PHA-Exchange> Essential health information resource action

[George(s) Lessard]

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Subject:        	[HIF-net at WHO] AHILA Objective 3: Essential health 
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Dear colleagues,

Please find hereunder the objective 3 of the 2002-04 plan for AHILA. Thank
you for commenting, suggesting or undertaking the activity.

AHILA Objective 3

AHILA is requested to create an African Core collection or a recommended
selection of the essential material that every medical library should stock.

We are not looking for a definitive list of titles, but just a recommended
selection of relevant and essential material that every medical library
should stock.

With new initiatives like HINARI, PERI and the Health InterNetwork, this
core list should include list of URLs where AHILA members can access online
health-related resources.

This list should also be generic, with a possibility to adapt it in each
country and add local titles.

How should the list be put together, selected, maintained? Richard Jones
(BMA Information Working Group) has indicated he would be willing to share
methods used by them for their Core Collection.

How can publishers be encouraged to help and to make their titles more
available (for example, might it be useful to put sample chapters of
essential textbooks on a CD-ROM for use as a procurement tool).

How could the list be made to complement existing resources (eg INASP Health
Links)?

It's worth also bearing in mind the current study being undertaken by Roger
Drew, former director of Healthlink Worldwide.

The following people involved in this task are:

Francophone list

Jonas Mutwaza, Email: mutwaza at nur.ac.rw
Cheikh Omar Diawara, Email: codiawra at caramail.com
Lydia Bossou, Email: omsdoc at intnet.bj

Anglophone list

Rosemary Kiathe, Email: rgommo6 at yahoo.co.uk
Nance Njamtu-Sie, Email: nancemjamtusie at yahoo.com
Nancy Kamau, Email: n_kamau at hotmail.com
Roger Drew, Email: rogerdrew at rogerdrew.free-online.co.uk

Timeframe:  This group will do a progress report to AHILA members by 31 May
2003

Group co-ordinators: 	Rosemary Kiathe and Jonas Mutwaza

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Mes chers collegues,

Voici l'objectif 3 du plan de travail 2002-04. Merci de commenter, suggerer
ou de mener l'activite.

AHILA devrait creer une collection de base ou une selection recommandee des
ressources essentielles dont devrait disposer chaque bibliotheque medicale.

Nous ne recherchons pas une liste definitive de titres, mais juste un choix
recommande de materiel approprie et essentiel que chaque bibliotheque
medicale devrait disposer.

Avec de nouvelles initiatives comme HINARI, PERI et l'Inter Reseau de Sante
(Health InterNetwork), cette liste devrait inclure la liste d'URLs ou les
membres d'AHILA peuvent acceder aux ressources relatives a la sante en
ligne.

Cette liste devrait egalement etre generique, avec une possibilite de
l'adapter dans chaque pays et d'y ajouter des titres locaux.

Comment la liste devrait-elle etre elaboree, choisie, mise a jour? Richard
Jones (groupe de travail de BMA) a indique qu'il serait dispose a partager
leur expérience.

Comment des editeurs peuvent etre encourages a aider et a rendre leurs
titres plus disponibles (par exemple, il serait utile de mettre des
chapitres d'echantillon de manuels essentiels sur un CD-ROM).

Comment la liste pourrait-elle etre elaboree de maniere a completer les
ressources existantes (par exemple INASP Health Links) ?

Il serait bien egalement de considerer l'etude entreprise par Roger Drew,
ancien directeur de Healthlink.

Les personnes suivantes impliquees dans cet objectif :

Liste Francophone:

Jonas Mutwaza, Email: mutwaza at nur.ac.rw
Cheikh Omar Diawara, Email: codiawra at caramail.com
Lydia Bossou, Email: omsdoc at intnet.bj

Liste Anglophone:

Rosemary Kiathe, Email: rgommo6 at yahoo.co.uk
Nance Njamtu-Sie, Email: nancemjamtusie at yahoo.com
Nancy Kamau, Email: n_kamau at hotmail.com
Roger Drew, Email: rogerdrew at rogerdrew.free-online.co.uk

Calendrier:  Le groupe fera un rapport d'etape vers 31 Mai 2003

Coordinateurs du groupe: Rosemary Kiathe and Jonas Mutwaza

Ibrahima Bob
AHILAIBSA President

[HIF-net at WHO profile: Ibrahima Bob works at Africa Consultants
International, Senegal. He is also president of AHILA, the Association for
Health Information and Libraries in Africa. His professional interests
include improving access to information in developing countries, Internet
training, and information resources for developing countries.
<bobibrahim at yahoo.com>]

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