I Reunión Regional de Coordinación de la BVS

Parallel Meetings

Meeting of the Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Information System Restricted to representatives of National Coordinating Centers and/or VHL National Committees, PWR Offices Documentation Centers, PAHO Specialized Centers, PAHO Headquarters Library and PAHO/HQ Programs
Opening Mirta Roses, Assistant Director PAHO Juan Antonio Casas, Director HDP/PAHO Abel Laerte Packer, Director BIREME/PAHO
Guidelines for the implementation of the Virtual Health Library Abel Laerte Packer, Director BIREME/PAHO
Discussion of the guidelines and recommendations
Closure

Meeting of the Committee for Recommendations of the I Regional Coordination Meeting of the VHL
The Committee will be established during the Meeting of the System and will meet in room 209 from 03:15 pm on to define its dynamics and to prepare the recommendations

Meeting of the PWR Documentation Centers , PAHO Specialized Centers, PAHO/HQ Library and PAHO/HQ Programs Restricted to PWR Offices Documentation Centers, PAHO Specialized Centers, PAHO Headquarters Library and PAHO/HQ Programs
Opening Mirta Roses, Assistant Director PAHO Juan Antonio Casas, Director HDP/PAHO Abel Laerte Packer, Director BIREME/PAHO
The role of PAHO Documentation Centers in the Virtual Health Library Mirta Roses, Assistant Director PAHO Abel Laerte Packer, Director BIREME/PAHO
Report ot technical cooperation:VHL - Honduras Lourdes Ramirez de Padgett, CD/PAHO, Honduras
Report ot technical cooperation:VHL - Paraguay Epifania Gomes Torales, CD/PAHO, Paraguay
Report ot technical cooperation:VHL - República Dominicana Rosario Guzman, CD/PAHO, República Dominicana
Report ot technical cooperation:VHL - Perú Gaby Caro, CD/PAHO, Perú
Report ot technical cooperation:VHL - Panamá Jaime Gonzalez, CD/PAHO, Panamá
Report ot technical cooperation:VHL - Nicarágua Olympia Briceño, CD/PAHO, Nicarágua
Proposal for the creation of a Union List of PAHO Scientifc and Technical Publications in the Virtual Health Library Regina C. Figueiredo Castro, BIREME/PAHO
Discussion of the Guidelines and of the Union List proposal
Closure

December, 3 - Friday

Visit to U.S. National Library of Medicine
Participants must confirm interest in visiting NLM by filling the appropriate registration form that will be distributed.
Maximum number of participants: 90

Location: National Library of Medicine
Lister Hill Auditorium
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20894
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/about/visitor.html

Special buses will leave from PAHO to NLM at 2:00 pm.

Reception at the Lister Hill Center (Building 38A), Lister Hill Auditorium

Welcome words
Dr. Eliott Siegel, Associate Director, Office of Health Information Programs Development, NLM

General presentation about NLM

Visit to NLM facilities