UNICORN IN A MULTILINGUAL, INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT:

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• UNICORN IN A MULTILINGUAL, INTERNATIONAL
  ENVIRONMENT
• the WHO experience
• Presentation at EUUG conference, Dublin, 9
  September 2005
• Helen Heathcote, Systems Librarian
• heathcoteh_at_who.int

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Introduction

1. World Health Organization
2. Workflows
3. iLink (WHOLIS)
4. Future developments

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1. WHO
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Knowledge Management

• Strategic direction 1 Access to health
  information
• Library and Information Networks for Knowledge
• Web Internet and Communications
• WHO Press
• Unicorn has a vital role in this strategic
  direction

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2. WORKFLOWS

• HQ and EURO Libraries, possibility of SEARO being
  added.
• Modules CAT (with Smartport), CIRC, SERIALS,
  REPORTS
• Serial claiming

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Serial Claim Notice text
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WORKFLOWS

• Multilingual authority records

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Multilingual authority record - Workflows
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Multilingual authority records - iLink
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WORKFLOWS

• Monthly export report

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HELLIS
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3. iLINK - WHOLIS

• iLink multilingual interface configured June 2004
  by SIRSI on live server
• Worldwide test of interface July 2004
• Listservs used to invite testers
• Questionnaire in English, French Spanish
• Very few changes made

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Highlights of Implementation

• WHO Banner
• Search box for just WHO material
• URL link changed to "Full text link"
• Google search changed to search WHO website
• Try these too turned off
• Multilingual authorities as cross references

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WHOLIS http//dosei.who.int
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WHOLIS http//dosei.who.int
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WHO Library Database (WHOLIS)

• WHO document dissemination, provides
• 40,000 full text links
• technical documents (unrestricted), headquarters
  and regional offices, 1986-
• WHO Bulletin articles, 1947-
• Weekly Epidemiological Record, 1926 -
• press materials
• WHO out-of-print publications (in process)
• historical resources

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Electronic Access (856) Field

• Links to scanned documents
• English, French Spanish records have link in
  each
• Arabic, Chinese Russian through English record
• Predefined search

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Selected Topics

• Bulletin destination Tsunami
• Can pre-select after initial selection
• Predefined search key Tuberculosis
• Allowed group searches

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Tuberculosis Website
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4. Future Developments

• Global Health Library

"We call upon WHO and other organisations to
commit to universal access to essential
healthcare information by 2015. We believe such
access is a prerequisite to achieving Health
for All moreover, it is now, for the first
time, realistically achievable." Godlee, F.
et al, Lancet 2004 364 295-300.
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A Starting Point

• Portal Interface
• Global Index Medicus
• Regional Index Medicus
• Hellis Asia Pacific
• Bireme
• EMRO
• World Wide Directory of Health Medical
  Libraries
• Multilingual WHOLIS
• Mobile Libraries
• HINARI

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Multilingual WHOLIS

• Current
• Web-based full text access to WHO knowledge
  40,000 links
• 6 official languages (Arabic, Chinese, English,
  French, Russian, Spanish)
• 50 languages
• Future
• Access to WHO knowledge in all languages,
  full-text, worldwide on the Web

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