Automating Veterans Administration libraries: II. Implementation at the Kansas City Medical Center Library.
In 1985, the Kansas City Veterans Administration Medical Center began implementation of the Decentralized Hospital Computer Program (DHCP). An integrated library system, a subset of that program, was started by the medical library for acquisitions and an outline catalog. To test the system, staff of the Neurology Service were trained to use the outline catalog and electronic mail to request interlibrary loans and literature searches. In implementing the project with the Neurology Service, the library is paving the way for many types of electronic access and interaction with the library.
D002381:Catalogs, Library; D007256:Information Systems; D007993:Libraries, Medical; D008905:Minicomputers; D009862:Online Systems; D012984:Software