Evaluation of Iran, Tehran and Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Hospital Libraries According to Existing Standards

Abstract

Introduction: This is a descriptive study to study the conditions of hospital libraries at Iran ,Tehran and Shahid beheshti university of medical sciences and compares the staff, printing sources, services and physical situations with “standards for hospital libraries 2002” and “standard of educational and treatment center library collection”. Methods: This survey has been done on 35 hospital libraries among Iran, Tehran and shahid Beheshti University of medical sciences. Data were collected by questioner and analyzed by Excel software. Results: Based on this research about half of the hospital libraries have personnel who are below the standards levels 29% of library managers on the course of study and their education value are standards. None of the libraries are not standard on the collection. Based on the service hours f