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What is a Welch Information Suite?

Formerly known as "touchdown suites", Welch Information Suites are part of a model for providing efficient, professional information resources and services for patrons where they work: on Johns Hopkins campuses and across the world.

	A " suite " can be a physical location that promotes collaboration between information professionals and faculty, staff and students.
	It can be a virtual collection such as a digital library.

Or it can be a flexible, collaborative educational format for exchanging skills and information.

See also: Poster on Welch Information Suite Concept.

Current Examples of Welch Information Suites

• Welch Information Suite for the Basic Sciences
• Welch Information Suite for the Hopkins Population Center
• Welch Information Suite for the Meyer Collection in development
• Welch Information Suite for Oncology

Welch Information Suite for the Basic Sciences

The Welch Information Suite for the Basic Sciences is a collaboration between a variety of basic sciences departments and the Welch Library. It includes:

• A Basic Sciences Digital Library
• A physical location at the Broadway Research Building Suite 351 with computers and consultation space.

Welch Information Suite for the Hopkins Population Center

The Population Digital Library is a collaboration between the Hopkins Population Center and Welch Library. It includes:

• A Digital Library tailored to the needs of population researchers
• A physical location at E4643 in the BSPH, 615 North Wolfe St. with computers, conference room space and a mobile lab.
• Two professional liaison librarians, Claire Twose and Lori Rosman, are available on site and by appointment.

Welch Information Suite for Oncology

Welch Library staff and Oncology faculty are piloting a "virtual" portal for patient information. The Welch Information Suite for Oncology is a digital collection on brain tumor information designed to support information exchanges between clinical staff and patients. Its internet address is http://www.braintumor.jhmi.edu and can also be found on 2200 clinical workstations on the IT@Hopkins Intranet page: http://www.insidehopkinsmedicine.org/jpl/. Eventually, the virtual portal will be available directly to patients in a physical space devoted to patient education needs.

In addition, a Collaborative Series of Workshops on Research and Library Services is coordinated by The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and The Welch Medical Library

Interested in establishing a Welch Information Suite for your department or research area? Please contact your department Informationist.