CAMBIN (Convent of Academic Medical Libraries in the Netherlands) promotes the efficiency and effectiveness of providing documentary scientific information within academic medicine. CAMBIN meets several times a year and serves as an important link between UKB, the UMCs, and national initiatives in the areas of licensing, open science, and medical education.<\/p>\n
In the past period, the focus included:<\/p>\n
CAMBIN annually inventories ongoing and new licenses within the Health domain and provides input to the UKB<\/a> Licensing Working Group. In a period of budget cuts, CAMBIN advises UMCs on the costs, usage, and impact of licenses and explores opportunities for joint contracts. CAMBIN strengthens collaboration between UMC libraries in the field of research support, with particular attention to support for Systematic Reviews. The working group stimulates knowledge exchange on the selection and access to medical information resources for education, with a focus on e-textbooks and open educational materials. CAMBIN contributes to advisory efforts on open science and open access within UKB and the UMCs. In a changing and costly publishing landscape, attention is given to sustainable alternatives such as preprints and Diamond Open Access, in alignment with national strategies and projects.<\/p>\n A unique aspect of CAMBIN is that its members also fulfill the library function for their respective UMC or academic hospital. This role requires ongoing attention to supporting patient care, research, and education.<\/p>\n The full elaboration and background information can be found in the CAMBIN Work Plan 2026\u20132027.(in Dutch: Werkplan CAMBIN 2026-2027).<\/a><\/p>\n CAMBIN does not formally have a chair; the coordinating role is taken on by the library of the location hosting the next meeting. The members are the representatives of the eight Academic Medical Libraries in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n Peter Fokkens<\/a> – Medische Bibliotheek UMC Groningen<\/a>
In addition, the joint preservation policy for (printed) collections from 2008 will be reassessed.<\/p>\n2. Research and New Developments<\/h2>\n
CAMBIN also monitors developments in AI for searching, screening, and publishing, and provides advice on the added value, costs, privacy, and security of AI tools in collaboration with other UKB working groups.<\/p>\n3. Content for Medical Education<\/h2>\n
CAMBIN explores its role in stimulating, managing, and jointly developing open medical educational materials and open textbooks, partly in relation to national initiatives such as NPULS.<\/p>\n4. Open Science<\/h2>\n
5. CAMBIN as a Library for the UMCs<\/h2>\n
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Members<\/h1>\n
\nRoy Hoitink<\/a> – Medische bibliotheek UMC Utrecht<\/a>
\nLieuwe Kool<\/a> – Medische Bibliotheek AMC<\/a>
\nPam Kaspers<\/a> – Medical Library VU Amsterdam <\/a>
\nIlse Jansma<\/a> – Walaeus Library UMC Leiden <\/a>
\nAdrian Cohen<\/a> – Medische Bibliotheek Erasmus MC Rotterdam<\/a>
\nEsther Tijchon<\/a> – Medical Sciences Library Radboud University Nijmegen<\/a>
\nFons van den Eeckhout<\/a> – Randwyck Library Maastricht University \/ AZ Maastricht<\/a><\/p>\n