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 

The World Health Organization, Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (WHO/EMRO) and the Ministry of Health and Population, Supreme Council of Egyptian Universities, Egyptian Universities Network (EUN)  and Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research (ENSTINET) take pleasure in announcing a National Congress of Egyptian Medical Librarians and a Regional Conference on Eastern Mediterranean Region Virtual Health Sciences Library, which will be held at the Regional Office in Cairo during the period 23-25 November 2004 with the following objectives:

1. To review progress made in development of the EMR Virtual Health Sciences Library;

2. To discuss the role of the digital (electronic) library in supporting e-learning initiative and  programmes;

3. To introduce the concept of Information Society and progress since the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS);

4. To review national experience and initiatives towards development of digital libraries;

5. To discuss the role of the digital (electronic) library in the development of the Information Society;