خدمات المعلومات في المكتبات الطبية من وجهة نظر المستفيدين

Abstract EN

The current research aims at identifying the reality of scientific medical libraries and the nature and types of services they provide, which include 8 services provided and who are the beneficiaries of these services.

The descriptive approach and the case study are used on four university medical libraries, in addition to the interview and questionnaire which are used as tools to collect data on (175) beneficiaries.

A number of conclusions are arrived at, the most important of which are: - University medical libraries are among the most important information institutions that provide researchers, especially in the medical field, with the most important studies and scientific research, but they are in constant need of modern services.

- Most of the beneficiaries are faculty members, as well as students of postgraduate studies and graduate studies, especially the first, third and sixth stages, with a percentage of 35% percent in the Iraqi University, College of Medicine and 26% percent in the Medical College of Al-Nahrain University.

As for the most important recommendations, they are as follows: 1.

The necessity of cooperation with libraries and medical institutions inside or outside the country in the field of information services they providing, as well as getting acquainted with seminars and conferences that contribute to raising the status of medical specialization for the benefit of researchers and beneficiaries.

2.

Developing guides, brochures and advertisements to identify the libraries and the most important modern services they provide through developing their website on the Internet.