Spála M, Choc F, Pinkas O
Ustav vĕdeckých informací, 1. lékarské fakulty, Univerzity Karlovy v Praze, Czech Republic.
Sb Lek. 1994;95(3):247-51.
The authors give a short history of the association, beginning with its establishment (1986) and a survey of its activities up to the summer of 1994, and its organization. They write about conditions and terms of membership, about aims and objectives of the association: to improve co-operation among European medical libraries, to raise standards of library and information services as well as professionality of librarians and information officers and their continuous education, especially in regard to new technologies. The authors also emphasize the European character and principles of tolerance that enable a connection of medical nursing, veterinary and pharmaceutical libraries/librarians in these specializations in various countries. It is necessary for information users to learn modern library methods, including information skills for the learning process (libraries of medical faculties). No less important is the role of libraries for research and evaluation of research. A survey of Czechoslovak and Czech participation in EAHIL is also given here. The course of the Fourth European Conference of Medical and Health Libraries on Oslo (from 28th June to 2nd July, 1994) is shortly described. Further library conference activities are also mentioned: 7th International Congress of Medical Librarianship in Washington, DC, May 10-12, 1995; Fourth Nordic Conference for Medical Libraries, Copenhagen (Denmark), August 21-24, 1995; EAHIL Symposium on Cooperation of Medical Libraries, Prague (Czech Republic), September 21-22, 1995; Fifth European Conference of Medical and Health Libraries, Coimbra (Portugal), September 18-21, 1996.
作者介绍了该协会的简短历史，从其成立（1986年）开始，概述了截至1994年夏天的活动以及其组织架构。他们阐述了会员资格的条件和条款，协会的宗旨和目标：改善欧洲医学图书馆之间的合作，提高图书馆和信息服务的标准，以及图书馆员和信息官员的专业性及其继续教育，特别是在新技术方面。作者还强调了协会的欧洲特色和宽容原则，这些原则使得不同国家这些专业领域的医学护理、兽医和药学图书馆/图书馆员能够建立联系。信息使用者有必要学习现代图书馆方法，包括学习过程中的信息技能（医学院图书馆）。图书馆在研究和研究评估中的作用同样重要。这里还介绍了捷克斯洛伐克和捷克参与欧洲健康信息与图书馆协会（EAHIL）的情况。简要描述了在奥斯陆举行的第四届欧洲医学与健康图书馆会议的过程（1994年6月28日至7月2日）。还提到了其他图书馆会议活动：1995年5月10日至12日在华盛顿特区举行的第7届国际医学图书馆员大会；1995年8月21日至24日在丹麦哥本哈根举行的第四届北欧医学图书馆会议；1995年9月21日至22日在捷克共和国布拉格举行的欧洲健康信息与图书馆协会医学图书馆合作研讨会；1996年9月18日至21日在葡萄牙科英布拉举行的第五届欧洲医学与健康图书馆会议。
