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WhatWhatis Elisad?is Elisad?

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Method &Method &conceptionconception

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First stepsFirst steps

Elisad Gateway Project

2nd Prevnet Conference of Telematics in Addiction Prevention

Brian Galvin

National Documentation Centre on Drug Use

October 2003

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Elisad

European Association of Libraries and Information Services on Alcohol and other drugs

A network of librarians and information specialists

45 organisations affiliated

Meetings, services and activities

Established in 1988


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Elisad goals

to enable those working in the field of AOD information to exchange ideas /experience

to improve professional knowledge and skills through networking

to stimulate European cooperation and development of AOD information policies

to keep librarians informed

to encourage exchange of information and continuing training, especially about developments in information technology


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Elisad activities

Annual meetings

Services: mailing list, directory, journal...

Working groups’ projects

Networking between members

Partnership with international organisations: SALIS

Horizontal networking: Prevnet...


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Elisad meetings

15 meetings: Stockholm, Lyon, London, Venice, Utrecht, Madrid, Oslo, Torino, Paris, Lisbon, Prague, Bremen, Dublin

Themes: European AOD documentation centres. Grey literature. Indexing systems. Resource sharing. Information quality challenge. Internet resources. Evolution of our role. Grey literature in the AOD field. Supporting research

Next: Florence, Oct 2004


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Elisad: 16 years of evolution

New drugs, users, behaviours, policies: new information contents

EU new prerogatives in the field Bigger social and policy focus on

drugs More people working in the field,

more research and info needs New technological tools Information explosion


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Elisad expertise

Elisad has expertise in: professional skills and techniques

Information retrieval systems

Databases, distributed databases

Virtual libraries

facilitating network projects

EC work programmes

creating access to quality information


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Internet as an information medium

Masses of information available information on the Internet

Search engines always return hits on a simple query

BUT

What kind of information, type and quality?

Is it comprehensive? Selected? Complete?


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Difficulties with Searching

Information is hard find because: no selection

no metadata

no indexation

no ordering

no retrieval system


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Internet search engines

Conclusions of a working group on Internet retrieval: Search engines:

differ in depth of indexing make mistakes:

They are subject to changes in indexing policy (indexing fluctuations)

They forget documents completely (document fluctuations)

They miss documents in their result sets (element fluctuations)


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What is a gateway?

Gateways are quality controlledinformation portals characterised by:

An online service providing links to numerous sites/documents on the net

Selection of resources according to quality and scope criteria

Intellectually produced content descriptions, in the spectrum between short annotation and review

Systemazically constructed browsing structure / classification

» Desire handbook: www.desire.org


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Example of a gateway


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Towards an ATOD gateway

1999: Elisad meeting in Lisbon

Presentations by Lynn Robinson and Greet van der Spek triggered the discussion: How to find reliable and credible

AOD information on the web?

Let to idea of establishing a gateway on web sites dealing with alcohol, drugs and addiction


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Explorative phase

4 countries worked together to find out how to proceed: France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands

Workshop in Utrecht, April 2000

Presentation of experimental portals for France and Germany, in Prague, Nov. 2000, at the Elisad meeting

Application EC funding, Jan. 2001

2nd workshop in Paris, March 2001


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EC positive answer

EC positive answer, May 2001, for

Elisad European Internet Gateway on Alcohol and other Drugs

Start December 2001 for 18 months

Co-ordinator: Archido (Bremen)


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Participants

Germany: Archido France: Toxibase Italy: Gruppo Abele The Netherlands: Trimbos-Institute Sweden: CAN

UK: DrugScope Czech Republic: SZÚ

+ EMCDDA monitoring + Elisad network & Andromeda (NL)


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Objectives

Provide access to relevant and valid information in the AOD area

Provide descriptive metadata in English for multilingual resources

Build a searchable websites catalogue / server database

Present information in a thematic ordering for browsing and search


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Target groups

Health professionals

Professionals in ATOD area

researchers, educators, prevention

workers, treatment and therapy practicians,

policy makers, documentalists and information producers / publishers

general public


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Methodology

Data collection / selection

Networking

Future users’ consultation

Quality filters

Promotion

Technical device: database programming etc.

Method & Method & conceptionconception

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Data collection / selection

Website search Internet Detective, Quick guide...

Website identification Scope policy, selection criteria

Website description with input form Input help manual, style guidance

Use of standards Information gateways: DESIRE Keyword list based on: ISDD/DrugScope,

Toxibase, NIAAA Thesauri, WHO Database fields based on: DCMI, HON-Code Comparability with Europ. ATOD resources


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Networking: snowball system

Gateway group: 12 persons from

7 libraries covering 24 countries & pan-European / international sites

Extension to:

Elisad members Elisad members’ contacts

others ATOD networks, mailing lists… individual ATOD professionals, etc.


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Gateway users’ consultation

Identification of key persons among AOD professionals in each country

Evaluation of users’ needs

Test of prototype by users

Analyse and evaluation of the implemented final versionMethod & Method &

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Quality filters

Gateway scope policy

Selection criteria: checklist for author, goal, scope, content, presentation, recommend

Experts analysing the websites

Users’ feedback

Revision by an editorial committee Scientific and expert monitoring by

university of Bremen and EMCDDA


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Promotion

Promotion began at the start of a project Networking and users consultation are

promotion primary steps Traditional media: leaflets, postal mail Emailing: listserv distribution, press Printed/web publications: articles, reports Face to face activities, e.g. conferences

presentations, trainings...


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Technical device

Electronic input form to facilitate and control consistent website description by checkboxes and free text input fields

Database (MySQL) format with: automatic processing of input form and

generation of output for html-interfaces detection of dead links keyword index programming of free and field-oriented

searching / retrieval system


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Conception of the gateway

Search & browse possibilities

Subject trees for browsing

Result of search List type: title, publisher, URL -> link Detailed description by listed site

Help manual on use, navigation, resource adding…

Background documents: scope policy, selection criteria, etc.


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Output draft


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Aims of Research1. Strategy

Develop cross-national information exchange

Develop and apply cataloguing standards

Develop guidelines

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Aims of Research2. Facility

Develop geographically distributed data collection system

Develop an online updating facility

Develop and English-language, subject-oriented keyword index

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Subject trees for browsing (9)

addictive behaviour and substance use

consequences and effects

economics and trafficking

education and prevention

history and culture

policy

psychoactive substances

research

treatment and services


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Results filters (5)

Countries

Language

Resource type

Audience

Environment

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Current state and objectives for June 2003

Current state of the art: data collection process starting website conception running university server database available

Objectives for June 2003 Gateway available on the net Catalogue of more than 800 web sites 33 countries and pan-European sites

represented Existence of a solid working group

for management


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Future

Continous updating process

Trainings within ELISAD for sharing knowledge

and skills ongoing & future maintenance

of professionals in AOD and health

Possible extension to more Eastern European countries,

to international websites...


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Gateway Phase 2 Objectives

Broaden and develop networking all over Europe

Update and extend data collection to establish Gateway as a unique, reliable information resource

Develop partnerships with comparable gateways

Adapt and refine technical processing

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The gateway is for your use

www.elisad.uni-bremen.de

We need your expertise & input for: testing the gateway prototype evaluating the final result suggesting sites to be evaluated… promoting the project

Interested? Contact : [email protected]

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