Research networking and the role of the medical librarian.

Medical librarians work collaboratively across all units and missions of academic medical centers. One area where librarians can provide key expertise is in the building and maintenance of Research Information Management Systems (RIMS). At Penn State, the RIMS implementation team has included a medical librarian, research administrators and marketing staff from the College of Medicine (CoM) since its inception in 2016. As our peer institutions implemented or expanded their own RIMS systems, the CoM team has responded to their questions regarding details about the Penn State RIMS instance. The goal of this commentary is to describe how the CoM team has worked collaboratively within Penn State to address questions related to research output, with special emphasis on details pertaining to questions from other institutions.

Base de datos MaFiMed relacionada con el pensamiento de José Martí y de Fidel Castro sobre temas de medicina y de salud / MaFiMed database related to the thought of José Martí and Fidel Castro about medicine and health topics

Las bases de datos se derivan de la necesidad de disponer de información sintetizada y así minimizar los tiempos del acceso a datos de interés temáticos. En el ámbito de la medicina, la búsqueda y la recuperación de material documental en bases de datos de información médica resulta un ejercicio complejo que lleva tiempo, a causa de la saturación en la difusión de la producción científica. En Cuba son escasas las iniciativas en tipo de recursos que permitan a los profesionales de la salud obtener una información sobre figuras históricas que en su capacidad intelectual manifestaron criterios y reflexiones sobre la medicina y la salud, como José Martí Pérez y Fidel Castro Ruz. Es objetivo del presente artículo exponer las fases de creación en la Biblioteca Médica Nacional de la base de datos MaFiMed, que recopila el pensamiento de Martí y de Fidel referido a las temáticas médicas y de la salud(AU)

Databases have derived from the need for available synthesized information, thus minimizing the time spent accessing theme data of interest. In the framework of medicine, the search and retrieval of document material from medical information databases is both complex and time-consuming, due to the saturation in the dissemination of scientific production. Few initiatives have been put forth in Cuba concerning resource types enabling health professionals to obtain information about intellectually outstanding historical figures who have stated criteria and reflections about medicine and health, as is the case with José Martí Pérez and Fidel Castro Ruz. The purpose of the present paper is to describe the stages in the development of the MaFiMed database at the National Medical Library. This database is a collection of thoughts by Martí and Fidel about medical and health topics(AU)

[Informational alphabetization tool directed to people who work in the medical sciences libraries in Artemisa province, Cuba]. / Herramienta de alfabetización informacional dirigida a bibliotecarios de ciencias médicas en la provincia de Artemisa, Cuba.

The performance of librarians in the medical sciences is enhanced by identifying their training needs through the use of an information literacy tool. We performed this study between 2016 and 2017 with the staff of the medical libraries network at Artemisa province in Cuba. In the first stage of the study we assessed the initial state of the staff's information literacy, and in a second stage, we used empiri-cal and theoretical methods to propose an information literacy tool in digital format. The methodology used was based on educational software. The tool will contribute to enhancing the performance of librarians working in the network of medical libraries in the prov-ince of Artemisa, Cuba.

El logro de este proceso informacional en la salud se encuentra centrado en el personal bibliotecario, por lo que resulta necesario fortalecer su desempeño en correspondencia con la identificación de sus necesidades de aprendizaje mediante la aplicación de una herramienta de alfabetización informacional en la provincia de Artemisa, Cuba durante el curso del período 2016-2017. Se realizó una investigación organizada por dos momentos y, con el empleo de métodos empíricos y teóricos, se propuso una herramienta de alfabetización informacional en soporte digital. La metodología utilizada se basó en un medio de enseñanza-aprendizaje de tipo software educativo. La herramienta contribuirá a la calidad en el desempeño del personal que labora en la red de bibliotecas médicas de la provincia de Artemisa.

Herramienta de alfabetización informacional dirigida a bibliotecarios de ciencias médicas en la provincia de Artemisa, Cuba / Informational alphabetization tool directed to people who work in the medical sciences libraries in Artemisa province, Cuba

Resumen El logro de este proceso informacional en la salud se encuentra centrado en el personal bibliotecario, por lo que resulta necesario fortalecer su desempeño en correspondencia con la identificación de sus necesidades de aprendizaje mediante la aplicación de una herramienta de alfabetización informacional en la provincia de Artemisa, Cuba durante el curso del período 2016-2017. Se realizó una investigación organizada por dos momentos y, con el empleo de métodos empíricos y teóricos, se propuso una herramienta de alfabetización informacional en soporte digital. La metodología utilizada se basó en un medio de enseñanza-aprendizaje de tipo software educativo. La herramienta contribuirá a la calidad en el desempeño del personal que labora en la red de bibliotecas médicas de la provincia de Artemisa.

Abstract The performance of librarians in the medical sciences is enhanced by identifying their training needs through the use of an information literacy tool. We performed this study between 2016 and 2017 with the staff of the medical libraries network at Artemisa province in Cuba. In the first stage of the study we assessed the initial state of the staff's information literacy, and in a second stage, we used empiri-cal and theoretical methods to propose an information literacy tool in digital format. The methodology used was based on educational software. The tool will contribute to enhancing the performance of librarians working in the network of medical libraries in the prov-ince of Artemisa, Cuba.

[Fifty years of services of biomedical information in health documentation centers in Puebla, Mexico]. / Cincuenta años de los servicios de información biomédica en centros de documentación en salud de Puebla.

Librarian and information services focused on supporting research, teaching, and health care are vital for the generation of new knowledge and its application in health care, both by staff and students, helps to improve the quality of medical care. Therefore, in this article we expose an historical and social tour of 50 years of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social's library services in Puebla. From 1964 to 2014 occurred many events in the development of these services in our area, from the creation of a small space in the basement, to the implementation of spaces created deliberately to provide dignified service to all users, which is why this historical sketch is here as an acknowledgement to the first librarians who contributed to the training of specialists in Mexico.

Los servicios bibliotecarios y de información enfocados a apoyar la investigación, la docencia y la atención médica son de vital importancia para la generación de nuevos conocimientos y su aplicación en la atención médica por el personal del área de la salud, y los alumnos en proceso de formación, contribuye a mejorar la calidad de la atención médica. Por ello, en el presente artículo exponemos un recorrido histórico y social de 50 años de los servicios bibliotecarios del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social en Puebla. De 1964 a 2014 ocurrieron muchos sucesos en el desarrollo de estos servicios en nuestro medio, desde la creación de un espacio pequeño ubicado en el sótano, hasta un espacio establecido ex profeso para otorgar servicio digno a todos los usuarios, por lo que se muestra este bosquejo histórico como reconocimiento a aquellos primeros bibliotecarios que contribuyeron a la formación de especialistas en México.

The Institutionalization and Professionalization of the Medical Library in Puerto Rico: The Conrad F. Asenjo Library's Legacy.

The discourse about health in Puerto Rico has been constructed using the physician and hospital's perspective or a particular disease or epidemic. Thus far, this approach has not addressed the health library as an object of study. The origins and development of the Conrado F. Asenjo Library (CFAL) will be discussed. Before 1912, there were no medical libraries in Puerto Rico, only private collections. In 1914, the act that created the Institute of Tropical Medicine was amended to allocate funds for the purchase of books to support research in tropical diseases in Puerto Rico. The history of the CFA Library reflects its contribution to issues, concerns, development of research, and to the evolving paradigms in the health field in the Island. Historical documents, such as Bailey K. Ashford's personal papers located at the CFAL and Georgetown University Archives (GU) were evaluated. Institutional reports from the School of Tropical Medicine (STM) and articles published by Puerto Rican physicians such as Dr. Pedro Gutiérrez Igaravídez and Dr. Isaac González Martínez, affiliated to the Institute of Tropical Medicine, were also studied. Finally, references and bibliographies in articles published between 1912 and 1924 were evaluated and consulted to find additional sources.

Indización biomédica / Biomedical indexing

Se realiza una revisión bibliográfica donde se abordan aspectos y se sugieren textos que ayudan a la mejora del proceso de indización en la biblioteca de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Guantánamo. Realizar el proceso de indización con la calidad requerida es muy importante, por lo que se pone en sus manos toda la información necesaria que permite elevar el nivel de conocimiento de la persona que lleva a cabo esta actividad, equiparándolo de habilidades y destrezas fundamentales.(AU)

Dirección General Adjunta de Redes de Servicios de Salud: Potenciales Fuentes Informativas

Nota Nº 25-CEDOS-2009 dirigida a la Dirección General Adjunta de Redes de Servicios de Salud del Ministerio de Salud de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, junto al detalle de potenciales fuentes Informativas de esa Dirección, para el envío de literatura no convencional al Centro de Documentación en Salud de ese Ministerio (CEDOS). Se agregan los registros bibliográficos de literatura gris de esa Biblioteca a Junio de 2009, y el texto de la Resolución Nº 2619-MSGC, que establece que las dependencias deberán remitir al CEDOS la documentación producida por las distintas áreas del Ministerio.

A trajetória do periódico científico na Fundação Oswaldo Cruz: perspectivas da Biblioteca de Ciências Biomédicas / The trajectory of scientific periodicals at the Fundação Oswaldo Cruz: perspectives of the Biomedical Sciences Library

Descreve a formação do acervo de periódicos científicos da Biblioteca de Ciências Biomédicas da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Destaca a coleção de periódicos científicos raros, que se estende do século XVIII ao XX e contempla valiosos trabalhos na área das ciências biológicas e da saúde. Apresenta a criação da instituição por Oswaldo Cruz e a organização da biblioteca. Documenta o empenho da Biblioteca de Ciências Biomédicas em promover o acesso ao periódico científico em diferentes formatos tecnológicos.

The article describes the formation of the scientific periodicals collection of the Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Biomedical Sciences Library. It highlights the collection of rare scientific periodicals that extends from the 18th century to the 20th and encompasses valuable works in the biological sciences and health fields. The work also includes the creation of the institute by Oswaldo Cruz and the organization of the Library and documents the efforts of the Biomedical Sciences Library to promote access to scientific periodicals in different technological formats.

[Scientific information, medical education and health policies: the Pan-American Health Organization and the creation of the Regional Library of Medicine--Bireme]. / Informação científica, educação médica e políticas de saúde: a Organização Pan-Americana da Saúde e a criação da Biblioteca Regional de Medicina--Bireme.

This article examines the creation and the first years of functioning of the Regional Library of Medicine (Biblioteca Regional de Medicina--Bireme--PAHO), today Latin-American Center for Information in Health Sciences, during 1963-1982. In the course of this analysis, Bireme is being characterized as both an apparatus and an arena for negotiation present in the most general processes of development expressed in international cooperation, information in science and technology, health policies and in the movement for expansion and reform of medical teaching. The narrative has as initial landmark the conception of a regional library of medicine for Latin America according to a model proposed by the National Library of Medicine. The article qualifies the first years of Bireme's existence as the history of the reception of this model, a trajectory that reflected the criticism of that time against the way the health care services were organized and their human resources were educated. Finally, beginning in 1976, a new model resulted in a real modification of Bireme's programmatic agenda, implying in very distinct contributions for the functioning of the regime of information in health sciences in force in Brazil and Latin America.

Informação científica, educação médica e políticas de saúde: a Organização Pan-Americana da Saúde e a criação da Biblioteca Regional de Medicina - Bireme / Scientific information, medical education and health policies: the Pan-American Health Organization and the creation of the Regional Library of Medicine - Bireme

O artigo examina a gênese e os primeiros anos de funcionamento da Biblioteca Regional de Medicina (Bireme - OPAS), hoje Centro Latino-Americano e do Caribe de Informação em Ciências da Saúde, no período compreendido entre 1963 e 1982. Ao fazê-lo, caracteriza a Bireme, simultaneamente, como aparato e como arena de negociação, inscrita nos processos mais gerais do desenvolvimento, da cooperação internacional, da informação em C&T, das políticas de saúde e do movimento de expansão e reforma do ensino médico. A narrativa tem como marco inicial a concepção de uma biblioteca regional de medicina para a América Latina, segundo um modelo proposto pela National Library of Medicine. Em seguida, o artigo caracteriza a trajetória inicial da Bireme como sendo a história da recepção deste modelo, percurso que refletiu os processos de crítica, no período, às formas pelas quais se davam a organização de serviços de atenção à saúde e a formação de seus recursos humanos. Indica que, a partir de 1976, um novo modelo resultou em efetiva modificação da agenda programática da Bireme, implicando aportes radicalmente distintos ao funcionamento do regime de informação em ciências da saúde vigente no Brasil e na América Latina.

This article examines the creation and the first years of functioning of the Regional Library of Medicine (Biblioteca Regional de Medicina - Bireme - PAHO), today Latin-American Center for Information in Health Sciences, during 1963-1982. In the course of this analysis, Bireme is being characterized as both an apparatus and an arena for negotiation present in the most general processes of development expressed in international cooperation, information in science and technology, health policies and in the movement for expansion and reform of medical teaching. The narrative has as initial landmark the conception of a regional library of medicine for Latin America according to a model proposed by the National Library of Medicine. The article qualifies the first years of Bireme's existence as the history of the reception of this model, a trajectory that reflected the criticism of that time against the way the health care services were organized and their human resources were educated. Finally, beginning in 1976, a new model resulted in a real modification of Bireme's programmatic agenda, implying in very distinct contributions for the functioning of the regime of information in health sciences in force in Brazil and Latin America.

[A 'library without walls': a history of the creation of Bireme]. / Uma 'biblioteca sem paredes': história da criação da Bireme.

Approaching from the framework of social, political, and economic contexts, the article analyzes the process involved in creation of the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (Bireme). The period in question coincides with the consolidation of US influence in the West, between the 1950s and 1970s. A recovery and examination of reference documents and testimonies permits a discussion of the issues involved in setting up what was first known as the Regional Library of Medicine, an initiative in cultural and scientific integration that was highly influential in Latin American health sciences. The article offers reflections on the historical development of the institution as an initiative of the Pan American Health Organization and its subsequent role.

Informatización de la red de bibliotecas de las unidades de la atención primaria en Cuba / Automation of the library network in Cuban primary health care units

Se aborda el proceso de informatización de las bibliotecas de los policlínicos de la red de la atención primaria de salud en Cuba. Se trata la interrelación: salud-atención primaria-información, el crecimiento de esta última y la necesidad nacional de transformar las bibliotecas de los policlínicos para lograr llevar la información disponible en Infomed las unidades de información situadas en la atención primaria. Se describen las actividades fundamentales relacionadas con la implantación de las bibliotecas de nuevo tipo en los policlínicos, a saber: distribución de los equipos y el mobiliario, capacitación de los recursos humanos y elaboración de los lineamientos y principios, que rigen la actividad de esta clase de instituciones de información en el país

A biblioteca científica e o processo de busca de informação por pacientes / Scientific library and information search by patients

Vários momentos marcaram a história da comunicação e da informação. A “era da informação” introduziu uma nova dimensão no âmbito da manutenção do bem-estar e no tratamento das doenças, e também um novo enfoque ao paciente, que passa a ser um cliente/consumidor. Os pacientes desejam mais informações sobre a doença e buscam um maior envolvimento no processo de tomada de decisões. Em conseqüência, ocorreram mudanças nas demandas por informações pelos pacientes, com vistas à qualidade do atendimento. O aumento no número de pesquisas realizadas por clientes no setor de referência da Biblioteca Central, proporcionou a necessidade de conhecer melhor esta demanda de informações.Uma busca inicial em alguns hospitais e laboratórios da cidade de São Paulo, observou-se que quase não existem serviços de informações voltados aos pacientes. Assim, o presente estudo tem como objetivo geral conhecer o processo de busca, pelo paciente, por informações científicas em bibliotecas na área da saúde. A pesquisa consiste em um estudo exploratório com enfoque qualitativo, tendo sido entrevistados clientes do setor de referência da Biblioteca Central da UNIFESP e de um hospital particular da cidade de São Paulo que buscam informações sobre sua própria doença ou de seu familiares. Foram também estudados, por meio de um questionário, pacientes com doenças crônicas atendidos no complexo do Hospital São Paulo. Como resultados, observou-se que as demandas dos pacientes por informações científicas voltavam-se para problemas específicos de saúde, sendo motivadas por lacunas nas informações fornecidas pelos médicos assistentes. O “cliente informado” passou a estabelecer um novo tipo de relação com seus médicos, geralmente de competição, mas também ocasionalmente de confronto. Os pacientes preferiram utilizar materiais de consulta com características mais gerais, valorizando a clareza do texto não científico. Pacientes não usuários de bibliotecas também valorizavam informações, mostrando-se dispostos a procurar um serviço, caso existisse. A disponibilização de informações científicas para pacientes é um compromisso social da Universidade, representando um importante recurso de “empowerment” da população que a procura.

Medical library - Then and Now

The paper traces the Medical Library's growth, development and its relationship with the Faculty of Medical Sciences (FMS), researchers and other users pursuing their teaching, research and patient care. The information is analyzed, synthesized and organized from the Annual Reports of the Vice Chancellor, Principal, Libraries, various Departments in the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Office of Planning, Institutional Research, and the Web Pages of University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica.

Medical Library - then and now

The paper traces the Medical Library's growth, development and its relationship with the Faculty of Medical Sciences (FMS), researchers and other users pursuing their teaching, research and patient care. The information is analyzed, synthesized and organized from the annual reports of the Vice Chancellor, Principal, Libraries, various Departments in the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Office of Planning, Institutional Research, and the Web Pages of the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica (AU)

Medical library--then and now.

The paper traces the Medical Library's growth, development and its relationship with the Faculty of Medical Sciences (FMS), researchers and other users pursuing their teaching, research and patient care. The information is analyzed, synthesized and organized from the Annual Reports of the Vice Chancellor, Principal, Libraries, various Departments in the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Office of Planning, Institutional Research, and the Web Pages of University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica.