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PAIR: a cooperative effort to meet informational needs.
Bulletin of the Medical Library Association
|April 1, 1973
Summary
The Pontiac Area Instructional Resources group (PAIR) fostered collaboration among institutions for sharing and producing educational materials. This initiative successfully created resource-sharing systems and joint learning materials within a year.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Health Sciences Librarianship
- Instructional Technology
Background:
- Healthcare institutions face challenges in developing and sharing educational resources.
- The need for efficient systems to manage and distribute learning materials is critical.
- Inter-institutional collaboration can optimize resource utilization and production.
Purpose of the Study:
- To establish a cooperative association (Pontiac Area Instructional Resources group: PAIR) for area institutions.
- To create a forum for exchanging information on educational software and hardware.
- To develop a resource library system and facilitate cooperative production of learning materials.
Main Methods:
- Organized a cooperative association of area institutions.
- Established a forum for sharing ideas and information on educational technology.
- Implemented a resource library system for lending learning materials.
- Undertook cooperative production of learning materials.
Main Results:
- Produced a union list of serials and a union list of software within one year.
- Successfully created a forum for idea and information exchange.
- Developed and produced a sound/slide program for member institutions.
Conclusions:
- Inter-institutional cooperation is effective in resource sharing and material production.
- The PAIR initiative demonstrated successful outcomes in collaborative educational resource management.
- Established systems facilitate efficient access to and creation of learning materials for healthcare education.