NIH library资源建设与服务研究

A study of NIH library’s collection developments and information services

National Institutes of Health(美国国立卫生研究院,简称NIH)是国家级医学研究机构。NIH library是为NIH成员提供信息资源及服务的主要机构。本文从发展历史、馆藏发展策略、资源建设经费来源、信息资源揭示和整合、用户需求分析、信息服务5个方面调研分析了NIH library资源建设和服务现状,以期为国内医学图书馆提供借鉴。

NIH library is committed to providing excellent information services, products, collections, and people to aid NIH and other agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services （DHHS） in achieving its mis- sion. The paper investigate NIH library＇ s collection developments and information services in terms of collection development policy, financial resources, demand analysis, information revealing and integrating, information serv- ices in order to give some recommendation to medical libraries in China.