CDC Institutional Repository: Fusing Public Health Knowledge with Partners and the General Public

LT Robert SwainUnited States Public Health Service

National Center for Public Health Informatics Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Jocelyn A. Rankin, AHIP, FMLA, Chief, Public Health Library and Information

CenterNational Center for Public Health

Informatics

Susan WilkinNational Center for Public Health Informatics Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Disclaimer:The findings and conclusions in this

presentation are those of the author (s), and do not necessarily represent the views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Providing health information globally Many international CDC sites are

developing materials that are used locally in their host country

No good mechanism to share that information between sites

What types of information? Large number of publications being

generated without ability to track Multiple publication types

Articles Posters Toolkits

Limited ability to repurpose documents

Repurpose Information

Share HIV-based public health resources

Maintain cultural sensitivity

Repurpose through Translation

Build a Repository

Open Source Multiple file formats Allow for multiple data streams Comply with CDC security

standards

“If you build it, he (they) will come”

WRONG!

Documentum

NIHMS

PubMed / Web of Science

Public

Health DepartmentEpidemiologist

CDC Researcher

CDC Managment

Public HealthPartners

Posters

Tool Kits

Articles

Books

White Paper

Videos

Audio

Public Access Repository

Mediated deposit

Requirements

Policy requirements OCSO Lead

Technical resources NCPHI Lead

Policy Requirements

Must insure that there is no copyright associated with the materials

For published research the NIH mandate does not cover any other federal agency

CDC is working on its own policy Office of the Chief Science Officer Office of General Council Procurement and Grants Office

Technical ResourcesJust because your a geek doesn’t mean you know how to code

Technical Resources

Fedora Java Programmer

Muradora Java Programmer

Fez PHP Programmer

Current Status CDC partners identified with more to come Fedora has been installed and tested CDC scientific clearance has been linked

to Fedora Fedora cross-walk to library's Voyager

catalog has been completed Frontend customization ongoing Beta in FY10

Page hits on CDC.gov

People are getting their information electronically