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Funding Of Medical Libraries
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The evolution and development of the institution began
1903 by the colonial masters. At the period, the hospital has three
wards; maternity, male and female wards which also admitted children,
other available facilities at the hospital in 1903 include a theater,
and a general out-patient department. Then the medical staffs of the
hospital were one doctor (general practitioner) and a few nurses.
The
hospital known as shell-daily hospital was handed over to the
government of Eastern Nigeria in late fifties and renamed Okpara nursing
Home after the premiership of D.M.I Okpara following the handover,
further development took place. These include provision of
gynecological/obstetric ward, while the old shell-Daily hospital complex
became the Anti-natal clinic and Administration block.
In 1976, the
hospital was transformed into a Divisional hospital and later in to a
general hospital following the creation of Imo State.
During this
period, a modern out patience department with six new wards and pharmacy
department, infant welfare clinic, a mortuary and chest unit. This
further expansion brought the bed complement of the general hospital to
four hundred and one beds in eleven wards.
Then, on the 1st January
1995, the status and functions of the general hospital, Owerri changed
with it’s take over by the federal government as a special hospital and
renamed it the federal medical centre, Owerri. The responsibility of the
centre includes the provision of advanced and specialized medical and
surgical services to patients. It also provides for research and
training, diagnose disease, treat and rehabilitate the patients. They
recognize the patient’s needs for independence privacy and awareness in
relationship to his or her illness and in intelligent application of the
diagnostic and preventive measure to individual patient needs.
1.2 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
(i) To establish what the present situation is in medical libraries in terms of funding in the period under view,
(ii)
To make recommendations on how to overcome inadequate funding and the
problem associated with running of medical libraries with special
attention given to Federal Medical Centre, Owerri.
(iii) To suggest alternative source of funding for medical libraries.
(iv) To recommend alternative to trained the staff in full exploitation of the resources of the library.
(v) To identify the types of services provided by medical libraries to health workers.
1.3 SCOPE OF STUDY
This
research is restricted to the funding of Federal Medical Centre,
Owerri. The major emphasis is on identifying the funding problem
associated with medical libraries.
The researcher limited his work to this institution as a result of time constraint.
Another reason for selecting this institution is to carryout a through work that will stand the test of time.
1.4 AIMS AND PURPOSE
This
study is aimed at fulfilling the requirement for the award of Higher
National Diploma in Library and information science. It is also intended
to provide useful information for any body carrying out research on
this area of study.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]Libraries help to institution to achieve their goals and the fulfillment of the enormous task is depend on the adequate funding of the libraries to ensure the realization of the goals and objectives of the libraries.In fact, the issue of funding medical libraries has been a typical for virtually everyone engages in the education. Against the background of the state of funding as it affected federal medical centre, Owerri was reviewed with the view of identifying problems encounter there in.For m ... Continue reading---
