摘要：In addition to the continued growth in the availability of the electronic versions of print-based journals and monographs, the 2000s witnessed the emergence of new web-based resources that did not have print counterparts, taking advantage of broader Internet access, increased searchability, and the ability to frequently update resources. The main challenge for health sciences libraries now, as in the print era, is to use their budgets to build the most effective collection of now electronic-based resources to meet their users' needs. This shifting from paper-based to electronic, web-based resources in health sciences libraries is now almost complete. The 2013/14 Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) Annual Statistics reported that 94.7% of the total collection development expenditures were spent on electronic resources.
