Timeline

LILACS 35 anos

2012
January 1

Launching of the search interface iAHx

As a way to make the retrieval of records from its information sources available on the web, BIREME has developed an Integrated Search Interface (iAHx) to replace the Interface for Access to Health Information – iAH
January 1

Launching of LILACS Submission

Launching of LILACS Submission
LILACS Submission is a management system for LILACS cooperation, which allows the submission of files in ISO 2709 format for inclusion in the LILACS database
2010
October 20

Launching of the LILACS Portal – 25 years

On the occasion of LILACS’ 25 years the LILACS Portal was launched, bringing innovations to users in research resources due to the adoption of the iAHx and iAH interface, featured topics, and LILACS in numbers, among others.
January 5

First online course on LILACS Methodology

May 3-28, 2010, the first online LILACS Methodology Course was held, with librarians from the LILACS Brazil network and VHL Brazil as target audience.
January 4

Launching of the Criteria for Selection and Permanence of LILACS journals

The criteria for selecting LILACS journal titles include publications in paper and/or electronic format and serve to guide editors and information units operating in the Virtual Health Library network that cooperate with the decentralized production of LILACS
2009
January 11

Milestone of 500,000 registries in the LILACS database

Reaching the milestone of half a million documents indexed in 2009 strengthens LILACS as a bibliographic reference index of scientific and technical health output in Latin America and the Caribbean. LILACS operates in the VHL network, with the participation of more than 800 cooperating institutions from 39 countries. The trend..Read More
2008
September 16

“LILACS Express: inovation in sending data to LILACS”, presented at CRICS VIII

“LILACS Express: inovation in sending data to LILACS”,  presented at CRICS VIII
CRICS VIII – Information and Scientific Knowledge for Health Innovation (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) http://www.crics8.org/php/index.php?lang=en
2007
May 15

Publication of the Registry of Clinical Trials recommendation

Recommendation to LILACS and SciELO journal Editors on Clinical Trials Registry http://espacio.bvsalud.org/files/2/5/051111112007/recomend_edit_rev_2007%20ing.pdf
January 1

Launching of the LILACS Express for Editors

LILACS-Express is a cooperative initiative that aims at reducing the time interval between the publication of journals and their registry in LILACS by sending the articles metadata to LILACS as soon as the issue is completed and sent for publication.
2006
January 1

Update of the LILACS Methodology and launching of LILDBI-Web 1.7

BIREME launches a new version of the LILDBI-Web application for LILACS online feeding
January 1

LILACS was submitted to the international catalog WorldCat of the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC)

LILACS was submitted to the international catalog WorldCat of the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC)
Since June 2006, LILACS bibliographic records are also available in the WorldCat international catalog of the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC).
2005
September 20

“Non-textual materials: adaptation of the LILACS Methodology for descriptive and thematic representation”, presented at CRICS VII

“Non-textual materials: adaptation of the LILACS Methodology for descriptive and thematic representation”, presented at CRICS VII
CRICS VII – Commitment to Equity (Salvador, Brazil) http://www.icml9.org/?lang=en
January 1

Salvador Declaration on Open Access

Salvador Declaration on Open Access: the Developing Countries’ perspective http://www.icml9.org/channel.php?lang=en&channel=91&content=439
2003
January 1

Launching of LILACS-Express

Launching of LILACS-Express
Launched in March 2003, the LILACS-Express cooperative initiative aimed to reduce the time interval between the journal publishing and its registration in LILACS by sending metadata and full text of the articles as soon as they are finalized. https://wiki.bireme.org/en/index.php/LILACS-Express http://red.bvsalud.org/lilacs/en/lilacs-express-3/  
2001
April 25

“Introduction to LILDBI-Web”, presented at CRICS V

“Introduction to LILDBI-Web”, presented at CRICS V
CRICS V – Knowledge for Change: Information & Knowledge for Health Equity http://crics5.bvsalud.org/
1999
January 1

LILACS iAH search interface

The iAH application (Interface for Accessing Health Information) is designed to retrieve information from CDS/ISIS databases in an optimized way through the Internet
1998
March 25

“The LILACS System in the development of the Virtual Health Library”, presented at CRICS IV

“The LILACS System in the development of the Virtual Health Library”, presented at CRICS IV
CRICS IV – Information Networks: a Bridge to the Third Millennium (San José, Costa Rica) http://crics4.bvsalud.org/
1997
January 1

Launching of VHL and SciELO based on LILACS

Online electronic publication also becomes mandatory as a solution for visibility and accessibility for all types of documents included in the LILACS selection criteria.
1996
October 16

Orientation course “Automated bibliographic description and indexing system – LILACS”, presented at CRICS III

Orientation course “Automated bibliographic description and indexing system – LILACS”, presented at CRICS III
CRICS III – Interconnection of Information Technology: the future nexus (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) http://crics3.bvsalud.org/
January 1

WWWISIS

Program developed by BIREME that allows the management of information used in the LILACS database