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Norwegian electronic health library

ICOLC Philadelphia, March 2006 Kjell Tjensvoll, Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services. Norwegian electronic health library. Agenda. Norwegian health services Background and history About health library project Medical consortium Organization Content Tender process

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Norwegian electronic health library

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  1. ICOLC Philadelphia, March 2006 Kjell Tjensvoll, Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services Norwegian electronic health library

  2. Agenda • Norwegian health services • Background and history • About health library project • Medical consortium • Organization • Content • Tender process • Plans for the future

  3. Department of health Directorate of healthand social services Regional health trusts(North, Middle, West, South and East) Norwegian knowledgecentre for the health services Norwegian health services involvedin the library project

  4. Health library – history • Idea originated ca. year 2000 • Inspired by British NHS project • Some time to find support and finance • Increasing available technology and content • 2004 collaboration projects • Health library (Norwegian knowledge centre …) • Guidelines project (Norwegian directorate for health and social services) • 2004 Consortium for medical information • Tender process autumn of 2004

  5. Situation before the project started • Best access for academics and others connected to the universities • Limited or no access for practitioners

  6. Health library - target groups • Health personnel • Primary health care • Specialist health care • Government • Students • Colleges • Universities

  7. Health library - content • Research based information with emphasis on aggregated research • Guidelines • Topic libraries • Mental health • Public health • Cancer • Others … • Librarian network • Other services

  8. Databases Cochrane Library (Wiley) AMED, Cinahl, Embase, Medline, PsycINFO (Ovid) Clinical Evidence (BMJ) Journals British Medical Journal Evidence Based Medicine Evidence Based NursingEvidence Based Mental Health 1100 journals (ProQuest) including:The LancetThe New England Journal of Medicine (embargo) - and others National consortium for medical information - content

  9. Consortium advisers • Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authority • SMH, medical librarians • License coordinating group for college libraries • License coordinating group for university libraries • The Norwegian Medical Association • The Norwegian Nurses Association

  10. Plans for the future - challenges • Develop and expand content and services • Expand the content of the consortium • Buy out embargo periods for important journals • More journals • More databases • e-Books • Other resources • Develop search facilities for the library • Open Access • Setting up institutional repository for health institutions and colleges • Negotiating a national deal for publishing in BioMed Central

  11. Search • Offer our users high quality results in a user friendly interface • User interface • Help to narrow down the search • Useful for clinicians • Search results • Clustering, ranking, sorting ... • Aggregated research, Systematic reviews, ... • Technology

  12. Thank you! Norwegian electronic health library kjtj@nokc.no

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