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The University of Washington Health Sciences Library BioCommons: an evolving Northwest biomedical research
Mark Minie1, Stuart Bowers, Peter Tarczy-Hornoch
1Health Sciences Libraries and Information Center and Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, University of Washington, Seattle, USA. meminie@u.washington.edu
Setting:
The University of Washington Health Sciences Libraries and Information Center BioCommons serves the bioinformatics needs of researchers at the university and in the vibrant for-profit and not-for-profit biomedical research sector in the Washington area and region.
Program Components:
The BioCommons comprises services addressing internal University of Washington, not-for-profit, for-profit, and regional and global clientele. The BioCommons is maintained and administered by the BioResearcher Liaison Team. The BioCommons architecture provides a highly flexible structure for adapting to rapidly changing resources and needs.
Evaluation Mechanisms:
BioCommons uses Web-based pre- and post-course evaluations and periodic user surveys to assess service effectiveness. Recent surveys indicate substantial usage of BioCommons services and a high level of effectiveness and user satisfaction.
Next Steps/Future Directions:
BioCommons is developing novel collaborative Web resources to distribute bioinformatics tools and is experimenting with Web-based competency training in bioinformation resource use.
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