LIBRARY BLOGGING WORLDWIDE (Dortmund – Düsseldorf – Hannover, 2008) bringt einen Überblick über Weblogs an Bibliotheken aus 29 Ländern. Monika Bargmann würdigt in ihrer Darstellung der Situation in Österreich die positive Entwicklung des Van Swieten Blogs, des Weblogs der Universitätsbibliothek der Medizinischen Universität Wien:

Austrian bloggers
Institutional weblogs
The „Van Swieten Blog“ is maintained by the Medical University of Vienna Library and was named after Gerard Van Swieten who was not only personal physician of Austrian sovereign Maria Theresia, but also an important health service reformer. This medical library weblog informs about a variety of library services – such as database trials, opening hours, new eBooks and scientific information for PDAs – as well as about publications of university staff and findings from provenance research. In March 2008, the blog series “Displaced 1938” was started. Library director Bruno Bauer writes: „Each day one out of 143 displaced professors and university teachers is introduced in a separate weblog posting. Biographies from a dissertation in the library’s repository were scanned for this particular purpose. Moreover the corresponding publications from and about the displaced persons in stock of the branch library of the history of medicine were electronically catalogued in the library’s OPAC. The postings also refer to pictures and documents in the picture archives and manuscript collection at the Medical University Vienna“. In my personal opinion, the “Van Swieten Blog” has developed into one of the most remarkable library weblogs.
[Monika Bargmann: Library Blogging Worldwide, p. 80-81]]

Bitte zitieren als
VAN SWIETEN BLOG: Informationen der Universitätsbibliothek der Med Uni Wien,
Nr. 1380 [18.01.2009].
Online unter der URL: https://ub-blog.meduniwien.ac.at/blog/?p=1380