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.
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A " suite " can be a physical location that promotes collaboration between information professionals and faculty, staff and students. |
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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.
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 |
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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 Kate Oliver, Welch Associate Director, Information
Services Research, Development & Communication (410-614-6801).
