NMAHP - PRESS RELEASE/ANNOUNCEMENT
NMAHP - The UK's Gateway to High Quality Internet Resources for Nurses, Midwives & Allied Health Professions
We are pleased to announce the success of a joint bid by the Universities of Nottingham and Sheffield and the Royal College of Nursing to develop NMAHP, a gateway to evaluated Internet resources relevant to the needs of Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals. This freely available gateway will be an integrated component of the well-established OMNI service (Organising Medical Networked Information), http://omni.ac.uk/ which is now part of BIOME - the Resource Discovery Network's health and life sciences Internet service. http://biome.ac.uk/
The project is currently seeking institutions operating in the field to become contributors, evaluating Internet resources against established and published criteria, to help build the service for the Spring 2001 launch.
The project has initially been awarded funding for 2 years starting from the first of August 2000 by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC).
Notes & further information
BIOME is a health, medical and life sciences Internet gateway designed to enhance learning, research and professional development by equipping Internet users with simple and effective access to high quality Internet resources, together with support and guidance in how to use them. BIOME is part of the RDN (Resource Discovery Network - see below). Visit BIOME at http://biome.ac.uk/
The Resource Discovery Network is a federated network of subject-based Internet services funded by JISC (the Joint Information Systems Committee - see below). The service is committed to enhancing learning, teaching, research and professional development by providing free, effective access to high quality Internet resources selected and described by specialists throughout UK academia or closely affiliated organisations. Visit the RDN home page at http://www.rdn.ac.uk/
The JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) is a strategic advisory committee to the UK higher and further education funding bodies. The JISC is currently funded by
the Higher Education Funding Council for England, the Further Education Funding Council, the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council, the Scottish Further Education Funding Council, the Welsh Funding Councils and the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment. The JISC works in partnership with the Research Councils. For further information visit the JISC website at http://www.jisc.ac.uk/
BIOME http://biome.ac.uk/
Further information about the project is available from Rod Ward on [log in to unmask]
Or Telephone Lisa Gray on 0115 9249924 ext 42050
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Rod Ward [log in to unmask]
NMAHP http://nurse.ac.uk
Greenfield Medicaal Library
Queens Medical Centre
Nottingham 0115 9249924 x 42059
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