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Common ground: the HealthWeb project as a model for Internet collaboration
P M Redman1, J A Kelly, E D Albright
1Alfred Taubman Medical Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109, USA.
Bulletin of the Medical Library Association
|February 12, 1998
Summary
Twelve health sciences libraries collaborated to create HealthWeb, an organized, annotated collection of Internet resources. This project enhances access to reliable health information for a global audience, serving as a model for future digital library initiatives.
Area of Science:
- Library and Information Science
- Digital Health Resources
- Collaborative Information Management
Background:
- The Internet presents a vast, yet unorganized, repository of health information.
- Health sciences libraries recognized the need for a curated and accessible online resource.
- Existing information access methods were insufficient for the international health sciences community.
Purpose of the Study:
- To establish a collaborative project for organizing and enhancing access to Internet resources.
- To create a comprehensive, robust, and sustainable information product through library cooperation.
- To develop a model for other collaborative Internet projects in the health sciences.
Main Methods:
- Formation of the HealthWeb project involving twelve health sciences libraries.
- Collaboration of over seventy librarians from the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) libraries.
- Development of an information resource providing evaluated, annotated Internet resources via the World Wide Web.
Main Results:
- Successful establishment of the HealthWeb project.
- Creation of an accessible platform for evaluated health Internet resources.
- Demonstration of a viable model for inter-institutional collaboration in digital resource management.
Conclusions:
- Collaborative efforts among health sciences libraries can effectively organize and enhance access to online information.
- HealthWeb serves as a valuable, curated resource for the international health sciences community.
- The HealthWeb project's model can be replicated for similar collaborative digital initiatives.
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