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Using the internet: easier said than done. Information literacy in the library
Get PDFSince 1993, the CRO library has organized training courses on the use of information resources for the institute staff. However, recently the need to revise the proposals for meeting the educational needs of the scientific and clinical staff has arisen. A practical approach was adopted: planning short weekly lessons focused on practical learning of a single instrument at a time. The course structure included a minimum number of lessons whose attendance was compulsory to be chosen on the basis of individual professional interests of learners. With this approach, all instruments were compared and contextualized within a precise wider documentary search methodology. From the evaluation forms and “narrative” feedback, it has emerged that both courses were perceived as “relevant” for increasing attendants’ professional skills and had a positive impact on their professional practice
Letter from the President
Get PDFDear Colleagues,Over the past couple of years, EAHIL has become a signatory to, or member of, various initiatives topromote access to information. I’d like to use this letter to summarise the initiatives so that EAHIL members see some of the “behind the scenes” activities of the Association, and also I hope that by outlining the initiatives you could also help promote them among your own colleagues and local networks, to raise awareness and support
Lviv National Medical University Scientific Library – a history of the library
Get PDFThe history of the library began in 1939 when the Medical Faculty was separated from Lviv University and became the Lviv State Medical University. The history of the library is closely connected with the name of Stanislav Henry Badeni in whose house it is still situated. Today the library is being transformed from a subunit of the University which provides students and scientists with the necessary literature into a powerful research and information cente
A match made in EAHIL+ICAHIS+ICLC 2015 – experiences of a research-minded initiative at the Workshop in Edinburgh
Get PDFA match made in EAHIL+ICAHIS+ICLC 2015 - a combination of handouts, a bulletin board and some post-it-notes, announcements in Facebook and Twitter, and a workshop session - was an initiative at the EAHIL+ICAHIS+ICLC 2015 Workshop in Edinburgh. As members of the International Programme Committee (IPC) the authors formed a sub-group that organized a possibility for the workshop delegates to find partners for their research projects
National Library of Medicine report for EAHIL
Get PDFFuture of the National Library of MedicineWhile we were hard at work at the Edinburgh Workshop, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Advisory Committee to the Director (ACD) met on June 11 to share and highlight its finalreport and recommendations on the future of the National Library of Medicine (NLM). The overarching recommendations in the report will position NLM to capitalize on current andfuture opportunities and to emerge as a unifying force in biomedicine that promotes and accelerates knowledge generation, dissemination, and understanding in the UnitedStates and internationally
Publications and new products
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“E-Day” in Bern: promoting e-resources through an all-day event
Get PDFFor the first time a joint event between the library, the Medical Faculty and external partners was held at the medical library of Bern University. With a combination of promotional and social activities and information skills taster sessions the library tried to raise awareness of e-resources and increase their use