Gotsick P S, Friedman R L, Stith J B
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1979 Apr;67(2):218-25.
A demonstration core collection of twenty-four ready-reference sources and five journals was selected cooperatively by a solo practitioner in rural Menifee County, Kentucky, and the University of Kentucky Medical Center Library Field Librarian to fit the ready-reference and current awareness information needs of a primary care solo rural practice in eastern Kentucky. The collection selections were systematically assessed by the physician to determine their utility in filling the practitioner's information needs with regard to his particular situation in terms of medical experience and level of training, available library and educational resources, and the type of health problems seen in his practice. This assessment showed that the Rural Demonstration Library Collection completely filled the information needs of the physician 66% of the time materials were consulted and filled his immediate information needs either completely or partially 82% of the time the collection was searched. This demonstration has shown that, under a specific set of circumstances, a librarian and a solo rural practitioner can effectively work together in identifying health sciences materials which fit the information needs of a solo rural practitioner. It suggests that cooperation between a librarian and a physician is important in meeting information needs.
肯塔基州梅尼菲县的一名乡村独立执业医生与肯塔基大学医学中心图书馆的现场馆员合作，挑选出了一个由24种便捷参考资料和5种期刊组成的示范核心馆藏，以满足肯塔基州东部乡村初级保健独立执业机构的便捷参考及最新信息需求。医生对所选馆藏进行了系统评估，以确定它们在满足执业者信息需求方面的效用，这些需求涉及他在医疗经验、培训水平、可用图书馆和教育资源以及其执业中所见健康问题类型等方面的特殊情况。评估表明，乡村示范图书馆馆藏在66%的资料被查阅时完全满足了医生的信息需求，在82%的馆藏被检索时完全或部分满足了他的即时信息需求。此次示范表明，在特定情况下，馆员和乡村独立执业医生能够有效地合作，识别出符合乡村独立执业医生信息需求的健康科学资料。这表明馆员与医生之间的合作对于满足信息需求很重要。
