The conference described in this report had five objectives: to examine the existing curricula for medical librarianship in accredited library school programs; to examine trends in post-master's training programs for health sciences librarianship; to explore the relationship between graduate education for health sciences librarianship and the…

Describes educational developments and changes in health sciences librarianship, and discusses issues presented at the Allerton Conference on Education for Health Sciences Librarianship in April 1979. Conference objectives and proceedings are described, as well as the activities of discussion groups. Ten references are provided. (Author/BK)

The third in a series of international conferences on the problems of coping with the information explosion in the biomedical literature, this conference was held to explore certain aspects of the small core libraries recommended at previous meetings. Such libraries would be set up in developing countries and contain highly selective materials…

An institute was set up to train 20 current employees to provide information retrieval and document delivery in libraries of health facilities in the northeastern United States and to promote familiarity with existing networks and regional systems. Participants included secretaries, medical record managers, volunteers, and others, with education…