AFRO-NETS> International Congress of Medical Librarianship

[Irene Bertrand <bertrandi@who.ch>]

International Congress of Medical Librarianship
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2-5 July, 2000 
London

Dear Colleagues,

The 8th International Congress on Medical Librarianship (ICML)(London, 
2-5 July 2000) will have a number of scholarships available for indi-
viduals from developing countries. The Scholarship Committee has devel-
oped specific criteria for awarding the grants and a mechanism for sub-
mission of applications. At present, the Committee has approximately 50 
scholarships to award and we are expecting an increase in this number.

The criteria for funding include relevance of current professional po-
sition (junior staff are encouraged to apply), financial need, submis-
sion of paper or poster to the conference, individual statement of 
value of attending the conference and pertinent letters of recommenda-
tion. The basic award will cover airline fare, dormitory accommodation, 
an adequate per diem and conference registration fees. 

The deadline for applications will be October 31, 1999 and the scholar-
ships will be awarded no later than November 30, 1999. This will give 
the recipients and local arrangements committee ample time to arrange 
flights, visas, etc.

The official application is posted on the ICML's website:
http://www.icml.org/

The e-mail application is posted below. Applications will be accepted 
by mail, e-mail or via the website. The website also contains informa-
tion on the meeting itself and instructions for submission of papers 
and posters. 

For further information or the submission of applications, write to:

Lenny Rhine
ICML Scholarship Committee 
c/o Health Science Center Library 
University of Florida 
#100206 Gainesville, FL 32610-0206, USA 
mailto:Lenny@library.health.ufl.edu


If you plan to submit an application via e-mail, please include the 
following information:

Name: 
Position: 
Institution: 
Street address: 
City, State, Zipcode (if applicable), 
Country:
Phone: 
Fax: 
Email address:

Relevance of current position (100 words or less): 
Financial need including possible support from local institution (100 
words):
Submission of paper or poster to 8th ICML (title and co-authors):
Value of attending the conference (250 words or less): 
Letters of recommendation (up to three):

For information on the submission of abstracts, please contact:

8ICML,
Abstracts 
Spri Library 
P.O. Box 70487 
S-107 26 Stockholm, Sweden
mailto:8icmlabs@spri.se 
http://www.icml.org

Abstracts must be submitted to the International Programme Committee in 
English and must arrive before August 1st, 1999. The web form on the 
Congress web site is the easiest as well as the preferred method, since 
there is a formatted template available which will ensure you include 
all the necessary details. Alternative methods of submission of the 300 
word abstracts are via the e-mail, diskette (Word or WordPerfect format) 
or print (two typewritten copies). Contributed papers will be presented 
at sessions organised by theme, client group or discipline. The themes 
include Scholarly communication, The health care context, Standing on 
the shoulders of giants, The information centre and The information 
professional. The above themes are for guidance only and submissions on 
other topics will be welcome.

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