Kronick D A, Rees A M, Rothenberg L
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1971 Jul;59(3):392-403.
The extent of library service and the character of the library staff of hospitals in the United States are reported from the results of a survey conducted by the American Hospital Association in 1968. These data supplement the data reported on the nonhospital institutional population to make up a composite picture of health sciences library manpower today. Only 2,918 hospitals (48.5 percent) out of a total of 6,018 surveyed reported the existence of a library of any kind, though some of the hospitals reported multiple libraries. For all of these libraries only 2,872 individuals were reported under the rubric for "librarians," and of these only 726 were reported as having the master's degree or better. Of the total staff almost half are non-salaried (volunteer or contributory) and almost half of the salaried staff are half time. It is obvious, therefore, that hospital libraries must be substantially strengthened if they are to fulfill their important function in the biomedical information network.
美国医院协会1968年进行的一项调查结果报告了美国医院图书馆服务的范围和图书馆工作人员的特点。这些数据补充了关于非医院机构人群报告的数据，以构成当今健康科学图书馆人力的综合情况。在总共6018家接受调查的医院中，只有2918家（48.5%）报告有任何类型的图书馆，尽管有些医院报告有多个图书馆。在所有这些图书馆中，在“图书馆员”类别下仅报告了2872人，其中只有726人报告拥有硕士学位或更高学位。在全体工作人员中，几乎一半是非受薪人员（志愿者或捐助人员），而且受薪工作人员中几乎一半是兼职人员。因此，很明显，如果医院图书馆要在生物医学信息网络中发挥其重要作用，就必须大力加强。
