1st Technical workshop on health science libraries in the 21st Century: electronic, virtual, digital and hybrid

Authors

  • Blanca San-José-Montano El profesional de la información
  • Manuel Espantaleón-Agreda

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2007.jul.13

Keywords:

Health science libraries, Virtual libraries, Electronic libraries, Library management, Library acquisitions, Electronic resources, Consortial acquisitions, Electronic resource accessibility, Digitalization project, Resource cataloguing

Abstract

The Sedic Health Science Group organized the 1st Technical workshop on health science libraries in the 21st century: electronic, virtual, digital and hybrid. The aim was to update the view of health science libraries within the technological environment, sharing professional experience, methodologies and practices. In the first session, 12 autonomous communities (a designation for geopolitical regions within Spain) reported on their virtual library projects, which are in different phases of development. The second session addressed new concepts in acquisitions, such as national licensing of electronic resources and "pay per view"; new approaches to accessibility, including open access repositories and open access digital books; and new tools for integrating catalogue listings of library resources with metasearch, webbridge, and individualised data bases.

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Published

2016-08-03

How to Cite

San-José-Montano, B., & Espantaleón-Agreda, M. (2016). 1st Technical workshop on health science libraries in the 21st Century: electronic, virtual, digital and hybrid. Profesional De La información, 16(4), 376–380. https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2007.jul.13