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Health science libraries and librarians – rewrite the expectations!

Health science libraries and librarians – rewrite the expectations!

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Should the library be closed? This was a question I found in the main library file, when I joined the  Hinduja Hospital as Librarian in March 1992. That was nearly three decades ago. The reason stated was - the library was not being utilized enough. Having just joined, the question seemed scary to me. How long would my job last - I thought to myself? It turned out that I stayed in the job for 3.5 years. By that time I had turned the library into a bee hive of activity, usage and more. And it is gratifying to remember…
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About “Medline” and getting a journal selected for Medline indexing

About “Medline” and getting a journal selected for Medline indexing

1 - VS Shares
Medline. PubMed. Two words used often without a person being sure if they are the same, if they are different and if yes, what is the difference. The other confusion being about getting a journal included for selection -  again in PubMed / in Medline... In February 2021, the National Library of Medicine created the Medline website - https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medline/index.html - to make information about Medline and PubMed, easy to find. The home page tells us clearly that Medline is a premier bibliographic database of the NLM (National Library of Medicine)  and Medline is the main part of PubMed - which is…
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Sci-hub and ethics

Sci-hub and ethics

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Ethics can be ever so confusing! The black and white areas are in writing, or taught to us as we grow, but it is the grey areas that cause an issue. Your child is hungry. You have no money to feed her. You steal food for her. Is that a correct act? Legally, stealing is stealing and is wrong. Ethically we could argue that the intention was to appease a child’s hunger, and the stealing is understandable. You are taking an examination for an important degree after having studied hard. A classmate sitting behind you manages to copy all your…
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