Conferences

2019

World Library and Information Congress: 85th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
August 24-30, Athens, Greece

Themes: Developing the Dialogue, Addressing the Challenges of the Future

                Library Integration into the Research Lifecycle: a STEM Perspective, with the Academic and Research Libraries Section

2018

World Library and Information Congress: 84th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
August 24-30, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Theme: Health Information: Connecting and Transforming Lives

2017

World Library and Information Congress: 83rd IFLA General Conference and Assembly
August 19-25, Wroclaw, Poland

Theme: Achieving a Healthy Future Together: Diverse and Emerging Roles for Health Information Professionals

International Congress of Medical Librarianship (ICML) and European Association for Health Information and Libraries (EAHIL)
June 12-16, Dublin, Ireland

2016

World Library and Information Congress: 82nd IFLA General Conference and Assembly
August 13-19, Columbus, Ohio USA

Theme: From Action to Impact: Health Information Professionals Connecting Communities

2015

World Library and Information Congress: 81^st IFLA General Conference and Assembly
August 17-23, Cape Town, South Africa

Themes:

• Career-long learning for the health information professional: educating training and adapting for health librarians and teachers
   
• Well-being: School libraries and health libraries working for access development and transformation
  School Libraries with Health and Biosciences

2014

World Library and Information Congress: 80^th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
16-22 August, Lyon, France

Theme: It's public knowledge: understanding health literacy from an information science perspective
Health and Biosciences Libraries with Information Literacy

Health and Biosciences Section Satellite - August 15 - Lyon, France, Université Claude Bernard Lyon - Bibliothèque Universitaire Sciences - Domaine de La Doua

Theme: Health Librarians and the Changing Information Landscape

2013

World Library and Information Congress: 79^th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
17-23 August, Singapore

Theme: Libraries as partners for better health outcomes

2012

• World Library and Information Congress: 78^th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
  Helsinki, Finland
  Theme: Using Assessment to Drive Change: Demonstrating the Value of Health Information

• Satellite meeting
  Helsinki, Finland
  10 August
  Theme: The future of health information

2011

• World Library and Information Congress: 77^th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
  San Juan, Puerto Rico
  Theme:  Beyond barriers to accessing health information
   
• Health and Biosciences Section – Satellite Session
  12 August, School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico
  San Juan, Puerto Rico
  Theme: Developing Health Science Librarians Expertise: From graduate school curriculum, to post-graduate training, and to professional development offered by employing libraries

2010

• World Library and Information Congress: 76^th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, August 2010, Gothenburg, Sweden
  Theme: 'Health Information for all - New Challenges - New Solutions'
• Satellite Pre-Conference, 6-8 August 2010, Chania, Crete, Greece
  Theme: 'Open Access to Science Information: Trends, Models and Strategies for Libraries'

2009

World Library and Information Congress: 75^th IFLA General Conference and Council, August 2009, Milan, Italy

• Theme: 'Consumer Health: Health Literacy, Patient Empowerment & Health Promotion'

2008

• World Library and Information Congress: 74^th IFLA General Conference and Council, August 2008, Québec, Canada
• Theme: 'The Role of Humanities in Medical Education & Patient Care'

2005

• International Congress on Medical Librarianship (ICML), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, 20-23 September 2005

Health and Biosciences Libraries, Conferences

Last update: 24 September 2019