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Preliminary work by the project's health sciences librarians
in 1998 paved the way for a survey and interview of a small
group of School of Medicine faculty in Spring, 1999. Development
and testing of the project's personalized Web interface in Fall,
1999 included a larger group of faculty plus staff from the School
of Medicine, the Center
for Biomedical Informatics, the Health
Sciences Library System, and the Office
of Research-Health Sciences.
PILOT
A
pilot test of the personalized
Web interface for selecting research interests terms was initiated
in November, 1999 with all faculty in two School of Medicine
departments (Cell Biology & Physiology and Pathology). Active
support by department chairs and administrators was a key factor
in the success of this experiment.
IMPLEMENTATION
Implementation began with School of Medicine faculty (June,
2000), followed by the School of Pharmacy (December, 2000),
the Graduate School of Public Health (February, 2001), Health
Sciences Library System faculty librarians (November, 2001),
the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (February,
2002), the School of Nursing (May, 2002), and the School of
Dental Medicine (June, 2002).
INTEGRATION
Since September, 2001, faculty have had the option of adding
a link from their FRIP record to a home page or Web site of
their choice. The purpose of this link is to provide more detail
about personal research activities and publications. The default
link is to a home page on a department or school Web site; alternatively,
faculty may specify a link to their lab or center Web site.
By linking to local Web sites, FRIP leverages existing
information resources.
UPGRADE
FRIP 2.0, launched in October, 2003, features new capabilities and enhancements suggested by users. A redesigned search page supports more complex searches and Boolean queries. Access has been simplified with a new ID and password system. Faculty now have the option of ranking their research interest terms. For faculty, adding original terms is easier, and expanded access to MEDLINE's MeSH indexing vocabulary facilitates the process. |
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