Author: Abel Laerte Packer

Ofelia Sepúlveda and the library as an extension of our minds

Photograph of a person studying among the shelves of a library.

Ofelia Sepúlveda passed away in Santiago, Chile, on November 17, at the age of 95. Of Chilean origin, Ofelia Antonia Sepúlveda Contreras became closely connected to Brazil over her 25 years living there as an international staff member of PAHO/WHO, working at BIREME, where she coordinated the Network of Health Sciences Libraries and Documentation Centers and, later, the Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Information System, one of the center’s key functions. Read More →