On October 28, 2022, Council of Rectors of Medical and Pharmaceutical Higher Education Institutions Association approved the Departmental plan for the development of medical libraries within the framework of the National Action Plan for the Implementation of the Strategy for the Development of Library Services in the Russian Federation until 2030. The document was developed by the Central Scientific Medical Library as a scientific and methodological center for medical libraries.
In the Departmental Plan, the modifications will affect the areas of activity of medical libraries in the field of acquisition, preservation of funds, digitalization and the material and technical resources of libraries. The document states that the main goal in the practice of medical libraries is to provide information needs of scientific, educational, medical and preventive activities of healthcare institutions at the stage of their digital transformation.
The plan for the development of medical libraries has been developed taking into account the proposals of medical libraries and the Association of Medical Libraries received by Council of Rectors of Medical and Pharmaceutical Higher Education Institutions Association in full accordance with the structure of the national plan.
Departmental Plan for the Development and Modernization of Libraries (PDF)