第９回ＳＥＡＭＩＣセミナー

Abstract

The 9th SEAMIC Seminar held at Surabaya, Indonesia on 26-31 of August, 1981 is reported. The SEAMIC (Southeast Asian Medical Information Center) is one of the main projects which the International Medical Foundation of Japan is executing under the subsidy of the Japanese Government. SEAMIC's purpose is to contribute to the promotion of health planning in the region of the Southeast Asia by providing, exchanging and generating information on a multilateral basis. 16 persons from Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Japan and WHO discussed the theme of the Seminar, “Multilateral Collaboration on SEAMIC Health Sciences Documentation and Library Services Activities” through technical papers and country reports. The technical papers, country reports of the state of the arts and recommendations for the SEAMIC are summarized. The main recommendations are: 1) Book Donation Program is satisfactory, however, the list can be further improved to make it more balanced in subjects and publication countries as well. 2) Interlibrary lending service is recommended to be carried out more between SEAMIC member countries rather than relying solely on SEAMIC Tokyo. 3) It is recommended that PHLOSEA (Periodical Holdings in the Libraries of Southeast Asia) be expanded into a Union List of Serials in Medical and Health-related Subjects to facilitate interlibrary loans. 4) Each country is urged to prepare a bibliography of national bibliographies on medical and health-related topics for possible collation and publication by SEAMIC. 5) Active collaboration is expected of Advisory Committee on Publication in each country. 6) A joint training program by SEAMIC and other agencies, hosted by SEAMIC member countries on a rotational basis is proposed. 7) SEAMIC is requested to explore the possibility of collaboration with other agencies working in this region in all activities possible.