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Dear colleagues,
We all know very well the progress of the "information planet" in health, the
development of electronic information retrieval systems with a growing number of products
and tools for end users. All these should lead to cost-effective clinical decisions and to
improved patient care. However the literature shows that there are still some
contradictions between the evolution of products and their use. Retracted articles
continue to be cited as valid work, we do not know yet how well physicians use the
information retrieval systems and we do not know the impact that this information may have
on patient care.
There is a lot of work to be done! The policy of copyright is still under debate. Some
of the major U.S. institutions of research and higher learning have taken positions on
copyright. Such a policy should be favourable to the concept that public benefit (the
widest possibie dissemination) should take precedence over financial gain.
Giovanna F. Miranda Co-Editor & Publications
JOURNAL ISSUES
Since the Newsletter of October 1998, the following journal issue of Health Libraries
Review has been received:
Health Libraries Review vol. 15, 1998, no. 3
T. Greenhalgh: Editorial - p. 147-150
M.E.S. Forrest. Recent developments in reading therapy: a review of the
literature. p. 157-164.
The purpose of this article is to encourage health and community care librarians to
become involved in the recreational and therapeutic value of reading and to consider
reading therapy as a possible adjunct to the services currently available from today's
libraries.
S. Rose. Challenges and strategies in getting evidence-based practice into
primary health care-what role the information professional? p. 165-174.
An evidence-based approach is more difficult to achieve in primary care than it is in
secondary care. This article examines the future role of the information professional in
achieving the adaptation of evidence-based practice in primary health care.
A. Hicks, A. Booth and C. Sawers. Becoming ADEPT: delivering distance learning
on evidence-based medicine for librarians. p 175-184.
The evidence-based healthcare agenda brings with it new challenges and opportunities
for health librarians. This article describes an attempt to train librarians to support
evidence-based healthcare using a mixed format of opening and 'closure' workshops
supplemented by distance learning modules (ADEPT programme).
J. D. Eldredge, J.B. Teal, J.C. Ducharme, R. M. Harris, L. Croghan and J. A.
Perea. The roles of library liaisons in a problem-based learning (PBL) medical
school curriculum: a case study from University of New Mexico. p. 185-194.
A description of the role of library liaisons in the problem-based learning curricula.
Innovation on Internet. B. Anagnostelis Series Editors. p 195
A. Brice. Connecting Anglia & Oxford to core health information.
p.196-200.
L. Jones and J. Cahoon. Overcoming network barriers: the implementation of the
NISS BIOMED Service in the Trent NHS Region. p. 200-204.
V. M. Trinder. What do health professionals think of their library service?
Report of a multiprofessional user satisfaction survey. p. 205-208.
The 1997 Bishop and LeFanu Memorial Lecture. 'The tragedy of childbed fever' given by
Dr. lrvine Loudon. lnstitute of Child Health, 3 November 1997. (P. Bonnett) p
209.
Finding the Evidence: Clinical Guidelines from Source to Practice. IFM Healthcare study
day, Scottish Health Service Development Group, Edinburgh, 26th January 1998. (M.
Napper). p. 210-211.
New Team .... new research (and development) (J. Farmer & D. Williams) p.
211.
National and lnternational News (B. Madge). p. 215.
BOOKS REVIEW
L'état des nouvelles technologies de l'information en 1998.
Observatoire des NTI, DESS Systèmes lnformationelles et documentaires de l'Université de
Lille-3. ADBS, 1998. 174 p, FrF 175. ISBN 2-84365-015-1.
Répertoire des banques de données professionelles: banques et services en
ligne. Association des professionnelles de l'information et de la documentation.
ADBS, 1998. 684 p. FrF 700. ISBN 2-84365-008-9.
Performance measurement and quality management in public libraries.
IFLA Satellite Meeting. Berlin 25-28 August 1997 Proceedings. P.Borchardt and U. Wimmer
eds. 1998, Berlin, Deutsches Bibliothekinstitut, 260 p.
The 1998/1999 MLA Directory. Medical Library Association Directory
contains a complete listing of MLA's individual and institutional members. Is a benefit of
MLA membership and is available for nonmember for a fee of $150. MLA Headquarters, Kate
Corcoran, tel. 312-419-9094 x 12; corcoran@mlahq.org
Información de Salud para los Consumidores. A.M. Rees, I.
Affranchino-Miniello eds. The Oryx Press, Phoenix, AZ, 1998. $74.95. ISBN 1-57356-166-5.
This volume brings together over 150 of the most recent consumer health brochures and
pamphlets availabie entirely in Spanish. This information is taken from a wide range of
federal and professional health agencies. For the convenience of librarians and
English-speaking users, the preface text and the chapter titles are presented both in
English and Spanish.
PAPERS REVIEW
Improving the quality of health information on the lnternet: The formation and
rise of the lnternet Healthcare Coalition. J. Mack. Health Care on the lnternet
1998; 2(4): 21.
Issues in electronic journals selection and management. C.A. Leathem.
lnternet Reference Services Quarterly 1998; 3(3): 15.
Getting research findings into practice. Finding information on clinical
effectiveness. J. Glanville, M. Haines, I. Auston. BMJ 1998; 317: 200.
Phenomena of retraction. Reasons for retraction and citations to the
publications. J. M. Budd, M. E. Sievert, T. M. Schultz. JAMA 1998; 280: 296.
How well do physicians use electronic information retrieval systems? A
framework for investigation and systematic review. W. R. Hersh and D. H. Hickman.
JAMA 1998; 280: 1347.
Who should own scientific papers? S. Bachrach et al. Science 1998:
281: 1459
INFORMATION SOURCES
....... Web-based
Influenza Sequence Database. The U.S. Department of Energy's National
Laboratory at Los Alamos has launched this database that could aid in the identification
of new influenza strains. The website also offer links to related resources, including WHO
Influenza Surveillance and the European Scientific Working Group on Influenza.
http://www.flu.lanl.gov
....... CD-ROM
The National Research Register. ls a CD-ROM containing five research
databases: projects funded by the NHS Executive, trials funded by Medical Research
Council, a register of research registers, a register of reviews in progress and a
database of health related research at the two centres at the University of York. Update
Software, available free from the NHS Executive.
Rndex. Dialog OnDisk. Contains abstracts and bibliographic citations
from over 150 nursing, case management, and managed care journals. The database contains
over 60,000 records (coverage from 1992 to present). Annual subscription $ 795, updates
quarterly.
British Nursing lndex. SilverPlatter. Provides index citations from
over 220 UK and other English-language journals. ls available both monthly and quarterly
as a Web product or quarterly only on CD-ROM. http://www.silverplatter.com
EBMR. Ovid. Consists of the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews,
plus Best evidence a database of two journals: APC Journal Club and Evidence Based
Medicine. http://www.ovid.com
NEWS FROM PUBLISHERS
Swets and Zeitlinger have finalised an agreement with Mary Ann
Liebert, Inc, a privately-owned publishing company. M.A. Liebert journals, available
through SwetsNet in Catchword's Real Page format, cover biomedical research, clinical
medicine and surgery, law and technology. Titles include AIDS Research and Human
Retroviruses, DNA and Cell Biology, Human Gene Therapy, Journal of lnterferon and Cytokine
Research and Telemedicine Journal.
OTHER NEWS
ELISAD is a European Association of Libraries and lnformation Services
on Alcohol and other Drugs. The primary purpose of ELISAD is to enable those working in
the field of alcohol and other drugs and facing common challenges to exchange ideas and
experience and, through networking and interaction with each other, to improve their
knowledge, skills and performances.
Further information: Carla Rouge, ISPA/SFA, P.O.Box 870, CH-1001 Lausanne, Switzerland
tel. +41-21321-2957; fax +41-21233-1930
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