Mission
The AVI, formerly the American Veterinary Computer Society, was formed to expand the use of the computer as a tool in veterinary medicine. This includes serving as an educational resource, promoting the use of information technology and electronic communications, and developing and promoting standards in veterinary information management.
Levels
Membership incorporates a range of levels to encourage participation from all segments of the profession, veterinarians and non-veterinarians, as well as its supporting organizations. This includes veterinary practitioners and their staff, faculty and staff of veterinary colleges, diagnostic laboratories, medical records personnel, medical librarians, students, software and hardware developers, and corporations supplying veterinary products and services. Over one third of the members are individuals working in the field of clinical veterinary medicine, one third are in academia, and the remainder are in industry, government, and other veterinary medicine. Membership is international, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Israel, South Korea, and Saudi Arabia, as well as the United States.
Meeting
The annual membership meeting is held in conjunction with the AVMA Annual Convention and includes the one-day Richard B. Talbot Symposium on Veterinary Informatics and two days of general information on computer usage. The members of the Association are encouraged to write articles and/or make presentations regarding their experiences, as these are valuable to establish veterinary informatics as a legitimate discipline and to encourage individuals in the veterinary community to become more involved in the information age.
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