Innovationen an Bibliotheken / Innovations in libraries

Abstract

The recent issue 2/2010 of GMS Medizin – Bibliothek – Information focuses on innovations in libraries. Strategic planning, prospects and innovations were the dominant subjects at the major library conferences 2010 in Leipzig (4th Leipziger Congress of Information and Library Services), Zürich (11th InetBib Conference), Leoben (ODOK) Conference and Mainz (Annual Conference of The German Medical Library Association). The authors in this issue are Rüdiger Schneemann (Digital im Alltag – Innovation als Prozess), Julia Böske (Open Access im wissenschaftlichen Publikationsprozess) and Doris Bonora (2. Münsteraner Zukunftskolloquium für Medizinbibliotheken). Furthermore this focus issue features an interview about innovative information and communication systems for scientific libraries (10 Fragen über Anwendungen und Erfahrungen von Web 2.0 bis Emerging Technologies von Bruno Bauer an Guus van den Brekel, Informationsexperte an der Medizinischen Bibliothek der Universität Groningen), the Medical Librarian’s Bibliography 2009, an article from Sergej V. Jargin (Der Nachlass von Rudolf Virchow und die Stammzelle: ein Beitrag aus Russland) and a product review from Katherine Forsythe (Science Translational Medicine).

Keywords

• library
• innovation
• 4th Leipziger Congress of Information and Library Services
• 11th InetBib-Conference in Zürich
• ODOK Conference 2010 in Leoben
• Annual Conference of The German Medical Library Association
• editorial