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:

450 members

Bodies:

General Meeting, Executive Board (voluntary)

Executive Board:

Term  2017 - 2019 / Contact

• Chair: Dr. Claudia Wöckel
  UB Leipzig, Bibliothek­ Medizin/Naturwissenschaften, Liebigstraße 23/25, 04103 Leipzig, D
  Tel.: +49 (0)341/97-14017
• First Deputy Chaiperson: Dr. Iris Reimann
  Universitätsbibliothek RWTH Aachen, Templergraben 61, 52062 Aachen, D
  Tel.: + 49 (0)241/80-88990, Fax: + 49 (0)241/80-82493
• Second Deputy Chairperson: Dr. Martina Semmler-Schmetz
  Medizinische Fakultät Mannheim der Universität Heidelberg, Bibliothek,
  Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, 68167 Mannheim, D
  Tel.: + 49 (0)621/383-3753, Fax: + 49 (0)621/383-2006
• Secretary: Sandra Stops
  kbs - Die Akademie für Gesundheitsberufe GmbH
• Treasurer: Dr. Elisabeth Müller
  ZB MED - Informationszentrum Lebenswissenschaften, Gleueler Straße 60, 50931 Köln, D
  Tel.: +49 (0)221/478-5680

Working groups:

• Hospital libraries (Contact: Christian Vogel, Linz)
• Academic medical libraries (Contact: Oliver Weiner, Kiel)
• Austrian medical librarians
  
  

Meetings:

Annually, in different cities / Overview of meetings