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Jessie McGowan and Patrick Ellis,
Task Force Co-Chairs
Canadian Virtual Health Library (CVHL)
Task Force
Membership
Liz Bayley (Webminder)
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McMaster University |
bayleyl@mcmaster.ca |
| Orvie Dingwall | Vice President / President Elect, Canadian Health Libraries Association / L'Association des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada
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orvie_dingwall@umanitoba.ca
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Patrick Ellis (co-chair)
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Dalhousie University | pellis@dal.ca |
Jim Henderson
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McGill University | jim.henderson@mcgill.ca |
| Judy Inglis | Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health, Public Health Agency of Canada
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Judy_Inglis@phac-aspc.gc.ca |
| Jessie McGowan (co-chair) | Institute of Population Health Depts. of Medicine and Family Medicine University of Ottawa
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jmcgowan@uottawa.ca |
| Donna Meighan | Partnership Development Officer, Health Portfolio NRC CISTI
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donna.meighan@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca |
| Susan Powelson | University of Calgary | spowelso@ucalgary.ca
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Mandate
The Canadian Virtual Health Library (CVHL) Task Force has been set up to build upon the work of the Transition Team which:
- Validated the draft Phase 1 project plan for a CVHL;
- Developed and implemented a stakeholder engagement and communications plan; and
- Secured committed funding from selected stakeholders.
The Task Force, accountable to the Canadian Health Libraries Association (CHLA) will complete the funding application process and Memorandum of Understanding which the Transition Team secured.
With approved funding from major stakeholders, the Task Force will move into implementation as outlined in the June 2009 document Canada Health Infoway for Creation of a Canadian Virtual Health Library (CVHL). Activities will follow three distinct streams:
- Stream One: Stakeholder Engagement and Network Formation
- Stream Two: Technology Strategy: CVHL Portal Design
- Stream Three: Content (Information Resource) Development Strategy
Without funding, the Task Force will complete its operations and report the outcomes and recommendations to the CHLA Annual General Meeting in 2010.
Term
The Task Force term will be in effect from September 1, 2009 to the CHLA Annual General Meeting of 2010. Teleconference meetings will be held monthly or as needed.
Reporting
The Task Force will report:
- through the Task Force co-chairs directly to the CHLA Board at the winter and pre-conference CHLA Board meetings;
- to the CHLA Annual General Meetings, with reports which will be published in the Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association (JCHLA) and on the National Network of Libraries for Health and CHLA websites.
- to the Association members through the Association's website and the listserv CANMEDLIB