Associate Dean for Library Services, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, Scranton, PA,
Head of Collection Services, Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library, Emory University, Atlanta, GA,
J Med Libr Assoc. 2020 Apr;108(2):242-252. doi: 10.5195/jmla.2020.625. Epub 2020 Apr 1.
Libraries in academic health centers may license electronic resources for their affiliated hospitals, as well as for their academic institutions. This study examined the current practices of member libraries of the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) that provide affiliated hospitals with access to electronic information resources and described the challenges that the libraries experienced in providing access to the affiliated hospitals.
In September 2016, AAHSL library directors received an email with a link to an online survey.
By December 2016, representatives from 60 AAHSL libraries responded. Two-thirds of the responding libraries supplied online information resources to more than 1 hospital, and 75% of these libraries provided the hospitals with access both on site and remotely. Most (69%) libraries licensed the same resource for both the academic institution and the hospitals. Cost, license negotiation, and communication with hospital stakeholders were commonly reported challenges.
Academic health sciences libraries with affiliated hospitals continue to grapple with licensing and cost issues.
学术健康中心的图书馆可为其附属医院以及学术机构授权电子资源。本研究考察了为附属医院提供电子信息资源的协会学术健康科学图书馆（AAHSL）成员图书馆的当前实践，并描述了图书馆在为附属医院提供访问权限方面所面临的挑战。
2016 年 9 月，AAHSL 图书馆馆长收到一封带有在线调查链接的电子邮件。
截至 2016 年 12 月，来自 60 个 AAHSL 图书馆的代表做出了回应。三分之二的回应图书馆为 1 家以上医院提供在线信息资源，其中 75%的图书馆在现场和远程为医院提供访问服务。大多数（69%）图书馆为学术机构和医院授权相同的资源。成本、许可谈判以及与医院利益相关者的沟通是常见的报告挑战。
有附属医院的学术健康科学图书馆继续面临许可和成本问题。
