Seago B L, Campbell F M
Tompkins-McCaw Library, Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298-0582.
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1993 Jan;81(1):63-6.
Respondents performed searches primarily for themselves and for academic research. Overall, they preferred librarian-mediated searching to CD-ROM searching. Respondents who preferred the former did so because librarians are more familiar with MeSH headings and search strategies and because of time constraints. Respondents who preferred CD-ROM liked doing their own searches and the fact that there is no cost involved. While respondents preferred librarian-mediated searching over CD-ROM searching, overall they used CD-ROM more often, presumably because of other factors, such as time constraints and cost. This dichotomy could have significant implications for a library. Should the library strive to make mediated searches more attractive by providing immediate and cost-free results? Or, because CD-ROM is used more, should the library continue to purchase in this area and possibly reduce support for librarian-mediated overhead (e.g., training, search tools, etc.)? And do librarians have a responsibility to encourage patrons to use the tool that offers the higher quality of retrieval?
受访者主要为自己和学术研究进行检索。总体而言，他们更喜欢由图书馆员介导的检索方式，而非光盘检索。倾向于前者的受访者这样做的原因是图书馆员更熟悉医学主题词表（MeSH）的主题词和检索策略，以及时间限制。倾向于光盘检索的受访者喜欢自行检索，且无需花费成本。虽然受访者更喜欢图书馆员介导的检索方式，但总体上他们更常使用光盘检索，大概是由于其他因素，如时间限制和成本。这种二分法可能会对图书馆产生重大影响。图书馆是否应努力通过提供即时且免费的检索结果，使介导检索更具吸引力？或者，由于光盘检索使用得更多，图书馆是否应继续在这方面进行采购，并可能减少对图书馆员介导检索的间接费用支持（如培训费用、检索工具等）？图书馆员是否有责任鼓励读者使用检索质量更高的工具？
