INFORMATION ACCESS
FOR PUBLIC HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS
IN NORTH DAKOTA
August 1999 - July
2001
INTERNET SITES
OF NOTE
Some of the North
Dakota public health employees and the project librarians have identified
the following sites that they have found helpful for this project. They are
divided into 4 sections: Government Sites, Educational Sites, Database Sites and Other Sites.
Government Sites
Educational Sites
North Dakota Demographics and Statistical Data
Other Sites
ABOUT
INFORMATION ACCESS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN NORTH DAKOTA
Information Access for Public Health
Professionals in North Dakota is a project funded by the National Library of
Medicine under a contract (NO1-LM-6-3523) with the University of Illinois at
Chicago.
The purpose of this project is to
provide public health professionals in the state of North Dakota with timely,
convenient access to health care information resources. In their effort to provide
this access the project team will:
* Inform public health professionals
in North Dakota of the services available from the Harley E. French Library
of the Health Sciences (HEF Library) and its three clinical campus libraries,
the National Network of Libraries of Medicine-Greater Midwest Region, and the
National Library of Medicine.
* Improve the level and quality of
communication between the Harley E. French Library and its clinical campus libraries
and the public health professionals working in North Dakota.
* Instruct public health employees
in the most efficient and productive access to healthcare services provided
by the Harley E. French Library and its clinical campus libraries, the National
Network of Libraries of Medicine-Greater Midwest Region, and the National Library
of Medicine. This objective speaks to specific instruction on use of information
tools. These tools will include but not be limited to PubMed, Internet Grateful
Med (IGM), Loansome Doc, the Internet, specific resources of the Harley E. French
Library, specific programs and resources of the NN/LM-GMR, specific programs
and resources of the National Library of Medicine, and the specific information
resources of the National Institutes of Health.
* Improve the level and quality of
communication between the reference desk at the HEF Library and public health
practitioners of the state.
* Investigate the "information seeking
process" in relation to public health professionals' information seeking skills.
The information seeking process model identified by Carol Kuhlthau (1) will
be used as a model. This study will investigate Carol Kuhlthau's information
search process in relation to the role of formal mediators (librarians) and
informal mediators (e.g., peers) in a public health professional environment.
* Develop a plan for continued programming
and services required to meet the health care information needs of public health
professionals in North Dakota.
REFERENCE
ASSISTANCE
Public Health personnel are welcome
to contact any of the Contact Librarians listed for Reference Assistance or
to send a message requesting assistance to the Reference Mail Box at hflref@medicine.nodak.edu
PROJECT
TEAM
Project Coordinator & NE
Campus Library: Barbara Knight, UND Library of the Health Sciences Grand
Forks ND 58202-9002 701-777-2166 bknight@medicine.nodak.edu
SW Campus Library: Leeila Bina, Q
& R Medcenter One Health Sciences Library, 622 Ave A East Bismarck ND 58501
701-323-5390 lbina@mohs.org
SE
Campus Library: Barbara Knight, UND Library of the Health Sciences Grand
Forks ND 58202-9002 701-777-2166 bknight@medicine.nodak.edu
NW Campus Library: Karen Anderson,
Angus L. Cameron Library Box
5020 Minot ND 58702-5020 701-857-5435 karen_anderson@und.nodak.edu
Project Manager: Lila Pedersen, Director,
UND Library of the Health
Sciences Grand Forks ND 58202-9002
REPORTS
First
Quarter --- August 1999 - September 1999
Second
Quarter --- October 1999 - December 1999
Third
Quarter -- January 2000 - March 2000
Fourth
Quarter -- April 2000 - June 2000
Fifth
Quarter -- July 2000 - September 2000
Sixth
Quarter -- October 2000 - December 2000
Seventh
Quarter -- January 2001 - March 2001
Eighth
Quarter -- April 2001 - June 2001
Ninth
Quarter -- July 2001
Final Report -- August 1999 - July 2001
"Information Access for Public Health Professionals in North Dakota," as presented at the Midwest chapter of MLA, Oct. 7, 2001
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