PHOTO GALLERY Two reading rooms with free access to bookshelf inaugurated at Scientific Medical Library of USMF "Nicolae Testemitanu"

Chisinau, April 23 /MOLDPRES/- Two reading rooms with free access to the bookshelf were inaugurated today at the Scientific Medical Library (BȘM) of the State University of Medicine and Pharmacy (USMF) "Nicolae Testemitanu". The institutional premiere aims to ensure users' access to medical and pharmaceutical information resources.

Attending the event were rector Emil Ceban, vice-rectors, deans, vice-deans, teaching staff, students and librarians of BSM.

Ceban pointed out that the university library is a modern information and documentation centre. "The institution aims to support the continuous information process of doctors, pharmacists, students, resident doctors and other medical specialists. The Scientific Medical Library is an extremely important objective of the university. It holds over 900 thousand copies of books, journals, theses and documents in Romanian, English, French and Russian. The institution holds old books and important donations. The institution also has a European Information Centre. The two reading rooms will facilitate access to literature, which will contribute to improving the quality of higher education and the training of health professionals," he said.

The event was held today on Librarian Day and World Book and Copyright Day, marked annually on 23 April. On this occasion, Ceban conveyed a congratulatory message to the employees of BSM.

The new information space consists of two reading rooms with free access to the bookshelf for 150 visitors, three rooms for group study, with a total of 18 seats, and Infomedica Centre with 19 seats, which will ensure users' access to electronic medical and pharmaceutical information resources. The reading rooms are mainly intended for students and the book collections are mainly made up of educational publications in Romanian, English, Russian and French - textbooks, compendia, lecture notes, lesson texts, methodological guidelines etc. Users will have access to databases, electronic libraries, resources focusing on evidence-based medicine and other information products.

The reading area also includes Dr. Richard Koch book collection - one of the largest personal collections of old and rare medical books in Europe, representing considerable bibliophilic value. It contains 2,638 copies in several languages (German with Gothic characters, Latin, French, Greek etc.), most of them medically themed.