Flower M A
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1978 Jul;66(3):296-301.
A report is given on Canadian hospital library standards as recently developed and incorporated in a new Guide to Hospital Accreditation, 1977. The new Canadian standards are compared with MLA recommendations to the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals. Their development is sketched and the contribution from Quebec of a model of hospital classification is examined. This model provides differential minimal library standards based on the function of the hospital rather than on its size alone. Use of these minimal standards as a practical means of developing hospital libraries is discussed and their implications for accreditation visits are underlined.
本文报告了加拿大近期制定并纳入1977年新版《医院评审指南》的医院图书馆标准。将加拿大的新标准与美国现代语言协会（MLA）对医院评审联合委员会的建议进行了比较。概述了这些标准的制定过程，并审视了魁北克提供的医院分类模式所做的贡献。该模式根据医院功能而非仅依据规模制定了不同的最低图书馆标准。文中讨论了将这些最低标准用作发展医院图书馆的实用手段，并强调了其对评审访问的影响。
