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Medical library new challenges

Ana Ivkovic

ivkovica@ncrc.ac.yu

What is the purpose of medical library?

To provide scientific information for scientific and medical professionals:

Who can use the library?

Physics

Radiotherapy

Nuclear medicine

Biology

Chemistry

Biochemistry

Pharmacology

Surgery

Internal medicine

Radiology

Library

Scientific literature

Books?

Important resource, but slowly upgrading with new achievements

Journals ? fast scientific development , new achievment can’t wait new edition of books

Internet?

Sources of scientific information?

Through the advent of the Internet and free availability of medical database

new approach to medical literature

Advent of the Internet

New technologies

New technologies are following the development of science

very important is how…

to find a proper resource of information to make a valuation to make filtration, selection of information

How to provide needed information

As far as access permit…

Everyday new database with medical literature appears with open access content

Medical databases

E-books

Open Access

Primary as the idea of authors and librarians, to upload scientific articles in Open Access, with flexible copyright licensing

“OA means that any individual user, anywhere,

who has access to the Internet, may link, read, download, store, print-off, use, and data-mine the digital content of that article…”

Wikipedia

Why Open?

Open to upload thearticle Open - free access to read new scientific

articles Open for comments Open for peer reviews Open for discussion Open for derivative articles about same topic

Open Access aggregatorshttp://moj-blog.org/oncology/

autauthhor :or :Vedran VučićVedran Vučić

Medical websites as information’s resource

Clinical trials, dictionary, publications, highlights

Primary - information tool for local use …

Blogging -new way for sharing information

Web logging = BLOG Online diary

Who can make a blog?

Librarians, Students Medical scientist…

Web 2.0 provide tools for easy and attractive distribution

Podcast Video clip Widget Toolbar Slideshare Photo albums browsers

Podcast

More and more presentations appear as a podcast

With RSS feed technology it could be downloaded and posted on website or blog

Video clip

Audiovisual lectures medical news

as well as other events can be posted on

YouTube

Widget

Widget are small modules that can be placed (almost) everywhere.

A "Blidget" = Blog + Widget.

When you mashup these two with the tool

www.widgetBox.com you will get one

www.widgetBox.com

Library Toolbar

All useful links…

…top 10 journals with all recent articles……

http://ncrcbiblioteka.ourtoolbar.com

Photo album

Flickr is popular link where we can upload photos

Flickr badge presents

various events

http://www.flickr.com/photos/

Slideshare – tool where we can find numerous lectures and upload our presentation

http://www.slideshare.net

Netvibeshttp://www.netvibes.com/#General

Facebook- socialize your library!Share information with colleagues!

Second Life Library

Do library change a form?

Medical library is changing its space

Today library is an informative service

Library is portable, all you need is PC or cell phone

And librarians?

Librarians in health care institutions became educators

They should teach both medical staff and students how to get fundamental and advanced skills in medical base retrieval

The end

Thank you for your attention !

…and SOCIALIZE!!!