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.
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, via the elective member discussion email lists (EAHIL-LIST and lists of SIGs) and through various accounts on social media.
Organisation

Membership
EAHIL brings together people working 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 […]

Executive Board
The Executive Board of EAHIL consists of The President, Past President, five other board members and two co-opted members. The President is elected for two years, the board members are […]

Council
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 […]

Jeahil editorial board
The Editorial Board is responsible for the content of the Journal of EAHIL

Sister organisations and representatives
Sister organisations The Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa (AHILA) ALIA Health Libraries Australia (HLA) Canadian Health Libraries Association | Association des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada […]
Overview

The Aims and Objectives
- Improve co-operation amongst health care libraries and librarians throughout Europe
- Strengthen 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/medical librarians and information specialists professionally informed
- Encourage 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.
Governance Committees
Formal documentation
EAHIL Statutes (Official version, in Dutch)
EAHIL Statutes (English translation)
Minutes
Reading material (drafts) before Trondheim 2023:
Draft Minutes of GA Rotterdam 2022
General Assembly Minutes
- Rotterdam 2022
- Istanbul 2021
- Lodz 2020
- Basel 2019
- Cardiff 2018
- Dublin 2017
- Seville 2016
- Edinburgh 2015
- Rome 2014
- Stockholm 2013
- Brussels 2012
- Istanbul 2011
- Estoril 2010
- Dublin 2009
- Helsinki 2008
- Krakow 2007
- Cluj 2006
- Palermo 2005
- Santander 2004