The Himmelfarb Library Hosts PAHO Fellow
The Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library was fortunate
to be selected as the host for a Pan American Health
Organization Fellow during the summer of 2000. The Fellowship
was established in 1998 to introduce fellows to various
types of health sciences libraries and to their unique
problems and needs. The program offers an overview of
the programs of the National Library of Medicine, the
American Medical Informatics Association and the Medical
Library Association. The fellowship program provides
fellows with the basic principles of managing health
sciences libraries through presentations from the Himmelfarb
Staff. Among the topics covered are resource selection,
library space planning and design, reference and circulation
services, public relations and budgets, history of medicine
and information literacy.
Mr. Aditya Biswas, this year's recipient of the Pan-American
Health Organization's (PAHO) Fellowship in Health Sciences
Librarianship lives in Calcutta, India where he manages
the All India Institute of Hygiene & Public Health.
This was his first visit to the United States and Canada.
During his visit, Mr. Biswas attended the Annual Meeting
of the Medical Library Association in Vancouver, Canada.
Apart from the program's educational components, he
participated in a variety of library activities, working
with the Himmelfarb librarians and staff in administration
and management, reference, circulation/ILL and computer
technology. Mr. Biswas attended the SMHS Education Retreat
and chose classes useful in carrying out the duties
of his position in India.
At his farewell reception, Mr. Biswas shared his regret
in leaving all the new friends he had made in the United
States and expressed his hope of returning to the U.S.
for another visit. He extended an invitation to the
Himmelfarb Staff to plan a visit to India and especially
to his library.
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