Shen Bern
Institute for the Future, 124 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA.
J Med Libr Assoc. 2005 Oct;93(4 Suppl):S86-92.
What are some of the forces shaping the evolution of medical libraries, and where might they lead?
Published literature in the fields of library and information sciences, technology, health services research, and business was consulted.
Medical libraries currently have a modest footprint in most consumers' personal health ecologies, the network of resources and activities they use to improve their health. They also occupy a relatively small space in the health care, information, and business ecologies of which they are a part. Several trends in knowledge discovery, technology, and social organizations point to ways in which the roles of medical libraries might grow and become more complex.
As medical libraries evolve and reach out to previously underserved communities, an ecological approach can serve as a useful organizing framework for the forces shaping this evolution.
塑造医学图书馆发展演变的一些力量有哪些，它们将引领医学图书馆走向何方？
查阅了图书馆与信息科学、技术、卫生服务研究及商业领域的已发表文献。
在大多数消费者用于改善自身健康的个人健康生态系统（即他们所使用的资源和活动网络）中，医学图书馆目前的影响力较小。在它们所属的医疗、信息和商业生态系统中，医学图书馆所占空间也相对较小。知识发现、技术和社会组织方面的若干趋势表明，医学图书馆的作用可能会扩大并变得更加复杂。
随着医学图书馆的发展演变并向之前服务不足的社区拓展，生态学方法可作为一种有用的组织框架，用于分析塑造这一演变的各种力量。
