NYAMNLM Resource Guide for Public Health Preparedness

							NYAM/NLM Resource Guide for Public Health Preparedness



            Constance Malpas
            Manager, Digital Initiatives
            The New York Academy of Medicine
Project Background and History
     9/11 and after
      – libraries as “first responders”
     Unsolicited proposal, funded in July 2002
      – What are the preparedness-related information
        needs of public health workers?
      – How can we improve access to most needed
        sources?
      – How can we encourage information sharing
        between libraries and the public health
        preparedness community?

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Integration & Innovation
    Use existing infrastructure
     – distributed networks of information
     – institutional “reach” -- connecting w/communities
    Implement robust, flexible standard for
    data exchange (XML)
     – community-specific document type definition
     – cross-platform interoperability (e.g. PDAs)
    Preserve and extend access
     – Mirror sites, CD-ROM technology

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    Infrastructure: NN/LM and …
                                      Region 1 (NYAM) = 800+ libraries
• >4500
libraries
• Resource
sharing
•Training in
NLM data
resources &
information
products



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Centers for PH Preparedness
                                          Local
                                          partner:
                                          CPHP,
                                          Mailman SPH




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Leverage existing networks!
    NN/LM and A-CPHP share
     – regional representation
           • 8 regions, 19 centers
     – commitment to outreach, education and
       resource sharing
     – focus on outcome-based evaluation
     – opportunities for collaboration


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  A-CPHP Regional Distribution
                                                              Columbia U**
                                 U Illinois, Chicago          SUNY Albany
                                 U Iowa                       U Pittsburgh
                                 U Michigan**
     UW**                        U Minnesota
                                                                      Harvard U


                                                                     Emory
UC Berkeley
                                                                     JHU
UCLA
                                                                     UAB
                                                                     UNC
                                                                     USC
                    Tulane                                           U South FL
                    U Oklahoma                  St. Louis U
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What will the Guide include?
    Virtual library of preparedness and planning
    documents
     – Structured abstracts
     – Synthetic reviews
    Annotated bibliographies on selected topics
     – Hyperlinked to abstracts, full-text where available
    Scripted searches of external multi-disciplinary
    databases
     –   MEDLINE
     –   HazLit
     –   QUAKELINE
     –   PAHO Virtual Disaster Library

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Innovations
    EAD data model
     – Enables us to group resources dynamically,
       according to “natural” categories
           • Facilitates cross-disciplinary integration of
             information resources
    Inclusion of “grey” literature
     – Technical reports, transcripts, abstracts, etc.
    Multi-disciplinary focus
    Indexing by format to provide quality cues
    Indexing by disaster phase for relevance
    ranking
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Project Timeline
    Y1 (2002-2003) Needs Assessment
    and Resource Development
     – key informant interviews, focus groups
                                           See
     – build testbed (> 500 resources)
                                           handout
     – data modeling, indexing             for
    Y2 (2003-2004) Testing, Promotion details
    and Content Building

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Progress Update
    Project personnel
     – Competition for resources! NYC-DOHMH
    Taxonomies
     – subject terms (145); resource types (33)
    Testbed
     – 500 resources in various formats
    Database structure
     – mapping to EAD
    1st “key informant” interview
     – NYC and Bergen County DOH, 18 December 02
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                                              “We need
Lessons Learned                              libraries…”

    Information needs are great                        “…and
     – No consolidated knowledge base                  librarians”
    Information-seeking strategies are weak
     – Google and CDC site are top picks
                                                     “..with special
    Lots (and lots) of un-indexed grey               knowledge of
    literature                                       public health”
     – PowerPoint and PDF dominate as resource
       formats


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Questions for RML staff:
    How can the Resource Guide contribute to
    your outreach efforts?
    Any prior contact with CPHP in your
    region?
    Any data on information needs related to
    preparedness efforts in your region?
    Opportunities for performance-based
    evaluation?

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Questions, Comments?
 FOR MORE INFO...

Project Director:
 Constance Malpas, 212-822-7311, cmalpas@nyam.org

Project Librarian:
 Paolina Taglienti, 212-822-7325, ptaglienti@nyam.org

NLM Project Officer:
 Catherine R. Selden, National Information Center on Health
  Services Research and Health Care Technology
                  www.phpreparedness.info
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Resource Guide Website




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