Poster presented at the EAHIL conference: Diversity in Practice: Integrating, Inspiring and Innovative (12 – 16 June 2017 Dublin, Ireland). Authors: Saba Motta, Anna Gasparello Text: Carlo Besta Neurological Institute Library in Milan, Italy, owns an important historical neurological heritage consisting of books and scientific journals as well as a document archive and medical-surgical instrumentations. In the past years, the entire Historic Archive has been digitized and all the books of the original library of the founder Carlo Besta have been added to the national Italian catalogue. What is necessary now is to create a website that reunites in one place all the historic materials owned by the Scientific Library. The website will display all the documents and the information through a guided path and linked pages. This first step of the site creation will be dedicated to the selection of the main topics and the most interesting materials to display. We will also evaluate the best technical and informatics tools to use. The site will be added to the FENS online history portal that connects similar projects from all around Europe, the first net in the neuroscience field. We want to increase the value of collections at a national and international level and to promote neuroscience history between doctors, researchers and students, encouraging biomedical research, improve clinical and diagnostic activities, and increase cultural awareness.

1. Carlo Besta Neurological Institute Library in Milan, Italy, owns an
important historical neurological heritage consisting of books and
scientific journals as well as a document archive and medical-
surgical instrumentations.
In the past years, the entire Historic Archive has been digitized and
all the books of the original library of the founder Carlo Besta have
been added to the national Italian catalogue. What is necessary
now is to create a website that reunites in one place all the historic
materials owned by the Scientific Library. The website will display
all the documents and the information through a guided path and
linked pages. This first step of the site creation will be dedicated to
the selection of the main topics and the most interesting materials
to display. We will also evaluate the best technical and informatics
tools to use. The site will be added to the FENS online history portal
that connects similar projects from all around Europe, the first net
in the neuroscience field.
We want to increase the value of collections at a national and
international level and to promote neuroscience history between
doctors, researchers and students, encouraging biomedical
research, improve clinical and diagnostic activities, and increase
cultural awareness.
Saba Motta, Scientific Library, Fondazione I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy, saba.motta@istituto-besta.it
Anna Gasparello, Scientific Library, Fondazione I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy gasparello.anna@gmail.com
From First World War Neurology to Web 2.0
a new library website dedicated to historical heritage
The founder:
Prof. Carlo Besta
1876-1940
Pediatric
Neurology
The Carlo Besta
Neurological
Institute
Neurosurgery
Diversity in Practice: Integrating, Inspiring and Innovative
12 – 16 June 2017 / Dublin Castle / Ireland
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