IIITM-K Librarian nominated to International Steering Committee of ISIS

Mr. Sainul Abideen, Librarian,IIITM-K representing Asia Pacific attended the 3rd World Congress of ISIS (ISIS3) held in Brazil. ISIS3 was held as part of the 8th Congress on Information for Health Sciences(CRICS) with more than 150 delegates from over 30 countries. The World Congress was attended by over 1200 delegates. ISIS3 witnessed the release of three free/open source products such as ABCD, integrated online automated management system for libraries and documentation centers; ISIS NBP -the new ISIS network-based platform and JISIS - WINISIS replacement software based on Berkeley DB.
At the meeting Sainul was nominated to the International Steering Committee of ISIS. This Steering committee accredited by UNESCO, will assist and collaborate with BIREME, UNESCO and the ISIS Software Developers, user community etc. in promotion, quality control, and monitoring of the ISIS family software products.