Association Partners
American Library Association
The American Library Association provides leadership for the development,
promotion, and improvement of library and information services and the
profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure
access to information for all. http://www.ala.org
American Medical Informatics Association
The American Medical Informatics Association is a nonprofit
501(c)(3) membership organization. AMIA was consolidated in late 1990
following discussions among the Boards of Directors of the American
Association for Medical Systems and Informatics (AAMSI), the American
College of Medical Informatics (ACMI), and the Symposium on Computer
Applications in Medical Care (SCAMC). As stated in the strategic plan
and policy manual, AMIA "is the premier association in the United States
dedicated to the development and application of medical informatics
in the support of patient care, teaching, research, and health care
administration." AMIA's mission is "to advance the public interest through
charitable, scientific, literary, and educational activities." AMIA
serves as an authoritative body in the field of medical informatics
and represents the United States in the informational arena of medical
systems and informatics in international forums. AMIA Annual Symposium...
November 4-8, 2000, Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites, Los Angeles,
CA. http://www.amia.org/
Association of Academic Health Centers
The Association of Academic Health Centers (AAHC) is a national,
non-profit organization dedicated to improving the health of the people
by advancing the leadership of academic health centers in health professions
education, biomedical and health services research, and health care
delivery.
The AAHC has served and represented academic health centers for more
than 40 years. More than 100 institutions are members of the AAHC. These
institutions are the nation's primary resources for education in the
health professions, biomedical and health services research, and many
aspects of patient care. They each consist of an allopathic or osteopathic
school of medicine, at least one other health professions school or
program, and one or more teaching hospitals at major universities throughout
the United States.
The AAHC addresses important health care issues that range from the
problem of the uninsured to the integration of new medical technologies,
issues relevant to the education, research, health care, and community
service missions of academic health centers. http://www.ahcnet.org/index.php
Association of American Medical Colleges
The Association of American Medical Colleges has as its purpose the
improvement of the nation's health through the advancement of academic
medicine. As an association of medical schools, teaching hospitals,
and academic societies, the AAMC works with its members to set a national
agenda for medical education, biomedical research, and health care and
assists its members by providing services at the national level that
facilitate the accomplishment of their missions. In pursuing its purpose,
the Association works to strengthen the quality of medical education
and training, to enhance the search for biomedical knowledge, to advance
research in health services, and to integrate education into the provisions
of effective health care. http://www.aamc.org
Group on Information Resources
The purpose of the GIR is to provide a forum for individuals in relevant
roles of leadership and responsibility to promote excellence in the
application and integration of information resources in academic medicine,
including medical education, clinical care, medical and health sciences
research, health science libraries, public health, and institutional
planning. This coalition of interests and expertise around the common
institutional asset of information resources promises to be a strength
of this group. Morgan Passiment provides staff support from the AAMC
offices to the GIR. http://www.aamc.org/members/gir/start.htm
Association of Research Libraries
ARL is a not-for-profit membership organization comprising the
leading research libraries in North America. Its mission is to shape and
influence forces affecting the future of research libraries in the process
of scholarly communication. ARL programs and services promote equitable
access to and effective use of recorded knowledge in support of teaching,
research, scholarship, and community service. The Association articulates
the concerns of research libraries and their institutions, forges coalitions,
influences information policy development, and supports innovation and
improvements in research library operations. ARL operates as a forum for
the exchange of ideas and as an agent for collective action. There are
currently more than 120 members. ARL Membership Meetings are held twice
a year; proceedings are available. http://arl.cni.org/index.html
Coalition for Networked Information
CNI is an organization to advance the transformative promise
of networked information technology for the advancement of scholarly
communication and the enrichment of intellectual productivity. Founded
in 1990 by the Association of Research Libraries, Educom, and CAUSE,
CNI is supported by the members of an institutional Task Force representing
higher education, publishing, network and telecommunications, information
technology, and libraries and library organizations. CNI works on a
wide range of issues related to these theme Developing Networked Information
Content Transforming Organizations, Professions and Individuals Building
Technology, Standards and Infrastructure. www.cni.org
Educause
The mission of EDUCAUSE is to help shape and enable transformational
change in higher education through the introduction, use, and management
of information resources and technologies in teaching, learning, scholarship,
research, and institutional management. www.educause.edu
Medical Library Association
The Medical Library Association (MLA) is organized exclusively
for scientific and educational purposes, and is dedicated to the support
of health sciences research, education, and patient care. MLA fosters
excellence in the professional achievement and leadership of health
sciences library and information professionals to enhance the quality
of health care, education and research. www.mlanet.org
National Library of Medicine
The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of the National Institutes
of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library.
The Library collects materials in all areas of biomedicine and health
care, as well as works on biomedical aspects of technology, the humanities,
and the physical, life, and social sciences. The collections stand at
5.9 million items--books, journals, technical reports, manuscripts,
microfilms, photographs and images. Housed within the Library is one
of the world's finest medical history collections of old and rare medical
works. The Library's collection may be consulted in the reading room
or requested on interlibrary loan. NLM is a national resource for all
U.S. health science libraries through a National Network of Libraries
of Medicine®. http://www.nlm.nih.gov
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