Terms of use Twenty-three American medical library science practitioners, academics, and consultants contribute 16 chapters to a thoroughly updated text reflecting the impact of increasing financial pressures and radical technology changes on both health care and libraries since publication of the first edition in 2000. Coverage includes an overview of current trends in libraries in health care settings and the health care environment; management topics such as finances, human resources, evaluation and improvement, collection planning, IT, and library space; and service issues--on-site and web-based information services, educational services, the transformation of librarianship into "information practice," knowledge services, health information for patients and consumers, associated services, and solo librarians. The accompanying CD-ROM contains various MLA policy statements, policy and procedure templates, bibliographies, evaluation tools, and other complementary resources. The volume is intended for medical librarians and managers, and students in library and information services.

Revised edition of: The Medical Library Association guide to managing health care libraries / Ruth Holst, editor. 2000.

Introduction: libraries in health care settings / Margaret Moylan Bandy and Rosalind Farnam Dudden -- The health care environment / Margaret Moylan Bandy and Barbara Jahn -- Topics in management / Jacqueline Donaldson Doyle and Kay E. Wellik -- Financial management / Mary Fran Prottsman -- Human resources management / Dixie A. Jones -- Evaluation and improvement management / Rosalind Farnam Dudden -- Collection planning management / Craig C. Haynes -- Collection technical management / Gretchen Hallerberg [and others] -- Library space management / Elizabeth Connor -- On-site and web-based information services / Susan Lessick -- Educational services / Lisa K. Traditi -- Information practice / Michele Klein-Fedyshin -- Knowledge services / Lorri Zipperer -- Health information for patients and consumers / Michele Spatz -- Associated services / Hope Leman [and others] -- Solo librarians / Jerry Carlson.