When you suspect that the people and places that allow when disaster strikes, can not immediately think kirjastonhoitajaa and libraries.But they can play an important role.
RECOGNIZING THE potential of unused libraries, the National Library of Medicine created Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC) in 2008. Center is part of the library sharing, Specialized Information Services (SIS), but the effort is related to people throughout the NLM and the national network of libraries of Medicine.
"Many people think only give away books in the library, but it is truly a source of information," says Steven Phillips, MD, Associate Director, NLM SIS.The Center, he explains, aims to provide information and resources that users see as "just what I need, just in time."
For example, after the earthquake in Haiti DIMRC quickly to respond to the disaster the people, the language elements in the customized links to fill in the Haitian earthquake Web page — also provide details of the Haitian Creole.About pumpatun off, listserv was the growing number of health professionals and kirjastonhoitajaa. DIMRC staff gave two university hospitals, kirjastonhoitajaa, which was to prepare information about specific medical equipment, heading the Haitian. And the Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications created Haiti earthquake People Locator — Web site more combine families — iPhone Manager provides you with information about the Web site. it was the NLM's first iPhone application.
This is just a sampling of what unfolded throughout the NLM hours, days and weeks after the earthquake but DIMRC is much more than the response data.
Stacey Arnesen, who heads DIMRC and its staff in seven ", we focus on all phases of a disaster," explains."People need to get the right information at the right time to take decisions and preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation policy."
DIMRC has been created to help the Federal Government by providing information on the disaster action and resources — information hub as an invoice — public health officials, health care providers and the general public.Center coordinates the entire NLM including disaster-related activities:
collecting, organizing, and disseminating health information for all disaster — natural, accidental or deliberate development online disaster communication tools serve as the "disaster information experts", by design, and ensure that the activities continue to NLM during a disaster, eight regional medical libraries and 5,800 libraries that belong to the national network of libraries, information technology and research to examine Medicineconducting to develop new and better ways to provide information, and share information in the event of disasters and federal, State and other agencies during training with emergenciescollaborating kirjastonhoitajaaCreate a chapter is the latest DIMRC NLM has a long history of providing information and resources in the context of the disaster.Bhopal, India, in 1984, after the gas leak NLM If toxicological data When Hurricane Mitch in 1998, devastation NLM joined the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to improve the health of the network infrastructure in Central America.After the September 11 attacks ON THE NLM National Center for biotechnology information developed by the poor quality of the software to analyze DNA samples to identify the victims still quickly.
Arnesen, explains why the disaster is too large to fit in the Centre of this natural "NLM is unique to the library," says.NLM has a wealth of information, and it performs the bioinformatics research — enable computers and communication technologies (ICT) in biology, medicine and health. "We are looking at the front of the people handling natural and develop new tools for major issues. "
How hospitals work together and to communicate and share information during a major disaster? How can hospital better monitored patients in disaster and Help Families Locate loved ones during their coordinated by almost dozen DIMRC? research to answer these questions. Projects are part of the Emergency preparedness partnership Bethesda Hospitals.The partnership consists of NLM and three hospitals, a few miles of each other — the National Naval Medical Center, NIH Clinical Center and community hospital in suburban Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medicine.
Another unique NLM that will help the disaster in the course of their work is the national network of libraries of Medicine, NLM coordinates the program, i.e.. "is a non-Phillips brainer," says. "There is a network of approximately 5,800 libraries that allow you to transfer data back and forth. "
Elizabeth Norton, a librarian DIMRC, notes that the recent events show us "is not if, but when a disaster occurs. Whether local, national and international, are always needed information."
Photo title: Stacey Arnesen and Victor Cid DIMRC Lab
Editor's Note: this is the first series, libraries, and on the basis of the examination of the articles in the kirjastonhoitajaa disasters.
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