LILACS : nuevos pasos en el procesamiento analítico sintético

The LILACS methodology and the work made by Cuba in that database is explained

Procedimientos de trabajo para CUMED

The database CUMED, that is coordinated by the National Center of Information of Medical Sciences, has the participation of multiple institutions in Cuba that they send the bibliographical registries of institutional scientific production in health, according to the format established by methodology LILACS

Procedimientos de trabajo para LILACS

The database LILACS, that is coordinated by BIREME, has the participation of multiple countries that send the bibliographical registries of institutional scientific production in health, according to the format established by methodology LILACS

Infomed : un quinquenio al servicio del desarrollo de los profesionales de la información en la salud

The training of human resources enables an elevation of the quality of the products and services they offer, as well as a greater satisfaction of those who receive them. The new technologies of information and communication have drastically changed all aspects of the life of the human being. Aimed at preparing not only new information professionals, but also the users of the National Health System, the National Center of Medical Sciences Information, Infomed, has implemented since the year 2000 an intense training program in order to improve the available human capital to put into practice the main programs of the Revolution. In the second half of the year 2004, 91 professionals had graduated from the doctorate course offered by Infomed in their semi-distance modality, 150 librarians had been trained in diverse methodological activities, 1004 information professionals belonging to the primary attention units of the National Health System had been qualified; and 9 451 students had developed dynamic activities. In the five-year period 2000-2004, it was initiated a fundamental phase of development in the training of the human resources of the National Health System and the National Medical Sciences Information System in the management of the new information and communication technologies at the service of the health care system in the country

Los gestores personales de bases de datos bibliográficas : conoce usted qué es y cómo se maneja el Procite

A general overview on the arousal of bibbliographic database personal managers their functions, types and features are offered. The processes of data collecting, the mechanisms for the creation of databases, the information search and the bibliography delivery acording to the most used bibliographic format all over the world are detailed exposed

Biblioteca Médica Nacional: de los catálogos impresos a los electrónicos

This work shows the transition from printed to electronic catalogues in the National Medical Library, Havana, Cuba

Orígenes y clasificación de la auditoría de la información

Se identifican algunas de las principales causas que propiciaron el establecimiento de la auditoría de la información como práctica en la gestión de información establecida en las organizaciones. Se expone cómo los estudios de las necesidades de los usuarios y la ampliación de la función de la auditoría interna fueron factores decisivos en el surgimiento, desarrollo y posicionamiento de las prácticas de auditoría de la información en la organización

Aproximación al estudio bibliométrico de las recopilaciones médicas cubanas

A bibliometic study of CUMED, the database par excellence generated by the National Medical Library is conducted in order to systematize the production of the Cuban medical literature. To this end, the following variables were considered: year of publication , type of document, thematic sources, and authoral and coauthoral activity. Serials were the most published type of document (14, 998, 86.58% of the total analyzed). The Cuban journals with the highest representation were: the Cuban Journal of Surgery, the Cuban Journal of Medicine, the Issues of History of Public Health and the Cuban Journal of Pediatrics. There are only 31 titles of foreigm journals with 98 articles written by Cuban authors. The most dealt with topics refer to the most important achievements of public health in the country as, for example, the sustained reduction of infant mortality rate and the prioritized programs in the health field. A similar situation is observed in the treatment of the precodified (age groups and sex) with a predominance of females and children. 8 893 main authors were identified. Of them, 125 were considered as big producers (more than 10 papers), 2 726 as average producers (from 2 to 9 papers) and 6 040 as small producers with just one paper. The fundamental function of the studied database was the bibliographic control of the documentary production of journals published by the National Center of Medical Information on Medical Sciences (13 382 registries of the 17 323 correspond to those published by ECIMED, its publishing house, accounting for 77.24%). A decrease of the documentary production registered in the database was observed during the 1990s as a result of the material limitations caused by the special period

Informatización de la red de bibliotecas de las unidades de la atención primaria en Cuba

The whole process of automation of the libraries of the polyclinics from the primary health care network in Cuba is approached. The health-primary care-information interrelation, its growth and the national need to transform the polyclinics' libraries to take the information available in Infomed to the information units located at the primary health care level, are dealt with. The main activities related to the creation of new libraries in the polyclinics, the equipment and furniture distribution, the human resources training, and the establishment of the guidlines and principles ruling the activity of this type of info institutions in the country, are described