Standards in Health Library Infrastructure for Post-Graduate Medical Training Accreditation

Abstract

For too long the health library has been seen as a low priority in hospital budgets when competing with clinical and environmental services. During my training and locum work visiting many hospital libraries, I found the physical space and staffing of library are unrelated to hospital sizes, although libraries in smaller hospitals tend to be lacklustre and often a small room at the far end of the campus, with limited opening hours. The Canberra Hospital library with its impressive and accessible resources is the quintessence of a health library.