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Global health: Some first steps to serving this interdisciplinary field

Global health: Some first steps to serving this interdisciplinary field. Jeffery Loo ♦ Doctoral student ♦ School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Global health: Some first steps to serving this interdisciplinary field

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  1. Global health: Some first steps to serving this interdisciplinary field Jeffery Loo ♦ Doctoral student ♦ School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Anne Langley ♦ Chemistry Librarian and Coordinator of Public Services Assessment ♦ Duke University Libraries Beverly Murphy, AHIP ♦ Assistant Director, Marketing and Publications ♦ Duke University Medical Center Library & Archives Patricia L. Thibodeau, AHIP, FMLA ♦ Associate Dean ♦ Duke University Medical Center Library & Archives GLOBAL HEALTH THEMES CHANGE Globalization Development Not the status quo Emerging diseases CONCEPTUAL EXTENSION Understanding health beyond the clinical and biological perspectives Knowledge ownership and control Exploring from diverse perspectives COLLABORATION Global outreach Service Public and health policy Collaboration with non-medical librarians is strategic Promote campus-wide library partnerships and discussion of global health EXTENSION BEYOND TRADITIONAL BOUNDARIES Looking to local, national and global environments Sharing medical technology, equipment and infrastructure MANY FIELDS CONVERGE IN GLOBAL HEALTH Business Economics Education Engineering Informatics International development Law Medicine Policy Public Health Other disciplines Looking for a service model PLACE THE ESSENTIAL MOMENT Informatics may facilitate global health collaboration and knowledge sharing Foster spaces for diverse stakeholders to learn, share and collaborate Virtual spaces: wikis, federated search tools, online communities, blogs Community spaces: the library as a venue for global health exhibits, events and resources Focus on the moments of global health learning, research and service Establish a library presence at these instances Identify the information needs for global health activities Facilitate knowledge discovery among diverse disciplines Promote mobile information services for geographically dispersed patrons INFORMATICS TOOL FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION PUBCHEM http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ an NLM / NCBI database fosters data and knowledge exchange across the varied disciplines of health, biology and chemistry CONTENT SUCCESSFUL STAFF MOLECULAR LIBRARIES PROBE PRODUCTION CENTERS NETWORK (MLPCN) a collaborative research network that is promoting robotic laboratory testing and experimental data sharing supported by the NIH associated with PubChem Focus on user-oriented, seamless content Bring diverse resources together Showcase expertise and knowledge that support global health activities Identify librarian skill sets that are suitable for global health activities Foster collaborative teams identify complementary skill sets among subject specialized librarians Understanding global health Global health at Duke University is working to end health disparities Planning for action Four areas to address

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