These would be good sources for new materials. The October 15 issue of BookList is a special issue on consumer health information materials. The October 1 issue of Library Journal contains information on breast cancer resources. The list is intended for the small to medium-sized medical library, patient education or consumer health collection. A Selected List of New Books , the list has been expanded to include more patient education and consumer health resources.
Annotations are by medical librarians and oncology nurses.
The booklist includes medical and nursing textbooks, consumer heath and patient education materials, web sites and audiovisuals. The purpose of the booklist is to aid in selection and collection development, but does not represent a recommended core collection. They plan to develop, refine and implement a method for measuring the effects of an outreach program on information provision and utilization in small hospitals serving rural areas. It is hoped an outreach assessment model can be created to be further tested and applied in other outreach programs. As part of our new member program for the 1996-2001 contract, we would like to add public libraries with consumer health collections to our network membership.