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Proceedings of the third European Conference of Medical Libraries
Montpellier, France, September 23·26, 1992
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INFORMATION TRANSFER:
NEW AGE· NEW WAYS
Proceedings of the third European Conference of Medical Libraries
Montpellier, France, September 23-26, 1992
Suzanne Bakker
editor
Medical Faculty Librarian.
University 0/ Amsterdam.
Amsterdam. The Netherlands
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Monique Cleland
co-editor
Librarian. Medical Faculty.
Lausanne. Switzerland
with collaboration of
P.M. Belbenoit-Avich,l. Forget,
T.A. King, 1. Shaw, D. Stewart
on behalf of the
EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR
HEALTH INFORMATION AND LIBRARIES
Springer-Science+Business Media, B.V.
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European Conference of Medical Libraries (3rd : 1992 Montpel 1 ier,
France)
Information transfer, new age-new ways: proceedings of the third
European Conference of Medical Libraries, Montpel lier, France,
September 23-26, 1992 I by Suzanne Bakker, editor, Monique C.
Cleland, co-editor; with the collaboration of P.M. Belbenoit-Avich
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p. cm.
"European Association for Health Information and Libraries."
Inc 1u des indexes.
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DOI 10.1007/978-94-011-1668-8
1. Medical informatics--Congresses. 2. Medical 1 ibraries-
-Congresses. I. Bakker, Suzanne. II. Cleland, Monique C.
III. European Association for Health Information and Libraries.
IV. Title.
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CONTENTS
Foreword
M.C. Cleland xv
Conference committees xvii
Author addresses xix
Acknowledgements xxix
INFORMATION TRANSFER: NEW AGE -NEW WAYS
Information transfer: new age - new ways. Summary statement
S. Bakker 3
I. Medical inrormation: a world in evolution
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L'information medicale 1'h6pita1: revolution culturelle et linguistique
F. Gremy 5
The changing world of medical communication
EJ.Huth 11
Medical information, order or chaos : a global (European) view
J. Franklin 17
Health and information: rights and responsibilities
D. Avriel 23
II. New technology in inrormation transrer
Cost benefit analysis of new technology: a rational approach
S. Henin 29
Management of health sciences libraries in the twenty first century
L.M. Fortney 35
IIIJmplications or inrormation and inrormation transrer
The Roy Tabor Lecture on Medical Librarianship: Towards wise, knowledgeable and
informed purchasing of health services
C.Bentley 41
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vi Information Transfer: New Age - New Ways
Ethical aspects of medical information
A. N0klebye Heiberg 47
Perspectives for computers and medical education
P. Degoulet, M. Fieschi 52
.h SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION
1.1. Communication
Patterns of scientific communication: the role of informal literature
V. Alberani, P. De Castro Pietrangeli 61
Information transfer in biomedicine and a scientifically peripheral country: is the
two-way communication commensurate?
A. Bekavac, Z. Buneta 65
Le periodique scientifique medical
A. Joubert 69
MICForum -electronic networking
E. Kjellander, M.L. Hedenborg 72
The use of grey literature in scientific journals: criteria of evaluation
V. Alberani, P. De Castro Pietrangeli 76
Retrieval of biomedical publications presupposes the knowledge of both medical
language and bibliographical vocabularies
D. Bezsonoff 79
1.2 Quality assurance
Quality assurance in biomedical publications: quality of services in the health
information market
V. Pistotti 81
Medical information: can technology assure quality as well as coverage?
1. Tsafrir 85
2. LIBRARIANS HIP
2.1 Education and responsibility
Medical librarians: education and professional quality : strategy to improve
professional image, social status, self-esteem and job salaries
S. Bakker, G. Geertshuis, M. Mertens, 1. Sennekool, R. van Dieen, L. Blijdenstein 91
3rdECML vii
Les nouvelles technologies de l'information dans les bibliotheques medicales
en France: information et formation des personnels par les URFlST
G. FoUacci 95
New methods of information transfer and the medical librarian's
responsibilities: some ethical and legal issues for the profession
P. Morgan 99
Multi-cultural and multi-lingual dimensions for the education of the European
medical librarian
B. Aronson, V. Comba 103
Education for health information: new approaches
1.B. Hepworth 107
2.2 Users and their needs
Development of a library guidance system using interactive multimedia
A.M.K. Collins, P.S. Ward 111
Hypertext/Hypermedia application for library user orientation :
a new age - a new way
A.M. Tschida 115
The role of the librarian: today and tomorrow
M.C. Cleland 119
Using quantitative research to reshape a serials collection
P. Bonnett 123
2.3 End-user training
Resources and courses for second year medical students: an approach to
curriculum change
S. Godbolt, H. Hague, R. Wentz, N. Whitsed 127
Educating the adult user: gender issues
1. Yeoh 131
Management of contemporary end-user education in high bio-medical
information technologies
P. Mileva 135
Teaching of scientific information, documentation and communication
techniques in the Faculty of Pharmacy of Lyon
P. Bador, F. Locher, J. Gallezot 139
viii Information Transfer: New Age - New Ways
Introducing Medline to end-users in an academic environment Medical
Faculty and University Hospital
A. Luoma 142
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Formation I'utilisation des bases de donnees sur CD-ROM: experience de la
. Bibliotheque de 1a Facult6 de MMecine de l'Universit6 de Li~ge
N. Quinaux, M. Evraud, F. N~I 145
3. MEDICAL LIBRARIES
3.1 National cooperation
Non-university hospital medical libraries in Germany: east and west growing
together
I. Pawel 151
Croatia or how to cross the shining information threshold of Europe
J. Petrak 155
National programmes for promotion of efficient use of information technology
and their impact on libraries of medical schools
K.F. Kaltenbom 159
Czech National Health Information Network: history and programme
H. Pessrova 163
Italian biomedical libraries directory as a project for a European on-line
information
D.R. Chichi, G. Poppi 169
UK National Health Service Regional Librarians Group (NHS RLG)
P. Morgan, S. Godbolt 170
Current situation of biomedical libraries in Spain
L. Amat, E. Bacaicoa, M. Casado, M.A. Garcia, P.M. Latorre, M.I. Montes,
M.P. Ribes 173
3.2 Library cooperation
The creation of a network between the biomedical libraries of Catalonia (Spain)
L. Amat, I. Astals, T. Mas, C. Perez-Ventana, E. Salas, I. Valdivieso 177
La cooperation pour Ie tranfert de l'information
M.J.Imperatori 181
3rdECML ix
Reaching out - serving the unaffiliated health professional: the role of the
National Network of Libraries of Medicine
F.A. Meakin 185
Innovations in a traditional tool: a new catalogue of periodicals
M. Nardelli, L. Vercellesi, M. Zolezzi 189
3.3 International cooperation
SatelLife's HealthNet: the view from Africa
H. Atkinson Patrikios 191
National and international medical, health and social infonnation transfer
in Hungary
A.B. Fedinecz, A. Terebessy 195
Using new telecommunications technologies to bridge an information gap:
satellite-based document delivery between London and Warsaw
D. Kuzminski, T. McSean, P. Bonnett 199
4. LffiRARY SERVICES
4.1 A changing world
Medical infonnatics, microcomputer laboratories and the medical school
B.M. Doran 205
Problem based teaching: a challenge to the library
K.Friden 209
Breaking the neurotic loop or the management of change: what it can mean
to your library's future
R. Weitzel 213
4.2 New methods
Building the Ethnic Health File: a case history
J.O. Shaw, D. Miles 217
Interactive marketing of online and library services by on-site visits to
occupational health service centers in Sweden -a pilot project
V. Alton Lundberg, P. Olsson 221
The UK Clearing House for Infonnation on the Assessment of Health
Outcomes: infonnation transfer -research into action
L.M. Bate 225
x Information Transfer: New Age - New Ways
Infonnation transfer: new methods in the library
M. Fonnum, K. Halldal, K. W. Sandberg 229
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4.3 New services
New methods of infonnation access for health consumers: meeting the needs
of the U.K. patient's charter
R. Gann 233
Role of electronic media into retrieval of original documents
A. Dracos, M. Della Seta 237
1. NEW TECHNOLOGIES
S.l New cballenges
The development of a national datasets policy
D. Law 245
The shape of things to come: considemtions of the likely developments in
medical communication
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Les bases plein texte et la foumiture de documents en particulier Ie pret entre
bibliotheques
P.M. Belbenoit-Avich 254
Worldwide trends in the infonnation industry: the BIOSIS perspective
S.F. Suer, NJ. Robinson 258
The WORM technology in the management of documents
M. Colombi 263
Time management and data computerized indexing: the "real time" illusion
and trap
A.Ledennan 266
S.2 Database services
The Bart's current awareness initiative
A. Besson 269
Buying databases: many problems, many solutions
T. McSean, D. Law 273
3rdECML xi
A rolling file of current awareness
S. Bakker, G. Lobbestael, R. Hainebach 277
Use of on-line databanks and databases in toxicity and safety
N. Baroni 281
The use of personal bibliogmphic software in a scientific environment
L. Belkin 282
5.3 CD·ROM
Networking biomedical information on CD-ROM at the Walter and Eliza Hall
Institute of Medical Research
J .M. Marshall 285
Combined CD-ROM and on-line search services: a compamtive survey of
Italian medical libraries
V. Comba, P. Santimaria 289
Features of CD-ROM retrieval systems in medical libraries: yesterday, today
and tomorrow
P. Ahrens, L.S. Holmes 293
Flow-chart of electronic bibliogmphic searches
M. Castriotta 297
Evaluation of automated search services in a government research institute
in Spain
E. Primo, G. Garcia-Lorente, M.C. Romeo 300
CD: an extm tool on the information market
B. Sebastiani, G. Salvatori 303
5.4 Interfaces
Le minitel: un nouveau mode de diffusion des informations en medecine et
sante publique
M. Wolff-Terroine 307
Appariement de concepts medicaux d&:rits differemment
A. Bonnet, F. Pigamo 311
L'ante-serveur: a smart gateway
H. Le Crosnier, M. Pezeril, B. Victorri 315
