Carta aberta ás Federadas sobre a Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde Homeopatia Dr Matheus Marim (BVS-Homeopatia) / Open letter to the Federations about the Virtual Health Library Homeopathy Dr Matheus Marim (VHL-Homeopathy)

A BVS Homeopatia existe há mais de 20 anos, sendo mantida pela BIREME, que é um órgão da OPAS e OMS. Esta BVS é o portal de divulgação e de reconhecimento da Homeopatia dentro do universo médico, odontológico, veterinário e farmacêutico de toda a América Latina. A BVS é de acesso gratuito, oferecendo informações validadas e confiáveis sobre a Homeopatia, disponibilizando para consulta a maior base de dados da área, a base Homeoindex, exclusiva da Homeopatia, com mais de 13.000 registros indexados. A base Homeoindex é também responsável por compartilhar parte de seus registros de Homeopatia com várias outras bases de dados internacionais.

Atualização do portal BVS Homeopatia, Biblioteca APH e a rede de informação em Homeopatia no Brasil

A live programada terá como objetivos apresentar as mudanças e atualizações no portal da BVS Homeopatia e o novo sistema da Biblioteca da APH (gnuteca) visando a integração de bibliotecas de outras federadas e o fortalecimento, divulgação e representação do conhecimento nacional de informação em homeopatia no Brasil. Também será apresentado o projeto de construção dessa rede de contribuição integrada de bibliotecas junto com as Federadas

[Medical Heritage Library - The world's largest digital medical library]. / Medical Heritage Library - La plus grande bibliothèque médicale numérique du monde.

TITLE: Medical Heritage Library - La plus grande bibliothèque médicale numérique du monde. ABSTRACT: À l'heure où l'accès libre et gratuit aux ressources numériques est devenu un enjeu majeur, le but de cette présentation est d'introduire le lecteur à la visite de deux outils informatiques incontournables : la bibliothèque numérique Medica fondée en France dès 2000 et la Medical Heritage Library, premier consortium nord-américain mondial regroupant l'essentiel des ressources en histoire de la médecine tombées dans le domaine public.

Textos de enfermería impresos en España durante los siglos XVI y XVII disponibles en bibliotecas digitales / Nursing texts printed in Spain during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries available in digital libraries

Se identifican en bibliografía los textos de enfermería impresos en España durante los siglos XVI y XVII, que se supone son las bases de la enfermería española actual. El objetivo del trabajo tiene la doble vertiente del estudio de los manuales de enfermería y de las posibilidades de su recuperación y consulta en bibliotecas digitales. Para la obtención del objetivo se ha consultado bibliografía pertinente donde se han identificado los textos y extraído comentarios. Se han seleccionado bibliotecas digitales y se ha procedido a la búsqueda y recuperación. De los cuatro textos más significativos se han recuperado tres de ellos (AU)

The texts of nursing printed in Spain during the 16th and 17th century that are supposed to be the bases of Current Spanish nursing are identified. The aim of this work has the twofold aspect of the study of nursing textbooks and the possibilities of recovering and querying digital libraries. To obtain the goal, relevant literature where texts have been identified and some comments were removed has been consulted. Digital libraries have been selected and preceded to search and retrieval. Of the four most significant texts have recovered three (AU)

Eyes on the prize: reflections on the impact of the evolving digital ecology on the librarian as expert intermediary and knowledge coach, 1969-2009.

OBJECTIVE: The 2009 Janet Doe Lecture reflects on the continuing value and increasing return on investment of librarian-mediated services in the constantly evolving digital ecology and complex knowledge environment of the health sciences. SETTING: The interrelationship of knowledge, decision making based on knowledge, technology used to access and retrieve knowledge, and the important linkage roles of expert librarian intermediaries is examined. METHODOLOGY: Professional experiences from 1969 to 2009, occurring during a time of unprecedented changes in the digital ecology of librarianship, are the base on which the evolving role and value of librarians as knowledge coaches and expert intermediaries are examined. CONCLUSION: Librarian-mediated services linking knowledge and critical decision making in health care have become more valuable than ever as technology continues to reshape an increasingly complex knowledge environment.

Open access: implications for scholarly publishing and medical libraries.

PURPOSE: The paper reviews and analyzes the evolution of the open access (OA) publishing movement and its impact on the traditional scholarly publishing model. PROCEDURES: A literature survey and analysis of definitions of OA, problems with the current publishing model, historical developments, funding agency responses, stakeholder viewpoints, and implications for scientific libraries and publishing are performed. FINDINGS: The Internet's transformation of information access has fueled interest in reshaping what many see as a dysfunctional, high-cost system of scholarly publishing. For years, librarians alone advocated for change, until relatively recently when interest in OA and related initiatives spread to the scientific community, governmental groups, funding agencies, publishers, and the general public. CONCLUSIONS: Most stakeholders acknowledge that change in the publishing landscape is inevitable, but heated debate continues over what form this transformation will take. The most frequently discussed remedies for the troubled current system are the "green" road (self-archiving articles published in non-OA journals) and the "gold" road (publishing in OA journals). Both movements will likely intensify, with a multiplicity of models and initiatives coexisting for some time.