Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries

Elizabeth Connor, MLS, AHIP, is Associate Professor of Library Science and Science Liaison at the Daniel Library of The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina. Since earning her MLS at the State University College at Geneseo in 1978, Ms. Connor has worked as a community college librarian, medical librarian at teaching hospitals and medical schools in three states (Maryland, Connecticut, and South Carolina), and two foreign countries (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Commonwealth of Dominica), and is employed as an academic librarian at the Military College of South Carolina in Charleston. She is a distinguished member of the Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP), serves as the book review editor of Medical Reference Services Quarterly, and co-edits Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries. Research interests relate to how scientists develop habits of mind and how case studies can be used to engage and sustain science learning, especially in undergraduates. Recent publications include A Guide to Developing End User Education Programs in Medical Libraries; Planning, Renovating, Expanding, and Constructing Library Facilities in Hospitals, Academic Medical Centers, and Health Organizations; An Introduction to Reference Services in Academic Libraries; and Evidence-Based Librarianship: Case Studies and Active Learning Exercises.

• Introduction (Elizabeth Connor and M. Sandra Wood) Moving the Big Deal (Chung Sook Kim and Barbara M. Koehler) Scholarly E-Journal Pricing Models and Open Access Publishing (Maggie Wineburgh-Freed) Extending Electronic Resource Licenses to a Newly Established Overseas Medical School Branch (Michael A. Wood, Carole Thompson, and Kristine M. Alpi) Access to Health Information in Latin America and the Caribbean (C. Verônica Abdala and Rosane Taruhn) Assessing Online Use: Are Statistics from Web-Based Online Journal Lists Representative? (Rick Ralston) Two Interfaces, One Knowledge Base: The Development of a Combined E-Journal Web Page (Felicia Yeh and Karen McMullen) Off-Campus User Behavior: Are They Finding Electronic Journals on Their Own or Still Ordering Through Document Delivery? (Julie A. Garrison and Pamela A. Grudzien) Integrating E-Resources into an Online Catalog: The Hospital Library Experience (Devica Ramjit Samsundar) Is There a Pending Change in Medical Publisher and Library Liability? (A. Bruce Strauch, Earl Walker, and Mark Bebensee) Semantic Web Technologies: Opportunity for Domain Targeted Libraries? (Jon C. Ferguson) Index Reference Notes Included