Animal Health Information Specialists
AHIS (UK & Ireland) Annual Conference & AGM
Genetically Modified Libraries! New Breed Or Hybrid?
Edinburgh Zoo April 13th 2000, 10am-4.45pm
The 2000 conference of AHIS UK&I offers an opportunity to hear
speakers on subjects which specifically link animal health and information
issues.
The speakers will be
Dr Ian Mowat, Librarian to the University of Edinburgh;
Dr Martin Sullivan MRCVS, Glasgow University Veterinary School;
Andrew Charlesworth, University of Hull Law School on electronic copyright;
Andrew Booth, University of Sheffield on evidence-based medicine;
Ruth Jenkins of the BUILDER project;
Bryn Davies on the new ASVIN project on veterinary information.
There will be opportunities for discussion with your colleagues and the
speakers, and discussion on welfare issues when you see the penguin parade.
Edinburgh Zoo won the prestigious 1999 UFAW Zoo Animal Welfare Innovation
Award for its penguin cone feeder, which uses a traffic cone to deliver fish
to the penguins to allow them to feed naturally under water.
Conference fee: £60 members; £70 non members (includes lunch)
Further information from Sandra Tatum, Animal Health Trust, Lanwades Park,
Kentford, Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 7UU
Phone 01638 751000; email [log in to unmask]
Tom Roper, Head of Library & Information Services
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Wellcome Library
Tel:(+44) (0)20 7222 2021 Fax:(+44) (0)20 7222 2004
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Web site: http://www.rcvs.org.uk
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