GMS Medizin – Bibliothek – Information (Sep 2009)
Die Fachbibliothek Medizin (FBMed) am Universitätsklinikum Essen / The Medical Branch Library at the University Hospital Essen
Abstract
The branch library ‘Medizin’ provides the faculty of medicine and the university hospital (about 943 professors and scientific assistants; about 1665 medical students) with literature and information and fulfils important tasks regarding research, teaching and patient care.Along with matters of use of the library (lending, advice, interlibrary loan, reserved semester collections, training courses), there is also certain work concerning the processing of literature (for example acquisition and binding of journals) that is carried out on the spot. Furthermore the branch library ‘Medizin’ looks after and advises several libraries in various institutes of the university hospital.
