Internet環境下における米国の医学図書館活動
野添篤毅
愛知淑徳大学図書館情報学科
480-11 愛知県長久手町長湫片平９
TEL 0561-62-4111 FAX 0561-63-3060
抄 録
Internet環境下における米国の医学図書館の現状を，米国国立医学図書館NLMの活
動と，米国医学図書館協会大会MLAの報告を中心に解説した．また，背景となる
全国的な情報基盤整備計画National Information Infrastructureについても触
れた．米国の医学図書館の３４％，大学医学図書館の７２％が既にInternet に
接続している．この状況下において医学図書館がどのような役割を果たしていく
べきかを考察した．
Activities of the U.S. Health Sciences Libraries in the Internet age
Atsutake NOZOE
School of Library and Information Science
Aichi Shukutoku University
Katahira, Nagakute-cho, Aichi-ken 480-11 Japan
TEL 561-62-4111 FAX 561-63-3060
Abstract
The sate of art activities of the U.S. health sciences libraries in the
Internet circumustance
were introduced. As the background of the Internet activities, the
National Information
Infrastruture was also mentioned. A survey conducted by the National
Library of Medicine
indicates that libraries at academic institutions have mostly access to
the Internet (72%).
The roles of health science libraries were discussed in this situation.
Keywords
health sciences libraries, National Library of Medicine, Medical
Library Association, National Information Infrastructure, Internet ,
navigator, quality filtering