From: "Oliver Obst" <obsto@uni-muenster.de>
Message-Id: <9605080903.AA35132@mail.uni-muenster.de>
To: medibib-l
Date: Wed, 8 May 1996 11:06:33 +0100
Subject: Medlib Digest 2.-7.5
Liebe Medibibler,
bisher hat sich leider keiner fuer die Uebersetzung der AGMB-Satzung
/Ueberblick gemeldet, dabei ist das doch schnell gemacht :-) Unsere
Schwesterorganisationen weltweit wollen auf uns verweisen und da
braucht's was englisches...
Diane Ebro, die lange in Deutschland gearbeitet hat und seit Ur-
zeiten Mitglied der AGMB ist, hat die MLA/ICS-Wahlen gewonnen und
wird nun 1997/1998 Vorsitzende der Int. Cooperation Section der MLA
und damit eine wichtige internationale Ansprechpartnerin fuer uns
sein.
Diane, herzliche Glueckwuensche von hier aus nach Duluth, Minesota !
Gruesse, O.Obst
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1 Kidshealth on the Net
2 NLM indexing suspension lifted!
3 BOTANIC HISTORICAL HEALTH PAGE
4 International Association of Physicians in AIDS
5 Pharmacy sites + OTHER HEALTHCARE REFERENCES
6 MLA Proposal for a Virtual Library Medical Reference
7 News About Members of the International Cooperation Section/MLA
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In bit.listserv.medlib-l, Beverley Ruth Shirley <bshirley@TENET.EDU>
wrote:
>Not too long ago, I posed a question about kids' health pages on the
>web. Not much came back, but what I received (or discovered on my own!)
>follows:
>http://kidshealth.org (Nemours Foundation)
>http://web.bu.edu:80/COHIS/kids/kids.htm (Boston U)
>http://www.yahooligans.com (A Yahoo for kids--Click on the subcategory
>for "Health & Fitness"--then keep following the liks to lots of neat
pages.)
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You will find more web pages on the topic of pediatric health if you go to
the "Wellness" section of my home page and look under the heading: "Child
health"; there are 8 listed there at the moment.
Additionally, under "Pediatricians" in the "Health Care Disciplines and
Education" section, there are 3 more pages of possible interest to anyone
wanting web pages on child health.
One of the best of them is called: "Pediatric Points of Interest".
.....................................................................
Tom Flemming Internet: tomflem@fhs.csu.McMaster.ca
Health Sciences Library Ariel: 130.113.181.186
McMaster University Voice: (905) 525-9140 x22321
1200 Main Street West Fax: (905) 528-3733
Hamilton, ON L8N 3Z5
Visit the _Health Care Information Resources_ page
URL http://www-hsl.mcmaster.ca/tomflem/top.html
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In bit.listserv.medlib-l, "Mary M. Langman" <langman@MLAHQ.ORG> wrote:
>The following message is sent on behalf of
>Carla J. Funk. Below is the text of an NLM
>announcement concerning their data entry contract.
>---------------------
>As you recall, last month the National Library of Medicine
>announced that the protest of a bidder for the data entry
>contract lodged with the General Services Administration
>Board of Contract Appeals caused the suspension of entering
>new citations to the NLM family of databases. The Board has
>now lifted this suspension and directed NLM to reevaluate
>the protester's offer along with that of the current
>contractor and to make a final selection for this contract
>in accordance with procurement regulations.
>The Board's ruling will allow the backlog of references,
>which we attempted to minimize through volunteer staff help,
>to be eliminated over time. We plan to enter the most recent
>material first and reduce the backlog as quickly as we can.
>Thank you for your patience and support during this very
>difficult time.
>April 30, 1996
>---------------------------------
>Mary M. Langman, Manager
>Information Issues and Policy
>Medical Library Association
>312/419-9094
>312/419-8950 [fax]
>LANGMAN@MLAHQ.ORG
33333333333333
In bit.listserv.medlib-l, hrbmoore@rt66.com (Michael Moore) wrote:
>The Southwest School of Botanical Medicine maintains a large website
>devoted to the professional use of plant medicines.
>http://chili.rt66.com/hrbmoore/HOMEPAGE/HomePage.html
>Included are:
>*1100 photographs, engravings and illustrations of drug plants and herbal
>medicines
>*Most of the teaching materials and clinical manuals used at the school
>*Acrobat and ascii files of classic Naturopathic, Thomsonian and Eclectic
>Medical texts.
>*Classic monographs on plant pharmacy
>*Acrobat and ascii versions of the magazine "Ellingwood's Therapeutist",
>from 1909 to 1915
>*The FAQs for alt.folklore.herbs.
>I maintain several low profile software, book and class announcements, but
>basically there is 80M of INFORMATION about herbs, ranging from texts on
>medical contraindications to 19th century engravings of drug plants.
>Intelligent information about what I consider the profession of Botanical
>Medicine.
>Michael Moore (hrbmoore@rt66.com)
> http://www.rt66.com/hrbmoore/HOMEPAGE/HomePage.html
>OR: http://chili.rt66.com/hrbmoore/HOMEPAGE/HomePage.html
>All the SWSBM teaching and clinical manuals, over 1,000 Medicinal Plant
images and class announcements can be obtained at my web site.
444444444444444444
In bit.listserv.medlib-l, Marie-Lise Shams <mshams@CIESIN.ORG> wrote:
>Path:
news.itd.umich.edu!caen!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net
>!rail.news.pipex.net!pipex!tube.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!t
>ank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.co
>m!newsfeeder.gi.net!news.mid.net!news.mid.net!not-for-mail
>From: Gleason Sackman <sackman@plains.nodak.edu>
>Newsgroups: comp.internet.net-happenings
>Subject: WWW> International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
>Date: 1 May 1996 09:56:29 -0500
>Organization: Global Internet, Peace of Mind is finally Online!
>Lines: 16
>Sender: infoserv@news.mid.net
>Approved: ralphie
>Message-ID: <4m7u2t$3qo@shocker.gi.net>
>NNTP-Posting-Host: shocker.gi.net
>*** From Net-Happenings Moderator ***
>Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 14:17:42 -0500
>From: lee@comeback.com
>The International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care IAPAC)web site
><URL:http://www.iapac.org> is an educational resource of the clinical
and
>scientific information developed by IAPAC for physicians, other healthcare
>professionals and people with HIV disease. Updated with new information at
>least monthly, IAPAC plans to develop its site into a comprehensive
>information source on HIV trends...
55555555555555
In bit.listserv.medlib-l, "Raphael Lozat - Hopital Louis
Pradel-GERM\"O\"P" <lozat@UNIV-LYON1.FR> wrote:
>The HEALTHCARE InterNET SERVER (HI-NETS) should help you in your
>presentation. It has been developed to facilitate your access to the
>healthcare resources available on Internet. Its structure has been
designed
>to be EASY to use and its content aims to be as COMPREHENSIVE as possible.
>This reference server is organized in 4 main sections:
>1. Actors in Healthcare (Governments, Universities, Associations and
>other non-governmental and private organizations);
>2. Journals and databases references;
>3. Sites, or reference sites, organized by medical specialties and/or
>pathologies;
>4. Search tools: a comprehensive list of search tools and virtual
>libraries to conduct your own search.
>The two URL's are (the resources are the same):
>French version: http://www.virtueli.ca/NETS
>English version: http://www.virtueli.ca/HI-NETS
>You will find a list of pharmaceutical companies in section 1, and a list
of
>other servers in section 3, Pharmacy & Pharmacology.
>If you think that the HI-NETS server is a relevant tool for you to access
>healthcare resources on Internet, you can set it as your default home page,
>so that it will appear automatically when you launch your browser. In
>Netscape, you have to go to OPTIONS, Preference, Style or Appearence
>(depending on the Nestcape version you're using).
>I hope this will help. Feel free to comment or ask for more details. I'll
>be pleased to help the Medlibers.
>Sincerely,
>Bruno Warnotte
>(514) 990-NETS (-6387)
>brunow@virtueli.ca
>Montreal, Qc, Canada
>French acces: http://www.virtueli.ca/NETS
>English acces: http://www.virtueli.ca/HI-NETS
>________________________
>Raphael LOZAT , M.D.
>GERM"O"P
>Groupe d'=E9tude et de recherche sur les maladies rares pulmonaires
>Chest Hospital Louis Pradel-LYON-France
>E:r-lozat@univ-lyon1.fr
>Voice :(33)72357074
>Fax:(33)72357653
>________________________
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From: Millard Johnson <zendog@INCOLSA.PALNI.EDU>
Subject: <No subject given>
A taskforce of MLA has been considering networked products for
association members. A group I work with has been discussing networked
reference service. A first draft of recommendations is listed below.
It is a LONG post. If you have time, please make suggestions to
zendog@incolsa.palni.edu
not the list.
**********************
This post, a draft proposal for a Virtual Library Medical Reference
Service is about 1,200 words long.
Thank you for having participated in the netref-l list. I have
reviewed all comments on:
Who should be served,
Who should provide service,
Who should pay for services, and
How the system should be designed. There was surprisingly little
disagreement among your contributions. I found I could consolidate
nearly everyone's suggestions. I propose to present the following
suggestion to the Medical Library Association. I would be happy to
incorporate good ideas that have not yet been aired. I will be
equally happy to attach any caveats from readers of this group, and
I would be overjoyed to provide an alternative proposal from any
reader. All readers of this list will be informed of the results
of this discussion.
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Virtual Library Medical Reference Service Proposal
DRAFT OF 29 April, 1996
Ultimately, the Virtual Library medical Reference Service (VLmRS)
will be a subset of the Virtual Library Reference service (VLRS).
The design of VLmRS should be robust enough to become a world-wide
system encompassing all people with network access, all subject
matter and all libraries.
An essential concept is that the VLmRS is NOT a service that
libraries can purchase for their users. It IS a cooperative that
they participate in for their mutual benefit. An institution can
offer VLmRS services to its users only if it contributes either
cash or reciprocal services proportional to use.
SYSTEM GOAL -
The system goal of the VLmRS is to respond to 90% of all inquiries
from qualified users within 4 days with an accuracy at least as
great as achieved by the average medical school library in the
United States. No qualified user should be denied service solely
due to an inability to pay.
TERMINOLOGY -
UNIVERSE OF USERS - anyone with an Internet account
QUALIFIED USERS - Ultimately, anyone with a library card from a
participating library. Initially - any faculty, staff or
student with a library card from a participating MEDICAL
library.
INSTITUTION - hospital, medical school, corporation, government
agency, etc.
CONTRIBUTED RESOURCE - HUMAN RESOURCE: a professional medical
librarian answering questions for other institution's clients,
DATA RESOURCE: a searchable database, TECHNOCAL RESOURCE: A
networked server, etc.
PEER TEAM - a group of reference librarians that respond to
questions by subject. The goals of the peer team are not
only to answer questions but to provide mentoring and
continuing education for participants.
ADMINISTRATION -
The VLmRS will be developed by the Medical Library Association
(MLA) with active cooperation from: 1) participating medical
libraries, 2) the National Library of Medicine, 3)the American
Association of Medical Colleges and with liaison with other
interested organizations. The MLA should be prepared to hand over
management, and to assume a subset roll in the VLRS, when the
concept is proved and larger system is being developed.
ECONOMICS -
Institutions will pay the cost of VLmRS services for their users.
The payment will be either cash or CONTRIBUTED RESOURCE. An
institution will be charged a fee for every question asked by its
users and will receive a credit for every question served by its
CONTRIBUTED RESOURCE. The value of a non-human CONTRIBUTED
RESOURCE will be negotiated by the ADMINISTRATION and the offering
institution. To avoid a cash payment an institution must either
limit usage by its users or respond to as many questions as its
users ask. ADMINISTRATION will sell advertising to recover
administrative costs and to reduce operational costs.
Freelance medical librarians may participate - they receive payment
for every question answered and they pay for questions referred
from their paying clients.
ORGANIZATION -
After an organizing effort, MLA solicits participation by member
institutions (hospitals and medical schools), and advertisers.
Member institutions agree on a standard fee for each question
asked, a standard reimbursement for each question answered, and on
requirements for timeliness and quality of responses.
Participating institutions will specify their level of
participation. Some may choose to ask, but not answer, questions.
Others may request "load leveling" to help assure that they are
asked as many questions, as their users ask.
The MLA organizes professional librarians into peer teams. Peer
teams of three to seven librarians will work on reference inquiries
of a particular type.
Searchable DATARESOURCES are contracted. The first line of
reference service is the user's home institution library.
Questions not answered there drop through to the VLmRS. At this
point the user can search available databases or ask a free form
question that will be answered by a networked reference librarian.
OPERATION - (scenario)
A QUALIFIED USER with a reference question logs onto the
information server at his/her home institution - passing through
the home institution logon / pass word security. If the user's
question can not be answered by the home institutions public
systems (MEDLINE, card catalog, etc.) the user can either leave a
question for his/her institution's librarian or enter the VLmRS
system.
At the VLmRS, the user is offered a menu. He/she may search
information files including bibliographic and/or factual files, or
leave a question for a HUMAN RESOURCE. (At some later point, an
Artificial Intelligence (AI) engine will assist the user in
answering questions) If he/she chooses to search a database, he/she
may be presented an advertisement relevant to the content of the
question. If the inquiry is satisfied at this point, a charge is
added to the account of the user's institution and a credit is
giving to the account of the resource provider's institution.
Users leaving a free form reference questions will be required to
leave a telephone number for question clarification.
The user's home institution has the option of intercepting
reference questions asked of the VLmRS. Free form reference
questions that can not be answered by the home institution are
handled by the VLmRS. These questions can be asked by the user or
referred by the user's librarian. Questions are directed to an
"on-call" reference librarian who is a member of a PEER TEAM of
subject specialists reference librarians. If the "on-call"
reference librarian of the peer team can not answer the question,
he/she may refer it to another member or broadcast the question to
all members of the PEER TEAM. When the question is answered, the
system assigns appropriate credits and debits to the institutions
involved. Difficult and/or interesting questions are entered into
the FAQ for the subject. Interesting questions and their solution
are also broadcast to the peer team for continuing professional
development purposes.
Health care professionals may participate as primary reference
resource of last resort.
EVOLUTION
The above scenario constitutes the first phase of the VLmRS. After
the system operations have stabilized and the economic model has
been tuned, the system should be opened to participation by all
public users of the Internet entering through other types of
participating libraries - including public libraries.
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Millard Johnson INCOLSA
zendog@incolsa.palni.edu
I would rather risk failure than achieve it without risk
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
96TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE MEDICAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, JUNE 1-6, 1996
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, U.S.A.
The 1996 National Program COmmittee of the Medical Library Association has
made the entire preliminary program of the 96th Annual Conference available
for downloading via FTP. You may access it through the MLA '96 home page at:
htp://www/kumc/edu/MLA/MLA96/
You can also contact MLA by TEL: 1-312-419-9094 FAX: 1-312-419-8950 or
E-MAIL: corcoran@mlahq.org (please include the words "Preliminary Program"
in your subject header.If there are any AGMB members attending the meeting
kindly inform MLA's International Cooperation Section by sending an e-mail
message to: debro@d.umn.edu
DIANE EBRO, former Alternate Member of AGMB recently won MLA elections as
Chair-Elect of the International Cooperation Section of the Medical Library
Association(MLA),comprised of over 200 members including those from abroad.
She will be the ICS Chair during MLA's Centennial Year, 1997-1998. Ms.
Ebro was also appointed Facilitator of the Roundtable on Continuing
Education for the Chapter-Council Roundtables during the 96th Annual
Conference of the the Medical Library Association in Kansas City, MO, June
1-6, 1996.