Introduction: The Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) 2010 Statement demands that randomized controlled trials (RCTs) be initially identified as a randomized trial in the title of the article. A comparative study between Japan and the United States investigated whether the words “randomized controlled trial” were identified accurately in the titles of articles. Methods: Literature published in Japan and the United States between 1983 and 2012 was searched using Ichushi-Web ver. 5 (Japanese medical bibliographic database), and PubMed, respectively. First, the total number of articles tagged as an RCT according to publication type or study design was investigated. Second, the number of articles that contained “random,” etc., in their titles was determined. Results: The literature sample consisted of 13,847 articles published in Japan and tagged as an RCT study design and 158,152 articles published in the United States and tagged as an RCT publication type. There were 1,364 articles published in Japan with RCT study design tags and titles that contained RCT-related terms, whereas there were 33,469 ar ticles published in the United States with RCT publication type tags and titles that contained RCT-related terms. Conclusions: The ratios of articles with titles containing RCT-related terms for articles with an RCT study design or publication type tag have increased in Japan and the United States. However, the number of articles initially identified as RCTs remains somewhat small. Thus, the reporting of RCTs does not fully comply with the CONSORT 2010 statements and requires further improvement.

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A workshop on Instructional Design was held for the staff members of medical libraries. The workshop was performed in conformity with the ADDIE model after investigating the needs of the par ticipants beforehand. The participants attending the lecture learned and gained experience with ID theory. They were greatly satisfied with the workshop.

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This report describes the situation surrounding the creation, provision and usage of electronic learning materials in the medical schools in Japan. It then discusses the conflicts and solutions arising between such learning materials and copyright laws or guidelines provided by copyright holders. Finally, it notes some future aspects and supporting activities of medical libraries that are needed by users.

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Price increases for scholarly journals have been discussed from various perspectives since the 1970s. Numerous attempts have been made to generate some degree of success, but these attempts have not yielded any effective means. The present text sheds light on the trends of major publishers and explains the specific market structure, focusing on continuous price increases for scholarly journals. Some topics surrounding recent scholarly journals are also examined. Finally, the standpoints and roles of medical librarians regarding price increases are presented.

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Digitization has changed the meaning of physical materials. It has also changed the use of librar y space, including bookshelves. New navigation methods that enable more flexible access to physical materials are needed. Three elements are necessary for determining such navigation: 1) location of the material, 2) position of the user, and 3) navigation item, with a one-to-one correspondence to the user. In this paper, a web-through-navigation model is proposed. The rack number is used as the material location. As the user starting point, some specific points are set within the library. The navigation system (on the web) consists of the material location, user starting position, and the course information that connects these two points. User access to the web-navigation system is through their own mobile terminals. This model works as a stand-alone and can also cooperate with OPAC. The navigation level is easy to control, and the barrier to introduction is low. As a next step, cooperation with library system venders and bookshelf manufacturers will be essential.

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Shizuoka Prefecture Ogasa-gun, Daito-cho (now Kakegawa City) is the birthplace of university founder Yayoi Yoshioka, and the Tokyo Women’s Medical University Daito Librar y was opened within the School of Nursing Daito campus in 1998 . At the Daito campus, 90 students are learning the basics of first-year nursing. Since 2006, a librarian has been responsible for teaching one annual compulsory subject entitled, “Information science exercises I.” We review the lecture content that matches the challenge themes that are given to the students by their teachers. Collaboration with teachers could perform the lecture suitable for the student’s purpose. As a result, the effect which raises a student’s greediness for learning was acquired. Here, we report the results of the collaborative learning support to date. While our librar y is small, I believe that this is a benefit, enabling the provision of a service that meets the needs of the library’s users. Stereotypes of libraries need to be changed, and we want to make library space which can produce the free and new way of thinking like Learning Commons. In addition, we hope to build trust and deepen cooperation with teachers and students. We hope to advance collaborative learning support systems.

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To support users at the hospital campus, the Kyushu University Medical Librar y has held various workshops, such as guidance for new students, customized workshops for students and faculties, and database workshops. In recent years, the number of workshops and participants has increased. However, a certain number of users have difficulty participating in such workshops because of their research and Beyond the Workshop: Support of Users at Kyushu University Medical Library Rui KAJIWARA, Mami SHIOTA, Maimi MIYAJIMA Kyushu University Medical Library. Maidashi3-1-1, Higashiku, Fukuoka-City, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan work schedule. As a solution, we have attempted to record workshops, use mailing lists, and create web guides.

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This document analyzes literature demands based on data from ILL requests at the Nagasaki University Medical Library from FY 2004 to FY 2012. The Division of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, issued the most requests, followed by the Department of Dermatology and the First Department of Internal Medicine.Requests from laboratories in Clinical Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, accounted for about 40 percent of all requests. Frequently appearing words in the text data of journal titles were totaled using MeCab and Python. As a result, “surgery” and “nursing” appeared frequently. The requested years were also compared with the article publication dates. Articles from the last three years accounted for about 40 percent of all the articles, while articles from the last ten years accounted for about 70 percent. Thus, the demand for recent literature is relatively high. Among the requests with canceled applications, many articles were possessed by the Sakamoto campus (medical campus) or were articles appearing in e-journals.

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A survey of actual practices was conducted to examine what was needed for nurses to continue developing as problem-solving professionals incorporating new knowledge from reliable state-of-the-art literature. A selfadministered questionnaire was completed by 75 nurses working at 4 hospitals operated by the Japan Association for the Development of Community Medicine. Reference searches could be performed through the hospital LAN at all 4 hospitals. The results of the questionnaire revealed the following: 1) The frequency of access was such that the retrieval of information for resolving nursing issues could hardly be called active, although attempts to utilize online resources in search of evidence or establishing rationale were seen. 2) Study experience in reference searches/information retrieval during nursing school was noted by 40.9％ of the respondents, and wishes for workshops on this subject that were submitted by many of the respondents indicated a need to incorporate this topic into continuing nursing education programs. 3) Training methods call for the systematic coverage of information technology literacy tailored to the needs of nurses. 4) Needs to account for the convenience of the user, the development of query functions for particular database/search engines that are being used, and the training of instructors to convey skills for reference searches and information retrieval were identified.

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