Ellis L S
University of the West Indies, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Champs Fleurs, Trinidad.
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1991 Jul;79(3):295-301.
The development of a Faculty of Medical Sciences (FMS) and an academic health sciences library for the University of the West Indies (UWI) has proven to be a polemical and political issue due to the depressed economy of the country. Although FMS is still shrouded in politics and controversy after its inaugural year, the Medical Sciences Library (MSL) has expanded its dimensions and is actively developing a biomedical information network within the country. This will result in better dissemination and control of biomedical information. The library now participates in joint projects with other health sciences libraries in the country with the goal of joint automated listings of holdings and shared cataloging projects. This paper examines the development of the library and explains the difficulties experienced in its developmental stages due to politics, the delay in appointment of a medical sciences librarian, and the financial decline in the local economy.
由于该国经济低迷，西印度群岛大学（UWI）医学科学院（FMS）和学术健康科学图书馆的发展已成为一个有争议的政治问题。尽管FMS在成立后的第一年仍笼罩在政治和争议之中，但医学科学图书馆（MSL）已扩大规模，并正在该国积极发展生物医学信息网络。这将带来生物医学信息更好的传播和管理。该图书馆目前与该国其他健康科学图书馆参与联合项目，目标是实现馆藏联合自动编目和共享编目项目。本文考察了该图书馆的发展情况，并解释了其发展阶段因政治因素、医学科学图书馆馆长任命延迟以及当地经济衰退而遇到的困难。
