PHA-Exchange> Launch of Source - International Information Support Centre

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From: "Victoria Richardson" <richardson.v at healthlink.org.uk>

> Launch of Source - International Information Support Centre
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> A unique resource centre, designed to meet the information needs of 
> those working in health, disability and development worldwide, opens 
> in London in September 2002. 
> 
> Source is an innovative collaboration between two international NGOs, 
> Healthlink Worldwide (formerly AHRTAG) and Handicap International UK 
> and an academic institution, the Centre for International Child 
> Health (at the Institute of Child Health, UCL). 
> 
> Source is aimed at health workers, researchers, rehabilitation work-
> ers, non-governmental and governmental organisations and disabled 
> peoples' organisations worldwide and has a unique collection of over 
> 20,000 health and disability related information resources. These in-
> clude books, manuals, reports, newsletters, posters, videos, and CD-
> ROMS. It also links to an increasing number of electronic resources 
> including on-line databases and full-text documents on the Internet.
> 
> Source has a valuable collection of both published and unpublished 
> materials documenting a wealth of practical experience from develop-
> ing countries. Subject areas include adolescent and child health, 
> disability, evaluation, health communication, HIV/AIDS, information 
> management, primary health care, reproductive & sexual health and 
> more. SOURCE is the only regular outlet in London where books and 
> other teaching materials published and distributed by TALC (Teaching-
> aids at Low Cost) are sold. 
> 
> Materials in Source are fully referenced on the Source database which 
> can easily be searched from the website, http://www.asksource.info 
> Source is different from other databases because the majority of ma-
> terials are relevant to developing countries and not recorded else-
> where. The database also gives details of how to get hold of materi-
> als including price, publisher and distributor. 
> 
> Soon to be available from the website are a Contacts database of in-
> ternational health and disability organisations, and a Newsletters 
> and Journals database describing over 150 free of low-cost newslet-
> ters and how to subscribe.
> 
> Oona King, Member of Parliament in the UK, said "the launch of Source 
> is welcome news for the thousands of campaigners like myself who have 
> been engaged in the fight against poverty".
> 
> For further information, contact: 
> Marina Waddington
> Assistant Librarian - Source
> Tel: +44-20-7242-9789 (ext. 8698)
> mailto:source at ich.ucl.ac.uk
> 
> Victoria Richardson
> Source Coordinator (Information Systems)
> Healthlink Worldwide
> 40 Adler Street
> London E1 1EE, UK
> Tel: +44-20-7539-1576(direct line)
> Tel: +44-20-7539-1570(reception)
> Fax: +44-20-7539-1580
> mailto:richardson.v at healthlink.org.uk
> http://www.healthlink.org.uk 
> http://www.asksource.info