CHID: a unique health information and education database

The public's growing interest in health information and the health professions' increasing need to locate health education materials can be answered in part by the new Combined Health Information Database (CHID). This unique database focuses on materials and programs in professional and patient education, general health education, and community risk reduction. Accessible through BRS, CHID suggests sources for procuring brochures, pamphlets, articles, and films on community services, programs at HMOs and hospitals, aspects of coping, and more. CHID is a joint project of six federally funded agencies in the Public Health Service. CHID provides citations with abstracts to major health journals, books, reports, pamphlets, hard-to-find information resources, and to health education programs under way in state and local health departments and other locations.     

REHABDATA: a disability and rehabilitation information resource

The National Rehabilitation Information Center's REHABDATA database contains about 69,000 abstracts on information contained in published books, reports, and articles, as well as audiovisual materials. All information contained relates to the topic of disability and rehabilitation research. This column will provide background information on the REHABDATA file and include some basic search hints and features.     

面向我国中小企业的网络信息资源管理

中小企业在国民经济中具有重要的作用，如何使自己的优势进一步发挥是中小企业所要面对的问题。网络信息资源管理作为一种新兴的管理方式日益为人们所关注。本文在分析中小企业的信息需求与管理的基础上，结合网络信息资源管理的特点，给出了面向中小企业的网络信息资源管理模式及针对这种模式的实施过程。     

A case study: planning a statewide information resource for health professionals: an evidence-based approach

Question:

What is the best approach for implementing a statewide electronic health library (eHL) to serve all health professionals in Minnesota?

Setting:

The research took place at the University of Minnesota Health Sciences Libraries.

Methods:

In January 2008, the authors began planning a statewide eHL for health professionals following the five-step process for evidence-based librarianship: formulating the question, finding the best evidence, appraising the evidence, assessing costs and benefits, and evaluating the effectiveness of resulting actions.

Main Results:

The authors identified best practices for developing a statewide eHL for health professionals relating to audience or population served, information resources, technology and access, funding model, and implementation and sustainability. They were compared to the mission of the eHL project to drive strategic directions by developing recommendations.

Conclusion:

EBL can guide the planning process for a statewide eHL, but findings must be tailored to the local environment to address information needs and ensure long-term sustainability.     

The health information specialist: a new resource for hospital library services and education programs

Growing pressures for more effective education programs at community hospitals demand better and more responsive hospital library resources and services. It is suggested that, with a modest amount of additional training and support, a community hospital librarian can play a key role in (1) improving the effectiveness of the hospital's library services and resources, (2) assisting hospital educators with the task of developing, implementing, and evaluating education programs, and (3) facilitating coordination of health information resources and services with all aspects of hospital education programs. An expanded, more active role, that of the Health Information Specialist, is suggested for hospital librarians. A one-week training program for librarians and special orientation for hospital educators and administrators plus followup field consultation for all three is described and proposed as an implementation strategy to provide the background and impetus needed to help hospital librarians evolve and expand their functional role into that of a Health Information Specialist.     

Addressing underutilization of consumer health information resource centers: a formative study

Problem: Four consumer health information centers in Richmond, Virginia, provide one-on-one assistance in accessing health information. Because they may not be fully utilized at present, an exploratory marketing study of factors affecting usage of the centers was conducted.Method: Observers counted center passers-by and tracked their paths. Also, brief intercept interviews were conducted with people who had just used a center, people nearby who could have used one but did not, and people on the street. Finally, in-depth individual interviews were conducted with key informants.Results: There was a high degree of satisfaction with the centers among users. Nonusers universally endorsed the center concept. However, most passers-by did not even glance at the centers, and intercept interviewees suggested better signage and promoting the resource centers through various media channels. Key informants added suggestions about interpersonal strategies (e.g., physician referrals) for center usage promotion but cautioned that a large increase in traffic could not be accommodated without increasing staff size or shifting from a model of individualized service.Conclusions: Triangulating findings from multiple data collection methods can provide useful guidance for efforts to promote center utilization. At minimum, steps should be taken to make the largest centers more noticeable. Because center utilization is not only associated with consumer satisfaction with hospitals, but may also foster health literacy, both hospital-based and community-based usage promotion strategies may be warranted. All such promotional strategies should be audience-tested before they are adopted.

Highlights

• Both users and nonusers of consumer health information centers said they would think more highly of a hospital with a center and would refer friends or family members to such a center.
• Study participants classified as nonusers of the centers were unaware of the centers or found them hard to locate.
• Suggestions for increasing center traffic ranged from improving signage to promoting routine referrals from hospital staff.
• An alternative to increasing center traffic is delivering information to places where consumers are located.

Implications

• Those responsible for making funding decisions about health information centers should be made aware that hospitals with health information centers are perceived more positively.
• The potential trade-off between intensive, personalized customer service and serving large numbers of consumers must be considered carefully.

     

数字资源整合:信息资源管理领域的新课题

我们正面临这样一种信息环境的变革时期:数字信息日渐成为信息资源的主流载体,整序数字信息的异构资源系统急剧增加,数字资源局部有序但整体呈现无序的状况日趋严重,优化数字资源利用环境,有效获取信息知识成为人们关注的重点.如何利用新型的技术和方法,对局部有序而整体无序的数字资源进行类聚、融合和科学的重组,最终形成以知识组织体系为支撑的数字资源知识整合的大环境,提高数字资源传播与利用效率,既是图书情报界、企业界等领域数字资源建设的重要任务,也是信息资源管理领域的一个新的重要研究课题.     

The CRISP system: an untapped resource for biomedical research project information

CRISP (Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects) is a large database maintained and operated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It contains comprehensive scientific and selected administrative data on research carried out by the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) or supported by PHS grants and contracts. Developed originally to meet the needs of NIH, it is an excellent, largely untapped resource for health information professionals at large, revealing new trends, methods, and techniques, often before they appear in the published literature. CRISP uses its own controlled vocabulary, developed to permit indexing of new and active research areas. Queries can combine subject headings with a great variety of administrative data elements (e.g., research category or principal investigator's name). Output is available in a variety of formats and media. While information professionals cannot directly access the CRISP system, abridged CRISP records are merged into the FEDRIP (Federal Research in Progress) database, and FEDRIP is publicly accessible through DIALOG. CRISP records in toxicology are also furnished to the National Library of Medicine's TOXLINE database. This paper discusses the indexing, information retrieval, publication products, and search services of the CRISP system, and how users of medical information can benefit from it.     

档案信息资源的开发

一、开发利用档案信息资源的重要性 档案是信息的一种,档案部门是储存,输送信息的一个部门.因此,开发信息资源包括档案部门,也适用于档案部门.在知识经济的新形势下,大力开发档案信息资源,为社会各方面服务,应该把开发档案信息资源作为档案部门做好档案工作的中心任务和指导思想.     

如何搜索网络FTP信息资源

本介绍了FTP服务，并详细讲述了搜索FTP信息资源的两种方法。     

基于Blog的动态信息资源组织

文章在介绍blog技术的基础上,提出了动态信息资源组织的概念,分析了blog与信息组织的关系,阐述了基于blog的隐形信息交流与共享以及学习与创新过程。     

资讯时代高校图书馆信息资源的重构

本分析了资讯时代高校图书馆面临的信息资源环境，对网络环境下适合本馆的信息资源进行了探讨。     

中国地区信息资源产出技术进步与效率研究

本文利用信息资源基础设施指数和劳动力作为投入变量,邮电业务额作为信息资源产出替代变量,运用DEA方法结合Malmquist指数分析我国近几年的信息资源生产效率。结果表明,技术进步在信息资源生产中具有非常重要的作用,各地区技术进步显著,并且比较均衡。规模效率有所提高,几乎所有地区都处于规模报酬递增阶段,增加规模可以提高效率。全国纯技术效率相对稳定,并且东、中、西部地区的规模效率和纯技术效率的差距并不明显,技术效率与经济发展并不相关。由于技术进步和规模效率的贡献,绝大多数省市全要素生产率有所提高。我国信息资源生产投入要素的节约还有相当大的空间,国家在信息化高速发展的进程中应注重资源节约。     

网络信息资源的质量和评价

论述了网络信息资源质量评价的必要性。分析信息和信息质量的概念和信息的外部供应商——顾客／用户的关系模型，在此基础上讨论网络信息资源评价的基本标准。     

我国网络信息资源的配置

信息资源配置是信息资源共享的前提，本文主要介绍了网络信息资源配置的内容和配置原则，并讨论了我国网络信息资源配置模式和图书馆的网络信息资源配置。     

Florida's marine resource information system: A geographic decision support system

Decision support systems (DSS) are a class of information systems where data, models, and an interface are combined to support a decision-maker's needs for data and analysis. This article reports on a system which fits all of the classic definitions of a DSS and which includes spatial models of object locations as crucial parts of the analytic, data, and interface support provided to the user. The system illustrates several interesting aspects of the construction of systems of this type, including the potential role of geographic information system (GIS) capabilities in DSS; the translation of user decision support needs with a geographic component into a DSS architecture; and the integration of a PC-based GIS package with additional interface, data management, and analytic tools. The system also illustrates certain managerial implications for systems of this type, including the importance of planning for system maintenance and the value of geographic data.     

The role of unique identifiers in bibliographic information systems

To date, there is no unique accepted and standardized method for identifying journal articles, authors, and other elements of bibliographic metadata, although in recent years a considerable number of identifiers have been developed. The problem of identification becomes particularly urgent when the same information is used in different scientometric and bibliographic databases, when it is necessary to carry out complex data processing with their further integration. The need for unique identifiers outside of a system is a universal requirement. Initiatives to construct identifiers and systems appear regularly in the scientific press; however, they have not achieved the necessary degree of interoperability. This paper presents the general problems that are associated with metadata identifiers of scientific publications, analyzes a number of the existing systems and technologies, and indicates the current initiatives to remove the gap in the area of identification.