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Librarians to meet today

By Our Staff Reporter

CHENNAI, DEC. 8. Librarians from across the country employed in the health sector will meet at the University of Madras on Thursday for a national convention of the Medical Library Association of India (MLAI). The MLAI is a professional group of library and information scientists working in health sector.

Hosted by the library of Dr. ALM Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, the convention is expected to bring together more than 200 librarians, health information disseminators, medical informatics professionals, medical information end-users, consumers of health information and representatives of non-governmental organisations.

The seminar will focus on information and knowledge management and the role of information in ensuring effective healthcare delivery systems and health sciences research in India.

Participants will discuss directions, policy guidelines and chart the future course of action with respect to health science information systems in India.

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