title: Hospital library surveys for management and planning: past and future directions.
abstract: Since the survey of health sciences libraries by the American Medical Association in 1969, a number of other hospital library surveys have been conducted. Twelve hospital/health sciences library surveys published since the passage of the Medical Library Assistance Act are reviewed. The use of data from these surveys for management and planning is discussed and directions for future library survey development are suggested.
mesh_terms: D007992:Libraries, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008000:Library Surveys / Q000639:trends*; D010934:Planning Techniques