The AGMB at a glance

Name:

Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Medizinisches Bibliothekswesen e.V. (German Medical Library Association)

Founded:

1970 in Cologne; entry in the register of associations: 1.6.2000

Legal form:

Registered association; Statute (in German)

Seat:

Cologne

Purpose:

• Promotion of medical librarianship and information provision
• Support of national and international cooperations between medical libraries and initiation of joint projects
• Furnishing of expert opinions and statements
• Organization of continued education meetings with company exhibitions
• Presentation and discussion of modern library technology
  
  

Membership:

Natural persons or institutions / corporations

Membership fee:

Natural persons: no fee
Institutions: fee for sustaining members

Members:

370 members

Bodies:

General Meeting, Executive Board (voluntary)

Executive Board:

Term  2023 - 2025 / Contact

• Chair: Dr. Claudia Jirausch
  UB Leipzig, Bibliothek­ Medizin/Naturwissenschaften, Liebigstraße 23/25, 04103 Leipzig, D
  Tel.: +49 (0)341/97-14017
• First Deputy Chaiperson: Dr. Evamaria Krause
  Universitätsbibliothek Augsburg, Universitätsstraße 22, 86159 Augsburg, D
  Tel.: +49 (0)821/598-3482
• Second Deputy Chairperson: Julia Letow
  Universitätsklinikum Bonn (UKB), Institute for Medical Humanities, Bibliothek, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, D
  Tel.: +49 (0)228/287-15003
• Secretary: Sandra Stops
  kbs | Die Akademie für Gesundheitsberufe GmbH, am St. Kamillus GmbH, Bibliothek, Kamillianerstr. 42, 41069 Mönchengladbach, D
  Tel.: +49 (0)2161/892-2534, Fax: +49 (0)2161/892-2509
• Treasurer: Dr. Miriam Albers
  ZB MED - Informationszentrum Lebenswissenschaften, Gleueler Straße 60, 50931 Köln, D
  Tel.: +49 (0)221/478-5601

Working groups:

• Hospital libraries (Contact: Christian Vogel, Linz)
• Academic medical libraries (Contact: Volker Braun, Mannheim)
• Austrian medical librarians
  
  

Meetings:

Annually, in different cities / Overview of meetings