About the E-Library

Geolibrary.org is an electronic library of occupational and environmental health training materials. This library contains training materials which are in the public domain and which are available to the user free of charge. The training materials contained in this library come from a wide variety of sources, including international organizations, governmental institutes and agencies, academic institutions, corporations, unions, and non-governmental organizations.

The idea for this library sprung from a meeting in Iguassu Falls, Brazil in February 2003 of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centres in Occupational Health. This project was incorporated into the Work Plan of the Collaborating Centres in support of the WHO strategy of “Occupational Health for All.” The responsibility for constructing the library was undertaken by the Great Lakes Centers for Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health. Additionally, the Great Lakes Centers added a second, “environmental health,” branch to the library to address the training needs of environmental health users.

We hope that you find this library helpful and invite you to use these training materials.