Wednesday, April 27, 2005

Creating the Digital Medical Library

Buyer Beware! I just saw this press release on Yahoo Finance.
Research and Markets:
Creating the Digital Medical Library
Wednesday April 27
DUBLIN, Ireland, April 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c16506 ) has announced the addition of Creating the Digital Medical Library to their offering.

Creating the Digital Medical Library profiles the electronic collection development and electronic library development policies of a sample of leading medical libraries including those of The Mayo Clinic, Cornell University, The University of Iowa, Columbia University, The University of Texas, The Medical College of Georgia and many others.

The report is interesting because it covers policies concerning electronic journals, archiving, e- books, electronic directories, database user training, use of alert service, virtual reference services, negotiating tactics with vendors, etc.

However, when you get to the Research and Markets page the report is dated June 2003!

This report is not free but it might be of some still be of value (I don't know, I didn't buy it). I think it is important to know that despite their recent press release the report is at least 2 years old. I am assuming that is the date of the report, which leads me to believe the data is older. Information on a subject like Digital Medical Library might be quickly out of date.

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