MEDICAL LIBRARY SERVICES

Brief History of the Department
The medical library is one of the oldest department in the hospital. A small mediaa
library was initially established in 1956. However, in August 1979, the World Heal
Organisation (W.H.O.) designated the Aro Hospital complex as a CollaboratingLentre
for Research and Training in Mental Health and Neurosciences. The need therefore
arose for a medical library of international standard to meet with the increased tempo
of academic activities in the hospital. Anew Library was completed and commissioned
in December, 1992.
Current Services Offered
All services expected of a standard library are carried out, ammong which are the
following:
Library Orientation: This is important for all new Library users Medical Students
on Psychiatry posting, Psychiatric Nursing Students, Basic General Nursing Students
on attachment and other students of various categories all benefit from the library
orientation programme.
Inter-library Loan: Where a particular publication is not stocked in the library, the
librarian may be able to borrow the item from another library.
Lending Service: Books, monographs and other material may be borrowed by the
staf, students and all other categories of trainees, visiting professors (Medical Scientists)
and bonafide dependants of the hospital personnel.
Current Awareness Service: This is to draw the attention of library users to current
materials (Journals/books etc) in circulation immediately the materials are released or
made public/available by publishers.