Report from MeSH Information Group Updated MeSH: what’s new for 2015

As already witnessed over the past years, MeSH update for 2015 focused on leading subject areas, introducing key terms in scientific research fields. The rising interest for molecular biology has progressively shifted..

DocToBib: PubMed, the physician and the librarian... or the fantastic story of doctors and librarians producing videos together

The story began during Ludovic Hery’s residency. He was asked by his friends to help them with using PubMed. He had the idea to produce short tutorials on video; he realised that for students it was an appropriate way of learning, especially for information retrieval.L. Hery shot 28 tutorials about PubMed and Zotero in the first place, with the help of other residents and health librarians. The project is now carried out by health librarians from French University libraries. Called DocToBib, it relies on a YouTube channel, whose success is real, thanks to social networks. DocToBib is an example of a successful collaboration involving physicians and health librarians

Letter from the President

Dear Colleagues, with 2015 we begin a new two-year cycle in the life of our Association, and I would like to use this letter to thank those who have just finished their terms of office, and welcome those who are new or continuing in roles for this next period...Â

News from NLM. National Library of Medicine report for EAHIL

Greetings. I thought it would be appropriate to begin this inaugural News Update with a brief overview of the US National Library of Medicine (NLM). With this piece, I’m giving you a “big picture” view of the Library, but you are welcome and encouraged to delve deeper into the history and..

Adoption of Web 2.0 tools among STM publishers. How social are scientific journals?

The use of social media has increased dramatically among scientific researchers, due to their free availability and ease of use. Consequently, publishers have now embraced Web 2.0 features to promote and share the content of their publications and to enhance their visibility and use, as these Web tools are a powerful marketing and promotion channel. Publishers also aim to create a closer relationship with their audience by providing tools to facilitate communication between users of their platforms. Due to the rapid evolution of Web 2.0 technologies, there is little data available on the adoption of these tools among publishers. The purpose of this study is to examine the availability of social media tools by science publishers

EAHIL Council Elections 2015-2018 Outcome of elections

This summary table presents EAHIL countries, number of Council, vacancies for the 2015-2018 term, candidates for election, number of votes received for each candidate, and confirmation of successful candidates. Congratulations and welcome to our new and returning Councillors! In one case there is a tie in the number of votes between two candidates (Sweden). According to our rules of procedure (5.b.), ‘Where two or more candidates receive the same number of votes, the election shall be determined by lot’ so a well-witnessed drawing of lots will take place at the next EAHIL Board meeting in February 2015.The voting was conducted electronically over the period 25 October until 14 November 2014. We are very grateful to Suzanne Bakker, Secretariat Supervisor, who managed the online system used for the vote, and to our Election Committee members, Helena Buzkova, Katri Larmo and Linda Lisgarten, who audited the process, system and outcomes

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Students are a source of inspiration for the library

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