On the other hand Dr Hayes maintains that access to such information is very expensive and that there is the potential for serious disruption of library services if such access requests rise much above the present levels. To address this situation, Dr Hayes has developed a model of library use which mirrors actual library use. Mathematical formulae have been developed which permit the exploration of alternative resource allocations. A set of spreadsheets have been developed, based on this model, for use by library administrators. The model has been tested in a number of situations in the USA and Dr Hayes' purpose in coming to Australia at this time was to test the validity of the model in the Australian situation.
Medical research is supplemented by the coding and analysis of patients and disease cat-egories.
Future plans include a Nurse Information System, a Patient Care Inquiry System, and an on-line Medical Records System. On one occasion, the screen even con-tained full details of a patient with a notation about HIV test results. We are all very busy people, and it does take extra time to prepare dummy data for a presen-tation, however there can be little excuse for ignoring patient's rights in this manner. If nothing else, presenters should have a better sense of self-preservation, for sooner or later someone will make a formal complaint. I've recently received a useful book on a rela-ted topic, that of planning ethically responsible research.