历届国际医学图书馆会议概况第一届国际医学图书馆会议(ICML)于1953年7月20～25日在英国伦敦举行,有36个国家约300名医学图书馆员出席。会议主题是“根据其不同背景与发展,研究全世界医学图书馆的现有地位与活动”。会议提出了约64篇论文,举行了一系列的专题讨论,即:医学图书馆当前的作用;图书馆与书籍的历史发展;不同国家的医学图书馆;医学图书馆员的教育与培训;医学图书馆资源的集中化问题。还对文献标引、资源费用、医学图书馆管理和文献参考书的标准化等内容进行了自由讨论。会议最后讨论了国际合作问题。第二届ICML于1963年6月16～22日在美国华盛顿举行,有1,000多名医学图书 Previous International Medical Libraries Conference Overview The first International Conference of Medical Libraries (ICML) was held in London, England from July 20-25, 1953, with about 300 medical librarians from 36 countries attended. The theme of the conference was “to study the current status and activities of medical libraries throughout the world on the basis of their different backgrounds and developments.” A total of 64 papers were presented and a series of thematic discussions were held, namely: the current role of medical libraries; the historical development of libraries and books; medical libraries in different countries; education and training of medical librarians; and medical Centralized library resources. There was also free discussion on the contents of document indexing, resource costs, medical library management and standardization of reference documents. The meeting finally discussed the issue of international cooperation. The 2nd ICML was held in Washington, DC from June 16 to June 1963, with more than 1,000 medical books