Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 09:19:37 +0100 (MET)
Message-Id: <199512080819.JAA21738@solair4b.eunet.be>
To: medibib-l@uni-muenster.de
From: maesv@pophost.eunet.be (Vincent Maes)
Subject: FYI - Health Info article
>MLA News
>No.279; 1995
>
>Medicine On The Web.............................................7
>The World Wide Web is becoming an ideal way of linking universities,
>libraries, health professionals, and researchers. Its graphical features
>are conducive to processing and manipulating data and transferring of
>medical images. Many universities and associations have already devised
>impressive home pages, and countless web sites relating to the health
>sciences are springing up daily. A few of these web sites (biomedical,
>resource guides, and government agencies) are described. This month's
>compilation of new health sciences listservs appears on page 16.
>
>Library Benchmarking, Reengineering, Downsizing.................11
>Medical libraries, like many other businesses these days, are finding that
>they are being expected to provide professional services with fewer
>personnel in as reliable a manner as always. Riverside Methodist Hospital
>of Columbus, OH, lost approximately one-third of its staff and was forced
>to reallocate responsibilities among the remaining employees. By switching
>from making interlibrary loans to using a document delivery service for
>patient care emergencies only, the library has continued to operate with
>reduced staffing. Results of the 1995 Salary Survey are now available
>(page 41).
>
>International Conference Observations...........................15
>The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
>(IFLA) held its 61st annual conference in Istanbul, Turkey, in August with
>the theme "Libraries of the Future." Attendees discussed the rapid
>development of electronic networking and telecommunications in Turkey,
>parallel activities in other countries, Internet access and connectivity,
>and the launch of IFLANet. Last June, the Canadian Health Libraries
>Association held its 19th annual conference in St. Johns, Newfoundland,
>which addressed opportunities for librarians in a knowledge-based economy.
>Meanwhile, MLA prepares for another milestone: our Centennial! (page 12).
>
>Librarians And The Homeless.....................................20
>The Sutter Resource Library of Sacramento, CA, found a wonderful way to aid
>its local homeless shelter. Books that deal with consumer health issues
>were chosen from the stacks and were donated to the shelter. The library
>staff then consulted with the public health nurse and other shelter staff
>to put together health information brochures on topics such as drug and
>alcohol abuse, how to stop smoking, and HIV. The brochures, which were run
>off by a neighborhood printer, listed relevant local resources, complete
>with their addresses and telephone numbers.
>
>Chapter Council Update..........................................23
>Local activities of regional chapters - Mid-Atlantic,, Northern California
>and Nevada, Pacific North-west, Philadelphia, South Central, Southern
>California and Arizona, and Upstate New York and Ontario - are highlighted.
> Many chapters are working toward full Internet connectivity and improved
>electronic communications. Mary Jarvis, AHIP, chair of the Hospital
>Library Section, gives an update on the section's activities on page 19.
>
>MLANET Task Force Appointed.....................................26
>MLA president Jana Bradley, Ph.D., AHIP, has appointed the MLANET Task
>Force to explore the development of the association's electronic forum.
>The MLANET home page debuted last spring, and ideas on how to create hot
>links to section home pages are being examined. The task force will also
>determine, with suggestions from MLA members, the type of information that
>will be available on MLANET. Other recent appointments include a new
>Bulletin editor (page 12) and a new coordinator for MEDLIB-L (page 19).
Vincent Maes
Pfizer
(Belgian Institute for Health Economics)
102, rue Leon Theodor
B-1090 Bruxelles (Belgium)
Tel : +32 2 423.07.12 / 423.07.68
Fax : +32 2 423.07.93
e-mail : maesv@pophost.eunet.be