[Medical Heritage Library - The world's largest digital medical library]. / Medical Heritage Library - La plus grande bibliothèque médicale numérique du monde.

TITLE: Medical Heritage Library - La plus grande bibliothèque médicale numérique du monde. ABSTRACT: À l'heure où l'accès libre et gratuit aux ressources numériques est devenu un enjeu majeur, le but de cette présentation est d'introduire le lecteur à la visite de deux outils informatiques incontournables : la bibliothèque numérique Medica fondée en France dès 2000 et la Medical Heritage Library, premier consortium nord-américain mondial regroupant l'essentiel des ressources en histoire de la médecine tombées dans le domaine public.

Health sciences libraries in Germany: new directions.

This feature is part of a series about medical library services in various countries. It gives an overview of the state of and selected current developments of medical library services to support research, education and clinical practice in Germany. Findings from an online survey and issues of access to health information are discussed in relation to the German health care system.J.M.

International Trends in Health Science Librarianship Part 19: The Balkan States (Bulgaria and Croatia).

This is the 19th in a series of articles exploring international trends in health science librarianship in the 21st century. The focus of the present issue is the Balkan Region (Bulgaria and Croatia). The next regular feature column will investigate two other Balkan states - Serbia and Slovenia. JM.

La Bibloteca del doctor Corachan, Catálogo del Fondo Corachan de la Biblioteca de Montserrat / No disponible

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Assessing availability of scientific journals, databases, and health library services in Canadian health ministries: a cross-sectional study.

BACKGROUND: Evidence-informed health policymaking logically depends on timely access to research evidence. To our knowledge, despite the substantial political and societal pressure to enhance the use of the best available research evidence in public health policy and program decision making, there is no study addressing availability of peer-reviewed research in Canadian health ministries. OBJECTIVES: To assess availability of (1) a purposive sample of high-ranking scientific journals, (2) bibliographic databases, and (3) health library services in the fourteen Canadian health ministries. METHODS: From May to October 2011, we conducted a cross-sectional survey among librarians employed by Canadian health ministries to collect information relative to availability of scientific journals, bibliographic databases, and health library services. Availability of scientific journals in each ministry was determined using a sample of 48 journals selected from the 2009 Journal Citation Reports (Sciences and Social Sciences Editions). Selection criteria were: relevance for health policy based on scope note information about subject categories and journal popularity based on impact factors. RESULTS: We found that the majority of Canadian health ministries did not have subscription access to key journals and relied heavily on interlibrary loans. Overall, based on a sample of high-ranking scientific journals, availability of journals through interlibrary loans, online and print-only subscriptions was estimated at 63%, 28% and 3%, respectively. Health Canada had a 2.3-fold higher number of journal subscriptions than that of the provincial ministries' average. Most of the organisations provided access to numerous discipline-specific and multidisciplinary databases. Many organisations provided access to the library resources described through library partnerships or consortia. No professionally led health library environment was found in four out of fourteen Canadian health ministries (i.e. Manitoba Health, Northwest Territories Department of Health and Social Services, Nunavut Department of Health and Social Services and Yukon Department of Health and Social Services). CONCLUSIONS: There is inequity in availability of peer-reviewed research in the fourteen Canadian health ministries. This inequity could present a problem, as each province and territory is responsible for formulating and implementing evidence-informed health policies and services for the benefit of its population.

Collective amnesia: reversing the global epidemic of addiction library closures.

Special libraries in the addiction field have been downsized or closed at an alarming rate during the past decade. This editorial describes what is happening, why,and what can be done to prevent further erosion of contemporary and historical records so vital to an interdisciplinary field.

Implementación de una biblioteca en una facultad de medicina según requerimientos básicos para la educación médica / Implementation of a library in a medical school according to basic student requirements

Todos los métodos de enseñanza biomédicos requieren para ser realmente efectivos que el estudiante desarrolle su autoaprendizaje. Para esto es necesario disponer de una biblioteca bien implementada que permita acceder al estudio personal. Se describe el estado actual de una biblioteca de medicina de la Universidad de Chile, comparando el material existente con lo solicitado por los directores de departamentos y que ellos consideran básico para la enseñanza de pregrado y postgrado de sus respectivas asignaturas. En el trabajo se observó que existe sólo un 10,4 por ciento de correlación y que los textos existentes son escasos y antiguos (hasta 19 años). El número de volúmenes por alumnos es insuficiente