Journal of EAHIL
Not a member yet
496 research outputs found
Sort by
Report from the European Veterinary Libraries Group (EVLG)
Get PDFThe European Veterinary Libraries Group (EVLG) is planning and working as part of the workforce for the 8th International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists (ICAHIS) day, which will be..
Adoption of Web 2.0 tools among STM publishers. How social are scientific journals?
Get PDFThe use of social media has increased dramatically among scientific researchers, due to their free availability and ease of use. Consequently, publishers have now embraced Web 2.0 features to promote and share the content of their publications and to enhance their visibility and use, as these Web tools are a powerful marketing and promotion channel. Publishers also aim to create a closer relationship with their audience by providing tools to facilitate communication between users of their platforms. Due to the rapid evolution of Web 2.0 technologies, there is little data available on the adoption of these tools among publishers. The purpose of this study is to examine the availability of social media tools by science publishers
News from NLM. National Library of Medicine report for EAHIL
No full textGreetings. I thought it would be appropriate to begin this inaugural News Update with a brief overview of the US National Library of Medicine (NLM). With this piece, I’m giving you a “big picture” view of the Library, but you are welcome and encouraged to delve deeper into the history and..
Medical bookplate collection in Lithuanian Library of Medicine
Get PDFThis paper is a short history of the medical bookplate collection in the Lithuanian Library of Medicine (LLM). The first LLM’s exhibition of bookplate on medical theme was held in 1994. It was an international exhibition-competition dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Library. 39 authors from 16 countries participated, exhibition catalogue “Lithuanian Medicine” was issued. Ten years later the second exhibition was dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the LLM. In November 2014 the third medical bookplate exhibition was opened and an exhibition catalogue “Lithuanian Medicine. 2014” was issued. LLM now has a nice medical bookplate collection, which contains approximately 600 pieces. Collection includes works from more than 100 Lithuanian and 16 foreign authors. The article aim is to introduce the collection and encourage others to share their experience of collection-forming
Letter from the President
Get PDFDear Colleagues, with 2015 we begin a new two-year cycle in the life of our Association, and I would like to use this letter to thank those who have just finished their terms of office, and welcome those who are new or continuing in roles for this next period...Â
Take a look! Collected during December 2014 to February 2015
No full textThe goal of this section is to have a look at references from non-medical librarian journals, but interesting for medical librarians (for lists and TOC’s alerts from medical librarian journals, see:http://www.chu-rouen.fr/documed/eahil67.html). Acknowledgement to Informed Librarian Onlin
PUBLICATIONS AND NEW PRODUCTS
Get PDFDear Colleagues,I love the seasons and look forward to peeking under a pile of winter leaves to discover new shoots poking through in flowerbeds in the spring. Spring means innovation, new experiences. How can this apply to librarians? Day by day they move on to difficult tasks, facing transformation and new frontiers, and the best way to support them is keeping them updated with the best available high quality and interesting news.....
NEWS FROM US MLA. US Medical Library Association report for EAHIL
No full textFocus on MLA ’15: “Librarians Without Limits”, Texas, USA, 15-20 May 2015The US Medical Library Association Annual Meeting will be held in Austin, Texas this year. Austin is the capital city of Texas, though perhaps less well known to many Europeans than some of the other Texan cities such as Dallas or Houston. Even if you..
Expanding the librarian camp-craft and skill set: Boot Camps for science and health librarians
Get PDFOver the past decade, “Boot Camps” have become popular among research librarians as an alternative to traditionalprofessional development venues, such as conferences. Boot Camps provide an intense immersion on current topicsof interest as well as an opportunity for onsite learning in the presence of faculty, researchers, students, and otherlibrary patrons
Web resources scientific libraries of medical universities in Ukraine: a comparative analysis
Get PDFSeventeen Ukrainian medical university libraries websites were analysed. Web resources of these libraries can be divided according to the type and character of resources into the 3 categories: own libraries web resources, library website as part of a university website, single page with information about the library on the university website.The information for library users is most fully presented on individual sites of libraries. Content management systems are generally used to create sites. Most of the web resources of the Ukrainian scientific university libraries require a periodical updating of their resources, availability of on-line information and services