About the Health and Biosciences Libraries Section

Scope

The Section of Health and Biosciences Libraries represents and acts as a forum for special libraries concerned with all aspects of information dissemination and services in relation to the health sciences and biological sciences.
The Section's general aims include the promotion of cooperation between biological and health sciences libraries; the facilitating of the development and the application of new technology relevant to those libraries; the consideration of means for better provision for health care information to health care consumers; the promotion of cooperative activity between national and international library associations of biological and medical sciences libraries and the promotion of cooperation with the World Health Organization (WHO) and other relevant international bodies.

Mailing lists:

MEDLIBS: Health and Biosciences Libraries Section Mailing List

Chair/Treasurer:
Brian Galvin
Senior Information Specialist, Health Research Board
42-47 Lower Mount Street
DUBLIN Dublin 2
Ireland
Tel.+(353)(1)2345168
Fax.+(353)(1)6611856
Email: bgalvin@hrb.ie

Secretary:
Judy Consales
Director and Associate University Librarian for Sciences,
UCLA Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library
12-077, CHJ, Box 951798
LOS ANGELES California 90095-1798
United States
Tel.+(1)(310)8255781
Fax.+(1)(310)8250465
Email: consales@library.ucla.edu

Information Coordinator
Ann de Meulemeester
Policy advisor of the Biomedical Library,
University of Gent
de Pintelaan 185
9000 GENT
Belgium
Tel. +(32)(9)3320166
Fax +(32)(9)3322290
Email: ann2.DeMeulemeester@UGent.be 

Information Coordinator
Claire Nguyen
Head Librarian, Serials and Electronic Resources Department
BIUM
12 rue de l'école de Médecine
75270 PARIS Cedex
France
Tel. +(33)(1)40461898
Fax +(33)(1)40461020
Email: claire.nguyen@bium.parisdescartes.fr

Health and Biosciences Libraries

Last update: 5 October 2012