First National Congress of Egyptian Medical Librarians
Cairo, 22 November 2004
and
Fourth Regional Conference on EMR Health Sciences Virtual Library:
Role in e-Learning and Building the Information Society
Cairo, 23-25 November 2004
Organized by
World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
in Collaboration with
Ministry of Health and Population,
Supreme Council of Egyptian Universities, Egyptian Universities Network (EUN)
and
Academy of Scientific Research,  ENSTINET 

Objectives of the congress

The National Congress of Egyptian Medical Librarians will convene for the first time to draw a clear picture of the situation of health sciences libraries in Egypt.  It will provide a forum for analysis of challenges and possible solutions.  Initiatives and projects on networking, resource-sharing, digitization, automation, training and electronic publishing will be presented and discussed.

Topics to be covered in the National Congress:

1. Health sciences libraries of the Ministry of Health and Population, including hospital libraries;
2. Health sciences and medical libraries in faculties of medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, nursing and veterinary;
3. Research libraries and information centers of medical research institutions;
4. Information and communication technologies in the health sector;
5. Library and information science education for health information professionals.