LIBRARY HOURS

Regular hours:
Monday through Thursday: 8:30 a.m.- 10:00 p.m.
Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Saturday: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Vacation hours:
Monday through Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Temporary changes will be posted in advance.

VISION STATEMENT

The vision of The University of the West Indies, Medical Sciences Library is that during the next five years:

 The Medical Sciences Library as an integral component of the University Libraries system, in accordance with its mission and values, will emerge as a team-based, environment-friendly, customer service-oriented, entrepreneurial, knowledge-based, and progressive component of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, St Augustine, and as a strategic resource within the University of the West Indies, the Nation of Trinidad and Tobago, and the Caribbean Region.

MISSION STATEMENT

 The central purpose and role of The University of the West Indies, Medical Sciences Library is defined as follows:

 The Medical Sciences Library encourages the growth and development of its staff, provides efficient and timely access to competitive, relevant and accurate information to its clients, and contributes proactively to the teaching and learning enterprise of the Faculty of Medical Sciences. The mission is realized through the development and leveraging of technology and staff expertise in the selection, acquisition, processing, preservation and dissemination of multi-faceted physical and virtual information resources, and in the provision of excellent access, reference, research and instructional services. 

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GENERAL INFORMATION

The Medical Sciences Library is located centrally in the Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Champs Fleurs, Trinidad and Tobago.

THE FACILITY The Library has a total floor area of 3,000 square metres, located on one level, with seating for 270. Special facilities include 4 seminar rooms as well as an audio-visual group-viewing room, each with seating for twenty-five (25) persons. There is also a Training Room equipped to facilitate activities related to the Library’s Information Literacy Programme.

STOCK 34,850 books, 536 current journal and 2 newspaper subscriptions, 6,900 bound serial volumes, electronic resources, over 1,100 multimedia items. The collection is classified according to the US National Library Medicine Classification (NLM) scheme. There are 2 special collections: (1) West Indian Medical Collection; (2) PAHO Collection.

CLIENTELE There are approximately 2,359 registered users, which include Faculty of Medical Sciences (FMS) and other UWI staff/ students, Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex (EWMSC) staff, private healthcare practitioners, special groups and institutions.

MEDCARIB NETWORK The MEDCARIB database is a cooperative product of the English-speaking Caribbean countries participating in the MEDCARIB Network and coordinated by the Regional Coordinating Centre for the project located at the Medical Library, The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus in Jamaica. The database contains bibliographic citations of Health Science Literature produced in the English-speaking Caribbean. MEDCARIB covers health-related literature, which is produced by Caribbean authors, published regionally or pertinent to the Caribbean. Entries include books, chapters of books, journals, theses, official publications, conference papers, projects and technical reports. The objectives of the network are to enhance the capability of the English-speaking countries to collect, organize and index health-related literature in the participating countries; increase cooperation and resource sharing in the region and to create a database of health literature in the region. Documents, which satisfy the selection criteria, are indexed for inclusion in the local and regional databases. These materials are the English-speaking Caribbean’s contribution to the LILACS database, which is a cooperative product of the Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Information System.

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STAFF

LIBRARY STAFF
5 Professional Librarians; and 31 Administrative, Technical and Service staff.

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