University library of the Medical University of Vienna

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University library of the Medical University of Vienna
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founding 2004
Library type University library
place Vienna
ISIL AT-UBMUW-100 (Medical University of Vienna, main library)
operator medical university Vienna
management Bruno Bauer
Website ub.meduniwien.ac.at

The University Library of the Medical University of Vienna is a library of the Medical University of Vienna .

history

In the course of the reorganization of the state universities in Austria by the University Act 2002 , medical universities in Graz , Innsbruck and Vienna were re- established on January 1, 2004 . The Austrian Central Library for Medicine , which had been independent until then , became a university library and an organizational unit of the Medical University of Vienna .

Inventories and online resources

  • The university library of the Medical University of Vienna is the largest medical library in Austria with a stock of approx. 570,000 monographs and journal volumes. The library is divided into the main library in the General Hospital of the City of Vienna (university clinics ) as well as two branch libraries (dentistry, history of medicine) and 37 institute and clinic lists.
  • Approximately 7,000 monographs are acquired annually.
  • The library subscribes to around 1,800 print journals; in addition, consortium or individual licenses have been concluded for around 2,700 electronic journals .
  • Licenses include a. the literature databases MEDLINE , BIOSIS, CINAHL, EMBASE, INSPEC, PASCAL Biomed, PsycINFO, PsyndexPlus and ISI Web of Science .

Projects and Cooperations

  • The University Library of the Medical University of Vienna is a member of the Austrian Library Network and, in addition to the library network catalog, also participates in the Austrian dissertation database and the eDOC project.
  • The university library is a cooperation partner of the EZB ( Electronic Journals Library) and - besides the Austrian Central Library for Physics - the only Austrian delivery library at subito , the document delivery service of scientific libraries.
  • The university library is one of 13 founding members of the “E-Media Austria” cooperation, which aims to optimize the licensing of electronic media via consortia at Austrian academic libraries.
  • The university library is integrated into MedCurrWien with two courses in the subject area of ​​science and medicine.
  • The head of the university library is a member of the working group of library directors in Austria , which aims to intensify the cooperation between university libraries at the 21 Austrian state universities.

literature

  • Bruno Bauer: The establishment of the central library for medicine in Vienna . In: Library Service . 29, 4/5, 1995, ISSN  0006-1972 , pp. 656-664.
  • Bruno Bauer: Cooperation between Austrian academic libraries with the EZB and with subito. Optimization of access to electronic full-text journals and electronic document delivery . In: Biblos . 50, 1, 2001, ISSN  0006-2022 , pp. 15-22.
  • Bruno Bauer: The reorganization of the Austrian university system. The new state and private medical universities and their libraries . In: Medicine - Library - Information . 5, 1, 2005, pp. 51–4 ( PDF )
  • Bruno Bauer: Medicine Curriculum Vienna. New requirements for the supply of literature and information for students at the University Library of the Medical University of Vienna . In: GMS Medicine Library Information . 5, 2, 2005, Doc06 (20050923) ( PDF ).
  • Helmut Dollfuss: The University Library of the Medical University of Vienna . In: Robert Trappl (ed.): Science and medicine. A textbook for the first special study module (SSM 1) - block 7 . 3rd updated edition. Facultas, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-85076-723-X (Online: PDF ).
  • Helmut Leitner: The Austrian Central Medical Library, Vienna . In: EAHIL newsletter . No. 51, May 2000 ( PDF ).

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