Crawford H
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1966 Jul;54(3):199-205.
Does the medical school library in the United States operate more commonly under the university library or the medical school administration? University-connected medical school libraries were asked to indicate (a) the source of their budgets, whether from the central library or the medical school, and (b) the responsibility for their acquisitions and cataloging. Returns received from sixtyeight of the seventy eligible institutions showed decentralization to be much the most common: 71 percent of the libraries are funded by their medical schools; 79 percent are responsible for their own acquisitions and processing. The factor most often associated with centralization of both budget and operation is public ownership. Decentralization is associated with service to one or two rather than three or more professional schools. Location of the medical school in a different city from the university is highly favorable to autonomy. Other factors associated with these trends are discussed.
美国医学院图书馆更常由大学图书馆管理还是医学院管理？研究人员要求与大学相关的医学院图书馆指明：（a）其预算来源，是来自中央图书馆还是医学院；（b）其采购和编目工作的负责方。从70家符合条件的机构中的68家收到的回复显示，分权是最常见的情况：71%的图书馆由其医学院提供资金；79%负责自身的采购和处理工作。预算和运营集权最常与之相关的因素是公有性质。分权则与服务一两个而非三个或更多专业学院有关。医学院位于与大学不同的城市非常有利于其自主性。文中还讨论了与这些趋势相关的其他因素。
