J Korean Soc Med Inform.  2000 Jun;6(2):73-86.

Survey Study for Development of the Information Interchange Infrastructure of Health Research and Development Library

• Park HA
• Kim JE
• Cho IS

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to collect basic information for the development of information interchange infrastructure of health research and development library in Korea. Domestic data was collected via mail and telephone survey and site visit of information producing and distributing organizations and agencies in the health related field. Data was analyzed and tabulated using descriptive statistics. Research and development activities of the National Library of Medicine were examined using materials posted on the internet. Content of data was reviewed and summarized. It was found that we lack a standardized Korean medical subject headings for the medical librarians to refer when indexing an article written in Korean. And most of academic societies lack a standardized vocaburary system for their members to refer when wrting an article.

Keyword

MeSH; UMSL; IAIMS

MeSH Terms

Abstracting and Indexing as Topic
Humans
Integrated Advanced Information Management Systems
Internet
Korea
Librarians
Medical Subject Headings
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Postal Service
Telephone