ICML 9

9º World Congress on Health Information and Libraries

Salvador, Bahia - Brazil, September, 20 to 23 - 2005

BVS4

4th Regional Coordination Meeting of the VHL

September, 19 to 20 - 2005

The impact of the information services and the introduction of new technologies in the Centro Nacional de Información Científica en Higiene, Epidemiología y Microbiología

Participants:
  • Ingeniera y Técnico Medio en Información Científico-Técnica y Bibliotecología, National Institute of Hygiene Epidemiology and Microbiology (INHEM), National Centre of Scientific Information on Hygiene and Epidemiology  - Cuba
  • Licenciada en Información Científico Técnica y Bibliotecología y Master en Gestión de Información, National Institute of Hygiene Epidemiology and Microbiology (INHEM), National Centre of Scientific Information on Hygiene and Epidemiology  - Cuba
  • Licencia en Información Científico Técnica y Bibliotecología e Investigador Agregado, National Institute of Hygiene Epidemiology and Microbiology (INHEM), National Centre of Scientific Information on Hygiene and Epidemiology  - Cuba

The impact of the information services and the introduction of new technologies in the Centro Nacional de Información Científica en Higiene, Epidemiología y Microbiología

An assessment about the progress in the National Centre of Scientific Informat ion in Hygiene and Epidemiology in made in the latest years regarding the provision of services and the introduction of new technologies, utilization of electronic support as tool for automation and telecommunications to the libraries realm, the creation of high added value information products to speed up process allowing users to have access to a larger amount of relevant and reliable information from anywhere.

The backgrounds about the development of CNIC-HE (National Centre of Scientific Information in Hygiene and Epidemiology), main results obtained in the last 5 years and the infrastructure available at CNIC-HE are provided in details.