Information Transfer : New Age â€" New Ways : Proceedings of the third European Conference of Medical Libraries Montpellier, France, September 23â€"26, 1992

One of the characteristics of the final decade of this century is the treatment of information as a commodity. As the world becomes increasingly dominated by information and its technology, in all its facets, librarians must learn to integrate all the new developments into daily practice. 'It is to the extent to which we shall succeed in developing powerful information networks through efficient information transfer that we shall succeed in contributing to the betterment of health throughout our nations'. It is this challenge which medical librarians from some 34 countries set for themselves in convening the Third European Conference of Medical Libraries in Montpellier, France, in September 1992. All aspects of medical information were addressed - the technical aspects of transfer, ethical and legal issues, costs, benefits, rights and responsibilities, quality assurance, guidance systems, communications technology, education and training both of information professionals and end-users were discussed and debated in depth in Montpellier. This volume presents an accurate account of a conference which has made a significant contribution to the development of medical librarianship in Europe and the wider world. Front Matter....Pages i-xxix Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Information Transfer: New Age — New Ways Summary Statement....Pages 3-4 L’Information Medicale a L’Hopital....Pages 5-10 The Changing World of Medical Communication....Pages 11-16 Medical Information, Order or Chaos? A Global (European) View....Pages 17-22 Health and Information: Rights and Responsibilities....Pages 23-28 Cost Benefit Analysis of New Technology: A Rational Approach....Pages 29-34 Management of Health Sciences Libraries in the Twenty First Century....Pages 35-40 Towards Wise, Knowledgeable and Informed Purchasing of Health Services....Pages 41-46 Ethical Aspects of Medical Information....Pages 47-51 Perspectives for Computers and Medical Education....Pages 52-57 Front Matter....Pages 59-59 Patterns of Scientific Communication: The Role of Informal Literature....Pages 61-64 Information Transfer in Biomedicine and a Scientifically Peripheral Country: Is the Two-Way Communication Commensurate?....Pages 65-68 Le Periodique Scientifique Medical....Pages 69-71 Micforum-Electronic Networking....Pages 72-75 The Use of Grey Literature in Scientific Journals: Criteria of Evaluation....Pages 76-78 Retrieval of Biomedical Publications Presupposes the Knowledge of Both Medical Language and Bibliographical Vocabularies....Pages 79-80 QUALITY ASSURANCE IN BIOMEDICAL PUBLICATIONS: Quality of services In the health Information market....Pages 81-84 Medical Information:Can Technology Assure Quality as Well as Coverage?....Pages 85-88 Front Matter....Pages 89-89 Medical Librarians: Education and Professional Quality. Strategy to Improve Professional Image, Social Status, Self-Esteem and Job Salaries....Pages 91-94 Les Nouvelles Technologies de L’Information Dans Les Bibliotheques Medicales En France : Information Et Formation Des Personnels Par Les URFIST....Pages 95-98 Front Matter....Pages 89-89 New Methods of Information Transfer and the Medical Librarian’s Responsibilities: Some Ethical and Legal Issues for the Profession....Pages 99-102 Multi-Cultural and Multi-Lingual Dimensions for the Education of the European Medical Librarian....Pages 103-106 Education for Health Information: New Approaches....Pages 107-109 Development of a Library Guidance System Using Interactive Multimedia....Pages 111-114 Hypertext/Hypermedia Application for Library User Orientation: A New Age-A New Way....Pages 115-118 The Role of the Librarian: Today and Tomorrow....Pages 119-122 Using Quantitative Research to Reshape a Serials Collection....Pages 123-125 Resources and Courses for Second Year Medical Students:-An Approach to Curriculum Change....Pages 127-130 Educating the Adult User: Gender Issues....Pages 131-134 Management of Contemporary End User Education in High Bio-Medical Information Technologies....Pages 135-138 Teaching of Scientific Information, Documentation and Communication Techniques in the Faculty of Pharmacy of Lyon....Pages 139-141 Introducing Medline to End-Users in an Academic Environment: Medical Faculty and University Hospital....Pages 142-144 Formation a L’Utilisation Des Bases de Donnees Sur CD-ROM: Experience de La Bibliotheque de La Faculte de Medecine de L’Universite de Liege....Pages 145-147 Front Matter....Pages 149-149 Non-University Hospital Medical Libraries in Germany East and West Growing Together....Pages 151-154 Croatia or How to Cross the Shining Information Threshold of Europe....Pages 155-158 National Programmes for Promotion of Efficient Use of Information Technology and their Impact on Libraries of Medical Schools....Pages 159-162 Czech National Health Information Network History and Programme....Pages 163-168 Italian Biomedical Libraries Directory as a Project for a European On-Line Information....Pages 169-169 UK National Health Service Regional Librarians Group....Pages 170-172 Current Situation of Biomedical Libraries in Spain--1991....Pages 173-176 Front Matter....Pages 149-149 The Creation of a Network between the Biomedical Libraries of Catalonia (Spain)....Pages 177-180 La Cooperation Pour le Transfert de L’Information....Pages 181-184 Reaching Out - Serving the Unaffiliated Health Professional: The Role of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine....Pages 185-188 Innovations in a Traditional Tool: A New Catalogue of Periodicals....Pages 189-190 Satellife’s Healthnet: The View from Africa....Pages 191-194 National and International Medical, Health, and Social Information Transfer in Hungary....Pages 195-198 Using New Telecommunications Technologies to Bridge an Information Gap: Satellite-Based Document Delivery between London and Warsaw....Pages 199-202 Front Matter....Pages 203-203 Medical Informatics, Microcomputer Laboratories and the Medical School....Pages 205-208 Problem Based Teaching - A Challenge to the Library....Pages 209-212 Breaking the Neurotic Loop or the Management of Change: What It Can Mean to Your Library’s Future....Pages 213-216 Building the Ethnic Health File: A Case History....Pages 217-220 Interactive Marketing of Online and Library Services by On-Site Visits to Occupational Health Service Centers in Sweden - a Pilot Project....Pages 221-224 The UK Clearing House for Information on the Assessment of Health Outcomes: Information Transfer - Research into Action....Pages 225-228 Information Transfer: New Methods in the Library....Pages 229-231 New Methods of Information Access for Health Consumers: Meeting the Needs of the U.K. Patient’s Charter....Pages 233-236 Role of Electronic Media into Retrieval of Original Documents....Pages 237-241 Front Matter....Pages 243-244 The Development of a National Datasets Policy....Pages 245-249 The Shape of Things to Come - Considerations of the Likely Developments in Medical Communication....Pages 250-253 Les Bases Plein Texte Et La Fourniture De Documents En Particulier Le Pret Entre Bibliotheques....Pages 254-257 Worldwide Trends in the Information Industry: The Biosis® Perspective....Pages 258-262 Front Matter....Pages 243-244 Managing and Networking Genetics Databases in an Academic Research Center....Pages 319-323 Medical Library, Information Services and the Wide Area Network of Slovenia....Pages 324-328 Library Networks and the Department of Health....Pages 329-332 From Lan to Wan: The Manchester Experience Updated....Pages 333-335 The ‘WORM’ Technology in the Management of Documents....Pages 263-265 Time Management and Data Computerized Indexing: The “Real Time” Illusion and Trap....Pages 266-267 The Bart’s Current Awareness Initiative....Pages 269-272 Buying Databases: Many Problems, Many Solutions....Pages 273-276 A Rolling File of Current Awareness....Pages 277-280 Use of On-Line Databanks and Databases in Toxicity and Safety....Pages 281-281 The Use of Personal Bibliographic Software in a Scientific Environment....Pages 282-284 Networking Biomedical Information on CD-ROM at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research....Pages 285-288 Combined CD-ROM and On-Line Search Services: A Comparative Survey of Italian Medical Libraries....Pages 289-292 Features of CD-ROM Retrieval Systems in Medical Libraries: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow....Pages 293-296 Flow-Chart of Electronic Bibliographic Searches....Pages 297-299 Evaluation of Automated Search Services in a Government Research Institute in Spain....Pages 300-302 CD: An Extra Tool on the Information Market....Pages 303-305 Le Minitel, Un Nouveau Mode De Diffusion Des Informations En Medecine Et Sante Publique....Pages 307-310 Appariement De Concepts Médicaux Décrits Différemment....Pages 311-314 L’anté-Serveur: A Smart Gateway....Pages 315-318 Front Matter....Pages 243-244 The Local Area Network of the Library of Medicine at the University of Liege (Belgium)....Pages 336-338 Fairfield Campus Information Network (FCIN)....Pages 339-339 Front Matter....Pages 341-342 The Tasks and Objectives of the Pharma Documentation Ring (PDR)....Pages 343-346 Enhancing Quality in a Medical Information Group....Pages 347-350 Electronic Information Access at Glaxo Inc.....Pages 351-354 Efficient Way to Run an Inhouse Library in a Pharmaceutical Company....Pages 355-358 Constitution of an Information System in Epidemiology Based on Medical and Medico-Social Literature....Pages 359-359 A Comparison of Two Medical Databases for the Identification of Pharmacological Research Lines....Pages 360-363 Statistical Exploitation of Patent Data Banks....Pages 364-366 The Automatised Process for Primary Source Retrieval in the Glaxo Italy Library....Pages 367-367 On the Origin and Early Development of Medical Libraries and Transfer of Medical Information: An Essay on Ancient Medical Texts....Pages 369-372 Older Literature on Cholera as Seen in the Light of Recent Research....Pages 373-376 La Nosologie Psychiatrique Aux XVIIIième et XVIIIième Siecles....Pages 377-380 Project 2000 and Libraries for Nurses in Britain....Pages 381-383 The Role of Information Technology and Library Systems in Nursing....Pages 384-386 La Documentation a L’Hôpital: La Creation D’Un Centre de Documentation Pluridisciplinaire et Informatise Au Centre Hospitalier D’Argenteuil - France....Pages 387-390 Information for Physiotherapy: The Development of a National Resource....Pages 391-394 The New Information Technologies at the Documentation Services of the University Hospital of Coimbra....Pages 395-395 Création d’un Centre de Documentation, d’une Bibliothèque Hospitalière au Centre Hospitalier Général d’Ajaccio (Corse)....Pages 396-397 Oncological Information: An Enquiry among Users....Pages 399-402 Front Matter....Pages 341-342 Our Library and Yours: The Same Objectives ?....Pages 403-406 Use of Modern Technologies for Information Retrieval in Tata Memorial Hospital Library — A Leading Oncology Library in India....Pages 407-409 Transfer to the End-User of an Informative Service: CANCER-CD....Pages 410-412 Le Projet SOCSAN: Service D’Information Dans Le Domaine Societe Et Sante En Belgique....Pages 413-415 The ICODO Foundation; The National Institute of the Netherlands for the Victims of War....Pages 416-418 Change in the Scottish Royal College Libraries....Pages 419-421 Scientific Information and Medical Technology Relationship and Prospects....Pages 422-423 Back Matter....Pages 425-439