Research-minded: understanding, supporting, conducting research – Eindrücke vom EAHIL Workshop, Edinburgh, 10.–12. Juni 2015

The “European Association for Health Information and Libraries” (EAHIL) was founded in Bristol in 1987 and is uniting 1,400 librarians and information professionals working in medical and health science libraries from 30 different European countries. In 2015 the EAHIL Workshop was hosted in Edinburgh, together with the “International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists” (ICAHIS) and the “International Clinical Librarian Conference” (ICLC). The workshop sessions were designed to support librarians and information professionals in their daily work and to support the improvement of library and information services in medical and health science libraries. The event also intended to enhance understanding of research methods and to encourage the delegates to conduct and publish good quality research themselves. The parallel workshop sessions dealt with themes like communication, qualitative and quantitative research methods, systematic reviews, and research data management. Besides offering continuing professionial education courses, the EAHIL workshops and conferences are valuable opportunities for meeting colleagues, for networking, sharing and cooperation

Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Evidenzbasierte Medizin der AGMB

The activities of the recently founded Evidence Based Medicine Working Group within the German Medical Library Association (AGMB) continued in the first half of 2021 with a whole series of virtual training events and exchange of training materials. At the AGMB meeting 2021 the group and guests will explore further training opportunities and will continue the discussion on the greatest strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and risks medical librarians in the D-A-CH countries are confronted with when they want to implement a systematic reviews service

Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Evidenzbasierte Medizin der AGMB

The working group Evidence-Based Medicine (AG-EBM), which was established within the German Medical Library Association (AGMB) in 2019, continued its activities in 2022/2023 on a regular basis. At numerous virtual training sessions and the meeting at the AGMB 2022 annual conference in Würzburg the working group looked at the training needs of AG-EBM members and established informal training formats

Forschungsnahe Dienstleistungen in den Bibliotheken der Mitglieder der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Evidenzbasierte Medizin (AG-EBM) der AGMB

In Spring 2023 an online survey was realized among all medical librarian members of the working group on evidence-based medicine (AG-EBM) within the German Medical Library Association (AGMB). The focus of this survey was to characterize the services that medical librarians offer to provide library services for research. The 17-item survey also included open-ended questions, which allowed survey participants to better describe their situation. The results were complemented with case reports with illustrative examples. The survey was completed by 21 librarians. The research support services offered by the members of the AG-EBM focus on systematic literature research, literature management and open access