IGAKU TOSHOKAN

Journal of the Japan Medical Library Association

Vol.55 No.2
June 2008

CONTENTS(Mineko IZUMI)
Letter to the Editor… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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(Machiko YAMAMURO, Saori AKIBA)
Forum: JMLA Health Sciences Information Professional(Mayumi TAKAHASHI)
From the Member Libraries… ………………………………………………………………………………………………

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News
101
OpinionA Pilot Project of a Cancer Patient Library in Italy: Results of a Customer-satisfaction Survey(Yasuko SHIMOHARA)	  and its Products (Translation)……………………………………………………………………………………………
105
Commentaries(Naoko SUWABE, Yukiko SAKAI)
Credentialing Programs for Health Sciences Librarians in the United States and Japan……………………………………………
112(Takanori HAYASHI)
121
The Next Generation Library System and OPAC…………………………………………………………………………
Lecture: Current Practice in Health Sciences Librarianship(Fujimi KAWAI)
127
Information Access and Delivery: Rapid Progress and the Role of Library… …………………………………………
Feature: Open 24 Hours(Asae ITO, Erika SAITO)
130
Introduction for the Features… ……………………………………………………………………………………………
Introduction of “24 Hours Open” (No Staff on Additional Open Hours) …
(Hisayuki FUKUMOTO)
at the Medical School Branch Library, University of Miyazaki… ……………………………………………………
131(Aya ISHIHARA)
24-hours Use in the Medical and Pharmaceutical Library at the University of TOYAMA………………………………
135
24-hour Use for Registered Members Only in Hamamatsu University School of Medicine Library (24-hour Use)
(Masayo NATSUME)	  ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
139
The 24 Hour Use in Shiga University of Medical Science Library(Shuichi SUGA, Yufuki TERAMASU, Naoko TATSUNO)	  ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
145
Challenge of Opening Tokai University Isehara Campus Library for 24 Hours and the Results(Makiko NAKAGAWA, Tomoe FUKUI)	  ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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(Mutsumi YAMAZAKI)
156
24 Hours Open: Shizuoka Cancer Center Medical LibraryReports
The Workshop Report: Progress of Nursing Science Information into an Electronic Journal Format(Takako IMADA, Shin IRIE, Yumiko KUDO, Kumi NUMATA)	  ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
161(Mari MAKISHI)
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Report of 35th Meeting of the Biomedical Librarians Study Group… …………………………………………………
Exhibition「『MOUAINN』Kyoto Prefectural School for the Visually Disabled or …
(Yoshiko TAKEMURA)
the Deaf-Beginning Special Support Education」… ……………………………………………………………………
169
JMLA Reports(Akio UNO)
Report of the 39th Autumn Symposium of the Korean Medical Library Association(KMLA)… ………………………
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(Yuko AOKI)176
Report on the 58th Duplicated Journals Exchange Program
On the Spot
(Yoshimi FUKUHARA)
179
Current Status and Perspectives of OCW in Japan… ……………………………………………………………………
Reference Cases………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 183
Book Reviews…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 187
Journal Club… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 189
JMLA News… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 192
Editorial Desk…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 194

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