Carle D O
University of Colorado at Boulder 80309, USA.
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1995 Jul;83(3):275-9.
The Associate Program at the National Library of Medicine (NLM) is the oldest postgraduate training program for health sciences librarians in the United States. Despite the program's longevity, few data have been collected about the educational background or subsequent careers of the NLM Associates. This article describes one such study. When the study was conducted in 1990, 130 Associates had participated in the program since its inception in 1957. This report characterizes the age, gender, and educational background of the group as they entered the Associate Program and describes their subsequent employment and geographic distribution. The large number of Associates who have worked in health sciences libraries since completing the program indicates how much these individuals have contributed to NLM and the field of health sciences librarianship, and it also illustrates the value of the Associate Program in recruiting recent library graduates to the profession.
美国国立医学图书馆（NLM）的准会员项目是美国历史最悠久的健康科学图书馆员研究生培训项目。尽管该项目历史悠久，但关于NLM准会员的教育背景或后续职业发展的数据收集得很少。本文描述了这样一项研究。1990年开展这项研究时，自1957年该项目设立以来，已有130名准会员参与其中。本报告描述了该群体进入准会员项目时的年龄、性别和教育背景，并介绍了他们随后的就业情况和地理分布。大量准会员自完成该项目后一直在健康科学图书馆工作，这表明这些人对NLM和健康科学图书馆领域做出了巨大贡献，同时也说明了准会员项目在吸引图书馆应届毕业生投身该职业方面的价值。
