About the Journal
“Medical Library Forum” (MLF) is a peer-reviewed academic journal, issued semi-annually by the Medical University of Warsaw since December 2018. The idea of creating the journal emerged during the 25th Problem Conference of Medical Libraries, taking place from 12th to 14th of June, 2006 in Lublin-Kazimierz Dolny. "MLF’s" first publisher was the Medical University of Łódź, which issued the journal both online and in print. Nowadays, "MLF" is published only in digital form. Starting in 2018, all articles are published under the standardised Creative Commons licence BY-NC-ND -- a model that is free for both authors and readers (diamond open access).
“Medical Library Forum” aims to preserve the academic work of the libraries of medical universities and related institutions. Its main objective is to create a forum for exchanging ideas, experience, and solutions established in specific institutions, as well as advancing academic librarianship -– not just in the medical field.
Current Issue
Issue 2 | Volume 17 | 2024
We present the latest issue of the “Medical Library Forum”, in which current challenges of academic libraries are juxtaposed with a look back on some interesting matters from the past. In this issue, you will find articles about tools designed by librarians themselves which optimise the processes of registering and reporting publishing records, as well as analysing data from the MNiSW and JCR journal ranking lists. You will also find an article discussing copyright protection in the context of content created with use of artificial intelligence – a topic of great significance for both creators and users of new technologies. For enthusiasts of the history of medicine, we have an interesting story about the recovered old printed books from the collection of the bibliophile and pharmacist Teofil Tugendhold, as well as an article detailing the history of the “New Warsaw Diary” – one of the few Polish scientific journals published in early 19th century Warsaw. Wishing you a good and inspiring read -- the Editorial Team.
Published:
06.08.2025
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This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access.
