Empleo de la informática en rediseño de servicios bibliotecarios. Instituto de Ciencias Básicas y Preclínicas Victoria de Girón / Use of information technology in the redesign of library services. Institute of Basic and Preclinical Sciences Victoria of Girón

En el presente documento se describe el trabajo realizado en conjunto biblioteca/nodo para el rediseño de los servicios bibliotecarios a partir de la implementación del servidor de la biblioteca universitaria en el Instituto de Ciencias Básicas y Preclínicas Victoria de Girón. La biblioteca, de tradicional pasó a biblioteca híbrida, pues se crearon servicios electrónicos a los que se puede acceder de manera remota o local de forma instantánea, los servicios presenciales con contenidos impresos se mantuvieron. El sitio web se construyó en wordpress, el catálogo se automatizó utilizando la metodología LILACS. Para la bibliografía generada en la institución se creó un repositorio institucional, soportado en una plataforma de acceso abierto, Eprints. Todo este trabajo realizado por bibliotecarias e informática redundará en mayor visibilidad y citación de los autores; mejorará la gestión técnica bibliotecaria; aumentará la divulgación, difusión y uso de los servicios y recursos de información disponibles través de la biblioteca en la red de salud(AU)

In this paper the author explains the labor they have been doing about the joint library/node in order to redesign the librarian services, since carryings out the network resources services in the library of Victoria de Giron Basic and Clinic Sciences´ Institute. The traditional library started as a hybrid one, because some electronic services were created and the one who uses those computer system can log-in as a remote user or as an in attendance or present user. The printed documents were kept in existence for being consulted. The web site was constructed in word press; the catalogue list was automated using the LILACS methodology. Institutional repositories were created and hold up in Eprints open access platform. All this work, made by librarians and an informatics technician for they have a desired result or effect of higher visibility as well as a better contact with the authors; also making the library technic management better; increase the divulgation, broadcasting and use of the services and information resources available by the health net library(AU)

Defrosting the digital library: bibliographic tools for the next generation web.

Many scientists now manage the bulk of their bibliographic information electronically, thereby organizing their publications and citation material from digital libraries. However, a library has been described as "thought in cold storage," and unfortunately many digital libraries can be cold, impersonal, isolated, and inaccessible places. In this Review, we discuss the current chilly state of digital libraries for the computational biologist, including PubMed, IEEE Xplore, the ACM digital library, ISI Web of Knowledge, Scopus, Citeseer, arXiv, DBLP, and Google Scholar. We illustrate the current process of using these libraries with a typical workflow, and highlight problems with managing data and metadata using URIs. We then examine a range of new applications such as Zotero, Mendeley, Mekentosj Papers, MyNCBI, CiteULike, Connotea, and HubMed that exploit the Web to make these digital libraries more personal, sociable, integrated, and accessible places. We conclude with how these applications may begin to help achieve a digital defrost, and discuss some of the issues that will help or hinder this in terms of making libraries on the Web warmer places in the future, becoming resources that are considerably more useful to both humans and machines.

Las bibliotecas virtuales de salud en la informatización de la sociedad cubana / Virtual health libraries in the computerization of the Cuban society

Se realiza una revisión bibliográfica sobre la informatización del sector de la salud en Cuba y su impacto en desarrollo del proyecto de la Biblioteca Virtual de Salud (BVS), como un espacio de interacción de personas, fuentes de información e instituciones del Sistema Nacional de Salud. Se describen las BVS desarrolladas por el Sistema Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Información en Ciencias de la Salud y las BVS cubanas. Se concluye que gracias a la informatización se han beneficiado las organizaciones de información biomédicas del Sistema Nacional de Salud, favoreciendo la creación de BVS, provinciales y temáticas. Estas herramientas cubren un gran abanico de temas biomédicos y tienen la gran ventaja de que la selección de la información registrada en sus bases de datos es realizada por personas (profesionales de la salud, bibliotecarios, profesionales de la información, etcétera), y además, validada y certificada por instituciones de reconocido prestigio, dentro y fuera del país (AU)

A bibliographical revision is carried through on the computerization of the sector of health in Cuba and its impact in the development of the project of the Virtual Health Library (VHL), as a space for the interaction of people, sources of information and institutions of the National Health System. The VHL developed by the Latin American and Caribbean System of Information on Health Sciences and Cuban VHL are described. It is possible to affirm that thanks to computerization the organizations of biomedical information of the national health system have been benefitted; favoring the creation of VHL, provincial and thematic. These tools cover a very wide array of biomedical subjects and have the great advantage that the selection of the information registered in their data bases is made by people (health professionals, librarians, information professionals, etcetera)(AU)

Health information multitype library reference referral networking: panacea for the '90s.

Librarians are exploring new approaches to information sharing to cope with a rapidly changing environment dominated by budget cuts, information explosion, and globalization of the economy, science, and culture. In 1990, the University of Illinois at Chicago Library of the Health Sciences (UIC LHS) initiated a pilot project aimed at establishing an effective balance between state-of-the-art information technology and traditional library methods and promoting cooperation among health information professionals by establishing the Health Information Referral Network (HIRN) in the state of Illinois. HIRN's background and development, Internet home page, and networking techniques reviewed in this paper are applicable to multitype libraries and information centers interested in improving information use and the referral process.

La publicación electrónica en ciencias de la salud / Electronic publishing in the health sciences

Durante la segunda mitad del siglo XX hemos presenciado un aumento espectacular de la información científica y avances notables en las formas de comunicar esa información. A lo largo de las Américas tanto los investigadores como los responsables de establecer políticas necesitan conocer las nuevas tecnologías hoy disponibles para que sus países puedan participar plenamente en esta revolución de la información y cosechar sus beneficios. Respondiendo a esta necesidad la Organización Panamericana de la Salud y su Centro Latinoamericano y del Caribe para Información en Ciencias de la Salud (BIREME) patrocinaron conjuntamente el Seminario Internacional sobre los Retos de la Era de la Información: Agentes y Usuarios, que se celebró en Sao Paulo del 18 al 20 de octubre de 1994. Una de las mesas redondas del seminario se dedicó al tema de la producción científica con atención a la calidad. El texto que sigue fue presentado por el doctor Edward Huth, quien formo parte del cuadro de expertos internacionales que participaron en la mesa redonda. El autor plantea diversos aspectos de la nueva tecnología de publicación electrónica y lo que significan para los productores y los usuarios de la información científica

Electronic publishing in the health sciences

The latter half of this century has witnessed a proliferation of scientific information as well as remarkable advances in ways of communicating that information. Both researchers and polymakers throughout the Americas need knowledge about the new technologies that are available in order for their countries to fully participate in this information revolution and reap its benefits. to address that need, the "International Seminar on the Challenges of the Information Era: Agents and Users" was held in Sao Paulo on 18-20 October 1994, under the sponsorship of the Pan America Health Organization and PAHO's Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME). One of the round talbes at the seminar focused on scientific production and quality eecognition. This special report features the text of presentations given by two members of the international panel of experts who participed in the round table. The first, by Dr. Edward Huth, deals with the implications of new electronic publishing technologies for the producer and consumers of scientific information. The secong, by Dr. Eugene Garfield, explain how quantitative analysis of scientific publishing in different countries can elucidate national research policies and be useful in guiding them (AU)

The Internet: will this highway serve the digital library?

The future of the biomedical enterprise and the biomedical libraries that serve it is tied closely to digital information. The changing nature of this type of information will create new pressures on libraries, particularly in health care organizations. Libraries must learn to deal with these pressures. Currently, libraries depend on the Internet primarily for connections to resources and other libraries; thus enhancements to the Internet will impact the libraries of the present and future significantly. This paper provides an overview of the technical capabilities that will be available in the near to midterm, what libraries will be able to do with those capabilities, and how libraries can position themselves to take advantage of the impending changes.

Recent health sciences library building projects.

The Medical Library Association's third annual survey of recent health sciences library building projects identified fourteen libraries planning, expanding, or constructing new library facilities. Three of five new library buildings are freestanding structures where the library occupies all or a major portion of the space. The two other new facilities are for separately administered units where the library is a major tenant. Nine projects involve additions to or renovations of existing space. Six projects are in projected, predesign, or design stages or are awaiting funding approval. This paper describes four projects that illustrate technology's growing effect on librarians and libraries. They are designed to accommodate change, a plethora of electronic gear, and easy use of technology. Outwardly, they do not look much different than many other modern buildings. But, inside, the changes have been dramatic although they have evolved slowly as the building structure has been adapted to new conditions.

Rural GRATEFUL MED outreach: project results, impact, and future needs.

The Library of the Health Sciences-Peoria (LHS-Peoria), located at a regional site of the University of Illinois College of Medicine, conducted an eighteen-month GRATEFUL MED outreach project funded by the National Library of Medicine. The project was designed to enhance information services for health professionals at eight underserved rural hospitals in west central Illinois. One hundred rural health professionals, mainly nonphysicians, received GRATEFUL MED training at these hospitals; LHS delivered more than 350 documents to the trainees. In this paper, investigators describe the project and its goals and discuss results and their evaluation, from both individual and institutional perspectives. Outcome is examined in the context of future outreach plans, both at LHS and elsewhere.