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. The Council usually meets formally once a year at the time of the annual EAHIL conference or workshop. […]

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

The Aims and Objectives of EAHIL are to:  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 […]

Individual membership Individual membership for information professionals is free of charge  Please register to join here. Individual EAHIL members in Council of Europe member states can apply for scholarships to attend EAHIL conferences or workshops. Membership for commercial companies and representatives The fee for commercial companies, such as publishers, to join as affiliate members 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 […]