Our Vision:
To be a center of excellence through:
- Providing the best information services to our users
- Facilitating access to information resources to students and faculty members
- Providing pleasant atmosphere and appropriate facilities to students and faculty members
- Teaching and enhancing the effective use of information resources to students and faculty members
- Being responsive to our users' information needs
Our Mission:
Recognizing the information needs of our local community
Supporting our educational, research, and cultural objectives through satisfying the information needs of our faculty members, students, and other personnel
Goals:
Retrieving rich, relevant and up-to-date resources in all formats appropriate to the information needs of the university
Organizing the resources to facilitate accessibility
Developing electronic services to our customers
Providing sufficient physical and appropriate facilities to use library resources
History:
The library of the School of Health Management and Information sciences was founded in 1977 with 2500 volumes of books collected merely for one major: “librarianship”. Currently, the library holds 10878 books in English and Persian, 1438 theses and dissertations, 16 Journals in Persian, and 45 Journals in English. Databases, such as Scopus, Ovid, and Science direct are accessible through electronic library.
The School of Health Management and Information Sciences offers courses for higher education in Health Economics (MSc & PhD), Health Management in Disasters and Emergencies (MSc & PhD), Medical Librarianship and Information Sciences (MSc & PhD), Medical Informatics (MSc & PhD), Health Information Management (PhD), Health Information Technology (MSc), Health services Management (MSc & PhD), Health policy (PhD) , Health Technology Assessment (MSc), Futures Studies in Health (PhD) and Medical Journalism (MSc). All related books are available at the library.
Our records/ resources are classified in LCC, and a comprehensive software system, AZARSA, is used for organizing and retrieving resources.
Access to Data Banks:
All patrons can access 18 data banks and electronic journals through Iran University of Medical Sciences Central Library.
- School of Health Management and Information Sciences, No. 6, Rashid Yasemi St. Vali –e Asr Ave, Tehran, Iran.
- P.code: 1995614111
- Tel: +98 (21) 88195138, +98(21)88794301 Ext: 124
- Fax: +98 (21) 88883334
- Website: https://en-shmis.iums.ac.ir