ADOPTING THE NEW INFORMATION MODEL:

CHALLENGES AND ADVANCES

II Regional Coordination Meeting of the Virtual Health Library

Pan American Health OrganizationApril 23, 2001.

La Habana, CUBA

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO – VHL

ERNESTA GREENIDGEMEDICAL SCIENCES LIBRARY,UWI

NATIONAL COORDINATING CENTRETRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Trinidad and Tobago VHLBIREME CHALLENGE

Setting up the VHL

1.Agreement among institutions to adopt the model

Trinidad and Tobago VHLBIREME CHALLENGE

Setting up the VHL

2. Advisory Committeemembers: producers, intermediaries

and users, acts as an Editorial Board, represents, orients, define priorities, distribute responsibilities, raise

resources etc.

Trinidad and Tobago VHLBIREME CHALLENGE

Setting up the VHL

3. Plan for setting up the VHLspecific projects based on the VHL architecturetraining programs – all actorsconnectivitymarketing

Trinidad and Tobago VHL

• September, 2000

• Stakeholders meeting

• Technical meeting

• Facilitator – Director BIREME

Trinidad and Tobago VHL STAKEHOLDERS

Ministry of HealthMedical / Health LibrariesRegional Health AuthoritiesNIHERSTNational Library and Information ServiceFaculty of Medical Sciences (UWI)CARECPAHO

Trinidad and Tobago VHLAdvisory Committee

• Interim Committee – T&T VHLNational Library and Information

Service

UWI Medical Sciences Library

Pan American Heath Organization

T&T Ministry of Health Site

NALIS – Medical Library Site

Caribbean Epidemiology Centre

Caribbean College of Family Practitioners

UWI Medical Sciences Library Site

Trinidad and Tobago VHL DEVELOPMENT

Interim Committee: names and logos of organizations

News :Possible links to MOH site

Directories: Expand and link – index using the HIL

TTMED database: expand and distribute using WXIS

Trinidad and Tobago VHL DEVELOPMENT

Databases: input at local and regional level

Fulltext- approaches to publishers

Identification of Researchers- information support

Marketing

Trinidad and Tobago VHL CHALLENGES

CAPACITY BUILDING-National-Contributing Centres

ONGOING TRAINING

VIABLE AND SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS

Trinidad and Tobago VHL RESPONSES

• ACTION PLAN

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION COMMUNICATIONS PLAN

POLICY DEVELOPMENT STAFF AND USER TRAINING

Trinidad and Tobago VHL ADVANCES

IMMINENT CONVENING OF NATIONAL COMMITTEE

EXPRESSIONS OF POLITICAL WILLNational Library ServiceMinistry of Health

ACCESS TO OTHER REGIONAL INITIATIVESPAHO – CAREC - UWIDEC

Trinidad and Tobago VHL

• http://brmh.bireme.br/bvs/tt

• http://healthsectorreform.gov.tt

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO – VHL

ADOPTING THE NEW INFORMATION MODEL: CHALLENGES AND ADVANCES

II Regional Coordination Meeting of the Virtual Health Library

Pan American Health OrganizationApril 23, 2001.

La Habana, CUBA

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