The Library Association’s Under One Umbrella conference in Manchester attracted over 1,200 delegates, and to the volunteers working on the join ICML / BMA stand it seemed that every single one came to ask about the congress and take a poster and a brochure.

Exhibiting at Umbrella was the first step is what will be a year-long campaign to encourage the UK health library community to participate fully in ICML.

Caption: Minutes before the conference opens – a short-lived moment of tranquility as the ICML /BMA exhibition stand neat, tidy and ready to be torn apart by an onrushing horde of poster-hungry librarians. Two BMA library staff members wait to restore order – Euphemia Coutinho (who acts as minutes secretary to the ICML Committee and manages most of the mailshots) and Helen Elwell.