8th
International Congress on Medical Librarianship
July 2 - 5, 2000 - London - England
For the first time, the proceedings of the 8th
ICML will not be published on paper. With the theme of the
congress so firmly based on the impact of the internet on scholarly
publishing, it was time to seize the opportunity to move
whole-heartedly into web publishing.
All the papers will be published in full within
the ICML web site. With none of the cost constraints of a
paper publication, the proceedings will be able to include the full
version of all papers presented in London, including any graphs,
tables and illustrations supplied by the author.
The proceedings will be free of charge and
available on an unrestricted basis.
Independent Group to Administer
Scholarships
A set of criteria on which decisions on individual
scholarships will be based is being drafted and will be published on
the ICML web site, and elsewhere.
ICML has a scholarship fund to provide financial
support for professional colleagues unable to find sufficient
funding to attend the congress. Because the funds available
will fall far short of the needs which they address, it is important
that this fund is administered objectively and distributed according
to criteria which everyone understands. To this end, we have
set up an independent Scholarship Committee which will make its
decisions in complete independence from the programme and organising
committees.
Applications for ICML scholarships will be welcome
from anywhere, and a standard form is being prepared which will
appear on this site and make the process as straightforward as
possible.
In joining this committee, Lenny and his
colleagues have accepted an extremely onerous and difficult job, and
both the organising and programme committees are more than grateful
that this process has been so thoroughly separated from the other
aspects of the congress.
It will be chaired by Dr Lenny Rhine of the University of
Florida, who has a deep knowledge and understanding of the
international aspects of health librarianship. To serve with
him on the committee Lenny is drawing together a group of equally
independent-minded people from all parts of the world.
For more information visit the ICML site at: http://www.icml.org/
