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MedLibMob : Medical Apps & Mobile Medical Libraries

Join  MedLibMob Community Facebook Fan Page: *   http://www.facebook.com/pages/MedLibMob/173310729366445     or the  The MedLibMob Group: *   http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_174021102617943   As we are busy in our library ( Central Medical Library, University Medical Center Groningen , The Netherlands) with an iPad on Loan Project, ánd working on a new mobile library site, I suddenly thought how easy it would be to have community of medical librarians & libraries to: exchange information and experiences with (creating) mobile medical library sites and/or apps. create listings of existing and future content providers supporting mobile devices share knowledge about and review the fast growing range of Medical Apps for mobile devices on any relevant platforms (iPhone, iPads, Android, etc...) This new Facebook group has CHAT features (till we reach >250 members), post, links, photo's, videos, events. To connect sever...

GERMAN NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE ZB MED : Knowledge for Life

Love padlocks bridge in Cologne with the Dom This week I was in Cologne, Germany in the German National Library of Medicine, the ZB MED , the second largest medical library of the world.  The "ZB MED is the Federal Republic of Germany's central specialist library of medicine, health, nutrition, the environment, and agriculture, and was f ounded in 1969.  I was asked to perform a consultation t ogether with team leaders and the director Ulrich Korwitz. We did spend almost a whole day discussing their new Strategic plans for 2010-2012, including marketing  and PR. The slides of my morning session are available here . The ZB Med has developed a wide range of interesting quality resources and services over the years. the Document delivery service The MEDPILOT : unique medical information portal and search engine using semantic techniques which enables multiple languages as input and quality matching with key concepts, facetting, combined with ordering service ...