Promising Formats in Medical Library Work

M.K. Dzhaikhanova, Head of the Scientific Library at the International Higher School of Medicine, led a session titled “Subject Classifiers and Promising Formats of Linked Data in the Work of Medical Libraries,” which took place on April 21, 2026, at the Scientific Library of Avicenna International Medical University.

The event was organized by the Association of Electronic Libraries in collaboration with the International Association of Users and Developers of Electronic Libraries and New Information Technologies (EBNIT) (Moscow), OSO “AVD-Systems” (Yekaterinburg) and Avicenna International Medical University (Bishkek).

The event was held in both offline and online formats and was attended by more than 20 representatives of libraries at medical universities and colleges, universities with medical faculties, as well as other interested parties.

The following speakers addressed the participants with welcoming remarks:

– Ruslan Amiraev, Rector of Avicenna Medical University, Candidate of Medical Sciences, Acting Associate Professor

– Vyacheslav Tokmakov, Marketing Director of the EBNIT Association, Director of AVD-Kazakhstan LLC;

– Surakan Ashyrakhmatova, Head of the Library and Information Center at Avicenna Medical University.

The keynote speaker was Alexander Karaush, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Leading Researcher at the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leading Researcher at the Russian State Library, Advisor to the Institute of Information Technologies, and Executive Director of the International Association of Users and Developers of Electronic Libraries and New Information Technologies, who spoke on the topic: “Subject Classifiers and Promising Formats of Linked Data in the Work of Medical Libraries.”

During the session, the following topics were also discussed:

– Issues related to the creation and development of open-access collections, including copyright matters;

– Identifiers and their application, including DOI codes for different types of documents.

Upon completion of the session, the organizers and participants noted the timeliness and usefulness of such an event for the further implementation of promising linked data formats in the work of medical libraries.

Given that many libraries in Kyrgyzstan use the “IRBIS” software, participants expressed the need to create a union catalog, specifically, initially based on the libraries of medical universities and colleges, as well as universities with medical faculties, and subsequently to hold an IRBIS training course for staff who do not have specialized library education.