Oliver Obst, Ph.D.
Library Director
Branch Medical Library
University and Regional Library Münster
University of Münster
Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Geb. A11, D-48149 Münster, Germany
Tel.: +49 251 83 58550 / Fax: +49 251 83 52583
| 1958 | Born in Mönchengladbach, Germany, as son of Renate Obst b. Dietzler, Librarian at the Public Library Mönchengladbach 1981-1999, and great grandchild of Fritz Kerlé, President of the German Association of Catholic Booksellers [VKB/KM] 1922-1928 (so my profession was kind of predestined). |
| 1977 | Graduation from High School (Abitur) at Cusanus Gymnasium Erkelenz |
| 1977-1984 | Study of Biology at the RWTH Aachen University and the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg with the main subject areas animal physiology, plant physiology, virology, and IT. |
| 1980-1983 | Practical studies in the lab of Prof. Hennig Stieve, Institut of Neurobiology, KFA Jülich |
| 1981-1982 | Practical studies in behavioural sciences and genetics at the Institut of Biology III, University Freiburg |
| 1984 | Diploma thesis at the Institut of Biology III / Plant Physiology on the Host-Parasite-Interaction in the Wheat-Rust Fungus-Model |
| 1985-1986 | Civil Service at the Special School for the Physically and Mentally Handicapped, Aachen |
| 1987-1991 | Doctoral thesis (Dr.rer.nat.) at the Institute of Physiology of the Medical Faculty of the RWTH Aachen on the „Pathophysiological effect of the stress hormones epinephrine und norepinephrine“. Assistant Lecturer in Cardiology. |
| 1988-1993 | Organisation and handling of clinical studies phase III and IV at the Center of Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases, Aachen |
| 1991-1993 | Traineeship in Library and Information Science at the Polytechnical University for Library Science and Documentation (FHBD) at Cologne. Thesis on the information needs of medical professionals: Medizinische Bibliotheken im elektronischen Zeitalter: Informationsbedürfnisse von „medical professionals“ und ihre Befriedigung |
| 1993-1996 | Subject specialist at the University and Regional Library Münster for informatics and chemistry |
| 1994- | Member, Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Medizinisches Bibliothekswesen (AGMB, German Medical Libraries Association) |
| 1994- | Member, European Association for Health Information Libraries |
| 1994- | Founder and Admin, MEDIBIB-L (mailing list for German-speaking medical librarians) |
| 1994-2001 | Founder and Admin, LITI – Literaturliste Internet |
| 1994-2008 | Member, Verein Deutscher Bibliothekare |
| 1995 | Professional Visit in the USA (National Library of Medicine, Welch Library Baltimore, Taubmann Library Ann Arbor, Shiffman Library Detroit, Health Sciences Library Buffalo) |
| 1995- | Member, Medical Libraries Association (MLA) and International Cooperation Section / MLA |
| 1995-1998 | Co-Founder and Head, Working group „Medical Academic Libraries“ of the AGMB |
| 1996- | Director of the Branch Library of Medicine of the ULB Münster. Projects in publishing, marketing, open access, express document delivery, e-books, social media, iPads in education, and the future of the library resp. emerging challenges in librarianship. |
| 1996-2001 | Founder and Admin, Homepage of the AGMB |
| 1997-2001 | Founder and Chief Editor, GMS Medizin – Bibliothek – Information (vormals AGMB aktuell bzw. medizin-bibliothek-information) |
| 1998-2000 | Member, Advisory Board of the DFG project webis |
| 1998-2003 | Deputy Chair, AGMB |
| 1998- | Senior Lecturer, Medical Faculty University of Münster |
| 1999-2002, 2007-2014 | National Delegate of Germany, Council of the European Association for Health Information Libraries |
| 2000-2003 | Project Manager, BMBF-Project LOTSE |
| 2000-2004 | Traineeship of Horseback Archery at the Lajos Kassai School, Hungary |
| 2001-2002 | Chair, International Programme Committee 8th EAHIL Conference, Cologne (Report (German)) |
| 2002-2008 | Member, Advisory Board of DIMDI |
| 2002-2012 | Member, Advisory Board of the German National Library of Medicine |
| 2004-2013 | Founder and Chief Editor, medinfo weblog |
| 2004- | Founder, treasurer, resp. member of the German Horseback Archery Asscociation |
| 2005 | Honorary Award of the Foundation Education in Medicine |
| 2007 | Lectureship in Library and Information Science at the Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman |
| 2007- | Member, Editorial Board, Journal of the European Association for Health and Information Libraries |
| 2008-2012 | Co-Chair, EAHIL Taskforce Web 2.0 |
| 2009 | Member, Nature Publishing Group Library Committee |
| 2010- | Education in fooling at various schools, incl. Franki Anderson, Cornwall |
| 2010 | Professional Stay in Indonesia |
| 2010-2014 | Member, Library Advisory Committee of UpToDate |
| 2012- | Member, AGMB Excellence Price Jury |
| 2014 | Member, Horizon Project Expert Panel for Higher Education |
| 2014-2018 | Deputy Member, Senate of the University of Munster |
| 2014- | Member, Editorial Board PulsSchlag – Magazine of the University Clinic Münster |
| 2015 | Awarded 1st place of AGMB Lighthouse Projects |
| 2015-2019 | Member, Advisory Board of the DFG project MDM-Portal |
| 2018-2020 | Member, Library Advisory Board of Thieme Publishing, Stuttgart |
| 2019 | Honorary Award of the European Association for Health Information and Libraries |
| 2018-2020 | Training and Degree in systemic coaching, DGfC |