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Group
photo of facilitators and participants of National workshop on information
management and retrieval for HeLLIS network
libraries at Medical Education Centre in Yangon,
December 10 - 19 2007
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As a follow up to the library workshops on information
management and retrieval and Health Internetwork
Access to Research Initiative (HINARI) held in June of 2007, a national
workshop on the information management for junior librarians from Health
Literature, Library and Information Services (HeLLIS)
libraries in Myanmar was conducted at the Medical Education Centre in Yangon
from 10 - 19 December 2007.
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Junior
librarians from HeLLIS network libraries in
Myanmar, participating in the library workshop.
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The objective of the workshop was to train the librarians
in information management following international standards by using PhpMyLibrary software. The program consists of
cataloguing, circulation and has an import-export feature. It strictly
follows the USMARC standard for adding materials. Both PhpMyLibrary
and HINARI training were conducted during this national workshop.
The trainers were chosen from the participants of Training
of trainers workshop on information management and
retrieval for HeLLIS network libraries held in June
2007. Ms Nyunt Nyunt Swe, Chief Librarian, Department of Medical Research, Ms
Khin Maw Maw Tun, Chief
Librarian, University
of Medicine (1), Mr Thi Tar, Chief Librarian, University of Medicine (II), Ms
Marla Win, Librarian, and Mr Tin Htoo Khaing, IT Specialist from WHO Myanmar
facilitated the workshop.
It was attended by 22 assistant librarians from medical
libraries across Myanmar.
The participants were from Universities of Medicine, Nursing, Dental Medicine, Traditional Medicine,
Pharmacy, Medical Technology, Community Health, and University of Public
Health and also from Department of Medical Research Libraries and they will
be using the PhpMylibrary software to catalog
monographs, thesis and articles and for users registration.
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