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

Useful Addresses

Standing Committee Members

Chair & Information Coordinator:
Heather Todd
Executive Manager, Engineering and Sciences Library Service
University of Queensland Library
St. Lucia Campus
ST. LUCIA, Queensland 4072
Australia
Tel. +(61)(7)33464394
Fax +(61)(7)33464200
E-mail: h.todd@library.uq.edu.au

Secretary/Treasurer:
Kathleen Oliver
Associate Director,
National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region
New York University Langone Medical Center
423 East 23rd Street, Floor 15 South
NEW YORK,NY 10010
United States
Tel. 212.263.4197
Fax 212.263.4258
E-mail: kate.oliver@med.nyu.edu

Editor of Newsletter:
Carole Gall
Gift Development Officer
Indiana University, School of Medicine Libraries
975 W. Walnut Street IB 322
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana 46202-5121
United States
Tel. +(1)(317)2741411
Fax +(1)(317)2782349
E-mail: cfgall@iupui.edu

Last update: 3 August 2009