Opening Address

U. Hausen

3

5

Adresse de Bienvenue

M.F. Lechat

5

7

Welcome Address

V. Parajon Collada

7

11

Discours de Bienvenue

M.C. Thuriaux

11

13

Welcome Address

from LIBER

13

15

Allocution de Bienvenue

M. Walckiers

15

Conference d'Ouverture

D. Varloot

21

25

Die Rolle Medizinischer Universitätsbibliotheken in Gegenwart und Zukunft

T.M. Fliedner

25

33

Document Delivery to Medical Libraries in Europe: Technology, Policies and Practices

D. Russon

33

39

Improving the Supply of Information Using New Technologies: The European Community Approach

C. Vernimb

39

45

L'Intégration des Technologies de !'Information et de la Communication dans la Vie des Bibliothèques

D. Avriel

45

Health and Biomedical Literature: a Component of the National Health Information System

B. Ruff

55

59

Medical Libraries, an Essential Part of Health Care Systems

E. Solomatina

59

63

Vision-Led

L.A. Colaianni

63

69

Integrated Interlibrary Lending System as a Tool of Cooperation in Medical Libraries

R. Sievänen-Allen

69

73

Foreign Medical and Biological Periodicals in Hungary

M. Benda

73

77

Professional Associations for Medical Librarians in the U.K.

M. Forrest

77

81

A European Medical Library Association

M. Walckiers

81

89

Information für Leitende Kader des Gesundheitswesens: Erfahrungen des Instituts für Wissenschaftsinformation in der Medizin

P. Weiss

89

95

Collaboration for Planning in the British National Health Service

L. Hawkins 

95

99

Some Aims and Purposes of the Services for Scientific Medical Information and Documentation Relating to Medical Research and Public Health Management

A. Valtchev

99

103

Statistical Documentation: Use in Assessment of Health Progress in the European Region

M.C. Thuriaux

103

111

The Action of the Italian Library Association in the Field of Grey Literature as Relevant to Health Care Management

V. Alberani and P. de Castro Pietrangeli

111

121

Integrated Information for Health Care

R.B. Tabor

121

131

The Network of Special Medical Libraries and Scientific Information Centres in the Slovak Socialist Republic

Z. Šimovičová

131

139

The Bulletin of the Medical Library Association: an Instrument for Cooperation among Medical Libraries

S. Crawford

139

145

Health Libraries Review: the Need, the Challenge and the Future

S. Godbolt and P. Valentine

145

153

Medizinische Bibliotheken und Literaturinformationsstellen in Europa: Konkurrenten oder Partner?

Z. Urbanek

153

159

Planification des Services Bibliographiques sur Ordinateur à l'Aide d'une Analyse Systématique de l'Emploi des Bases et des Banques de Données

L. Frenkiel and B. Aronson

159

165

Data Bases Developed at the All-Union Scientific Institute for Medical and Medico-Technical Information (VNIIMI): the Present and Future

H.I. Dubynina

165

167

Trends in Online Research Facilitated Mechanisms

M. Magliola and A. Dracos

167

173

The use of the Personal Computer for On-Line Searching. Experiences with the SCI-MATE Microcomputer Software

Ø. Wendelbo

173

177

The Excerpta Medica Database on CD-ROM

W. Ogilvie-Parfrey

177

183

Steps towards Cooperation among Italian Biomedical Libraries with Particular Reference to the Rome Area

M.T. Berruti and O. Masciotta

183

187

Medical Information Research and Co-ordination in the Czech Socialist Republic

K. Horáková and N. Beránková

187

193

Information Policy as an Important Factor for the Further Development of the Czechoslovak Health Care System and for Biomedical Sciences

J. Peška

193

201

Medical Information System in Poland

D. Kuźmiński

201

205

L 1 Accès à !'Information Scientifique dans un Institut de Recherche Biomédicale: Nouvelles Perspectives

C. Ghiati and P. Dostatni

205

215

Cooperation between Medical Libraries in Belgium

J. Van Borm

215

223

Le Spécialiste de l'Information: un Agent de la F.M.C.

V. Couzinet

223

231

Accuracy in Reference Style in Medical Journals

V. Pistotti

231

235

A Training Course in Medical Documentation for Family Physicians

C. Peeters and R. Vander Stichele

235

243

Qui Doit-On Former à la Recherche Bibliographique en Ligne?

D. Bezsonoff

243

253

The U.S. National Library of Medicine: an International Resource

L.A. Colaianni

253

257

Medical and Biological Information Generated by the European Community Institutions

E. Gaskell

257

263

La Bibliothèque Interuniversitaire de Médecine- B.I.U.M.

Y. Guéniot

263

273

Functions and Plans for the Development of the State Medical Library of the Czech Socialist Republic

D. Baborová

273

279

Major Medical Libraries in the United Kingdom

D. Wright

279

285

Marmara University, Faculty of Medicine Bio-Medical Library: A New Establishment

S. Uşen

285

291

Coopération au Sein du Réseau REBUS

H. Villard

291

297

From Library Automation to Integrated Information Management Systems in North America

S. Crawford

297

303

Inter Library Loan for Medical Libraries Using the Online Dutch Union Catalogue System

L. Costers

303

309

The DOBIS-LIBIS Library Management System: A User's View

B. Claus

309

315

Le C.C.N.: Catalogue Collectif National Français des Publications en Série

J. Bourgain

315

325

RPM: Répertoire des Périodiques Biomédicaux dans les Bibliothèques de Suisse

G. Reymond

325

 333

Union Catalogues of Biomedical Periodicals of Italian Libraries

G. Poppi and A. Petrucci

 333

339

A Multi-User Microcomputer System for Small Libraries

P. Leggate

339

347

Quelques Programmes d'Aide à la Gestion de Bibliothèques Développés sur Micro-Ordinateur

F. Noël-Lambot and A. Somville

347

359

Etude du Rôle International que Peut Jouer une Bibliothèque Universitaire de Médecine - Pharmacie (à Partir de l'Exemple de Lyon, France)

P.M. Belbenoit-Avich

359

363

Evaluation of Usage and Collection of Periodicals

R. Marttinen and T. Soini

363

373

Information Policy and the Discovery Process

R. Rowe

373

381

Le Bulletin de l'Académie Nationale de Médecine

P. Casseyre

381

385

Administration of an Audiovisual Collection within an Academic Medical Library:  a Case Presentation

A.T. Glassmeyer

385

393

Information Needs of Managers

P. Weiss·

393

397

The International Children's Centre "BIRD" Data Base Covering Child Health

A. Parrical

397

401

Le Réseau d'Informations en Sciences Humaines de la Santé (RESHUS)

E. Mondot

401

411

HELMIS: a Database Relevant to Health Service Management

C.M. Perry

411

419

Pharmaceutical Company Library: Use of Scientific Journals

G. Akerman

419

425

La Bibliothèque et le Service de Documentation Scientifique de !'Association Pharmaceutique Belge: une Contribution à !'Information sur les Médicaments

J. Oslet

425

433

The Internal Data Bases of an International Pharmaceutical Group. Application to a European Network

J. Ginestet-Leurquin, C. Pistre, and J. Boitard

433

437

Expériences d'Information Automatisée Conduites dans un Centre de Documentation du Secteur Pharmaceutique

F. Matricardi and V. Tortora

437

445

Le Fonds Ancien des Imprimés de la Bibliothèque de la Faculté de Médecine de l'Université de Porto. Les Médecins-Auteurs Portugais.

M.E. de Avelar Soares and M.A.B.M. Rodrigues

445

449

Medical Manuscripts

R. Palmer

449

453

Un Voyage à Travers le Siècle de l'Anatomie Grâce Technologie de Pointe

G.P. Bettiol, M.M. Ippolito and M.R. Bonati

453

463

The Medical Knowledge in Reggio Emilia through the Period of Activity of the University of Medicine (1571-1772)

R. Iori

463

469

The Development of Nursing Literature

L.J. Parr

469