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Database Search Services as a Basic Service in Academic Health Sciences Libraries

dc.contributor.authorJankowski, Terry A.
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Elaine Russo
dc.date2022-08-11T08:09:16.000
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-23T16:24:31Z
dc.date.available2022-08-23T16:24:31Z
dc.date.issued1994-10-01
dc.date.submitted2006-08-04
dc.identifier.citationBulletin of the Medical Library Association, 82(4):475-8,1994.
dc.identifier.pmid7841905
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/36143
dc.description.abstractMediated search services, usually offered for a fee, are commonplace in academic health sciences libraries. At the same time, users of these services have numerous self-service options available to them; for example, CD-ROMs and locally mounted databases. In keeping with its philosophy of access to rather than ownership of information, the University of Washington Health Sciences Library and Information Center (HSLIC) changed its policy from charging clients for mediated searching to offering mediated searches as an essential service of the library. By taking this step, HSLIC moved closer to becoming a true "library without walls." This paper describes HSLIC's experience with changing its policy and examines the issues surrounding use of the collection budget to subsidize access to online information in academic health sciences libraries.
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dc.rightsThis article was first published in Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 82(4):475-8,1994.
dc.subjectCD-ROM
dc.subjectCost-Benefit Analysis
dc.subjectDatabases, Bibliographic
dc.subjectLibraries, Medical
dc.subjectLibrary Services/economics
dc.subjectOnline Systems
dc.subjectLibrary and Information Science
dc.titleDatabase Search Services as a Basic Service in Academic Health Sciences Libraries
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.source.journaltitleBulletin of the Medical Library Association
dc.source.volume82
dc.source.issue4
dc.identifier.legacyfulltexthttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1016&amp;context=lib_articles&amp;unstamped=1
dc.identifier.legacycoverpagehttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/lib_articles/16
dc.identifier.contextkey189614
refterms.dateFOA2022-08-23T16:24:31Z
html.description.abstract<p>Mediated search services, usually offered for a fee, are commonplace in academic health sciences libraries. At the same time, users of these services have numerous self-service options available to them; for example, CD-ROMs and locally mounted databases. In keeping with its philosophy of access to rather than ownership of information, the University of Washington Health Sciences Library and Information Center (HSLIC) changed its policy from charging clients for mediated searching to offering mediated searches as an essential service of the library. By taking this step, HSLIC moved closer to becoming a true "library without walls." This paper describes HSLIC's experience with changing its policy and examines the issues surrounding use of the collection budget to subsidize access to online information in academic health sciences libraries.</p>
dc.identifier.submissionpathlib_articles/16
dc.source.pages475-8


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