Bonham M D
Medical Sciences Library, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405.
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1990 Apr;78(2):119-23.
In the twenty years of its existence, BIREME has grown and evolved to meet the increasing information needs of health professionals in Latin America and the Caribbean. Recent emphasis has been on the adoption of new methods based on information technologies (including microcomputers, CD-ROMs, and advanced telecommunications) to improve and enhance services. Services discussed are bibliographic control, bibliographic searches, document delivery, selective dissemination of information (SDI), training, and publications.
在其存在的二十年里,拉丁美洲和加勒比地区卫生科学信息中心(BIREME)不断发展演变,以满足卫生专业人员日益增长的信息需求。最近的重点是采用基于信息技术(包括微型计算机、光盘和先进电信技术)的新方法来改进和提升服务。所讨论的服务包括书目控制、书目检索、文献传递、信息选择性传播(SDI)、培训和出版物。