The European Association for Health Information and Libraries is an active association uniting librarians and information professionals working in medical and health science libraries in Europe. The Association counts almost 1900 members from 64 countries. EAHIL supports professional development, improves cooperation and enables exchanges of experience amongst its members, through a yearly meeting in the form of a workshop or a conference, the Journal and through various groups on social media.

Organisation

The Executive Board of EAHIL consists of The President, Past President, Vice President, Treasurer, Honorary Secretary, two other Board members and two Co-opted members. The President is elected for two years, the Board members are elected for four years, except that the Co-opted members’ term is two years. The elections are held by electronic ballot. The president […]

The Council is an advisory group for the Board and acts as a link between the members in their country and the Association. Council members also have an important role in publicising EAHIL and recruiting new members. This presentation can be used as such or translated into other languages to promote EAHIL at national events: […]

The Editorial Board is responsible for the content of the Journal of EAHIL

According to its statutes, EAHIL brings together people working or having worked in a professional capacity in health and medical libraries and information services. Commercial companies, whose interests coincide with those of the Association, are supporting EAHIL activities as Affiliated Members. Number of EAHIL Members by Country Individual membership Individual membership for information professionals is […]

In December 1984 a group of health librarians first discussed plans to initiate contacts with their colleagues in other European countries. During the Fifth International Congress of Medical Librarianship in 1985 the 26 European colleagues present in Tokyo met to discuss place and date of a first conference which was to gather health information officers […]

The Aims and Objectives

Improve co-operation amongst health care libraries throughout Europe
Strenghten links with medical and health libraries in Eastern and Central Europe
Raise standards of provision and practice in health care and medical research libraries
Keep health librarians and information officers professionally informed
Encourage mobility and continuing education, especially in regard to new technologies
Represent health librarians at European level, in particular at European institutions and at WHO

The Organisation

EAHIL has an Executive Board consisting of the President, the Past President, the Vice President, the Treasurer, the Honorary Secretary, two other members, and a maximum of two co-opted members. The Council includes Board Members and representatives of members from different countries. Elections are held by electronic ballot every two years. The Editorial Board, lead by the Editor-in-Chief, who attends the Board meetings as an observer, is in charge of the Journal of EAHIL.