title: BRITISH CONTRIBUTIONS TO MEDICAL LIBRARIES OVERSEAS.
abstract: Since the Second World War, Britain has established or rehabilitated medical schools in eight territories for which she has some responsibility, and, through the British Council, she is making medical library services available in many other countries. Official organizations and professional bodies provide abstract and review journals which enable medical men overseas to keep abreast of modern knowledge, while the Library Association Medical Section and the British National Book Centre have established flourishing exchange services, whose facilities are offered to medical libraries abroad. The most pressing need in developing countries at the present time is for professional medical librarians. Opportunities for training in Britain are open to librarians through at least six official sources besides the British Council and World Health Organization, but so far only two trainees have presented themselves on such grants. Less experienced librarians in the developing countries also need the continuing support of their senior colleagues overseas.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D016245:Librarians; D007990:Libraries; D007993:Libraries, Medical; D007996:Library Associations; D007999:Library Services; D006113:United Kingdom
keywords: GREAT BRITAIN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL