Quo vadis AGMB? Ergebnisse der Online-Mitgliederbefragung 2019 sowie Ausblick auf mögliche Konsequenzen für die AGMB

Abstract

Traditionally, the yearly conference of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Medizinisches Bibliothekswesen e.V. (German Medical Library Association) is the central continuing education event for librarians and information specialists working in all types of medical and health science libraries in German-speaking countries. In the past few years there has been a decline in registration numbers. Moreover, it has become increasingly difficult to find conference venues, exhibitors and candidates for the AGMB board. To analyze and interpret the reasons for this trend, a member survey was conducted in 2019. Overall, the 169 survey participants agree with the conference format. In detail, the results offer a wide range of wishes and suggestions concerning the design and content of future conferences. The survey results also provide detailed insights into the participants' motivation for taking part in workshops between the conferences and for member engagement in the AGMB. An outline and interpretation of the survey results are given, followed by an outlook on the plenum discussion at the AGMB conference in Göttingen 2019 and on possible conclusions to be drawn for the AGMB.

Keywords

• survey
• agmb members
• plenum discussion
• agmb conferences
• agmb workshops