  on  their 
own,  and  others  to  be  more  critical  and  inquisitive  of  their 
private  physicans. 

New  revelation  about  morbidity  and  mortality  have  been 
producing  some  changes  within  traditional  medicine  as  well. 
Life  expectancy  for  Canadians,  which  increased  steadily  in 
the  first  part  of  this  century,  has  not  made  any  significant 
improvement  in  recent  years .   And  whereas ,  at  the  turn  of  the 
century  Canadians  died  of  diseases  of  short  duration  and 
intense  severity  i.e.  acute  illness,  now,  more  often  than  not, 
they  die  of  conditions  of  long  duration,  which  frequently 
incapacitate  their  victims  for  years  i.e.  chronic  illness. 
The  shocking  fact  in  all  of  this  is  that  the  major  causes 
of  death  are  preventable.    Within  this  category  are  lung 
cancer,  emphysema,  accidents,  cirrhosis  of  the  liver,  suicide, 
and  heart  disease.   Confronted  with  this  situation  many 
health  care  providers  have  taken  a  new  direction  in  their  deal- 
ings with  patients.   Rather  than  merely  repairing  conditions 
which  might  have  been  prevented,  they  are  attempting  to  alter 
behavior  that  is  illness  inducing  and  encouraging  that  which 
is  health  producing.   Much  of  this  behavior  modification  takes 
place  through  education,  specifically  labelled  patient  or 
consumer  health  education.   The  form  of  education  varies,  some 
takes  place  in  small  class  settings,  some  within  the  examining 
room,  some  through  mass  communication.   However,  the  idea  is 
basically  the  same: educate  the  individual  on  healthy  living. 

Recognizing  similar  morbidity  and  mortality  statistics,  the 
United  States  Federal  government  has  committed  itself  and 
and  resources  to  an  Informed  consumerate  as  regards  health 
and  health  care.   Through  both  regulations  and  the  creation 
of  agencies  a  national  trend  has  been  set.   Major  institutions, 
such  as  the  Bureau  of  Health  Education  and  the  National  Center 
for  Health  Education  have  been  set  up  specifically  to 
facilitate  health  educating  the  public.   Perhaps  the  boldest 
step  was  the  signing  of  P.L,  94-317,  the  National  Consumer 
Health  Information  and  Health  Promotion  Act  of  1976.   Among 
a  variety  of  monumental  tasks  specified  by  the  law  were  the 
following  directives: 

Formulate  national  goals  and  a  strategy  to  achieve 
such  goals,  with  respect  to  health  information 
and  health  promotion,  preventive  health  services, 
and  education  in  the  appropriate  use  of  health 
care. 

Incorporate  appropriate  health  education  components 
into  our  society,  especially  into  all  aspects  of 
education  and  health  care. 

Increase  the  application  and  use  of  health  knowledge, 
skills,  and  practices  by  the  general  population  in 
its  patterns  of  daily  living. 

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The  Act  also  ordered  the  creation  of  a  new  national  agency, 
the  Office  of  Health  Information  and  Health  Promotion  to 
coordinate  national  efforts  in  consumer  health  education.   It 
seems  most  likely  that  if  it  has  not  already  begun  to  do  so, 
that  the  Canadian  government  will  soon  follow  suit. 

If  we  could  quickly  sketch  a  picture  of  this  North  American 
health  scene  it  might  appear  something  like  this: a  portion 
of  the  population  clamoring  for  information  about  their  bodies 
and  health,  the  institutions  of  traditional  medicine  recogniz- 
ing and  acting  on  the  need  to  educate  their  constituents 
about  their  health,  and  the  bureaucracies  of  the  federal  and 
local  governments  either  encouraging  or  mandating  the  education 
of  citizens  about  health  and  health  care.   What  should  the 
librarian  make  of  all  of  this?    Should  s/he  even  be  concerned 
with  it?   What,  if  anything,  should  s/he  do  in  response?   Might 
not  part  of  the  answer  to  the  question  of  the  relevancy  of 
libraries  be  found  in  the  way  in  which  librarians  answer  these 
three  questions.   Of  course,  the  question  of  relevancy  is 
itself  relative,  relative  to  the  population  for  which  the 
library  was  created.   Therefore,  the  hospital  librarian  might 
ask,  why  should  I  be  concerned  with  trends  within  the  population, 
my  clientele  is  health  care  providers.   The  university  medical 
school  librarian  might  similarly  claim  that  his/her  users  are 
students  and  faculty,  not  the  public.   This,  however,  suggests 
short-sightedness.   In  the  end,  health  care  providers,  whether 
students,  practitioners  or  teachers  must  respond  to  the  trends 
of  the  public  for  whom  they  exist.   In  fact,  many  clinicians 
already  are  interested  in  health  education.   They  want  to  be 
able  to  sit  down  and  talk  with  their  patients,  and  to  be  able 
to  hand  that  person  supportive  literature  to  take  home  and 
keep.    But,  they  are  overwhelmed  by  the  plethora  of  disorganized 
information.    Also,  for  some  time  public  librarians  have  been 
^recognizing   the  need  for  health  information  literature  but 
have  avoided  plunging  themselves  into  gathering  it  because  of 
the  technical  nature  of  it.   They  feel  insecure  with  scientific 
and  health  literature.   Who  then  shall  take  the  lead,  who  has 
the  expertise  in  this  area?    It  seems  that  such  skills  lie 
almost  solely  with  medical  librarians. 

The  organization  of  health  related  information  requires  a 
librarian,  and  the  subject  matter  of  the  literature  demands 
that  this  be  an  individual  who  is  familiar  with  the  health 
sciences.   Who  could  better  accomplish  this  organizational 
activity  better  than  the  medical  librarian?    Currently  there 
is  no  control  over  the  mountains  of  health  literature  produced 
in  pamphlet  form  annually.    The  "junky"  format  of  the  literature 
seems  to  defy  organization.   But  it  is  precisely  this  format 
which  is  appropriate  to  educating  the  public,  it  serves  the 
diabetic  who  wants  to  know  about  insulin  injections,  the  new 
mother  who  wants  to  know  about  infant  care,  the  arthritic  who 
needs  to  know  about  the  care  of  painful  joints,  or  the  newly 
diagnosed  m.s.  patient  who  wants  to  understand  his  disease.   At 
the  same  time,  audiovisual  material  to  support  health  education 
has  appeared  in  great  quantity,  but  is  equally  disorganized. 


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There  is  a  desperate  need  for  a  concerted  effort  to  bring 
to  this  information  some  kind  of  order  that  librarians 
have  brought  to  the  world  of  books ,  and  to  provide  easy 
access  and  professional  reference  service. 

How,  and  if  medical  librarians  will  respond  to  the  consiimer's 
needs  obviously  remains  to  be  determined.   A  university 
library  might  cooperate  with  a  city  library  to  provide 
technical  assistance,  or  it  might  serve  as  a  referral  place 
from  the  public  library.    Hospital  libraries  might  have 
cooperative  arrangements  with  public  libraries  that  allow 
their  health  care  providers  to  make  referrals  for  specific 
audiovisual  or  printed  information.    Or  the  hospital 
library  might  itself  be  available  to  provide  information 
requested  by  a  physician's  "prescription".    There  might  also 
be  a  cooperative  arrangement  between  an  organized  group  of 
medical  and  public,  school  and  medical  libraries.   There 
are  endless  possibilities.   But  there  is  an  immediate  need  to 
make  a  close  inspection  of  the  whole  area,  to  identify  specific 
needs,  and  to  begin  on  a  course  aimed  at  fulfilling  them. 
Providing  health  information  is  a  particularly  satisfying 
activity  for  it  touches  people  on  their  most  human  and  common 
level.   And  the  possibilities  of  positively  affecting  both 
individual  and  national  health  through  the  exercising  of  those 
skills  peculiar  to  librarians  are  great. 


Ed  Tawyea,  a  graduate  of  Wayne  State  University,  presently 
working  in  the  reference  department  of  Northwestern  University 
in  Chicago,  wrote  the  above  article  at  the  invitation  of  the 
Editors,  we  hope  it  will  provoke  conments  in  our  next  issue. 

If  you  are  interested  in  reading  or  buyinp  any  of  the  books 
mentioned  in  the  article  bibliographic  references  follow :- 

Boston  Women's  Health  Book  Collective.   Our  Bodies,  Ourselves 
Rev.  2nd  ed.  New  York,  Simon  &  Schuster,  1976. 

The  Diagram  Group.   Man's  Body:  An  Owner's  Manual.  New  York 
Paddington  Press,  1976. 

Sehnert,  Keith  W.,  and  Eisenberg,  Howard.   How  to  be  Your 

Own  Doctor  -  Sometimes.   New  York,  Grosset  &  Dunlop ,  1976. 

Vickery.  Donald  M. ,  and  Fries,  James  F.   Take  Care  of 

Yourself''  A  Consumer's  Guide  to  Medical  Care.   Reading 
Mass.,  Addison  -  Wesley,  1976.  «»"-l"S. 


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CREATION  D'UN  NOUVEAU  COMITE  CONSULTATIF  SUR  LE  CENTRE 
BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE  PES  SCIENCES  DE  LA  SANT? 


ORIGINES  DU  COMITE 

En  1977,  un  memoire  etait  presente  au  Directeur  de  I'Institut  canadien 
de  1 ' information  scientifique  et  technique  (ICIST)  en  meme  temps  qu'une 
revision  du  rSle  et  des  objectifs  de  la  Bibliotheque  nationale.   Ce 
memoire,  prepare  par  le  Comite  consultatif  des  bibliotheques  des  facultes 
de  medecine  de  1 'Association  des  facultes  de  medecine  du  Canada  fAFMC) 
fut  approuve  par  le  Conseil  des  doyens  de  I'AFMC,  1 'Association  des 
bibliotheques  de  la  sante  du  Canada  (ABSC)  et  par  la  section  canadienne 
de  la  Medical  Library  Association. 
Le  memoire  recommendait  que: 

1.  le  role  et  les  fonctions  du  Centre  bibliographiques  des  sciences  de 
la  sante  (CBSS)  et  de  son  personnel  soient  revisees  et  accrus; 

2.  que  le  Directeur  de  la  Bibliotheque  nationale  et  le  Directeur  de 

1 ' Institut  canadien  de  1 ' information  scientifique  et  technique  (ICIST) 
etablissent  un  reseau  canadien   de  bibliotheques  biomedicales  h   partir 
des  reseaux  regionaux  de  bibliotheques  biomedicales  deja  existants; 

3.  que  la  qualite  de  la  collection  scientifique  de  1' ICIST  continue  d'etre 
une  prioritc; 

4.  que  1' ICIST  essaie  d'offrir  aux  utilisateurs  canadiens  de  MEDLARS  les 
bases  de  donnees  au  meme  moment  qu'elles  sont  accessibles  aux  E.U.; 

5.  que  le  CBSS  prepare  une  base  de  donnees  lisible  par  machine  sur  les 
documents  audio-visuels  offerts  au  Canada; 

6.  que  1' ICIST  fasse  connaitre  d'avantage  dans  les  milieux  canadiens  ses 
efforts  en  matiere  de  cooperation  Internationale; 

7.  qu'un  petit  comite  consultatif  soit  cree  pour  faire  des  suggestions 
specifiques  au  sujet  des  actions  que  le  CBSS  devrait  entreprendre  ou 
promouvoir. 

Le  but  de  cet  article  est  de  rendre  compte  de  la  mise  a  execution  de  cette 
derniere  recommandat ion,  I 'etabl i ssement  d'un  comite  consultatif  sur  le 
CBSS. 


OBJECTIFS  ET  COMPOSITION  DU  COMITE  CONSULTATIF 

La  premiere  reunion  du  Comite  consultatif  a  eu  lieu  le  10  Janvier  1978  a 
I 'ICIST.   Une  violente  tempete  de  neige  avait  fait  annuler  la  plupart  des 
vols  sur  Ottawa  cette  journee  la.  Tous  les  membres  ont  cependant  reussi  a 
se  rendre  a  la  reunion,  ce  qui  est  assez  exceptionnel  considerant  que  certains 
venaient  de  Vancouver,  de  Halifax  de  Montreal  et  de  Toronto.  Cette  premiere 
reunion  en  etait  une  d'organisation  seulement  et  des  points  comme  le  mandat , 
les  objectifs  et  la  duree  des  nominations  furent  discutes.  M.  Jack  E.  Brown 
assistait  a  cette  premiere  reunion  en  tant  que  Directeur  de  1' ICIST.   Comme 
1' ICIST  est  presentement  a  se  nommer  un  nouveau  Directeur,  nous  avons  decide 
de  nous  donner  un  mandat  provisoire,  ce  dernier  devant  etre  approuve  par  le 
Directeur.   Des  que  le  mandat  definitif  sera  arr§te,  il  sera  public  dans  ce 
bulletin. 


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Pour  le  benefice  des  membres  de  I'ABSC,  voici  les  objectifs  actuels  du 
Comite  consultatif: 

a)  agir  en  tant  que  groupe  d'utilisateur  en  passant  en  revue  les 
activities  du  CBSS  en  fonction  des  besoins  des  differents 
groupements  et  organismes  des  sciences  de  la  santS  au  Canada; 

b)  conseiller  le  Directeur  de  I'lCIST  sur  les  lignes  de  conduites 
et  les  decisions  concemant  le  CBSS  et  permettre  la  discussion 
de  points  sp§cifiques  avec  le  Chef  du  CBSS; 

c)  conseiller  le  CBSS  sur  les  projets  ^   long  tenne; 

d)  conseiller  le  Directeur  de  I'lCIST  sur  le  choix  de  Chef  du  CBSS. 

Le  Comite  se  compose  de  cinq  membres  par  mandat  special  recommendSs  par 
I'ABSC,  1 'Association  pour  I'avanceraent  des  sciences  et  des  techniques 
(ASTED) ,  Section  de  la  sant6  et  par  le  Comit^  consultatif  des  bibliothdques 
des  facult§s  de  m^decine  de  I'AFMC,  ainsi  que  de  deux  membres  d'office, 
le  Directeur  de  I'lCIST  ou  son  repr^sentant  et  le  Chef  du  CBSS. 

RAPPORT  SUR  LA  REUNION  D' EDMONTON 

La  deuxidme  r6union  du  Comit6  consultatif  a  eu  lieu  3  Edmonton  le  19  juin 
1978.  De  nombreux  points  intfressants,  que  vous  trouverez  r§suro6s  dans 
les  pages  suivantes,  y  furent  discut§s. 

I.  Allocation  des  codes  MEDLINE  au  Canada 

Pour  1*  moment,  le  CBSS  est  le  seul  distributeur  des  codes  MEDLINE  au 
Canada.  II  fut  longuement  discut6  de  la  possibility  d'ftablir  de 
crit&res  pour  la  selection  des  centres  MEDLINE  comme  1 'utilisation 
minimale,  1 'emplacement  g6ographique  et  I'ampleur  des  services  rendus 
aux  utilisateurs  de  I'extfirieur.   Le  Comit§  consultatif  recommande  Si 
I'lCIST  de  ne  pas  restreindre  le  nombre  de  centres  MEDLINE  dans  la 
■esure  oD  le  Canada  n'est  pas  limit?  par  la  National  Library  of  Medicine. 
II  est  recommand?  de  plus  que  le  CBSS  dresse  un  tableaux  des  services 
que  I'lCIST  peut  offrir  aux  centres  MEDLINE  (livraison  de  documents, 
recherches  de  localisation,  etc.). 

II.  Repertoire  des  bibliothdques  des  sciences  de  la  sante  au  Canada 

Le  besoin  d'un  tel  repertoire  futapprouv€  unanimement  par  le  Comite 
consultatif.   Le  Chef  du  CBSS  a  deji  commence  I  en  amasser  les  donnees 
et  I'ABSC,  1 'ASTED  et  I'AFMC  ont  commence  3  lui  envoyer  des  listci  de 
biblioth^ques  de  sciences  sante  locales  et  regionales.   Le  CBSS  a  mis 
cette  activite  au  rang  de  ses  priorites. 
Ill .  Publications  du  Centre  bibliographique  des  sciences  de  la  sante 

Avant  de  donner  les  recommandations  du  Comite  consultatif,  il  serait 
bon  d'  enumerer  les  publications  actuelles  de  I'lCIST  dans  le  domaine 
des  sciences  de  la  sante:   Bibliotheques  canadiennes  detenant  les 
periodiques  repertoires  dans  1' Index  Medicus,  Comptes  rendus  de 
conferences  sur  les  sciences  de  la  sante  et  Bibliotheques  canadiennes 
des  sciences  de  la  sante. 


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Le  CBSS  est  a  reviser  la  7^  edition  (1977)  de  Bibliotheques  canadiennes 
detenant  les  periodiques  repertories  dans  1' Index  Medicus  avec  1' intention 
d'y  inclure  des  listes  speciales  d'art  dentaire,  de  science  infirmiere  et 
de  reproduction  comme  dans  List  of  Journals  Indexed  in  Index  Medicus,  publie 
par  la  U.  S.  National  Library  of  Medicine.   Un  projet  similaire  vise  1 'etude 
de  la  disponibilite  au  Canada  des  periodiques  repertories  dans  Excerpta  Medica. 
Le  Comite  consultatif  aapprouveces  projets.   De  plus  le  Comite  s'est  penche 
sur  le  fait  que  le  Catalogue  collectif  des  publications  scientifiques  dans 
les  bibliotheques  canadiennes  (CCPSBC)  n'est  pas  pleinement  representatif 
des  periodiques  conserves  dans  les  bibliotheques  des  sciences  de  la  sante. 
Afin  d' aider  le  CBSS  a  determiner  quels  titres  de  periodiques  devraient 
gtreajoutes  dans  le  CCPSBC,  la  Kellog  Health  Sciences  Library  de  L'Universite 
de  Dalhousie  precede  presenteraent  a  une  comparison  de  sa  collection  avec  les 
titres  du  Catalogue  collectif. 

Le  Comite  s'est  aussi  demande  s'il  serait  souhaitable  d' employer  le  titre 
courant  au  lieu  du  nom  d'auteur  collectif  dans  le  CCPSBC  et  dans  Bibliotheques 
canadiennes  detenant . . . 

Comptes  rendus  des  conferences  sur  les  sciences  de  la  sante  a  ete  discontinue 
la  collection  de  I'ICIST  etant  desonnais  accessible  sur  CAN/OLE,  la  vente  de 
copies-papier  etant  a  la  baisse  et  1' Institute  for  Scientific  Information 
ayant  publie  recemment  Index  to  Scientific  and  Technical  Proceedings. 

Le  Comite  consultatif  a  aussi  passe  beaucoup  de  temps  a  revoir  le  r51e  et 
la  nature  de  Bibliotheques  canadiennes  des  sciences  de  la  sante  (BCSS) .  Le 
Comite  a  recommande  que  son  contenu  soit  limite  a  1' inclusion  des  nouveaux 
titres,  les  nouveaux  titres  etant  ceux  de  periodiques  de  moins  de  5  ans,  et 
des  anciens  titres  s'ils  sont  nouveaux  au  Canada.   Le  fait  que  cette  publi- 
cation se  limiterait  aux  "nouveaux"  titres  a  incite  le  Comite  §  recommander 
que  le  titre  redevienne  "Periodiques  des  sciences  de  la  sante  en  coramande" 
qui  en  refleterait  plus  fidelement  le  contenu.  Ce  changement  de  titre  est 
aussi  rendu  necessaire  par  1 'abandon  des  nouvelles,  des  postes  vacants  et 
de  la  bibliographie  d' information  courante  publics  auparavant  dans  BCSS. 

IV.  Efforts  pour  obtenir  une  traduction  frangaise  des vedettes  MESH 

Depuis  plusiers  annees,  des  efforts  ont  ete  faits  pour  obtenir  une 
traduction  fran§aise  des  vedettes  MESH  de  I'Institut  National  de  la 
Sante  et  de  la  Recherche  Medicale  (INSERM) .   Cette  traduction  serait 
utile  non  seulement  pour  les  recherches  en  direct  mais  aussi  pour  les 
catalogueurs  qui  utilisent  la  classification  de  la  NLM.  Aussi, 
puisqu'elle  a  une  importance  considerable  pour  le  Canada,  I'ICIST 
adressera  une  demande  officielle  a  1' INSERM  pour  cette  traduction 
frangaise. 

COMMENT  FAIRE  PARVENIR  VOS  RECOMMANDATI ONS  AU  COMITE  CONSULTATIF 

II  semble  evident  que  le  Comite  consultatif  sur  le  CBSS  continuera  a  traiter 
de  sujets  interessant  directement  la  communaute  des  bibliotheques  des  sciences 
de  la  sante  du  Canada.   Le  Comite  a  besoin  des  commentaires  de  tous  les  usagers 
des  services  du  CBSS  s'il  veut  pouvoir  agir  comme  consommateur  vigilant. 


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Les  membres  du  nouveau  Comite  consultatif  recevrons  avec  plaisir  les 
commentaires  de  leurs  collegues.   Pour  toute  question  ayant  trait  aux 
services  du  Centre  bibliographique  des  sciences  de  la  sante,  n'hesitez 
pas  1  ecrire  J  n'iraporte  lequel  des  membres  list^s  ci-dessous. 


>*ne.  Pierrette  Dubuc 

Bibliothecaire 

HOpital  Ste- Justine 

3175  Chemin  Ste  -  Catherine 

MONTREAL,  Quebec 

H3T  1C5 


Nad.  Eve-Marie  Lacroix 
Chef,  Centre  bibliographique  des 
sciences  de  la  sant6  et  Secretaire 
du  Comit§  consultatif 
Institut  canadien  de  1 ' information 
sclent  if ique  et  teonnique 
Conseil  national  de  recherches  du  Canada 
Edifice  M-SS 
OTTAWA,  Ontario.   KIA  0S2 


M.  Nillian  Fraser 

Librarian 

British  Columbia  Medical  Library 

senrice 

1807  West  10th  Street 

VANCOUVER,  British  Columbia 


M.  Alan  MacDonald 

Health  Sciences  Librarian 

N.  K.  Kellog  Health  Sciences  Library 

Dalhousie  University 

HALIFAX,  Nova  Scotia 


Mie.  Frances  K.  Groen 

Life  Sciences  Area  Librarian 

Medical  Library,  McGill  University 

36SS  Orumnond  Street 

MONTREAL,  Qu6bec  H3G  1Y6 


Mad.  Linda  McFarlane 

Librarian 

Sunnybrook  Medical  Centre 

2075  Bayview  Avenue 

TORONTO,  Ontario.  M4N  3MS 


Le  president  du  Comit^  consultatif  continuera  1  tenir  la  communaute  des 
bibliothdques  de  la  santS  inform#e  des  activit^s  du  Comit§  par  le  biais 
de  ce  bulletin. 


Frances  Groen 

President 

Comite  consultatif  sur  le  centre 

bibliographique  des  sciences  de  la  sante 


Traduction:  Institut  candadien  de  1' information  scientifique  et  technique. 


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NEW  ADVISORY  COMMITTEE  ON  THE  HEALTH  SCIENCES 
RESOURCE  CENTRE  ESTABLISHED 


ORIGINS  OF  THE  COMMITTEE 

In  1977,  a  brief  was  submitted  to  the  Director  of  the  Canada 
Institute  for  Scientific  and  Technical  Information  (CISTI), 
in  conjunction  with  the  review  of  the  role  and  objectives  of 
the  National  Library.  This  statement,  prepared  by  the 
Special  Resource  Committee  on  Medical  School  Libraries  of 
the  Association  of  Canadian  Medical  Colleges  (ACMC)  was 
endorsed  by  the  Council  of  Deans  of  the  ACMC,  the  Canadian 
Health  Libraries  Association  (CHLA)  and  the  Canadian  Group 
of  the  Medical  Library  Association.   The  brief  contained  the 
following  recommendations: 

1.  that  the  role  and  functions  of  the  Health  Sciences 
Resource  Centre  (HSRC)  and  its  staff  be  reviewed  and 
strengthened. 

2.  that  the  National  Librarian  and  the  Director  of  the 
Canada  Institute  for  Scientific  and  Technical  Information 
(CISTI)  develop  a  Canadian  biomedical  library  network 
based  on  the  existing  regional  pattern  of  biomedical 
library  centres. 

3.  that  the  development  of  a  scientific  collection  of 
excellence  at  CISTI  continue  to  receive  priority  treat- 
ment . 

4.  that  CISTI  attempt  to  make  data  bases  available  to 
Canadian  MEDLARS  users  simultaneous  with  their 
availability  in  the  U.S. 

5.  that  HSRC  develop  a  machine-readable  data  base  of 
audiovisual  materials  available  in  Canada. 

6.  that  CISTI 's  efforts  in  the  area  of  international  co- 
operation be  made  more  widely  known  to  the  Canadian 
library  community. 

7.  that  a  small  advisory  committee  be  established  to  make 
specific  suggestions  regarding  activities  which  HSRC 
should  carry  out  or  promote. 


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The  purpose  of  this  article  is  to  report  on  the  implementation 
of  the  final  recommendation,  the  establishment  of  an  advisory 
committee  to  HSRC. 

OBJECTIVES  AND  COMPOSITION  OF  THE  ADVISORY  COMMITTEE 

The  first  meeting  of  the  Advisory  Committee  was  held  on 
January  10,  1978  at  C.I. S.T.I.   A  raging  blizzard  cancelled 
most  flights  to  Ottawa  that  day.  However,  all  members  managed 
to  arrive  for  the  meeting,  quite  an  achievement  when  one 
considers  that  members  arrived  from  Vancouver,  Halifax, 
Montreal  and  Toronto.  This  first  meeting  was  an  organizational 
meeting  only,  and  issues  such  as  terms  of  reference,  objectives, 
and  length  of  service  on  the  Committee  had  to  be  addressed. 
Dr.  Jack  Brown  attended  that  first  meeting  in  his  capacity  as 
Director  of  C.I. S.T.I.   As  C.I. S.T.I,  is  now  awaiting  the 
appointment  of  a  new  Director,  we  determined  to  live  with  an 
interim  set  of  Terms  of  Reference,  as  these  are  subject  to  the 
approval  of  the  Director.  Once  these  are  in  their  final  form, 
they  will  be  published  in  his  Newsletter. 

CHLA  members  may  be  interested  to  know  the  present  objectives 
of  the  Advisory  Committee  which  are  as  follows: 

(a)  to  act  as  a  user  group  by  reviewing  the 
activities  of  the  HSRC  vis-a-vis  the  need 
of  the  various  health  science  communities 
and  organizations  in  Canada; 

(b)  to  provide  advice,  to  the  Director  of  C.I. S.T.I, 
on  policies  and  actions  related  to  the  HSRC  and 
provide  a  forum  for  discussion  of  specific  issues 
with  the  Head  of  the  HSRC; 

(c)  to  provide  advice  on  long-term  planning  for  the 
HSRC; 

(d)  to  advise  the  Director  of  C.I. S.T.I,  on  the 
selection  of  a  Head  of  the  HSRC. 

The  Committee  consists  of  five  members  at  large  and  two  ex-officio 
members.  On  the  recoranendation  of  C.H.L.A.,  L'Association  pour 
D'Avancement  des  Sciences  et  des  Techniques  de  la  Documentation 
CASTED) ,  Section  de  la  Sante,  and  the  ACMC  Special  Resource 
Committee  on  Medical  School  Libraries,  the  Director  of  C.I. S.T.I, 
appoints  members  for  a  period  of  two  years.   Initially,  some 
appointments  were  made  for  a  longer  period  of  time  to  assure 
continuity  in  the  Committee.   Ex  officio  members  include  the 
Director  of  CISTI  or  his/her  representative  and  the  Head  of  HSRC. 


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REPORT  ON  THE  EDMONTON  MEETING 

The  second  meeting  of  the  Advisory  Committee  was  held  in 
Edmonton  on  June  19,  1978.   A  number  of  issues  of  interest 
were  reviewed  and  are  summarized  on  the  following  pages. 

I .  The  Location  of  MEDLINE  codes  in  Canada 

At  present,  HSRC  is  the  unique  distributor  of  MEDLINE  codes  in 
Canada.  Considerable  discussion  has  taken  place  regarding  the 
development  of  a  set  of  criteria  for  the  establishment  of  a 
MEDLINE  centre,  including  questions  of  minimum  use,  geographic 
location  and  the  extent  of  service  provided  to  external 
users.   The  Advisory  Committee  recommended  that  C.I. S.T.I, 
not  restrict  the  number  of  MEDLINE  centres  as  long  as  Canada 
is  not  limited  by  the  U.S.  National  Library  of  Medicine.   It 
also  suggested  that  HSRC  prepare  a  detailed  statement  on 
C.I. S.T.I,  support  available  to  MEDLINE  centres,  for  example, 
document  delivery  and  location  searches. 

II .  Directory  of  Health  Science  Libraries  in  Canada 

The  need  for  such  a  directory  was  unanimously  endorsed  by  the 
Advisory  Committee.  The  Head  of  HSRC  is  already  beginning 
to  gather  data,  and  the  CHLA,  ASTED,  and  ACMC  are  forwarding 
local  and  regional  lists  of  health  science  libraries  to  HSRC 
to  provide  the  basis  of  the  directory.  This  activity  is  receiv- 
ing priority  treatment  at  HSRC. 

III .  Publications  of  the  Health  Sciences  Resource  Centre 

Before  discussing  the  recommendations  of  the  Advisory  Committee, 
it  may  prove  useful  to  enumerate  the  present  publications  of 
C.I. S.T.I,  in  the  health  sciences.  These  include  Canadian 
Locations  of  Journals  Indexed  in  Index  Medicus,  Conference 
Proceedings  in  the  Health  Sciences. and  Health  Science  Libraries 
in  Canada. 

Canadian  Locations  of  Journals  Indexed  in  Index  Medicus  (7th 
ed.,  1977)  is  being  reviewed  at  HSRC  with  the  intention  of 
including  special  lists  of  dental,  nursing  and  reproduction 
journals  such  as  appear  in  List  of  Journals  Indexed  in  Indexed 
Medicus,  published  by  the  U.S.  National  Library  of  Medicine. 
A  related  project  concerns  the  investigation  of  Canadian  back-up 
for  serials  abstracted  in  Excerpta  Medica.  The  Advisory 
Committee  reviewed  these  programs  with  approval.   In  addition, 
the  Committee  was  concerned  with  the  problem  that  the  Union 
List  of  Scientific  Serials  in  Canadian  Libraries  (ULSSCL) 


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is  not  fully  representative  of  the  full  array  of  services  held 
in  health  science  libraries.   To  assist  C.I. S.T.I,  in 
determing  which  additional  serial  titles  should  be  included 
in  ULSSCL,  the  Kellogg  Health  Sciences  Library  of  Dalhousie 
University  is  comparing  its  serial  holding  against  those 
of  the  Union  List.  Discussion  also  included  the  desirability 
of  employing  running  title  rather  than  corporate  entry  in  the 
ULSSCL  and  its  spin-off,  Canadian  Locations. 

Conference  Proceedings  in  the  Health  Sciences  has  been 
discontinued  in  view  of  the  availability  of  CISTI  holdings  on 
CAN/OLE,  the  decreasing  sales  of  hard  copy,  and  the  newly 
available  Index  to  Scientific  and  Technical  Proceedings 
published  by  the  Institute  for  Scientific  Information. 

The  Advisory  Committee  also  spent  considerable  time  in 
reviewing  the  scope  and  nature  of  Health  Science  Libraries  in 
Canada  (HSLC) .  Concerning  the  content  ot  this  publication, 
the  Committee  recommended  that  it  should  limit  its  inclusion 
to  new  titles,  defining  new  titles  as  those  no  more  than  five 
years  old  and  should  list  old  titles  only  if  they  were  new  in 
Canada.  The  limitation  of  this  publication  to  "new"  health 
sciences  serials  on  order  prompted  the  Committee  to  recommend 
that  the  title  revert  to  the  original  name  of  "Health  Sciences 
Serials  on  Order",  more  reflective  of  the  contents  of  the 
publication.   This  need  for  this  title  change  is  also  indicated 
by  the  omission  of  new  items,  job  vacancies,  and  the  current 
awareness  bibliography  previously  published  in  HSLC. 

IV.   Efforts  to  obtain  a  French  translation  of  MESH  headings 

For  several  years,  efforts  have  continued  to  obtain  a  French 
version  of  HESH  headings  from  L' Inst i tut  National  de  la  Sant6 
et  de  la  Recherche  Medicale  (INSERM).   Such  holdings  are 
useful  not  only  for  on-line  searching  but  also  for  cataloguers 
using  the  NLM  classification.  Thus  far,  efforts  have  not 
been  successful.  However,  since  this  French  translation  is 
of  considerable  importance  to  Canada,  C.I. S.T.I,  will  address 
a  foraal  request  to  INSERH  for  this  translation. 

HOW  TO  ADVISE  THE  ADVISORY  C0W4ITTEE 

It  seems  obvious  from  the  content  of  this  meeting  that  the 
Advisory  Committee  on  HSRC  will  continue  to  discuss  issues  of 
direct  relevance  to  the  community  of  Canadian  health  libraries 
If  the  Committee  is  to  function  as  a  vigilant  consumer,  it 
requires  the  comments  of  all  users  of  the  services  of  HSRC. 


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Members  of  this  newly  formed  Advisory  Committee  welcome  comments 
from  their  colleagues.   If  issues  related  to  the  services  of 
the  Health  Sciences  Resource  Centre  arc  of  concern,  please  write 
to  any  of  the  members  listed  below 


Mrs.  Pierette  Dubuc 

Librarian 

H8pital  St.  Justine 

3175  Chemin  St.  Catherine 

Montreal  H3T  1C5 


Mr.  William  Fraser 

Librarian 

British  Columbia  Medical 

Library  Service 
1807  West  10th  Street 
Vancouver,  B.C. 


Mrs.  Frances  K.  Groen 

Life  Sciences  Area  Librarian 

Medical  Library,  McGill  University 

3655  Drummond  Street 

Montreal  H3G  1Y6 


Mrs.  Eve-Marie  Lacroix 

Head,  Health  Sciences  Resource  Centre 

5  Secretary  to  the  Advisory  Committee 
Canada  Institute  for  Scientific  and 

Technical  Information 
National  Research  Council 
Building  M  -  55 
Ottawa,  Ontario  KIA  032 


Mr.  Alan  MacDonald 

Health  Sciences  Librarian 

W.K.  Kellogg  Health  Sciences  Library 

Dalhousie  University 

Halifax,  Nova  Scotia 


Ms.  Linda  McFarlane 

Librarian 

Sunnybrook  Medical  Center 

2075  Bayview  Avenue 

Toronto,  Ontario  M4N  3M5 


VT 


The  Chairperson  of  the  Advisory  Committee  will  continue  to  keep 
the  health  library  community  informed  of  Committee  developments 
through  this  Newsletter. 


Frances  Groen 

Chairperson 

Advisory  Committee  on  the 

Health  Sciences  Resource  Centre 


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CENTRE  BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE  PES  SCIENCES  DE  LA  SANTE 

Institut  canadien  de  1' information  scientifique  et  technique,  Conseil 
national  de  recherches,  Ottawa. 

LeS  ressouTces  et les  services  offerts  par  le  Centre  bibliographique 
des  sciences  de  la  sante  ont  ete  decrits  dans  le  numSro  2  du  bulletin 
de  I'ABSC.  M8me  si  le  rOle  du  CESS  demeure  inchange  (coordination  des 
services  d' information  pour  les  sciences  de  la  sant^  3  I'interieur  de 
I'ICIST  et  pour  le  pays)  plusieurs  details  ont  chang6  au  niveau  des 
services  et  des  ressources.   En  contribuant  r^gulidrement  S  ce  bulletin, 
j'esp^re  vous  tenir  au  courant  des  operations  du  CESS. 

Administration  de  MEDLINE 

Depuis  Janvier  1978,  1 'entente  avcc  la  U.  S.  National  Library  of  Medicine 
nous  permet  75  codes  d'acc^s  et  1 'utilisation  illimit^e  des  bases  de 
donnies  MEDLINE. 

II  y  a  pr^sentement  58  centres  MEDLINE  canadiens  et  4  demandes  i  l'6tude. 
Les  centres  les  plus  r6cents  ont  6ti   £tablis  dans  des  hOpitaux  et  11 
semblerait  que  le  fait  que  MEDLINE  soit  accessible  sur  place  ait  rSsultS 
en  un  accroissement  de  la  demande  de  services  bibliographiques  de  la 
part  du  personnel  de  ces  hOpitaux. 

Si  vous  d(sirez  des  inforaation  sur  les  bases  de  donn6es  MEDLINE,  sur 
la  fagon  de  devenir  un  centre  MEDLINE,  ou  I'adresse  de  centres  MEDLINE 
off  rant  des  services  dans  votre  region,  veuillez  coianuniquer  avec 
Mary  Lynne  East,  Coordonnatrice  de  MEDLINE,  CBSS. 

Repertoire  des  bibliothdques  des  sciences  de  la  sant§  au  Canada 
Pour  ripondre  i.   un  besoin  senti,  le  CBSS  a  entrepris  de  produire  un 
repertoire  complet  des  bibliothdques  canadiennes  de  sciences  sante. 
Nous  avons  commence  k   coapiler  une  liste  d'adresses  lisible  par  machine, 
en  cooperation  avec  I'ABSC,  I'ASTED  et  I'AFMC.   La  deuxiSme  phase  de 
ce  projet  sera  une  enqutte  qui  sera  faite  au  debut  de  1979. 

Collection  d' appoint  pour  Excerpta  Medica 

Excerpta  Medica  devant  devenir  accessible  en  direct  ^  partir  du  1®' 
aoOt,  le  CBSS  a  commence  )  etudier  la  disponibilite  des  periodiques 
repertories  dans  Excerpta  Medica  I  I'ICIST  et  au  Canada.   Ce  projet 
est  dej2  bien  avance  et  je  pourrai  vous  en  conmuniquer  les  resultats 
dans  le  prochain  numero  de  ce  bulletin. 

Pour  tout  renseignement  sur  les  programmes  et  services  du  CBSS,  n'hesitez 
pas  i  m'ecrire  ou  ^  me  teiephoner  S  (613)  993-1604. 


Eve-Marie  Lacroix 

Chef.  Centre  bibliographique  des  sciences  de  la  sante 


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HEALTH  SCIENCES  RESOURCE  CENTRE 


Canada  Institute  for  Scientific  and  Technical  Information, 
National  Research  Council,  Ottawa. 

The  services  and  resources  of  the  Health  Sciences  Resource 
Centre  were  described  in  Issue  2  (1977)  of  the  CHLA  Newsletter. 
Though  the  role  of  HSRC  remains  unchanged,  coordinating 
information  services  for  the  health  sciences  within  CISTI  and 
nationally,  many  of  the  details  of  services  have  changed.  By 
contributing  regularly  to  the  Newsletter,  I  hope  to  keep  you 
up-to-date  on  the  operation  of  the  HSRC. 

MEDLINE  Administration 

Effective  January  1978,  the  quid-pro-quo  agreement  with  the 
U.S.  National  Library  of  Medicine  allows  us  75  access  codes 
and  unlimited  access  to  the  MEDLINE  data  bases,  i.e.,  we  pay 
for  what  we  use . 

There  are  now  58  Canadian  MEDLINE  Centres,  with  4  applications 
pending.   The  newest  centres  are  being  established  in  hospitals, 
and  feedback  to  date  indicates  that  the  on-site  availability 
of  MEDLINE  has  resulted  in  an  increased  demand  for  bibliograpic 
services  from  hospital  staff. 

If  you  would  like  information  on  the  MEDLINE  data  bases,  how 
to  become  a  MEDLINE  centre,  or  the  address  of  a  MEDLINE  centre 
offering  service  in  your  area  please  contact  Mary  Lynne  East, 
MEDLINE  Coordinator,  HSRC. 

Directory  of  Health  Sciences  Libraries  in  Canada 

In  answer  to  an  expressed  need,  HSRC  has  begun  a  project  to 
produce  a  comprehensive  directory  of  Canadian  health  science 
libraries.  As  a  first  step,  we  have  begun  to  compile  a  machine 
readable  mailing  list,  with  the  cooperation  of  CHLA,  ASTED  and 
ACMC.   The  second  phase  of  the  project  is  the  survey,  which  will 
be  done  in  early  1979. 

Collection  back-up  for  Excerpta  Medica 

With  Excerpta  Medica  scheduled  to  become  available  on-line 
on  August  1,  HSRC  has  undertaken  a  project  to  determine  back- 
up within  CISTI  and  in  Canada  for  the  journals  abstracted  by 
Excerpta  Medica.   This  project  is  well  underway , thus  I  will 
be  able  to  report  the  results  in  the  next  issue  of  the 
Newsletter. 

For  information  on  any  of  HSRC's  programs  and  services,  please 
write  or  phone  me  at  (613)  993-1604. 

Eve-Marie  Lacroix 

Head,  Health  Sciences  Resource  Centre 


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LA  BIBLIOTHEQUE  DE  L'UNIVERSITE  LAVAL  ET  LES  BIBLIOTHEQUES  DES 
HOPITAUX  D'ENSEICNEMENT  AFFILIES. 


The  relationship  between  Laval  Science  Library  and  the 
affiliated  teaching  hospitals'  libraries  has  been  existing  for 
several  years.   Studies  have  been  made  In  the  early  seventies 
to  Improve  this  relationship,  but  with  little  results.   Still, 
the  Science  Library  maintains  its  collaboration  on  some  four 
specific  aspects. 


L'hisColr*  des  relations  d*  la  Blblloth2que  de  I'Unlver- 
■Iti  Laval  -  tout  spScialenant  celles  de  la  Bibliothique  Scienti- 
fiqua  -  avec  les  blblloth^ques  des  hopitaux  d'enselgnement  afflliSs 
date  diji  depuis  quelque  temps. 


Au  cours  d«s  annies  passSes,  des  efforts  furent  exercts 
afln  d'€laborcr  de  fa^on  plus  concrete  les  besoins  et  1«  rola  que 
devaient  jouer  les  deux  parties  en  cause,  ct  ce,  plus  pr^cisSment, 
depuis  le  debut  des  annSes  solxante-dix.  Un  premier  rapport 
d'enquSte  fut  prisentfi  en  1971  par  la  Blbllothique  de  I'UnlversltS 
Laval.  Trent e-cinq  rccosBandations  furent  soumlses  au  ComitS  de 
liaison,  formfi  de  reprisentants  de  la  Facult§  de  mSdecine  de  Laval 
et  des  hopitaux  affiliis.  Une  des  recoomandations  demandait  la 
creation  d'un  riseau  de  bibllotheques  pour  le  secteur  des  sciences 
de  la  santi,  tout  en  donnant  i  la  Blbllotheque  de  1 'University  Laval 
la  leadership  dans  cstte  question  avcc  tous  les  pouvolrs  pour  agir 
en  consequence.   Aucune  suite  n'a  iti   donn^  i  ce  rapport.   En  1973, 
la  Rapport  Bonneau  et  un  M&aoire  de  I'ASTED  recommaodalt  encore  une 
fois  la  mise  en  place  d'une  mellleure  structure  de  coordination  en- 
tre  les  bibllotheques  impliquees.  Malgri  tous  ces  efforts,  rien  n'a 
iti   fait  jusqu'i  aujourd'hul,  et  le  Mlnlstere  des  Affaires  Soclales 
ne  scable  pas  tris  int€ressi  i  divelopper  une  politique  globale  de 
rigionalisatlon  dans  le  secteur  des  sciences  de  la  santi. 


II  en  demeure  toutefols  que  la  Bibllothique  Sclentifique 
continue  de  collaborer  avec  les  bibllotheques  des  hopitaux  d'ensel- 
gnement afflllSs  en  leur  off rant  les  services  sulvant: 

(1)  prSt  entre  bibllotheques  et  localisation  occa- 
sionnelle  des  demandea; 

(2)  recherches  bibliographlques  2  I'aide  des  banques 
automat is€es; 


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(3)  assistance  aux  blbllothecalres  sur  demandes; 

(4)  envole  gratult  de  la  llste  des  perlodlques  du 
secteur  sclentlf Ique. 

De  plus,  devant  la  hausse  constante  des  abonnements  de 
periodique,  11  faudra  surement  penser  a  etendre  cette  collaboration 
au  secteur  du  developpement  des  collections. 

Beaucoup  a  ete  fait  jusqu'ici,  mais  beaucoup  reste  encore 
a  £alre.  L'inertie  du  Comlte  de  liaison  etabli  en  1971  et  le  peu 
d'action  des  dlfferents  minlstires  provinciaux  Impllques  n'ont 
certe  pas  aider  a  la  situation.   Devant  ce  manque  d'appui,  la 
position  de  la  Bibliotheque  de  I'Universite  Laval  est  demeure  stati- 
onnalre.   II  faudra  done  esperer  que  I'avenir  nous  reservera  de 
mellleurs  succes. 


Philippe  Lemay 

DRD 

Sciences  de  la  Sante, 


O 


PREPUBLICATION   INFORMATION 


A  KWOC   (Key  Word  Out  of  Context)  Index  to  the  over 
30,000  serials  and  numbered  congresses  held  by  the 
U.S.  National  Library  of  Medicine  is  due  to  be 
published  in  late  1978  or  early  1979.  This  will  be 
an  annual  publication  available  from  the  Government 
Printing  Office  at  a  cost  of  about  $20.  Details  of 
the  exact  date  of  publication  and  of  the  publication 
niomber  will  appear  in  this  Newsletter  at  a  later 
date. 


I 


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B.  C.  Health  Libraries  Association 
Inaugural  Meeting  1978 


At  a  time  when  many  associations  are  coming  into  being  it 
is  not  totally  surprising  that  health  sciences  librarians 
in  B,  C.  decided  to  organize.   So  on  May  31,  1978  a  long 
anticipated  event,  the  formation  of  the  B.C.H.L.A.,  brought 
together  health  librarians,  technicians,  and  assistants  from 
Vancouver  and  surrounding  areas.   Invitations  were  extended 
to  Public  librarians  and  representatives  from  the  Library 
Development  Commission  as  well.   A  small  but  enthusiastic 
contingent  from  Victoria  received  special  mention  from  the 
Association's  interim  President  Bill  Fraser  in  his  few  but 
well-chosen  words  of  address.   The  inaugural  meeting  held 
at  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  in  Vancouver, 
the  location  of  the  B.  C.  Medical  Library  Service,  was  pri- 
marily a  late  afternoon  social  gathering  to  acquaint  fellow 
health  information  colleagues  and  enthusiasts. 

The  Association's  Constitution  commendably  extends  its  member- 
ship to  all  persons  or  institutions  interested  in  the  aims  of 
the  Association  whose  purpose  shall  be  to  promote  effective 
library  service  in  the  Health  Sciences  within  B.  C.  by  communi- 
cation and  mutual  assistance.   At  present  the  Association 
receives  its  direction  under  an  interim  executive  consisting 
of  two  persons:  Bill  Fraser  (B .C.M.L.S .) ,  President  and  David 
Noble  (B.C,  Cancer  Control  Agency),  Secretary/Treasurer. 

Of  many  interesting  ideas  discussed  during  the  two-hour  social 
function  one  was  the  concern  of  librarians  from  Public  Libraries 
in  being  able  to  aid  the  lay  public  in  its  need  for  information 
in  the  health  field.   Hospital  librarians  have  long  been  con- 
fronted with  the  problem  of  deciding  policy  for  or  against  the 
use  of  their  health  collections  by  patients.   Today,  with  the 
demand  for  more  access  to  all  kinds  of  information  will  fore- 
seeably  become  part  of  an  even  greater  debate,  that  of  assuming 
responsibility  for  unlimited  dissemination  of  health  information 
to  the  general  public. 

The  formation  of  the  new  Association  is  timely  in  view  of  the 
discussions  held  in  Edmonton  during  the  CLA  Conference  on  the 
proposal  of  chapters  for  the  C.H.L.A.  The  foregoing  comments 
are  speculative  and  may  even  be  challenged  at  the  next  meeting, 
tentatively  scheduled  for  October  1978,  to  coincide  with  the 
annual  conference  of  the  Pacific  Northwest  Regional  Libraries 
Group  (MLA)  in  Vancouver. 

I  am  certain  the  members  of  the  Association  would  agree  that 
the  future  of  the  B. C.H.L.A.  is  filled  with  promise,  but  most 

of  all  it  is  coninitted  to  a  lot  of  hard  work,  grassroots  and 

to  politics  I  I 

(Miss)  Donna  Signori 
Collections  Librarian 
University  of  Victoria  Library 

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Manitoba 


Continuing  Education  in  Manitoba 


In  order  to 
direct  link 
of  Medicine 
University 
conjunction 
Sciences  In 
cassettes  o 
hospitals  c 
for  several 


provide  physicians  in  northern  Manitoba  with  a 
to  new  developments  and  trends  in  the  practice 
at  the  Health  Sciences  Centre  in  Winnipeg,  the 
of  Manitoba's  Northern  Medical  Unit  (NMU)  in 
with  another  university  department,  the  Health 
structional  Media  Centre,  has  been  sending  video 
f  Grand  and  Subspecialty  Rounds  to  three  northern 
losely  associated  with  the  NMU  on  a  weekly  basis 
months . 


As  a  result  of  interest  expressed  by  other  rural  physicians 
in  audiovisual  continuing  education  aids,  and  enthusiasm 
expressed  by  some  of  the  northern  physicians  who  currently 
make  regular  use  of  the  video  cassettes,  the  Extension  Service 
of  the  Medical  Library  is  attempting  to  make  this  service 
available  to  other  groups  of  rural  physicians  in  Manitoba. 
Tapes  will  be  mailed,  along  with  a  return  label,  to  physicians 
that  have  access  to  a  video  tape  player. 


Following  the  spring  meeting,  the  members  of  the  executive 
of  the  Manitoba  Health  Libraries  Association  are: 

President   Ms .  Sandra  Langlands 

Extension  Librarian,  Medical  Library 
University  of  Manitoba,  Winnipeg 

Vice-Pres .   Mrs .  Jill  Brown 
Library 
Grace  General  Hospital,  Winnipeg 

Sec./Treas.  Mrs.  Doris  Pritchard 
Head,  Dental  Library 
University  of  Manitoba,  Winnipeg 

Past  Pres ,   Ms.  Barbara  Henwood 
Library  Technician 
General  Centre  Library 
Health  Sciences  Centre,  Winnipeg 


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REPORT  ON  THE  ASTED  JOURNEE  D' ETUDE,  1978 


The  annual  "journee  d' etude"  of  the  Section  de  la  sant^ 

of  ASTED  (Association  pour  I'Avancement  des  Sciences  et 

Techniques  de  la  Documentation)  was  held  at  the  University 
de  Montreal  on  Friday,  May  12,  1978. 

The  day  was  devoted  to  the  discussion  of  health  sciences 
library  networks  and  of  less  formal  structures  of  inter- 
library  cooperation.   The  guest  speaker,  M  .  Germain 
Chouinard,  director  of  the  library  of  the  Faculty  of 
Medicine  at  the  University  of  Sherbrooke ,  presented  a 
paper  on  the  feasibility  of  formation  of  hospital  library 
consortia   in  Quebec.   He  presented  some  interesting 
figures  on  the  percentage  of  total  budget  allotted  to  the 
medical  library  in  various  Quebec  hospitals. 

During  the  lively  discussion  that  followed,  we  were  made 
aware  of  valuable  health  sciences  collections  in  Quebec 
libraries.   The  library  of  the  Ordre  des  Infirmieres  et 
Infirmlers  du  Quebec  (4200  Dorechester  Blvd.  W. ,  Montreal 
H3Z  lV2)has  a  good  collection  of  audiovisual  materials 
on  nursing  which  can  be  borrowed.   The  Federation  des 
Medecins  Omnipraticiens  du  Quebec  (1440  St.  Catherine  St. 
W. ,  Montreal  H3G  1R8) library  keeps  an  up-to-date  news- 
paper clipping  file  on  all  aspects  of  medicine  in 
Canada . 

The  process  of  regionalization  of  hospital  libraries  in 
Quebec  is  starting  to  get  under  way.   The  hospitals 
affiliated  with  McGill  have  had  an  Association  for  some 
years; those  affiliated  with  the  University  de  Montreal 
have  now  started  one.    Groups  are  also  being  formed  in 
Quebec  and  in  the  Hull-Ottawa  area.   Reciprocal  exchange 
of  free  photocopies  of  articles  has  been  one  of  the  first 
steps  taken. 

The  meeting  closed  with  a  visit  to  the  Bibliotheque  de  la 
sant^  of  the  University  de  Montreal. 


Elaine  Waddington,  presidente 

Section  de  la  sant6 

ASTED 


The  annual  congress  of  ASTED  will  take  place  at  the  Hotel 
Loew's-La  Cite  in  Quebec  City  on  October  25-28,  1978.   The 
guest  speaker  at  the  luncheon  given  by  the  Section  de  la 
Sante'  will  be  M.  Robert  Lavoie,  director  of  the  Conseil 
Regional  de  la  Sante  et  des  Services  Sociaux  of  the  Laurentides 
Lanaudiere  region. 


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Rapport  de  la  joumee  d' etude  de  la  section 
de  la  sante  de  I'ASTED,  1978 


La  journee  d'etude  annuelle  de  la  section  de  la  sante  de  I'ASTED  a  eu 
lieu  a  I'Universite  de  Montreal,  vendrcdi  le  12  mai,  1978. 

La  journee  a  ete  consacre  a  la  discussion  des  reseaux  de  bibliotheques 
de  sante  quebecois  et  d' arrangements  moins  structures  de  cooperation 
entre  bibliotheques  .   Le  conferencier,  M.  Germain  Chouinard,  directeur 
de  la  bibliotheque  de  la  Faculte  de  medecine  de  I'Universite  de  Sherbrooke, 
a  presente  une  adresse  au  sujet  de  la  possibilite  de  la  formation  de 
consortia  de  bibliotheques  d'h5pitaux  au  Quebec.   II  a  donne  des  chiffres 
bien  interessants  a  propos  de  la  proportion  du  budget  global  d'h6pital 
donnee  a  la  bibliotheque  medicale.    ,'«)•■» '^<ir  c*r; 

Pendant  la  discussion  chaleureuse  qui  suivait,  nous  nous  sommes  faits 
conscients  de  ressources  invalables  dans  certains  bibliotheques  de 
sante  quebecois.   La  bibliotheque  de  I'Ordre  des  Infirmieres  et  Infirmiers 
du  Quebec  (4200  ouest  Boulevard  Dorchester,  Montreal  H3Z  1V2)  a  une  bonne 
collection  de  materiaux  audio-visuelles  au  sujet  de  nursing,  qui  est 
disponible.   La  bibliotheque  de  la  Federation  des  Medecins  Omnipraticiens 
du  Quebec  (1440  ouest  rue  Ste  -  Catherine,  Montreal  H3G  1R8)  constitut  un 
dossier  de  coupures  d' articles  de  joumaux  et  de  periodiques  qui  paraissent 
au  Canada  dans  le  domaine  de  la  medecine. 

La  conception  de  reseaux  de  bibliotheques  medicales  a  travers  le  Quebec 
commence  a  se  dessiner  avec  plus  de  precision.   Les  hopitaux  affilies  a 
I'Universite  McGill  sont  deja  formes  en  association  depuis  plusieurs 
annees,  et  ceux  affilies  a  I'Universite  de  Montreal  sont  en  train  de 
former  une  association  semblable.   Des  groupes  similaires  commencent  a 
se  reunir  dans  les  regions  de  Hull  et  de  Quebec.   L'echange  de  photocopies 
gratuites  est  maintenant  un  fait  accompli. 

La  reunion  s'est  terminee  par  la  visite  a  la  bibliotheque  de  la  sante  de 
I'Universite  de  Montreal. 


Elaine  Waddington 
prcsidente 
Section  de  la  sant6 
.•JS»7:      ASTED 


tiUUllt 

Le  congres  annuel  de  I'ASTED  aura  lieu  a  1 'Hotel  Loew's-La  Cite  S 
Quebec  le  25-28  octobre  1978.   Le  conferencier  au  dejeOner-causerie 
de  la  Section  de  la  Sante  sera  M.  Robert  Lavoie,  directeur-general  du 
Conseil  regional  de  la  sante  et  des  services  sociaux  de  la  region 
[.aurent  ides-Lanaudi  ere . 


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GAPS,  WANTS  LISTS  &  DUPLICATES 

Members  are  reminded  of  the  services  offered  by  the  Canadian 
Book  Exchange  Centre  of  the  National  Library.   The  Centre 
accepts  any  duplicate  or  unneeded  material  (address  for  ship- 
ping is  85,  Bentley  Avenue,  Ottawa.)   The  Centre  also  produces 
lists  of  serials  available  for  the  cost  of  shipping  and  will 
accept  "wants  lists"  on  3"  X  5"  cards.   Information  on  the 
Centre  can  be  obtained  from  Canadian  Book  Exchange  Centre, 
National  Library  of  Canada,  395  Wellington  Street,  Ottawa 
KIA  0N4. 

Members  are  also  reminded  of  the  existence  of  the  Universal 
Serials  and  Book  Exchange  based  in  Washington.  D.C.   Though 
there  is  a  charge  for  publications  supplied  this  is  considerably 
less  than  that  made  by  commercial  dealer  and  USBE  has  a  very 
large  amount  of  health  related  material  (In  1976  Member  Libraries 
sent  USBE  over  300,000  medical  publications).   Information  on 
becoming  a  Member  of  USBE  ($25.00  per  year)  is  available  from 
USBE,  3335  V  Street  N.E.,  WASHINGTON,  D.C.  20018. 


PUELICATIGNS 
4th  edition  197 


National  Library  of  Ilcdicinc  Claosif ir-tion 


Vhc  ath  edition  of  the  HLM  Classification 
was  published  in  August  1978.   ^liis  is  an 
essential  tool  for  all  libraries  using  the 
NLH  Classification  and  it  has  been  exten- 
sively revised  using  IleSH  subject  headings 
Copies  may  be  orr'ered  from  the  Superinten- 
dent of  Docurients,  U.  S.  Government  Printing 
Office,  Vias'.iincton  D.  C.  20A02.   The  price 
outside  the  USA  is  $11.90  and  the  stock 
number  is  S/N  017-052-00193-1.   Paynent  must 
acconpany  the  order  and  service  is  inprove(/ 
if  a  return  mnilinj:  label  is  attached. 


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NEWS 

CANADIAN  GROUP,  MLA 

On  Tuesday  morning,  June  13th,  the  Somnabulist  Society  of  Canada 
met  at  7  a.m.  for  breakfast.   Forty- two  or  forty-three  bodies 
presented  themselves  (the  count  was  a  little  hazy,  but  the  con- 
versation was  lively) .   Each  table  was  challenged  to  report  the 
most  exciting  library  event  in  their  district  during  the  year, 
and  a  niomber  of  news  items  came  to  the  surface  which  have  never 
before  reached  the  ears  of  the  CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter  Editor. 

For  some  it  was  MEDLINE,  or  a  new  library,  or  a  grant; but  for 
most  it  was  the  development  of  local  library  groups,  sparked  by 
the  CHLA/ABSC.   It  is  to  be  hoped  that  this  early  morning  enthu- 
siasm can  be  sustained. 

Anna  Leith,  incoming  Chairman,  hosted.  Martha  Stone  was  elected 
the  new  Chairman- El ec t .  M.  A.  Flower  became  the  Group's  nominee 
to  the  Nominating  Committee  of  MLA.   And  there  was  enough  coffee. 

HOSPITAL  LIBRARIANS  PLEASE  NOTE 

A  Checklist  for  Staff  Library  Services  was  published  in  the  CHLA/ 
ABSC  Newsletter  5:6-10,  Spring   ^978.   This  Checklist  was  devised 
by  a  Committee  of  the  Ontario  Medical  Association  for  the  use  of 
accreditation  teams  from  the  Canadian  Council  on  Hospital  Accredi- 
tation.  We  undertook  to  report  to  the  OMA  the  reactions  of  our 
membership  to  this  document . 

So  which  of  you  will  speak  up?   We  know  you  are  out  there.   We 
have  heard  you  mutter  about  the  sideline  view  of  accreditation 
surveys  of  your  hospitals,  as  seen  from  the  library.   Now  is  your 
hour. 

Due  to  an  impassioned  plea  from  the  Chair  at  the  Annual  Meeting  of 
CHLA/ABSC  in  Edmonton,  we  have  two  comments  from  Winnipeg.   Where 
are  the  rumblings  from  Ontario?   B.C.  ?  the  Prairies?  the  Maritimes? 
Quebec?   Dig  out  the  Checklist  and  work  it  through.   Make  this  your 
Labour  Day  resolution"!   Mail  before  September  30th.   This  is  called 
Participation.   M.  A.  Flower,  President,  CHLA/ABSC,  Nursing  Library. 
McGill  University,  3506  University  Street,  Montreal,  Quebec.  H3A  2A7 . 

EVA  BORDA,  of  the  Health  Science  Library,  University  of  Western 
Ontario  recently  attended  a  course  on  "Teaching  Techniques  for 
Medical  Librarians"  (See  Newsletter  #6)  in  Boston.  Further  infor- 
mation on  this  course  and  details  of  future  ones  can  be  obtained 
from  Carole  Lipsitt,  Education  Specialist,  NERMLS ,  Francis  A. 
Countway  Library  of  Medicine,  10  Shattuck  Street,  Boston,  Mass.  02115. 

The  Biomedical  Bibliography  and  Biomedical  Librarianship  courses 

given  by  Dr.  Pauline  Vaillancourt  at  the  McGill  Graduate  School  of 

Library  Science  during  June/July  were  a  great  success.   They  attracted 

not  only  library  school  students  but  also  a  number  of  hospital  librarians 

and  staff  of  the  McGill  University  libraries.   They  will  certainly 

have  helped  prepare  anyone  wishing  to  write  the  MLA  certification 

examination. 

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i 


LINDA  SOLOMON,  of  the  Canadian  Hospital  Association,  with  the  help 
a  sunmer  student  is  compiling  a  bibliography  of  selected  materials 
for  the  health  administrator.   The  bibliography,  will  be  supplemented 
by  a  list  of  films  and  cassettes,  all  of  which  will  be  available  from 
the  Canadian  Hospital  Association.   The  publication  will  be  available 
for  sale  in  the  fall  of  1978.   This  work  was  made  possible  by  HASEPS 
(Health  Activities  Summer  Employment  Program  for  Students)  grant  from 
Health  and  Welfare  Canada. 

MR  P.J   FAWCETT,  has  recently  had  an  article  entitled  "Personal 
Filing  Systems  Revisited"  accepted  for  publication  in  the  Ear  Nose 
and  Throat  Journal.   Mr.  Fawcett  is  the  Public  Services  Librarian, 
Medical  Library,  University  of  Manitoba. 

CATALOGUING  NEWS 

In  1978,  NLM  has  adopted  the  following  series  authority:  DHEW 

(NIOSH)  publication  no...  formerly  DHEW  publication  no.  (NIOSH) . . . , 

since  the  former  now  appears  on  the  NIOSH  publications.   This 

will  create  some  difficulty  for  people  using  the  public  catalogues, 

as  the  KIEW  series  will  no  longer  all  file  together. 

WHAT  IS  THE  CORRECT  NLM  CLASSIFICATION  NUMBER  FOR  AUDIOVISUAL 
CATALOGUES?  NLM  classifies  catalogues  of  audiovisual  materials 
in  the  appropriate  schedule  using  form  number  18.   Some  of  the 
titles  shown  in  the  NLM  current  catalog  have  the  letter  "Z" 
preceding  the  class  number.   This  is  Incorrect.   (Memo  from  NLM 
April  • 78) . 

COLLEAGUES 

MS.  PATRICIA  BUCZKOWSKI   replaced  Gail  Wise  as  Library  Technician 
(as  of  August  1st)  at  the  Ontario  Medical  Association. 

MRS.  pENISE  POIRIER.  Librarian  Medical  Library,  St.  Boniface  Hospital 
will  be  the  Manitoba  Health  Libraries  Association  correspondent  for 
the  CHLA/ABSC  NEWSLETTER  as  of  the  next  Issue. 

We  extend  best  wishes  to  the  new  bride,  ffllS   PAMELA  A.  AVIS  POLLOCK 
(formerly  Pamela  A.  Avis)  of  the  Ontario  Medical  Association. 

MS.  SUSAN  ROGERS,  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  Minnesota  School 
of  Library  Science,  will  be  the  volunteer  coordinator  of  the  union 
list  of  serials  project  undertaken  by  the  Manitoba  Health  Libraries 
Association.   She  will  be  based  at  the  Medical  Library,  University 
of  Manitoba. 

MS.  ELIZABETH  WOODWORTH,  has  been  appointed  librarian  at  the  British 
Colxnnbia  Ministry  of  Health  as  of  July  4,  1978.   She  was  formerly 
with  the  Ministry  of  Recreation  iand  Conservation. 


48 


PUBLICATIONS 


"Health  Computer  Applications  in  Canada"/  L'Ordinateur  au  service  de  la 
sante  canadienne,  est  un  ouvrage  de  consultation  complet  sur  les  utilisations 
et  les  utilisateurs  des  ordinateurs  dans  le  domaine  de  la  sante  canadienne. 
II  parait  chaque  annee  sous  le  patronnage  de  1 'Association  medicale  canadienne 
et  de  1 'Association  canadienne  pour  1 ' avancement  de  1 'informatique  dans  le 
domaine  de  la  santS;  il  est  publie  par  le  Bureau  d' informatique  dans  le  domaine 
de  la  sante,  410  Quest,  avenue  Laurier,  ensemble  800,  Ottawa,  Ontario  KIR  7T6. 
Le  volume  V  est  maintenant  disponible  i   $75.00. 

"Health  Computer  Applications  in  Canada"/L'Ordinateur  au  service  de  la 
sante  canadienne,  is  a  comprehensive  reference  guide  to  uses  and  users  of 
computers  in  the  Canadian  health  field.   It  is  published  annually  under  the 
sponsorship  of  the  Canadian  Hospital  Association,  the  Canadian  Medical  Associa- 
tion and  the  Canadian  Organization  for  Advancement  of  Computers  in  Health,  by 
the  Health  Computer  Information  Bureau,  410  Laurier  Avenue  West,  Suite  800, 
Ottawa,  Ontario,  KIR  7T6.  Volume  5  is  now  available  at  $75.00. 

Nutrition  of  the  Aged,  1978.  Proceedings  of  a  symposium  held  under  the 
sponsorship  of  the  Nutrition  Society  of  Canada  and  the  Monarch  Fine  Foods 
Company,  in  Calgary,  Alberta,  June  1977.  Nutrition  Society  of  Canada.  90p. 
Dr.  T.  K.  Murray,  Bureau  of  Nutritional  Sciences,  Food  Directorate,  Health 
Protection  Branch,  Health  f,   Welfare  Canada,  Ottawa,  Ontario.  KIA  0L2.   FREE. 

McGill  University  has  recently  published  a  listing  of  Serial  Holdings  in 
their  Botany/Genetics,  Dentistry,  Medical  and  Nursing  Libraries.  This  listing 
contains  approximately  6000  titles  published  since  1850  with  full  bibliographic 
information.  Available  for  $20.00  (prepaid)  from:   Medical  Library,  McGill 
Unviersity,  3655  Drummond  Street,  Montreal,  Quebec.  H3G  1Y6. 

"The  Women  §  Health/Mental  Health"  collection  of  the  former  Women's  History 
Library  has  been  published  on  microfilm  by  the  Women's  History  Research  Center 
of  Berkeley,  CA.  The  microfilm  is  14  reels  ($32/reel)  of  materials  on  women's 
physical  and  mental  health  and  illnesses,  sex  roles,  biology  and  the  life  cycle, 
sex  and  sexuality,  birth  control.  Black  and  other  Third  World  women,  and  more. 
For  further  information,  contact  the  Center:  Women's  History  Research  Center, 
2325  Oak  Street,  Berkeley,  CA.  94708. 

National  Library  of  Medicine  News.   If  your  library  wishes  to  receive  this 
monthly  publication  which  contains  much  of  interest  to  all  those  involved  in 
health  libraries  write  to  the  following  address:   Office  of  Inquiries  and 
Publications  Management,  National  Library  of  Medicine,  8600  Rockville  Pike, 
Bethesda,  MD.  20014. 


49 


CHLA 


ABSC 
EWSLETTER 


MO.    8 


ISSN     0700-5 A 74 


WINTER,    1978 


This  trill  be  Che  last  tlae  you  see  this  cover. 
This  wuj  also  be  the  last  CHLA/ ABSC  Newsletter. 
The   choice   Is  yours,  beginning  on  page   3... 


O  !-.' 

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C^ADIAN  HEALTH  LIBRARIES  ASSOCIATION  /  ASSOCIATIGN  DES  BIBLIOTHEQUES  DE  LA  SANTE  DU  CANADA 


] 


CHLA/ABSC  NEWSLEHER 
No.  8  1978 


L«  CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter  est  public 
biaestrelle  par  la  Association  des 
Blbllotheques   de   la  Santi  du  Canada. 
Un  abbonneaent   i  cette  ptibllcatlon 
fait  partle  de  votre   cotlsatlon  an- 
nuelle  en  tant  que  aeabre  de   I'ABSC. 
Pour  devenlr  oenbre  et,  pour  recevolr 
cette  publication  11  faut  Scrlre  k: 
Alan  MacDonald,  Tr^sorler,  ABSC/CHLA, 
W.K.   iCellogg  Health  Sciences  Library, 
Dalhouse  University,  Halifax,  Nova 
Scotia     B3H  4H7. 


The  CHIA/ABSC  Newsletter  Is  published 
blaoothly  by  the   Canadian  Health 
Libraries  Association.     Subscriptions 
are  available  with  neobershlp  In  the 
Association.     Correspondence   regarding 
■eabershlp  or  subscriptions  should  be 
addressed  to:     Alan  H.   MacDonald, 
Treasurer,   CHLA/ABSC,  U.K.   Kellogg 
Health  Sciences  Library,   Dalhousle 
University,  Nova  Scotia     B3H  4H7. 


3  from  the  editor 

4  the  president   reports 

MA  Flower 

5  le  rapport  du  president 

HA  Flower 

8  nla  certification  examination 
OR  Pendrlll 

13  certification  —  some  reactions 
AR  Lelth 
AM  Kerr 
BH  Roblnow 
MDE  Fraser 

18  new  bnnswlck  ~  seminar 

19  we  bring  to  your  attention 

21  colleagues 

22  brltlsh  Columbia  —  mla  regional  group 

23  manltoba  —  workshop 

24  mla  ce  courses 

25  currently  readable 

26  nova  scotla  —  proposed  workshop 

27  executive  /  newsletter  correspondents 

28  postscript 


2   ) 


INFORMATION  FOR  COrTRIBUTORS 

The  CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter  Is  a  vehicle  for  providing  Increased  conmunlcatlons 
among  all  health   libraries   and  librarians   In  Canada,   but  has   a  special  com- 
mitment  to  reach  and  assist  the  smaller.   Isolated,  health  library.     Feature 
length  articles  are  accepted  describing  a  wide  range  of  health  library  topics: 
organizations,   services,  networks   and  consortia,   surveys,   state-of-the-art 
reviews.     Brief,  news-length  Items   accepted  Include:     how-we-dld-lt   reports, 
news   about  workshops   and  continuing  education  opportunities    (forthcoming  or 
recently  held),   job  announcements,   new  publications,  news   about   colleagues 
and  libraries,   miscellaneous   Items.      Contributors   should  consult   recent   Issues 
for  examples   of  types   of  material  and  general  style.      Bibliographic  references 
should  conform  to  the   format   used  In  the  Bulletin  of  the  Medical  Library  Assoc- 
iation, whenever  possible.      Submissions   In  French  or  English  are  welcome, 
preferably  In  both   languages.      Contributions  should  be  addressed  to:      P.J. 
Fawcett,  Editor,   CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter,  Medical  Library,  University  of  Manitoba, 
770  Bannatyne  Avenue,  Winnipeg,  Manitoba,  R3E  0W3. 

Deadline  for  the  next  Issue  Is:      19  January,    1979. 


RECOMMANDATIONS  AUX  CONTRIBUANTS 

Le  but   du  CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter  est   de   rendre   la  communication  entre  toutes 
les  blblloth&ques  Canadlennes  de  la  sante  et   les  blbllothecalres  plus  grande 
mals   11  veut   sp§clalement   rejolndre  et   alder  les  bibllotheques   Isoldes  et   de 
molns   d'envergueres.      Nous   acceptons  tout   article  traltant   de  tous   les   aspects 
blblloth^conomlques   du  domalne   de   la  santi:      organisations  services   reseau  et 
consortium,   enquites  exposis   de  synthese.      En   resume   les  articles  nouvelles 
acceptis  peuvent   comprendre:      des   resumes   sur  la   fagon   dont   on  est   arrive   a 
trouver  une  solution  a  un  project,   nouvelles   sur  des  ateliers  et   des   cours 
d'education  permanente    (a  venir  ou  passes)   postes  vacants,  nouvelles  publica- 
tions, nouvelles   sur  des   colleques  et  bibllotheques,  et   tout   autre   sujet. 
Pour  les   interesses,   le   genre   d' article  et   le  suject  publle   dans   les   demiers 
numeros  peuvent   vous  servir  d'exemples.      II  serait  preferable   de   suivre  si 
possible   le   format   utilise   dans   le   Bulletin  of  the  Medical  Library  Association 
lorsque  vous   avez   des   references  bibliographiques   a  clter  a  la  fin  de  votre 
article.     Des  articles  Frangais  ou  Anglais  seront   les  bienvenus  mals  11  serait 
souhaitable   de   les  ecrire   dans   les   deux  langues.      Vous   devez   falre  parvenir 
vos   articles   a:      Patrick  Fawcett,   Edlteur,   CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter,   Medical 
Library,   University  of  Manitoba,    770  Bannatyne  Avenue,  Winnipeg,  Manitoba,  . 
R3E  0W3. 

La  date  limltS  pour  le  prochain  numero  est:     19  Janvier,    1979. 


(  3 

FROM  THE  EDITOR 

-  PJ  Fawcett 

There   is   an  excellent    reason   for  the   cheap   dramatics   on   the   cover 
of  this   issue. 

Assuming  the  editorship  of  a  publication,   especially   during  its 
formative  years,    is   always   a  delicate   situation.      A  new  editor  who  adds  but 
little   to  his   Journal   and   leaves  nearly  every    form  eind   crease   unchanged  is 
obviously   lacking  in   imagination,   style  or  ideas.      A  newcomer  who   revises 
the  publication    from  cover  to  cover  and  even   contemplates   the   unspeakable 
horror  of  changing  its   title   is    regarded  with  Justifiable   scorn,    and  abuse 
is  heaped  upon  his   dynast ical  tendencies. 

Yet    a  publication  has   to  continually  evolve  and  grow  if   it    is  to 
survive.     What    Dick   Fredericksen  began   in  April,    1976  has   grown   considerably 
through   a  title   change   and  six  dynamic   issues.      Issue   97  originated  in  Mont- 
real with   Crawford  and  Waluzyniec   and  introduced  the  wraparound  cover.      And 
issue   #8  is  the   first    to  come    from  Hanitoba  and  also  introduces  a  few  more 
refinements  in   format   and  style. 

As   the   Association   continues   to  grow,    its  Journal   takes  on  an   in- 
creasing significance   as   the   prime   communication   forum  for  the   long  string 
of  members  between  our  oceans.      It   is  with  growing  embarassment   then  that 
your  national  publication  has  a  unilingual,   English  title.      It   is  almost   as 
enbarassing  as  being  a  librarian  and  openly  advocating  a  serial  title  change. 
The  message  on  the  cover  then  is  two-fold:     your  publication  will  continue  to 
evolve,    for  better  or  for  bland,   depending  upon  your  involvement.     The  title 
■ay  or  may  not    change,   depending  upon  your  response. 

Are  you  content  with  the   title  CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter  or  do  your 
preferences   lean  towards  a  new  one?     If  the   latter,  what  would  you  suggest 
as   a  name    for  your  Journal?     Would  you  like   to  see   a  new  bilingual  title,   and 
If  so,  what?     Or  would  you  prefer  a  lotilingual  one   (Acta  Medica  Bibliotheca 
Canadensis,  exan^lia  gratia)   or  even  a  non-lingual  one?      (For  some  demented 
reason,   calling  the  publication  merely  0700-5474  really  appeals  to  me.     This 
last    fact   alone  should  generate  dozens  of  suggestions   from  the  membership.) 

Hegardlesn  of   its   title,    the  Newsletter  will   introduce  volume  num- 
bering and  continuous  paging  in   its   first    issue  of    1979.      This  will  also  mark 
the  beginning  of  bimonthly  publication  and  annual  indexes.     And,  barring  acts 
of  Cod  or  Canada  Post,  we  will  also   carry   a   retrospective   index  to  the    first 
eight    issues   of  the  Newsletter,   plus   its  predecessor  Can  Group  News,   in  our 
next   issue. 

The  decision  on  the  Journal  title,    retaining  or  changing   (and  to 
what)  will  be  made  by  the   Executive   in   reflection  upon  your  responses.      Ideally, 
the  new  Journal  cover,   regardless  of  title,  will  be   ready  for  the  next  issue 
due   in   February.      Since   our  present   copy   deadling  is    19  January,   and  since  I 
also  entertain  ambitions   of  having  the  new  cover  professionally   designed,   I 
will  ask  that  all  suggestions,   rejections,  negations  and  heated  invective  be 
sent   to  me   or  a  member  of  the  Executive  before  Christmas.      Given  the   traditional 
exigencies  in  our  pony  express,   I  would  urge  you  to  reply   as   soon   as  possible. 

The   face   (sic)   of  the  Newsletter  is  in  your  hands. 


-PJ  Fawcett  Is  Public  Services  Librarian,  Medical  Library,  University  of  Manitoba. 


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THE  PRESIDENT  REPORTS 
-  M.A.  Flower 

The   Executive   Conmittee    of   CHLA/ARSC  hold   its    fall  meeting   in 
Toronto  on    16   October,    1978,   since   the  tnajoritv  of   the  members  expected  to 
be    in  Toronto   at    that    time.      The   meeting  was   held   in    conjunction  with   tho 
Annual  Meeting  of  the   Association   of   Canadian  Medical  Colleges,   which    in- 
cludes  a  meeting  of   their  Special    Resource   Committee   on   Medical   School   Li- 
braries.     Your  President   enjoyed  the   privilege   of   reporting  to  that   Committee 
this   year  on   the    activities   of   CHLA/ABSC,    as   part   of   a  series   of    reports   on 
health    library   affairs    across   Canada. 

The    chief  impression  which    came   out    of   the   opportunity   to  share 
these   reports  was   an   increasing   realization   of  the  national   role  which   CHLA/ 
ABSC   can  play   in   giving  voice   to   the   general   concerns  of  health   sciences 
library   personnel  everywhere    in   Canada.      Ours    is   the   only   organization  which 
speaks    for  all   the   various  kinds   of  health    libraries   in  this    country.      Concerns 
which  have  been  mounting   for  a   long  time  have   gone   unexpressed  in   any  effective 
way,    for   lack   of   an    adequate    forum. 

Advisory  Committee  to  CISTl/ICIST 

The   Advisory   Committee   to  CISTI/ICIST   concerning  the   Health   Sciences 
Resource   Centre   is   a   case    in   point.      Frances   Groen  has   provided   the   CHLA/ABSC 
with   a   report    on  that    Committee,    of  which   she   is   Chairman.      The    report    apneared 
in   the    CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter,    No.    7,   pp.    29-37,    Fall,    1978,    and   it    is   important 
that   the   membership   of   CHLA//\BSC  should    recognize   the   opportunity   that    is 
available   to   us   to  shape    the   Health   Sciences   Resource   Centre   as    cooperating 
users.      VJe   must    consider  what    it    is   that   such   a  national   Centre   should   or 
could  be    doing   for   us   in   support    of   the    services  we    are   offering   our  own    users. 
The   CHLA/ABSC  has    three    representatives   on   the  Advisory   Committee    to  CISTl/ 
ICIST.      If   they   are   to   represent    our  needs   accurately,   we    are   the    ones  who  must 
keep   them  informed. 

Consequently,   we    are   in  process   of   developing  a  questionnaire  which 
addresses   some   of  the  known  needs   of  our  members,   aware   as  we   are   that   library 
people    are   addicted   to  questionnaires!      IVhen   this   one    reaches   you,   we    urge   you 
to  mark  it   up   and  send  it   in.      The  Advisory  Committee  has   a  winter/spring 
relationship  with   CISTI/ICIST;      it    meets   in   January   and  June.      Information 
gathered   from  the  questionnaire   can  be    forwarded   to  our   representatives    for 
consideration   at   one   of  those  meetings. 

Constitutional  Revision 

As   is   true   at    this   time   of  some   of  our   leading  provincial   and   federal 
politicians,    the   uppermost    concerns    at    the    recent    October  meeting   of   the   CHLA/ 
ABSC  Executive   Committee    revolved   around  the    current    revision   of   the   Association's, 
Constitution.      In  this   connection,    the   type   of  organization  we   are   developing 
came   under  discussion,    and   the  kind   of  membership   that    this   development    Implies. 
It  would  seem  that    the    CHLA/ABSC,   more   than  most    such   organizations,    is   really 
a  congregation  of  individuals  who   are   looking   for  contacts   in   their  own   field 
of  endeavour.      For  them,   the  Association  tends   to  provide   a   relay  point    around 
which  they   can  make   contact  with  others   in  the  next    town,   or  the  next   province. 
The  vitality   of  the  Association   comes   from  these   individual  members   and  their 

-M.A.   Flower  is  the  Nursing  Librarian,  Life  Sciences  Area,  McGill   University 


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enthusiasms.      It    Is   a  personal   commitment    and   the   Association  will   grow  only 
in   relation   to  the   input    from  its   individual  personal  members,   either  directly 
or  as   part   of  an   active    local   Chapter.      The   CHLA/ABSC   is  not,    and   is  not 
likely  to  become,    a   large    Impersonal   clearing  house   supported   for  its   useful- 
ness by  an   array  of  institutions   in  the  health  sciences    field.      This   distinc- 
tion has   become   apparent   enough   to  become   part   of  the  new  Constitution  on 
which   the   membership  will  vote   this    fall. 

Another  decision  which  has   been  made   in  connection  with   the   discus- 
sion of  the   Constitution    is   an   undertaking  to  accelerate   the  progress   of   the 
CHLA/ABSC  toward   formal    incorporation.      This  will    facilitate   our  dealings  with 
other  organizations,    including   financial    institutions,    and  will   provide   an 
appropriate   structure   against   which   to  develop   the   CANHEl.P  Project.      The  new 
scenario  of   an  end-of-the-year  mail   vote   on   the   Constitution  still  holds   and 
the   Constitution   Committee    is   up   to  its  elbows   in  "whereas 's". 

Other  Activities 

Membership   is  holding  at    the   peak   level   reached   in    1977/78,   and  the 
handsome  new  brochure   designed  by   our  Membership  Chairman,   Bill   Fraser,    can 
only  enhance   the  stature   of  the  Association.      We  now  need  only   50  new  members 
to   reach  our   initial  membership   target.      Why   don't   YOU  participate   in   the 
drive?     One  member  per  member! 

Our   first   publication,   originally   called  Guide  to  Canadian  Health 
Sciences  and  Sources ,    is  moving  steadily   forward  under  the   able  editorship 
of  Martha  Stone   of  Ottawa  and  Dorothy  Sirols  of  Montreal.      With   a   change    in 
format   and  a  considerable  broadening  of  scope,   it  will  emerge   as   an  entirely 
new  publication.     The   target   date   is  the  Spring  of   1979  and  the   appearance  of 
this  publication  will   usher  in,  we  hope,   a  new  era  of  Canadian   resources   for 
Canadian  health    libraries,   imprint    CHLA/ABSC. 

Toronto  provided  us  with  is  most  brilliant  fall  weather  this  time. 
Coupled  with  the  warm  hospitality  offered  by  our  colleagues  at  the  University 
of  Toronto,   it   seemed  auspicious   for  our  endeavours. 


-o-o-o-o-o- 

LE  RAPPORT  DU  PRESIDENT 
-  M.A,  Flower 

Get   autome ,    le   consell  de   direction  de   I'ABSC  a  tenu  sa  reunion 
^  Toronto,    le    16   octobre    1978,    car   la  raaiorite   de   ses  membres   devait   s'v 
trouber  a  ce   moment    1^.      Cette   reunion   se   tenait  en  mime   temps  que    la   reunion 
annuelle   de    1' Association   des   Facultes   de  Mgdecine   du  Canada,   k   I'interleur 
de    laquelle  se   tenait    une    reunion  de    leur  comite   consultaif  des   Bibliotheques 
des   Facultes   de  MSdecine.      Cette   annee,   votre  President    a  eu  le  privilege   de 
presenter  un   rapport    aupres   de   ce    comite  sur  les   activltCs   de   I'ABSC,    un 
rapport   parml   tout   d'autres  sur   la  situation  des  bibliotheques   de    la  sante 
a  t ravers    le   Canada. 

La  premiere   impression  produite,   suite   a  cette   occasion   de  pouvolr 
partager  avec   les  members   du  comite   les  points   de   divers    rapports,    fut   une 


Libraries  et  le  presidente  de  I'ABSC. 


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forte   realisation   du   role  que  peut   jouer   I'ABSC  sur   le  plan  national,   en 
exprimant    de    fa^on   generale    les   soucis   du  personnel   du  bibliotheques   des 
sciences    de    la  sante    du  pays.      Notre   organisation  est    la  seule   qui    repre- 
sente   toutes    les   bibliothSques    de    la  sante    du  pays.      Les    doubtes,    qui    depuis 
quelques    ann^es   se    font    de   plus   en  plus   pressants,   n'ont   pas   ete   exprimes   a 
cause    d'un  manque    de    representation. 

Comite    consult  at if   de    I'lCIST 

Le   comity   consultatif   de   I'ICIST   sur   le   Centre  bibliographic   des 
sciences   de   la  sant^  est   un   cas   d'espere.      Frances  Groen,    Presidente   du 
Comite,    a  remis   a   I'ABSC   un   rapport   sur   ledit   comite.      Ce   rapport   a  paru 
dans   le  bulletin   de    I'ABSC,  n^    7,   29-37,    a   I'automne,    1978.      11  est   important 
que  nous,    les  membres   de   I'ABSC,   en  tant   qu'usagers  en   cooperation,    rSalisions 
1' occasion  qui   nous  est   offerte   de   pouvoir   former  le   Centre  bibliographie   des 
sciences   de   la  santg.      II  nous    faut   etudier  ce   qu'un  tel   centre  national  peut 
ou  doit    faire   pour  appuyer  les   services   que  nous   offrons   a  nos   usagers.      L'ABSC 
a  trois    repr§sentants    au  comite    consultatif   de    I'ICIST.      C'est   a  nous   de    les 
tenir   au  courant ,   si  nous   voulons   qu'ils   puissent   exprimer  nos   besoins   de 
f a^on  precise . 

Ainsi,   nous   sommes   sur   le  point    d'etablier   un  questionnaire   qui 

traitera  des   besoins   commes   de  nos   membres nous   savons   combien   le  personnel 

des  bibliotheques  est    friand  de   questionnaires!      Lorsque  vous   le   recevrez, 
veuillez    le    remplir  et    le   remettre   au  plus   t3t.      Le   Comite   consultatif  de 
I'ICIST   se   recontre   deux   fois   par  annee ,    I'hiver  au  mois   de  Janvier  et    le 
printemps   au  nois   de  juin.      L' information  obtenue   a   la  suite   de   ces   question- 
naires pourra  etre  expediee   a  nos   rep re sent ants,    afin  qu'ils  presentent    les 
faits    a   I'une    de    ces    reunions. 

Revision   de    1' acte   constitutif 

Tout    comrae    certains    de   vos    leaders   provinciaux  et    fed§raux,    le 
principal  souci   de   I'ABSC,    lors   de   sa   reunion   d'octobre,    concemait   la  re- 
vision  actuelle   de   son   acte   constitutif.      Ainsi,  nous   avons   discut^  du  genre 
d' organisation  que  nous   teutons    d' exploiter  et    des   types    de  membres   qui   y   sont 
affilies.      II  semble   que   I'ABSC,    contrairement    a  plusieurs   organismes   du 
genre,   est   constitute  essentiellement    d'un   rassembleraent   de  personnes  prive'es 
qui    recherchent    des    contacts    avec   des    gens   qui    travaillent    dans    le   meme   do- 
maine.      L' Association  represente  pour  eux  un  endroit   d'ou  I'on  peut    communi- 
quer  aves    des   personnes   qui    recident    dans    une   autre   ville   ou  dans   une   autre 
province.      L' Association   tire   sa  vitalite    de    I'enthousiasme   de    chachun   de   ses 
membres.      II   s'agit    la   d'un  engagement  personnel   de   chacun,   et    1' Association 
ne   pourra   continuer  de   grandir  qu'avec   la  participation   active   de   chaque 
membre,   que   ce   soit   sur  le  plan  personnel  ou  encore  par   I'entremise   des 
activites   d'un  secteur   local.      L'ABSC  n'est   pas  et  ne   sera  problement   jamais 
un  enorme  bureau  central   d' information   subventionne   par  une   gamme   d' institu- 
tions   du  domaine    des   sciences   de    la  sante.      C'est    une    distinction  qui  est 
devenue  suffisamment    apparente  pour  qu'on   I'inscrive  dans   le  nouvel  acte   con- 
stitutif.     Les  membres   de    1' Association  passeront   au  vote   sur  la  question   du 
nouvel  acte   des   cette   automne. 

Une   autre   decision  prise   lors   de   la  discussion   sur  le  nouvel  acte 
constitutif  est    1' acceleration   du  processus   de   constitution   de   I'ABSC  en  soclet^ 
commerciale.      Cela   facilitera  nos   rapports   avec   les   autres   organisations,   y 
compris   les   institutions    financieres,   et  nous  permettra  d' avoir  une   structure 
appropri^e  pour   I'elaboration   du  projet   CANHELP.      Le  scenario  etabli  pour  le 


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vote   8ur  I'acte   constitutlf,   qui  se    fera  par  le   courrier  a  la  fin  de   I'ann^e, 
tlent    toujours.      Le   Comlt^  pour  I'eCabllssement    de    I'acte   consultatlf  en  est 
a  ses   demlers   "attendu  que". 

Autre 9   actlvltes 

Notre   affiliation  tient    toujours   au  nombre   de  membres  que  nos 
avons   attenlt   durant    I'ann^e    77/78.      La  nouvelle  brochure   conjue  par  M.    Bill 
Fraser,  president   des  membres   de    1' association,   est    des  plus   attrayantes  et 
elle  ne  pourra  qu'accroitre   la   reputation   de   I'ABSC.      11  ne  nous  manque  plus 
que   30  nouveaux  membres   pour  attelndre   I'objectlf  que  nous  nous  ^tlons   flx^ 
au  d^but .      Pourquol  ne   partlclperlez-vous  pas?     Un  nouveau  membre  pour  chaque 
membre   de    I'ABSC'. 

Notre  premiere  publication,    Intltulee   Guide   aux  sciences   de  J^  sante, 
service   d' Information  et   sources,    va  bon  train  grace   i   1 'expertise   de  nor 
fditeurs,   Martha  Stone   d' Ottawa  et   Dorothy  Slrols   de  Montreal.      Etant   donnS 
qu'on  en  change    le    format  et   qu'on   touchera  i  beaucoup  plus   de   sujets,   11 
s'agira  en   rSallt^  d'lne   toute  nouvelle  publication.      Le   guide   dolt  paraltre 
i  I'autonne    1979,  et  nous  esp^rons  que   cette  publication  annoncera  me 
nouvelle  ^re  en  ce  qui   conceme   les   resources  canadlennes  pour  les  blbllo- 
theqoes   de   la  sante.      La  rubrique   de    I'edlteur  sera  ABSC. 

Cette   fols-cl,   la  vllle  de  Toronto  nous  a  accuelllls  par  une 
temperature  autonnale  splendlde.     En   faits   la  teispcrature   se  marla  blen  a 
I'hospltallti  que  nous  ont  offert  nos   collegues  de   I'Unlverslt^   de  Toronto. 
Seralt-ce  in  bon  presage? 


-o-o-o-o-o- 

CHLA/ABSC  ANNUAL  MEETING  1979:     Input  Invited 

The  next   CHLA/ABSC  annual  aeetlng  Is  currently  In  the  planning 
stages.     Venue   for  the  meeting  will  be  Ottawa,   Ontario,   site  of  the   1979  CLA 
Convention.     This  year,   the  Executive  Committee   Is  considering  the  merits  of 
a  two-day  meeting  with  the  dates  tentatively  set  as  Wednesday-Thursday, 
13-14  Jime,    1978. 

The  move  to  a  two-day  programnp  would  allow   for  an  entire   day   to 
be   devoted  to  educational/instructional  pct/nseBZ     workshops,    seminars,    con- 
tinuing education  courses,  etcetera.      With  this  mln  mind,    the  Executive   is 
requesting  input    from  the  raembersr.ip   as   to  what    they  would   like   to  see   in  the 
way  of  Education  Sessions.      Arrangements  might   be  made  with  the  Medical  Library 
Association   for  the  provision  of  C£  courses,   or  the  Health   Sciences   Resource 
Centre   at   CISTI    could  be   approached  to  coordinate  training  sessions.      CHLA 
itself  might   seek   to  provide   specific  courses   if   a  sufficient   demand  exists. 

What   courses  would  you  like  to  see  provided?     What   format  would 
you  be  Interested  in?     The  Executive  would  like  to  hear  from  you. 

(For  information,   the   continuing  education  courses   currently 
available  through  the  Medical  Library  Association  are  listed  on  page  24.) 


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THE  MLA  CERTIFICATION  EXAMINATION:  An  Overview 
-  Geoffrey  R.  Pendrlll 

since    1950,   the  Medical  Library  Association  has   operated  a  system 
for  the   certification  of  medical  librarians.      Originally,   it  provided  for 
three   levels   of  expertise,   but   these  have  now  been   reduced  to  a  single   cat- 
egory.     The  previous   admission   requirements   also  specified  either  the  success- 
ful completion  of  an  examination  or  success   in  medical  library   courses   at   an 
accredited  library  school;     now  an  M.L.S.    degree  is   required   (without   any 
specific  requirement   as   to   courses)    together  with  successful  completion  of  a 
certification  examination,   plus  the  additional  requirement   of  "two  years   of 
post-library-degree  experience   in  a  health  sciences   library  at   the  professional* 
level"   (p. 16).**     Once  granted,   certification  must  be  maintained  by  re-certi- 
fication at  5-yearly  intervals,  either  by  accumulating  credits  through  attend- 
ance at  continuing  education  or  other  approved  courses,   or  by  taking  the 
examination  afresh. 

The  examination  itself  Is  of  the  multiple-choice   type,   containing 
100  questions  to  be  answered  in  four  hours.     Its  purpose  is  to  test   for  "the 
competence  require  of  entry-level  health  science  librarians  within  the   first 
two  years   on  the  job"    (p. 6).      Elsewhere  in  the  Certification  booklet,   it   is 
stated  that  "the  examination  tests   for  knowledge   and  abilities  which  may  have 
been  acquired  on  the  job"    (p. 8). 

The  competencies  to  be  tested  are  categorised  into  the  three  library 
functions   of  Public  Services,  Technical  Services,   and  Administration.     These 
in  turn  are  broken  down  into  various  subfimctions,   as   follows: 

I.  PUBLIC  SERVICES 

1.  Reference:  manual  bibliographic  searches,  statistical  information 
searches,  historical  information  searches,  audiovisual  information 
searches,  information  service  for  research  team,  computerised  biblio- 
graphic searches. 

2.  Inter-library  loan. 

3.  Inter-institutional  sharing. 

4.  Circulation:     quantitative  measure  of  circulation  records,   organisa- 
tion of  desk  services. 

5.  Library  user  Instruction. 

II.  TECHNICAL  SERVICES 

1.  Ordering,   typing  orders,  vendor  relationships. 

2.  Selection  policy,   users'   needs,  evaluation  of  materials,   consulting 
with   faculty. 

3.  Business  procedures.   Invoices,   budget   and  fiscal  control. 
A.      Standing  orders   and  claiming. 

5.      Backfiles   and  out-of-print  books,    replacement  policies 


♦Defined  as  "actual  participating  professional  experience  in  library  duties 
of  the  type   described  as  professional  in  the  Descriptive  List  of  Profes- 
sional and  Non-professional  Duties  in  Libraries  of  the  American  Library 
Association."    (p. 17) 
**Page  references  in  this  section  are  to  the  booklet  on  certificaticn  Issued 
by  the  Medical  Library  Association  in   1978. 


6R  Pendrlll  1s  a  professor  at  the  School  of  Library  and  Information  Science, 
University  of  Western  Ontario. 


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6.  Classification  schemes. 

7.  Serials   cataloguing. 

8.  Media  materials. 

9.  Analytics. 

10.  Cataloguing  copy,   proof  sheets,   CIP. 

11.  Subject  headings. 

12.  Card  reproduction,   ordering  catalogue  cards. 

13.  Establishes  public  catalogue,   shelf list,   and  related  authority 
files. 

14.  Establishes  binding  policy. 

15.  Binding  standards. 

16.  Gathering  of  journals. 

17.  Automation  of  technical  services. 

18.  Handling  of  donors. 

19.  Serials   control. 

III.      ADMINISTRATION 

1.  Plans  budget   or  prepares  preliminary  budgeting  information   for 
review. 

2.  Prepares   routine  or  special  reports. 

3.  Sets   library  goals  within  the   context   of  the   larger  Institution. 

4.  Formulates  policies  to  achieve  goals. 

5.  Organises,   coordinates,  manages  and  evaluates  the  operations  of 
the   library. 

6.  Evaluates  3pace   allocations   for  new  and/or  current   space. 

7.  Selects,   trains,  evaluates  employees,   initiates  personnel  transactions 
and  supervises  work  of  employees. 

8.  Communicates  effectively  to  others   in  groups  and  committees. 

The  individual  fmctlonal  areas  contain  respectively  41,  26  and  40  items  under 
these  subheadings,  although  the  percentages  of  examination  questioos  allocated 
to  them  are   respectively   36Z,   30Z   and   34Z.* 

The  questions  %rere   developed  by  panels   for  the  three  primary   func- 
tional areas,  who  had  to  visualise   them  in  terms   of  the   following  environments: 

a.  Large   academic  libraries 

b.  Small   academic   libraries 

c.  Large  teadiing  hospital   libraries 

d.  Small  hospital  libraries 

e.  Special  libraries      (eg:   pharmaceutical  companies). 

A  panel  would   invent    a  'situation'    appropriate   to  a  particular  environment 
(sud)  as   a  500-bed  teaching  hospital)   and  then  produce   a  scenario  specifying 
the  series   of  steps  by  which   a  competent   medical   librarian  would  respond  to 
the  situation.      From  these   scenarios,   it  would  then  extract   the  skills  needed 
for  the  performance  of  each  step,   after  which  it  decided  upon  the  proportion 
of  the  examination  to  be   allocated  to  each  area  of  competency.      Sets   of 
questions  were  then  written   and  tested  on  two  sanple   populations:      experienced 
medical  librarians  and  students  with  library  experience  but  without  specifically 
ngdical   library  experience.      The   aim  here  was   to  assess  the  validity  of  the 
test  questions   to  isolate   competencies  that  were  specifically  related  to  a 
health  sciences  setting.     The  reliability  figures   for  the  tests  were   .83  and 
.89,  which  was   considered  good. 

Unsuitable   questions  were  weeded  out   or  modified  as   a  result   of 
these  pre-tests  and  120  of  the  original  300  questions  were  selected  and  then 


*In  the  first  examination,   these  were  actually  35%,   30Z  and  35Z. 


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evaluated  in   order  to  establish  the  pass    level.      This  was   one  by   rating  each 
question  on  a  scale   of   1   to   10   in   respect   of  the   importance   of  the  knowledge 
required  to  answer  it    for  competence   in  the    field.      The  minimum  passing  level 
was  based  on  the   lowest    rating.      For  the    first  examination,    100  questions 
were   selected   and  minimum  passing   levels  were  established   for  each   area,   as 
follows : 

Area  Minimum  Passing  Level    (%)        Mean   Score 

Public  Services  51  67 

Technical  Services  54  66 

Administration  56  76 

Overall  52  70 

Of  the   77  candidates  who  sat   the   first  examination,   63  passed.      Ten  of   the 
14   failures  were   due   to  inability  to  meet   the  minimum  passing   level   in  one 
or  more   areas,   as   the   requirement   is   that   a  passing  mark  must   be   obtained  in 
each   individual  area,   not   merely   in  the  examination   as   a  whole. 

The  purpose   of  the   Certification  examination   is   to  assess   a 
librarian's   actual  performance   in  the   field,   as   opposed  to  ability   for   factual 
recall,   i.e.    it   is   competency-based  rather  than  knowledge-based.      It   is   also 
designed  to  test  minimum  competency  over  all  areas   of  the   field. 

Because   of   the   limited  data  bank  of  questions   and   the  nature   of 
the  multiple-choice  examination,   a  tight   security  blanket   is  maintained  over 
the  whole   operation.      The  question  papers   are   seen   only  by  the  Association's 
Director  of  Education,    and  by  the   candidates    (who   receive   them  in  sealed  en- 
velopes  and  must   return  them  sealed  at   the  end  of  the  examination) .      Even  the 
invigilators   do  not   see   the  questions,   and  neither  does   any  member  of  the  exam- 
ination panels  see  the  whole   set.      It   is   therefore   difficult   to  judge   their 
merits   from  the    'outside'    other  than  on  the  basis   of  a  speciman  question   from 
each   area,   published  in  the   Certification  booklet    (pp. 7-8)    and  reproduced  at 
the  end  of  this   paper. 

Examining  the  first  of  the  sample  questions,  one  might  notice  im- 
mediately that  the  reason  for  the  hospital  librarians'  dissatisfaction  with 
the  arrangements  under  which  they  obtain  MEDLINE  service  are  not  stated.  It 
might  be  cost,  as  details  of  costs  are  mentioned  in  the  question.  It  might, 
however,  be  delays  in  receipt,  as  details  of  the  distances  involved  are  also 
given.  As  a  result,  there  is  a  degree  of  ambivalency  which  does  not  make 
the  correct  answer  (//4)  necessarily  uniquely  so;  one  could  envisage  (//5)  as 
being  equally  valid  as   a   first   consideration   in  the   identical   circumstances. 

Rather  similar   comments   could  be  made   about   the   second  question. 
The   correct   answer   (//4)   might   not   be   the   least   important   consideration   if   the 
best   system  commercially   available  were  not   compatible  with  the    facilities 
available   to   the   library.      (One   recalls  how  often  the   original  MEDLARS   system 
had  to  be   re-programmed  to  run  on   computers   other  th£in  the  NLM's  Honeywelll) 
On  the   other  hand,    (//2)   might  be   least   important    consideration  because   the 
necessary  specialised  personnel  were   already   available   in  the   university's 
computing   centre. 

In  the   case   of  question   3,   the  problem  of  ambiguity   does  not   seem 
to  arise.     Here   the   relationship  between   compact   shelving  and   floor  loading 
factors   is   a  very   direct   one  which   overrides   all  other  considerations,   and 
the  examinee  should  not  be   subjected  to   a  frenzy   of  indecision  in   reaching  a 
choice. 

It  may  seem  unfair  to  judge   300  questions   on  the  basis  of  this    1% 
non- random  sample,  but   it  is  the  only  evidence   available.      The  necessity  of 
making  only  a  single   choice  when  answering  Implies  that   the  examinee   should  not 


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be  unfairly  handicapped  In  doing  so,   and  thla  means  that  he  should  be  given 
enough  Information  to  arrive  at   the   correct   answer.      On  the  other  hand, 
there  were   complaints   at   the  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Medical  Library  Association 
about  excessively   long  and  detailed  questions  and  the  time  required  to  read 
them.     However,   it  would  seem  better  for  the  Examination  Committee   to  err 
in  this  direction  than  otherwise,   if  the  questions  are  to  perform  their 
function  effectively.     Moreover,  when  replying  to  this   criticism,   the  Director 
of  Education  stated  that  most   people  taking  the  examination   finished  well 
within  the  allowable   time;      this  may  be   an  Indication  that   the  majority  of 
examinees   could  cope  with   additional  detail  in  the  questions  if  it  were 
desirable. 

With   regard  to  the  overall  content   of  the  examination,   the   107 
specific  competencies   relating  to  the  primary   functions   and  their  sub-functions 
allow  it   to  be  extremely  comprehensive,   and  the   competencies   can  be  seen  to 
be   related  to  the   general  exit  knowledge  of  the  graduating  M.L.S.   student. 
Apart   from  two  items  that  specifically  mention  the  National  Library  of  Medicine 
classification  and  Medical  Subject  Headings,   the   competencies  are  not  specif- 
ically  'medical*,  which  neans  that   a  certain  orientation  has   to  be  given  to 
the  examination  questions   in  order  to  limit  the  context   to  the  health  sciences. 
One  might,  however,   query  the   degree  of  involvement   in  some   of  the   stated 
activities  of  "entry-level  health  sciences   librarians  within  the   first   two 
years  on  the   job.**     This   applies  most   of  all  to  the  administrative  area,  %»here 
a  beginning  librarian  might  have  very   little   opportixilty   for  practical  ex- 
perience  in  such  things   as  budgeting,  personnel  selection  and  supervision, 
and  library  planning.     Even  the  keenest  yoing  librarian  might  be  very  depend- 
ent on  the   far-sightedness  and  goodwill  of  departmental  heads  and/or  the   chief 
librarian   for  such  opportinltles.     One  can   foresee  here  that   the  more  per- 
ceptive  chief   librarians  will  set   up  a  system  resembling  a  rotating  internship 
for  new  recruits  tiho  have  a  serious   Intention  of  taking  the  Certification  ex- 
amination. 

But  what   of  the  staff  member  in  a  small  hospital  library?     In  this 
case  it   is  true  that  with   fewer  people  to  do  the  work  there  is   less  depart- 
mentalism and  greater  staff   flexibility,   providing  enhanced  opportunities   for 
participating  in  a  wider  range  of  activities.      But  this  may   in  turn  be  offset 
by  a  generally   lower  level  of  activity  that  would  deprive  the  candidate  of 
first-hand  experience  of  such  activities  as  working  with  a  research  team,   or 
of  "consulting  with  the   faculty",   or  of  learning  about   the  eccentricities  of 
esoteric  serial  publications,   or  of  becca^r.r.   familiar  with  the  quirks   of 
automated  systems.     These   are  things  that   cannot   readily  be   learnt   at  second 
hold,  whether  by  visiting  other  libraries,   listening  to  talks  or  lectures,  or 
reading  books   and  journals. 

Certainly  the  Examination  Coamittee  has  an  ixienviable  task  if  it 
is  to  develop  questions  that  will  truly  assess  competency  rather  than  book 
knowledge,    and  that  will  be  equally   fair  to  candidates    from  all  types  of  in- 
stitutions.    The   81Z  pass   rate,  together  with  the  histograms   of  the   candidates' 
performance  in  the   first  examination,   suggest   that  It  has   done  a  good  job 
(althou^  one  would  need  further  information  about   the  backgrounds  of  the 
candidates  to  be   certain).      It   is  to  be  hoped  that    full  analyses  will  be  made 
available  by  the  Association   for  the   first   few  years  of  the  examination  so 
that  its  effectiveness   can  be  properly  assessed. 

Examination  questions   follow. 


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Sample  Examination  Questions 


All  questions   In  the  examination   are   of  the   objective,   multi-choice   type. 
The   following  sample   questions   are   illustrative   of  those   found  in   the 
examination. 


PUBLIC  SERVICES 

Sub function:      Inter- institutional  sharing. 

Competency:        Implements  systems    for  cooperative   sharing. 

Question   //I.      Three  hospitals  within  20  miles   of  each  other  need  MEDLINE 
searches   to  be  performed   for  their  staff.      They  have  been   requesting  searches 
on   an   average   of   five   a  month    for  each   institution   from  the  medical  school 
library    150  miles   away.      There   is   a  charge   of   $20.00   for  each   search.      This 
charge   reflects   the   direct   and  indirect   costs   to   the  medical  school   library. 
Librarians    from  the  three  hospitals   are  very   dissatisfied  with  the   arrangement 
and  have  met   together  to   discuss   the  problem.      Which   of  the    following  steps 
should  they   take   FIRST? 

1.  Apply  to  the   RML   for  a  shared  MEDLINE    terminal. 

2.  Request   MEDLINE   training  at  NLM. 

3.  Curtail  MEDLINE   services   at    the  hospitals   because   of   cost. 

4.  Analyze  the  possibility  and   financial   considerations   of  pro- 
viding their  own  MEDLINE   service. 

5.  Arrange   for  a  courier  service   to  pick  up   and  deliver  MEDLINE 
searches    from  the  medical   school. 


TECHNICAL  SERVICES 

Sub function:      Automation  of   technical  services. 

Competency:        Chooses   a  system  of  automation  based  on   the   department's 

needs   and  advantages   and  disadvantages   of   available   systems. 

Question   #2.      A  medium-sized  medical  school   library  would   like   to   automate 
its   cataloguing  operations.      A  choice  must   be  made  between   developing  its   own 
computerized  system  or  adopting   a   commercially   available   system.      In  making 
this   choice,  which   is   the   LEAST   important    consideration? 

1.  The   ability  to  obtain  the   required  products    from  the   system. 

2.  The   availability  of  specialized  computer  personnel   to  operate 
and  maintain  the  system. 

3.  The   availability   of  sufficient    computer  time   during  normal 
working  hours . 

4.  The    computer  hardware   and  software   used  by   the   system. 

5.  The   cost   of   the  products   obtained   from  the  system. 


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AIWIN'TSTRATION 

SubfuBictlon:      Evaluates  space   allocations    for  new  and/or  current   space. 

Competency:  Assesses  the  relative  merits  of  alternative  plans  for  housing 
materials  based  on  usage  requirements,  growth  rate,  space  limitations  and  cost 
estimates. 

Question   #3.     Your  library   is   overcrowded  and  you  are   investigating  compact 
shelving  systems   as   a  possible   solution.     The  MOST   important    factorCs)   which 
will  Influence   the   decision  on  whether  to  use   compact   shelving  is: 

1.  Cost   of  the  shelving  system. 

2.  Volume  of  use  of  material  stored. 

3.  Aesthetic  considerations  and  user  acceptance. 

4.  Floor   load  capacity. 

5.  Items    1  and  2. 


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Upon  receipt  of  Prof.   Pendrlll's  paper,   the  editor  contacted  a  number  of 
librarians  across  the  country  and  solicited  their  views  on  the  development 
of  the  MLA  certification  exaaination.     Their  responses   follow. 


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RESPONSE  #1:  Anna  R.  Le1th 

Considering  the  hard  work,   careful  consultation  and  deliberation 
that  members  of  the  Examination  Conmittee  had  expended  in  devising  the  Med- 
ical Library  Association  exam,   it  may  well  seem  presumptious   for  me  to  make 
any   coanents.      My  only  justification  is  that   I  wrote  the  examination  which 
was  set   in  April,    1978.     I  was   delighted  to  pass  all  sections  and  even  to 
receive  a  reasonably  good  mark   for  the   administration  area.      As   anticipated, 
it   appears  to  measure  the  ability  of  candidates  to  deal  with  decision-making 
or  problem  solving,   in  a  modem  health  sciences   library,   rather  than  to 
elicit  a  resume  of  endless  memorized  facts.     That   is  the  good  part. 

I  wish  that   I   could  attribute  certain  feelings  of  confusion  which 
I  experienced  during  and  immediately  after  the  exam  to  the   limitations   of  my 
own  experience  or  knowledge;     there  is  always  the  possibility  that  I   should, 
but  I   do  feel  that  would  be  somewhat  superficial  although  simpler  than  trying 
to  recall  what   I   obviously  have  tried  to  forget.     There  was  a  definite   limita- 
tion of  time;      one  hundred  queries   in   four  hours  may  sound   fair  enough,   but 
the   complexity  of  grasping  some   of  the  problems,    in  a  stressful  situation   (are 
there   any  non-stressed  exam  writers   out   there?)    could  have  been  attributed  to 
one   of  the    following:      (Now   for  the  bad  part!) 

1.      Statements   in  a  scenario  were  sometimes   ambiguous.      Clarification 


-AR  Leith  1s  Head,  Woodward  Biomedical  Library,  University  of  British  Columbia. 


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of  at   least   one   aspect  of  a  situation  was  essential  to 
intelligent   selection  of  the   only   correct   answer. 

2.  A  pertinent    fact,   or  an  aspect   of  the  situation,   which  was 
,.              essential  to  making  a  decision  was  missing. 

3.  There  did  not  appear  to  be  a  correct  answer  available  from 
which  to  choose.  Some  part  of  the  statements  supplied  for 
selection  appeared  to  render  it  unsatisfactory. 

4.  Unless  more   information  were  supplied,   there  appeared  to 
be  more  than  one   solution  to  the   described  situation. 

Some   of  my   confusion   could  well  be   attributed  to  personal  experience  which 
could  be   in   a  situation   and  background  so  different    from  the   one  visualized 
by  the  Examination  Committee   that   comparison  on  the  basis   of  previous  ex- 
perience is   actually  not  possible.      Yet,   I   assume  similarity  in  experience 
is   the  basis    for  requiring  a  minimum  of  two  years   of  experience.      Perhaps 
solutions   used  in  my   institution    (for  example,    those   solving  personnel 
problems)    are  not   applicable   to  that   in   other  libraries.      (Let  me  not   fail 
to   admit   that  my   day-to-day  exposure  to  technical  or  reference   services  has 
limitations   in   regard  to  detail,    apart    from  administrative  matters.) 

Aside   from  my  personal   reactions,   I   am  anxious  to  know  how  librarians 
with   only  two  years   of  experience   reacted  to  many  of  the  questions.      On  what 
basis   could  they  have  made  many   decisions,   if  either  their  librarianship   studies, 
or  limited  experience  had  never  exposed  them  to  the  problems   described,   and  most 
certainly  not   the   solution?     Perhaps   it  would  be  possible   to   achieve   a  passing 
percentage   although   there  were   to  be   a  certain  number  of  questions  which  would 
be  missed  by  many  examinees  with   limited  experience;      results  would  appear  to 
support   this   theory. 

A  thorough  examination   of  the  marks   achieved  as   related  to   type 
and   length   of  the   candidate's  experience  would  be  more  valuble  than  my  spec- 
ulation.     Perhaps   a   careful   review  of  any  questions   consistently  missed  by 
applicants  would  ensure   a   fairer  chance   for  all   in  the   future.      After  go  much 
planning  and  preparation,   undoubtedly  the  Examination  Committee  has  plans  to 
re-examine   the  questions   on  the  basis   of  achievements  by  candidates.     Most 
certainly  the   intent   and  character  of  the   certification  exam  appears   to  be 
well  met — and  any   criticism  which   I  have   implied   is  meant   to  point   up  possible 
improvements . 


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RESPONSE  #2:  Audrey  M.  Kerr 

The  Ad  Hoc  Committee   for  the   Development   of  Certification  Examinations 
has  worked   long  on   developing  a  measurement   of  professional   competence   in  health 
sciences   librarianship.      In   doing  so,   they  have   called  upon  the  experience  of 
medical  education  experts   to  devise  a  valid  measuring  instrtmient.      Therefore,   I 
am  sure   they  have   taken  into  consideration  the  three   criteria  generally   used  to 
examine  the   reliability  of  multiple-choice  questions:      difficulty   (the  precent- 
age   of   candidates  who  answer  the   item  correctly),    discrimination    (its  value   in 
discriminating  between  the  more  knowledgeable  and  the   less  knowledgeable   can- 
didates,  based  on  bi-serial   correlation   coefficients  between   the   item  and  the 


-AM  Kerr  Is  Head,  Medical  Library,  University  of  Manitoba.   «'  «* 


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total  score) ,    and  relevance    (Its  value   in  measuring  that  which  is  being  taught 
in  the    'educational  system").*     Nevertheless,    from  a  position  in  vacuo — which 
broadly  translates   as   "I   have  not   sat   the  exam" — I   shall   respond  to  the   in- 
vitation to  comment. 

The  problem  of   relevance  must  be  examined  on  the  basis   that   the 
test   be   considered  in  the   context   of   the  educational   system  which   it   attempts 
to  measure.      The    fact    that    the   list   of  competencies   drawn   up  to  cover  all   the 
functional  areas   in  health   sciences    llbrarianship  was   submitted  to   all   instruc- 
tors  in  that    field  would  appear  to  ensure  that    the  questions  would  be   relevant 
to  "the    competence    required  of  entry-level  health  science   librarians  within 
the    first    two  years   on   the   job".      However,   as   Professor  Pendrill   rightly  points 
out,   the    fact   that   the  examination  "tests    for  knowledge   and  abilities  which  may 
have  been   acquired  on   the   job"   requires   that   in-service   training,    alone   or 
guided,   be  properly   carried  out.      A  study  guide   or  training  standard   for  the 
candidates   and  their  employers  would  be   important    to  ensure   that   on   the  job 
training  provides   a  serious   candidate  with  the   ability  to  prepare   adequately. 

One   of  the  perennial   difficulties  with  multiple-choice  questions 
is  pointed  out  by  Professor  Pendrill;      it   is  the  possibility  of  ambiguity. 
This  is  the  bane   of  all   those  who  devise  questions,    for  they  have  been  known 
to  even    favor  the    less  knowledgeable   candidate.      However,   the   unquestioned 
speed  of  the   computer  makes   it  possible   for  suspect  questions  to  be   identified 
through  statistical  analysis  showing  both  the  difficulty  of  the   item  and  its 
value   In  discriminating.     As   long  as  such  analysis   Is   done  and  questions   so 
identified  are   deleted   from  the    final  scoring  procedures,   the   ambiguous  question 
is  not   a  danger   (except   perhaps  to  us   candidates   for  whom  the   inability  to 
justify  our  answer  makes  us  emotionally  unstablel). 

While  the   Idea  that   the  answer  to  "quls   custodlet   ipsos   custodes" 
■ight  be  "the   computer"  must  be   abhorrent   to  some,   I  believe  that   test   results 
that   are   correlated  and  analyzed  by   It  will  provide   a  valid  measurement   of  pro- 
fessional competence.      As   a  permanent  bank  of  questions  that   stand  this  analysis 
is  built   up,   the  examination  will  become   increasingly  useful   in  judging  that 
competence.      Certainly,   the  examination   already  addresses   Itself  to  the  most 
important  quality  of  competence:      a  working  knowledge  of  all  areas   of  health 
science   libraries.      Successful  candidates  should  be  able   to  bring  to  their 
position   a  knowledge   of   the   complex  inter- relationships   in   a   library  and  an 
understanding  of  the   impingement  of  their  particular  work  on  the  operation  of 
the  whole.      It   is  the   lack  of  this  over-all  view  that   is  all  too  often  seen  in 
those  not   professionally  con^etent. 

The   Coonittee  members  are  to  be  thanked  for  starting  us  on  the   right 
road  to  demand  and  measure  professional  competence;      it   is  up  to  us  to  require 
that   all  health  science   librarians  set   out   on  that   road. 

*Hubbard,   JP.      Measuring  medical  education;    the   tests   and  test   procedures  of 
the  National  Board  of  Medical  Examiners.      Philadelphia,   Lea,    1971. 


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RESPONSE  #3:  Beatrix  H.  Roblnow 

As  Chairman  for  the  last  three  years  of  the  Ad  Hoc  Steering  Committee 
for  the  development  of  the  Certification  Examinations,  I  would  find  it  difficult 

-BH  Roblnow  1s  Head,  Health  Sciences  Library,  McMaster  University. 


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to  give   an  "outsider's"   point   of  view  of  the  new  flLA  Certification  ExaminaL  ion . 
Here   are  some   of  the   aspects   of   the  matter  which   should  perhaps  be    remembered: 

-  the  new  Certification  Code  was  formulated  in  accordance  with  the 
wishes  of  the  membership  of  the  MLA  as  determined  by  a  question- 
naire,  and  it  was   agreed  to  by   a  two-thirds  majority  mail  vote. 

-  about   an  hundred  medical   libraries   of  all  kinds   spent   about    two 
years   in   developing  typical   and   relevant   situations   in  medical 
libraries.      From  these   situations,   scenarios  were  written   leading 
to  a  definition   of  the   competencies   upon  which   the  questions  were 
based. 

-  two  highly-trained  and  experienced  education  specialists  were 
consultants   throughout   this  process,  working  together  very   closely 
with   the   librarians,    and  helping  to   test   every  item   for  relevancy 
and   reliability,   and  working  out   overall  priorities   and  scores. 

-  the  new  Examination  Review  Committee   is   continuing  the  work   by 
developing  new  questions   to  enlarge   the  pool   for  each   succeeding 
examination  and  making  sure  that   the  examination   is  based  upon 
the  most   up-to-date  practice. 

-  the  examination   can  only  be   a  general  one   since   there   is   only   one 
certificate.      Employers   of  medical   librarians  are   assured  that   a 
certified  medical   librarian  will  be   able   to   fit    into   any  particular 
slot,   developing   further  special  skills   and  knowledge   as  needed. 

-  minimum  passing   levels   are  being  critically  examined  and  readjusted. 

-  one   of  the   objectives   of  the  whole   certification   and  examination 
system  is   to  give  health   library  workers   an  extra  qualification 
and   certificate   recognized  by  employers   throughout   North   America. 
This   seems   to  be   succeeding,   and  it   should  help   the   librarians   to 
be   recognized  and  their  special  skills   appreciated. 


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RESPONSE  #4:  M.  Doreen  E.  Fraser 

Years   of  experience   and  hours   of   labour  have   gone   into  the  evolution 
and  production  of  MLA's   second  Code    for  Certification  and  the   establishment   of 
an  examination.      People   in  both   the   fields   of  education   and  health  sciences 
librarlanship  have   con-rlbuted  to  it.      There   is  no  doubt    that   a  soundly  based, 
thorough   and  careful  piece  of  work  has  been  produced.      In   reading  the  MLA 
booklet  which   describes   the   Code   and  the  examination,    the   influence   of  sizeable 
academic/research   libraries   and   large  hospitals   is  evident — the   scale   is   a 
grand  one . 

I  believe  that   the   Canadian  two-year  M. L.S.    programme  will  provide 
a  good  base,   I   am  aware  of  complaints  by  American  students   and  graduates   about 
the   Inadequacy  of  their  one-year  M.L.S.    programme   and  it  will  be   a   fortunate 
student  who   can  take   advantage   of  programmes   such   as   those   at   Case-Western 
University  in  Cleveland  which   offers   some  nine   courses   in  the   field  of  health 


-MDE  Fraser  1s  a  professor  at  the  School  of  Library  Science,  Dalhousie  University. 


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sciences   llbrarlanship   as  vrell  as   the   choice  of  work/study  programmes.      The 
examination   is   aimed  at   performance   In  the    field,    and   functioning  conpetency 
not   academic   learning,   so  that    the  two  years   of  experience  will  be   a  crucial 
element.      On  this   side   of  the  border  particularly,   the   required  experience 
within   a  two-year  period  will   likely  be   difficult    to  obtain  and  needs   the 
careful  selection  of  employment   under  an  experienced   librarian  willing  to 
organize  necessary  experience   opportunities. 

An  examination  is    certainly  the   only    fair  way  to  handle   the   Cert- 
ification Programme  since   there   is  such  a  variation  in  the  types  of  courses 
offered  and  the   approach  of  the   instructors.      Being  a  member  of  the  MLA 
Teaching  Group  which  has  been   immersed  in   discussions   over  the  years,    it 
eventually  became   inevitable   for  the  Group  to  recommend  that   there  be   an 
examination  since  other  means  were  unsatisfactory.      Since  peer  review,   con- 
tinuing education  and  re-licensure   are  elements  which  have   Increasing  impact 
on  medicine   and  other  health  professions,   it   is  not   surprising  that   the   li- 
brarians working  with  those  professions   find  need  for  establishing  the  means 
for  assuring  adequate   up-to-dateness   and  quality  of  performance.      The  Medical 
Library  Association  was  the   first   library  association  to  establish  both  cert- 
ification and  continuing  education  programes  In  North  America,   and  it   is 
making   further  history  with   its  examination.      There   are  bound  to  be   teething 
problems   despite   the   care  and  effort   for  examiners   and  examined  alike — and 
particularly   for  those  who  work  In   isolation   and  away   from  terminals,   auto- 
mation,  colleagues,   sizeable  budgets   and  sufficient   staffing.      Personally,    I 
have   always  objected  to  multiple   choice  examinations   although  quite  well  aware 
of  the  ostensible   reasons   for  them.     They  are  extremely  difficult   to  prepare 
even   for  a  homogenous   class,    let   along  for  a  broad  scattering  of  people,   and 
they  are   difficult   to  answer — I    frequently  wish  to  qualifyl     Of  the  three 
examples   cited,   only  one  has  an  obvious  answer  by  reason  of  the  presentation 
of  the  questions. 

The  other  element   concerning  the  examination   relates  to   foreigners 
taking  the  examination — and  this   includes  Canadians.     Will  the  American 
oriented  ans%fer  be  expected?     When  the  Teaching  Group  met  with  Ms.   Julie 
Virgo,   Director  of  the  MLA  Education  PrograsBie,   and  the   Conmittee  working  on 
the  examination  in   1976,   I   introduced  the  problem  of  valid  foreign  materials 
and  sources   that   are   used  elsewhere  than   in  the   U.S.A. ,   and  that   valid  Cana- 
dian  responses  would  not  necessarily  be  similar  to  valid  American  ones,   and 
were  the  examiners  prepared  to  accept   such  answers?     There  is  no  evidence  that 
this  angle  has  been  either  recognized,   considered  or  accepted.      Despite  the 
fact   that  we  now  have   the   CHLA  and  a  somewhat   different   orientation,   it   is 
expected  that   many  Canadian   librarians  will  wish  to  take  their  measure  vis-a-vls 
Aaerlcan  standards  but  hopefully  will  not  have  to   'cook'    their  answers   to  suit 
Aaerlcan  examiners. 

Althou^   the  examination  is  set    for  'health  sciences'    librarians,   one 
wonders  how  broadly  based  is  the   data  bank   of  questions.      Will  medical   librarians 
be  expected  to  be  knowledgeable   about   dental,   pharmaceutical  and  nursing  materials 
or  will  dental,   pharmacy   and  nursing  librarians  be   chiefly  questioned  about  med- 
ical materials?      Are   these    librarian-   represented  on  the  Certification  Eligibility 
and  Appeals   Committees?     There   is  nothing  to  provide   this   information   in  the 
booklet    and  one  has   to  turn  either  to  the  issues  of  the   Bulletin  to   find  out,   or 
write   to  the  MLA  Office   in  Chicago. 

Re-certification  every    five  years,    35  hours    (3.5  CEU  courses)    or   7 
hours  per  year,  to  expend  on  keeping  up-to-date  is  certainly  not   unreasonable 
as   the   amount    of   time   to  be  expected  of  the  health   sciences   librarian  who  is 
interested  in   a  personal  standard  of  commitment.      Health  sciences   llbrarlanship 


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changes  over  five  year  periods,   as  a  glance  over  a  file  of  the  Bulletin  will 
show.     With  the  proposed  affiliation  of  CHLA  with  MLA,   continuing  education 
programmes   in  various   regions   of  Canada  can  be   readily  organized.     The  Medical 
Library  Association's   C.E.   programmes  have  improved  considerably  as   a  result 
of  review  and  are  now   for  sale.      I  trust   there  can  be  many  successful  candidates 
on  this  side  of  the  border. 


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HOSPITAL  LIBRARY  SEMINAR  1n  NEWCASTLE,  NEW  BRUNSWICK 
-  Pat  Goddard 

Eight  hospitals  and  one  nursing  home  were  represented  at  a  day 
long  library  seminar  at  Miramlchi  Hospital  in  Newcastle,  New  Brunswick  on 
31  May,    1978.      The  programme  was   organized  by  Mrs.   Audrey  Somers,   In-Service 
Education  Director  at   the  hospital.     Mrs.   Somers   is   also  responsible   for 
the  Miramlchi  Hospital  Library.      A  wide  variety  of  useful  materials,   such 
as   supply   catalogues,  patient  education  pamphlets,   indexes,   core   lists,   etc. 
were   on  display.      Samples  were   also  available  to  take   away. 

The  progreimme,  which   covered  library  organization,  basic  inter- 
library  loan  procedures  and  reference  sources,  patient  education,   community 
service   and  the  hospital  library  in  the  accrediation  procedure,  was  very 
ably  presented  by  Mrs.   Isobel  Wallance   from  Moncton.      She  has  eighteen  years 
experience  in  hospital  libraries   and  had  very  useful  tips   for  the  Inexperienced 
among  us.      Resource  persons   Included  Mrs.   Pat   Goddard  from  the  W.K.   Kellogg 
Library  at   Dalhousle  University  representing  Regional  Loan  Service   and  Ms. 
Carmellta  Thompson,   Education  Director  for  the  New  Brunswick  Hospital 
Association. 

There  was   a  great   deal  of  lively  discussion   of  common  problems: 
how  to  persuade   administrators  to  provide   library  staff,  how  to  get  money 
for  materials,  how  to  persuade  hospital  medical  staff  that   the  hospital 
library  should  serve   all  hospital  personnel.      A  special  problem  is  the  lack 
of  availability  of-  up-to-date  French  language  materials   suitable   for  use   in 
the  North  American  setting. 

Interest  was  expressed  in  following  up  the  seminar  with  another, 
one  perhaps  going  into  greater  depth  on  cataloguing  materials.  Tentatively 
set   for  late  November,   this  next   seminar  will  be  held  in  Moncton. 


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For  CAMEL  RUPTURED  read  ROMMEL  CAPTURED 

It  seems  that  all  major,  scientific  journals  are  susceptible  to 
errors  creeping  into  their  pages.   Sometimes  it's  a  simple  spelling  mistake, 
sometimes  a  tiny  error  in  fact,  and  sometimes  even  a  sizeable  segment  of  the 
text  gets  completely  omitted.  While  the  CHLA/ABSC  Newsletter  is  neither  major 


■P  Goddard  Is  Dental  Librarian,  W.K.  Kellogg  Health  Sciences  Library,  Dalhousle 
University. 


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nor  scientific,    it    can  however  lay  claim  to  also  printing  an   article  with 
part   of  the   text    omitted. 

I    received  a   letter   from  Donna  Signori,    Collections   Librarian  at 
the   University  of  Victoria  Library  pointing  out    an  error  in   an   item  on 
page   47  of  the    last    issue   of  the  Newsletter.      The   article   on  the  meeting  of 
the   B.C.    Health   Libraries   Association     has  part   of  the   third  paragraph 
omitted.     The   last    sentence   of  said  paragraph   should  have   read: 

Today,  with  the   demand   for  more  access  to  all  kinds  of 
information,   public   librarians'    interest    in  providing 
their  patrons  with  health   information  will   foreseeably 
become  part   of   an  even   greater  debate,    that   of  assuming 
responsibility    for  unlimited  dissemination  of  health 
information  to  the  general  public. 

While  I   appreciate  having  this   drawn  to  my  attention,   1   should 
confess   that   I  had  read  the   item  twice  previously  without  noticing  the   strange 
syntax  in  the   last   sentence.     With  my   confidence   appropriately  undermined,   I 
hate  to  thnk  how  many  more  mist  rakes  are   is  this   issued  and  haven't  been  seen 
or  cought  by  the  profreading. 

-  Editor 


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We  Bring  To  Your  Attention... 

The  microfilm  of  the  "Women  and  Health"   collection,   as   reported  in 
Newsletter  #7   (p.A9),  has  been  purchased  by  the  Osier  Library,  McGill  Univer- 
sity.    This   collection  of   fourteen   reels  was  published  by  the  Women's  History 
Research  Center  of  Berkeley  and  is  available   from  the  Osier  Library  through 
Interlibrary  Loot. 

The  Toronto  Medical  Libraries  Group  met  on  10  October,  1978  at 
the  Metropolitan  Toronto  Library  Board,  in  Toronto.  A  draft  constitution 
was  ratified  at  this  meeting  and  application  will  be  made  to  CHLA  for  af- 
filiate men^ership.  Joanne  Marshall  from  McMaster  University  gave  an  ex- 
cellent presentation  on  the  role  of  the  clinical  librarian  as  it  has  developed 
at  McMaster.     Here  talk  was  both  provocative   and  interesting. 

Excerpta  Medica  held  a  workshop   in  Ottawa  at   ClSTl   on    18  September, 
1978,   to  introduce   the  new  Excerpta  Medica  Database,   now  available   to  users 
of  the  Lockheed  System.      The  session  was  well-attended  by   representatives 
from  all   over  Ontario  and  Quebec.      Principal  speaker  at   the  workshop  was   Dr. 
Summerfield  of  Excerpta  Medica' s  Amsterdam  offices. 

The  Ontario  Medical  Association   reports  that   the  OMA/OHA/RNAO 

Library  Workshop  scheduled   for  the   spring  of    1979   is  now  in  the  planning  stages. 

No  definite  date  has  been  set  yet   for  the  workshop,  however  it  will  be  held  In 
the  Sudbury  area. 


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Maurice  Alarle,    chairman  of  the  Ottawa-Hull  Health  Libraries 
Group,   Informs   the  Newsletter  that   the  Group  has   recently  applied  to  the 
CHLA/ABSC  for  chapter  status.      This   Group  presently  has   approximately   forty 
members   representing  25   Institutions   In   a  geographic  area  which   Includes 
cities   and  towns  within  a   160  kilometer  radius  of  Ottawa-Hull.      The  Ottawa- 
Hull  Group   offers   Its  members   opportunltes  to  meet   other  librarians   in  the 
health   sciences   field,   advice   on  day-to-day   library  services   and  problems, 
and  discussion  of  a  wide  variety  of  topics   of  current   Interest   to  all  health 
science   libraries. 

On  A  July,    1978,   the  Bracken  Library  of  Queen's  University   in 
Kingston,   Ontario,   opened  its   doors.      The  new  library   is  very   conveniently 
arranged  and  beautifully   appointed.      All  users   and  staff  are  naturally  quite 
delighted  with  it.      The  Library  occupies  two   floors   of  Botterell  Hall,   a 
new  building  just   across  the   street    from  Kingston  General  Hospital.     There 
is   shelf  space   for   150,000  volumes,   about   twice  the  size   of  the  Library's 
present   collection.     There   are  more   than   300  reader  spaces,   all  of  them 
comfortable   and  located  in  attractive  surroundings. 


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ANNOUNCING. 


A  new  publication  of  the   Canadian  Hospital  Association  Library. 
The  Health  Administrator's   Library.      Comprehensive  bibliography  of  the 
materials   available   in  the   Canadian  Hospital  Association  Library.      Lists 
all  recent   acquisitions  published  between   1970   and   1977,   Including  journals, 
films,   and  cassettes.      In  subject   format.      Contains   author  and  title   Indexes. 

Available   from  the   Circulation  and  Sales  Department   of  the   Can- 
adian Hospital  Association,   Suite   800,   410  Laurier  West,   Ottawa,   Ontario 
KIR  7T6. 

Price:      $10.00. 

Nouvelle  publication   de   la  bibliotheque   de   I'Association  des 
hopitaux  du  Canada.      La  Bibllographie   de   1 ' Administ rateur  de  J^  Sante. 
Bibliographie   complete   de   la  documentation   disponible   de   la  bibliotheque   de 
I'Association   des  hopitaux  du  Canada.      Indique  toutes   les   recentes   acquisitions 
publiees  entre    1970  et    1977,   y   compris  periodiques,    films  et   cassettes.      Sujets 
groiipes  par  rubrique,   avec  index  des   auteurs  et    titres. 

A  commander  du  Service  Ventes  et   Tirage   I'Association  des  hopitaux 
du  Canada,    410,   avenue  Laurier  ouest.   Bureau  800,   Ottawa,   Ontario  KlR  7T6. 

Prix:      $10.00. 


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COLLEAGUES 


MARY  ANNE  TRAINOR  was   appointed  Acquisition  and  Serials  Librarian 
for  the  Health  Sciences  Library,  McMaster  University  In  August,    1978.      After 
graduating   from  the   Faculty  of  Library  Science,   University  of  Toronto  In 
May,    1977,   she  held  a  position  as   cataloguer  at   the  Gulf  Canada  Research  and 
Developnent  Library  In  Sheridan  Park. 

DGNNA  JENSEN  has  joined  the  staff  of  the  W.R.   Kellogg  Health 
Sciences  Library,   Dalhousle   University,   as  a  reference   librarian  with  special 
responsibility   for  nursing.      She  obtained  her  B.Sc.   degree   from  U.B.C.    and 
graduated  with  her  Masters   degree   from  Dalhousle  School  of  Library  Science  in 
May,    1978. 

DALLAS  BAGBY  has  been  appointed  as  a  joint   clinical  librarian  and 
archivist,  each  on  a  half  time  basis,   at   the  Health  Sciences  Library,  McMaster 
University   for  a  period  of  one  year,  beginning  September,    1978.     Dallas   is  on 
leave   fro*  the  Special  Collections  Department   of  the  Mills  Library  at  the 
Hamilton  university. 

AUDREY  M.   KERR,  head  of  the  tfedical  Library,   University  of  Manitoba 
was  recently  named  Chairman  of  the  Special  Resource  CoHftittee  on  Medical  Li- 
braries of  the  Aasociation  of  Canadian  Medical  Colleges. 

The  Abbie  J.   Lane  Memorial  Hospital  in  Halifax  has  a  new  staff 
meabcr  in  diarge  of  its  library,  VALERIE  OWEN. 

MARGARET  TAYLOR,  manager  of  library  services  at  Children's  Hospital 
of  Eaatem  Ontario  in  Ottawa,  has   recently  begun  a  pilot  prograone  in  clin- 
ical  librarlanship  at   the  hoapital.      She  is  presently  a  member  of  a  multi- 
disciplinary  health  care  team  serving  the  Clinical  Investigation  and  Dialysis 
Unit.     Her  pilot  pvogramme  %rlll  be  evaluated  after  an  eight  months  trial 
period  and  the   results  of  the  evaluation  will  be  made  available  to  other 
clinical  librarians   upon  request. 

VERGNA  HALL  is  the  new  Library  Assistant  at   Camp  Hill  Hospital, 
Nova  Scotia.      She  has  a  joint   appointment   as  the  Drug  Information  Centre 
Assistant  where  she  previously  spent   two  suoners  working  while  attending 
university. 

ALAN  H.   MACDONALD,  presently  Head,  W.K.  Kellogg  Health  Sciences 
Library,  Dalhotisie  University  has  been  appointed  Chief  Librarian  of  the  Uni- 
^^ersity  of  Calgary  effective   1  January,    1979. 


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PNG/MLA  --  PACIFIC  NORTHWEST  REGIONAL  GROUP  MEETING 
-  Pamela  B.  Gr1ff1n 

Vancouver  was   at   its   beautiful  best   as  host    to  PNG/MLA  from  October 
12   to    14,    1978.      Health  sciences   librarians   from  universities,    regional,  hosp- 
ital and  private  organizations  participated  in  a  comprehensive  program  during 
the  two  and  one  half  days.      Members   came   from  Alaska,   British  Columbia,   Idaho, 
Montana,   Oregon   and  Washington  State,    as  well   as   representatives    from  Alberta. 

Three  well-attended   continuing  education   courses  were   given  on  the 
first   day.      These   courses   covered  statistical  resources,   health   care   admin- 
istration and  patient   education. 

Allen  H.   Soroka,   Assistant   Librarian  of  the  University  of  British 
Columbia  Law  Library  spoke   on  the   impact   of  the  new  U.S.    Copyright  Act   on 
Canadian   copyright   law  on   Friday  morning.      He  emphasized  that   the  U.S.    Copy- 
right  Act   does  not  have   any  extraterritorial  effect   or  apply   to  Canada  except 
insofar  as  networks  may  be   concerned.      The  U.S.    act   authorizes   U.S.    libraries 
to  engage   in  photocopying  practices.      There   are   restrictions   regarding  the 
number  of   copies,   purpose,   and  a  payment   of  twenty-five   cents  per  page   set  by 
the  publishers   and  paid  to   a  copyright   clearing  house.      Insofar  as   interlibrary 
loan  is   concerned,    copying  miist   not  be   used  as   a  substitute   for  a  journal  sub- 
scription,   and  hence   the   limitation  to  one   copy   for  study /re search  purposes. 
While  the   Canadian   law  is  presently  under  revision,   he  said  that   the  present 
act  which  has   been   in  effect   since    1924  is  more   restrictive   that   the  U.S.    law. 
No  registration   is   required  as   in  the  United  States,   instead  there  is   an  auto- 
matic  copyright  extending  for  the   life  of  the   author  plus   fifty  years   as   set 
by  the   International   Copyright   Convention.      Canadian   law  provides   for  reciprocal 
agreements  with   foreign   countries  which   do  not   adhere   to  the  Berne  Convention 
(eg:   the  U.S.).      The   Canadian   government   is  now  proposing  copyright   collectives 
similar  to  the  American   arrangement.      Mr.    Soroka  reported  that   a  study  made   at 
the  University   of  British  Columbia  showed  that   the  majority  of  things   copied 
were   found  to  be   in   the  public  domain. 

"Life  styles,   health   and  health   care  systems"  was   the   topic  of  an 
illustrated  talk  by  Dr.    John  Milsum,    director  of  the  Division  of  Health  Systems 
and  Professor  of  Health   Care   and  Epidemiology  at  UBC.      Faulty   life   styles, 
he  said,  were   found  to  be   a  major  contributing   factor  in  premature   demise. 
Poor  nutritional  habits,   insufficient  exercise  were  major  culprits  while   auto- 
mobile  accidents   took  the  highest   toll  of   life.      In   fact,  we   are   all  in  rotten 
shape   and  are    likely  to  take   an   unnecessarily  early  exit   unless  more  attention 
is   given  to  preventive  medicine   and  hygiene. 

Useful  and  practical  talks   on   advanced  reference   and  data  bases   for 
health  sciences   information  were   given  by  three   University   of  Washington   li- 
brarians.    Kay   F.    Denfield  spoke   about   reference   sources   in  environmental  health 
which  provided  not   only   an  interesting   follow-up  to  Dr.   Milsum,  but   also  a 
useful  descriptive  bibliography  of   appropriate   reference   tools,   indices,   and 
personal   contact  points  —  the   latter  primarily   for  American   librarians. 

Carole   Stock  spoke   on  a  matter  of   considerable   importance   to  reference 
work,  but   one  which   is   all  too   frequently  overlooked:      referral  as   a  reference 
techniqiie  and  an  essential  part   of  good  reference   service.      To  be   able   to  ap- 
preciate  and  understand  when   and  how  to  refer  a  query   can  and  should  increase 
the   stature   of  the   reference   librarian,    rather  than  the   reverse.      To  consult 

-PB  Griffin  1s  Reference  Librarian,  Medical  Library,  University  of  Calgary. 


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other   librarians   and  to  use   outside   sources  should  never  be   constriied   as   being 
a  sign   of  personal   inadequacy  she   said.      Rather  it   is   indicative   of  a  know- 
ledgeable, experienced   reference    librarian  v«rho  is   aware   of  specialized  materials 
and  expertise   available   outside  his/her  own   library  which  may  be  more  efficient 
in  satisfying  the   client's   requirements.      The   interview  techniques  were  elab- 
orated upon  with   particular  emphasis  being  given  to  judgement   in   determining 
whether  the   person  or  the  question  and  search   data  should  be   referred  elsewhere. 
In   any  event,    there  should  always   be   a   follow-up  on   a   referral  by  the   initiator 
to  ensure   the   client's   satisfaction. 

Barbara  Yocom,    a  health   sciences   reference   librarian,    described  and 
compared  the   uses   of  Lockheed's   DIALOG  and  SDC's  ORBIT   data  bases   for  health 
information  searches. 

The  busy   Friday   concluded  with   a  banquet   and  an   address  by  Dr. 
Lawrence   E.    Ranta,   Director  of  Research   and  Counselling  Services,   B.C.   Health 
Association,   Vancouver. 

On  Saturday,   there  was   an  early  morning  breakfast   meeting   for  MEDLINE 
search   analysts.      Regional    roundups    followed  with    reports   from  the    four  states 
and  two  Canadian  provinces.      Lois   Ann   Colaianni,   president   -elect   of  MLA, 
briefly   reviewed  the   proposed  new  group   structure    for  the   Medical  Library  As- 
sociation and  in   return  received  the  viewpoints  of  the  assemblage   concerning 
the  p^roposed  changes. 

The   conference   concluded  with   a  business  meeting  and   consideration 
of  bylaws   for  PNWRC.     Altogether,    it  was  a  fruitful  gathering  and  one  which 
extended  and   confirmed  the   all-important   personal   contacts   so  necessary    for 
expanding  the  boundrles  of  a  library's  own   resources  and  establishing  the 
reference   librarian's  personal  network. 


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NHLA  WORKSHOP 

The  Manitoba  Health  Libraries  Association  sponsored  a  workshop  on 
health   facility   library  services   at    the   annual  health   conference   of  the  Manitoba 
Health   Organizations,    Inc.,   held   in  Winnipeg,    1-3  November,    1978.      The  workshop 
was   coordinated  by  Mrs.    Rena  Kroeker,   consultant    librarian  to  both   the   Grace 
Hospital  and  Concordia  Hospital   in  Winnipeg,    and  Ms.    Sandra  Langlands,   Extension 
Librarian,  Medical   Library,   University   of  Manitoba. 

The  purpose  of  the  workshop  was  to  assist   Individuals  with  no  library 
training  in   the   task   of  organizing  and  maintaining  a   library   in  a  small  health 
facility.      Emphasis  was   placed  on  basic  techniques   involved  in   setting  up  such 
a  library,  with  practical  sessions  on  such  things  as   reference  tools  and  search 
techniques. 

People   attending  the  workshop  were  mainly   from  rural  health    facilities 
throu^out   Manitoba.      Most   expressed  concern  over  their  lack  of  experience   in 
library  work   and  showed  much   Interest    in  more  workshops   and  contact  with   library 
groups  such   as   the  MHLA. 


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MLA  CE  COURSES 


The    following  is    a   current    title    listing  of   the   Medical   Library 
Association's    continuing  education    courses.      Some   of   these    are   advanced   in- 
struction,   some    are    designed   for  the   novice.      Of   particular  interest    to   the 
majority   of  hospital   library   staff   are:      CE    16,    CE   22,    CE   29,    CE    36,    and 
CE   37.      Cost   of  taking  these   courses   is    $30   for  a  member  of  MLA  and  $A5    for 
non-members . 

General  biomedical   reference   tools 

Human    factors    in    library   administration 

A  review   of   the    literature    of   dentistrv 

Materials    for  the  history   of   the  health   sciences 

Drug   and  pharmaceutical   information    resources 

Interlibrary   loan  and   copyright 

Indexing  and  abstracting  services   in  the  biomedical  sciences 

Grant    applications    and  management 

Planning  health   sciences   libraries 

Literature   of  nursing 

Management    of  media  in  hospital   libraries 

Preservation   of   library  materials 

Systems   analysis 

Application   of   operations    research   to    library   decision  making 
(This   is   a  two-day   course.      Prerequisite:    CE    18) 

MEDLINE   and  the  health    sciences    librarian 

Planning  hospital   library    facilities 

CE  23:  Problems   in  medical   cataloguing  and   classification      (Prerequisite:   CE  24) 

CE   24:  MeSH   and  NLM  classification 

CE  26:  Teaching  skills   for  library  educators      (This   is   a  two-day   course.) 

CE  27:  Literature   of  mental  health 

CE  28:  Management   of   reference   services 

CE  29:  Hospital   library  management 

CE   30:  Basic  media  management   —  Hardware   and  physical   facilities 

CE   31:  Basic  media  management   —   Software 

CE   32:  Statistical  sources   for  health  sciences   librarians 

CE   33:  Literature  of  health   care   administration 

CE   34:  Biological  Abstracts  —  Bioresearch   Index 

CE   35:  OCLC  utilization   in  health   sciences   libraries 


CE 

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8 

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9 

CE 

10 

CE 

11 

CE 

12 

CE 

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CE 

14 

CE 

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17 

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18 

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19 

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30 

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CE 

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CE 

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CE 

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CE 

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Patient   education 

Development    and  operation  of   a  health   sciences   library  consortium 

Acquisition  of  biomedical  materials 

Women    and  biomedical    library   administration 

Grant    proposal   development    for  health  sciences    librarians 
(This    is   a  two-dav   course.) 

Introductory   data   collection   and  analysis 

V/urklng  with   groups   /   I^eadership  skills 

Working  with  groups   /  Croup  skills 

Library  management    /  Planning 

Library  management    /   Marketing 

Library   management    /   Budgeting 

Audiovisual   cataloguing 

CATLINE-AVLINE  searching 


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CURRENTLY  READABLE 

Flower  MA 

Toward  hospital   library  standards  in  Canada. 

Bull  Med  Libr  Assoc  66:296-301,   Jul    1978 

Froa  the  NIH:    Renote   access   to  professionally   reviewed  materials  provided 
by  AVLINE   from  National   Library  of  Medicine. 
J  Ab  Med  Assoc  240:1231,    15  Sep    1978. 

Thornton  JL 

100  years   of  medical   libraries. 

Br  J  Hosp  Med   19:588-592,  Jun   1978. 

Rajecki  AA,  et  al. 

An  introduction  to  medical /nursing  libraries  and  available  resource  tools. 

Nurs  Forum  17:103-112,  1978. 

Christensen  JB,  et  al. 

A  role  for  the  clinical  medical  librarian  in  continuing  education. 

J  Med  Educ  53:514-515,  Jun  1978. 

Mapel  ME 

How  to  handle   the  medical   library   in  a  non-teaching  hospital. 

Hosp  Top  56:3,28,  Mar-Apr   1978 


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DALHOUSIE  UNIVERSITY 
SCHOOL  OF  LIBRARY  SERVICE 
Proposed  Two-Week  Programme 
16  -  27  July,  1979 

Continuing  its   triennial  pattern,   Dalhousie  University's   Division 
of  Continuing  Medical  Education   and  its   School  of  Library   Service  have   agreed 
to  offer  their  third  jointly   sponsored  Workshop,    16-27  July,    1979,   should 
there  be   sufficient    response   to   this    announcement.      A  minimum  enrollment   of 
ten  would  be  necessary. 

The  programme   is   designed   for  staff  working  in  hospitals    (admin- 
istration,  medical  records,   medicine,   nursing,    therapy)   or  working  with 
hospitals,    for  personnel  in   government  health   services   and  in   community 
health   service   agencies.      It   is   concerned  with   the  basics   of   organizing, 
developing  and  using  health   information   and/or   library  services,    and   for 
those  who  wish   to   improve   their  ability  to  use  more  effectively  the   facilities 
which   are   available   to  them. 

Former  participants   in   the    1973  and   1976  Workshops  may  have  need 
to  update   or  extend  their  knowledge.      It   is  possible   to  design  specific 
elements   to   fit   their  particular  situation. 

The  programme  with  be   directed  by  Professor  M.    Doreen  E.    Eraser, 
School  of  Library  Service,  who  teaches   courses   in  the   field  of  health  sciences 
literature,   information   and   librarianship   offered  by  the   School,   and  who 
functions   as   a  resource  person   for  the   Division  of  Continuing  Medical  Educa- 
tion.     The  staff  of  the  W.K.   Kellogg  Health  Sciences  Library  will  participate 
in  a  variety   of  ways. 

Cost   is  estimated  as    follows: 

Workshop  -   $60.00;      University   accommodation  -  weekly   rate:      single 
$40.00,   double  C60.00;     Meals  -   can  be   purchased  singly  or  by  weekly   coupon  - 
$35/40.00   (1978  rates). 

Should  you  be   interested  in   attending  the  Workshop,   please   contact 
the   address  below  giving:     name,   position,   address   and  telephone  number.      The 
deadline    for  response   is    1   February,    1979.      Please   also  draw  this   announcement 
to  the  attention  of  others  who  may  be   interested. 

Prof.   M. D.E.    Fraser 
School  of  Library  Service 
Dalhousie  University 
Halifax,  Nova  Scotia 
B3H   4H8 

(Telephone  -    (902)    424-3656) 


CHLA/ABSC  EXECUTIVE 


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Mrs.   M.A.    Flower  (President) 
Nursing  Library 
McGlll  University 
3506  University  Street 
Montreal,  P.Q.      H3A  2A7 

Alan  H.   MacDonald  (Tresorler) 
Health  Sciences  Library 
Dalhousle  University 
Halifax,  Nova  Scotia  B3H  4H7 

Eileen  Bradley 

Science  and  Medicine  Library 

University  of  Toronto 

7  King's   College  Circle 

Toronto,  Ontario     M5S    IA5 

David  S.   Crawford 
Medical  Library 
McGlll  University 
3655  Drunnond  Street 
Montreal,  P.Q.      H3G   1Y6 


Bill  Fraser 

B.C.  Medical  Library  Service 
1807  West  10th  Street 
Vancouver,  B.C.   V6J  2A9 

Barbara  Henwood 

General  Centre  Medical  Library 

Health  Sciences  Centre 

700  William  Avenue 

Winnipeg,  Manitoba  R3E  0Z3 

Philippe  Lemay 
Blbllotheque  Sclentlflque 
Unlverslti  Laval 
Cite  Unlversltalre 
Quebec,  P.Q.   GIK  7P4 

Patrick  J.  Favcett  (Ex-offlclo) 
Medical  Library 
University  of  Manitoba 
770  Bannatyne  Avenue 
Winnipeg,  Manitoba  R3E  lES 


NEWS  CORRESPONDENTS 


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BRITISH  COLUMBIA 

Donna  Slgnorl 

514  -  425  Slmcoe  Street 

Victoria,  B.C.      V8V  4T3 

ALBERTA 

Sylvia  Chetner 
Medical  Sciences  Library 
University  of  Alberta 
Bdaaatoa,  Alberta  T6G  2J8 

Pan  Griffin 
Medical  Library 
University  of  Calgary 
Calgary,  Alberta  T2N  2T9 

MANITOBA 

Denlse  Polrler 

Medical  Library 

St.   Boniface   General  Hospital 

409  Tache  Avenue 

Winnipeg,  Manitoba     R2H  2A6 


MARITIME  PROVINCES 

Barbara  Prince 
Health  Sciences  Library 
Dalhousle  University 
Halifax,  Nova  Scotia     B3H  4H7 

ONTARIO 

Dorothy  Fltgerald 

Canadian  Library  of  Family  Medicine 
Health  Sciences  Library 
University  of  Western  Ontario 
London,  Ontario  N6A  5C1 

QUEBEC 

Jean  Fensom 
Dentistry  Library 
McGlll  University 
3640  University  Street 
Montreal,  P.Q.   H3A  2B2 


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POSTSCRIPT 

(an  informal  page  which  proves  that  editors  can't  resist  having  the  last  word) 

The  ancient  Romans  put  great   faith  In  the  ability  of  worldly  signs 
to  predict  a  person's  success  In  life.     Meteor  showers,   decisive  battles,   loud 
thunderstorms  all  figured  highly  In  their  deliberations. 

Within  six  hours   of  my  officially  becoming  editor  of  the  CHLA/ABSC 
Newsletter,   twenty-three   thoxisand  postal  workers  went   on  strike  In  Canada  and 
the   cardinals   In  Rome  elected  a  new  pope.      There's   definitely  a  message   In 
there  somewhere  and  It  kills  me  not  knowing  what   It   Is. 

You  have  In  your  hands  my   first   Issue.      Late  last  night  when  1  was 
finishing  the   last  page    (21,   If  you're   curious)    I  was  praying  that   this  Issue 
could  also  be  my   last.     Now  that  morning  has   come  It's   dawned  on  me   (sorry...) 
that  It  wasn't  such  an  ordeal  after  all.     I'd  even  be  looking  forward  to  the 
next   issue,  now  only  69   days  away,   if  I  had  only  something  to  put   in  it. 

In  addition  to  a  mall  strike   and  a  new  pope,   as  neophyte  editor  I 
also  re  sived  the  publishing  schedule   for  the  next  year.      It's  an  interesting 
document   and  answers   the  question  of  what   I'll  be   doing  the  evening  of  22  Novem- 
ber,   1979.     The  schedule   calls   for  six  Issues   during  the  next    11  months   and  I'm 
curious  to  see  how  we  will   fill  them.      For  issue   //8,   I   drew  upon    19  people   for 
contributions.      At  this   rate,   the  next   six  issues  will  involve   114  people.      As- 
suming a  democratic  spread.   Inside  of  three  years   the  Newsletter  will  have   drawn 
upon  almost  every  member  of  the  Association  for  a  contribution,  which  upon  re- 
flection seems  very   appropriate. 

Fortunately,  the  success  of  this  Newsletter  does  not  rest  with  me. 
A  good  editor,   regardless   of  how  talented,   cannot   save  a  dying  publication  and 
a  bad  editor,  now  matter  how  lousy,    cannot  kill  a  thriving  one.     The   life  of 
this  bulletin  is   up   to  you.      Your  contributions   and  interest  will  make  it  evolve 
and  grow;      apathy  and  refusal  to   contribute  will  kill  is  publication   faster  than 
anything  I   can   do. 

On  page  2,   the  Newsletter  is   described  as  having  a  special  interest 
in  reaching  and  assisting  the  smaller,   isolated  health   library.      There's  a  basic 
problem  in  this  type   of  audience.     The  people  who  write   articles  are  the   large- 
library,   academic  types   for  whom  publishing  is,   if  not  a  way  of  life,   at   least 
a  visible  backgroimd  to  their  vocation.      The   small-library,    front-line  workers 
are  not   as   at timed  to  the  publication  habit   and  often  shrink  when  the  editorial 
finger  points   at   them.      (Or  worse.     When  I   recently  berated  a  slngle-people- 
llbrary  worker  for  never  writing  of  her  experiences,   I   received  several  acidic 
remarks  to  the  effect  that   said  workers   are  too  busy  struggling  to  survive,    let 
alone   create    'the   leisure  to  write'    that  some  academics  enjoy.      Something  about 
"People  who  live  in  glass  offices  shouldn't  throw  typewriters...")     While  I 
think  that  the  content  of  this  issue  is  excellent  and  makes  interesting  reading, 
much  of  it   lacks   direct   applicability  to  a  large  portion  of  the  Newsletter's 
avowed  audience. 

There's  a  solution  to  this  and  I'm  going  in  search  of  it.     You  may 
be  getting  a  letter  very  soon  asking  (id  est:     pleading  on  bended  knee)   you  to 
contribute  something   for  publication.      But   don't  wait   to  be   asked.      If  you've 
got  an  idea  for  an  article,   drop  me  a  line — or  better  yet,  write  it  out  and  send 
it   to  me.      Don't  worry  about  being  embarrassed;      if  it's   really  that   awful  I'll 
send  it  back  unused  with  a  polite  note. 

With  your  help  and  your  interest,  I  can  help  keep  the  Newsletter  an 
ongoing  success.  After  all,  23,000  postal  workers  and  a  new  pope  can't  all  be 
wrong.