Project Information

NC Health Info (NCHI) is an exemplary and leading Web resource developed by the Health Sciences Library and the School of Information and Library Science, both at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. NCHI provides North Carolina citizens with Web access to information about health conditions, diseases, wellness, and services (e.g., local doctors, hospitals, support groups and organizations). NCHI also connects to MedlinePlus, a global service of the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
The overarching goal of this project is to address growing metadata maintenance needs threatening to stem the accelerated growth of NC Health Info (NCHI) and the entire Go Local Initiative. Incorporating automatic techniques into NCHI’s metadata generation/quality control processes will allow NCHI catalogers to direct more time to the metadata challenges requiring human skill and intellect and ultimately assist users who are increasingly using NCHI metadata to help them find health information.

The proposed work includes two phases: Phase 1, Automatic metadata application evaluation to identify the application/s we will enhance, and Phase 2, Automatic evaluation of metadata quality to determine the effectiveness of the automatic metadata maintenance process.

SubPopulations and InteRmediate Outcome Measures in COPD Study (SPIROMICS) supports the prospective collection and analysis of phenotypic, biomarker, genetic, genomic, and clinical data from subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) for the purpose of identifying patient subpopulations and surrogate markers for use in future clinical trials. In April 2009, SPIROMICS Genomics and Informatics Center was awarded to the Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center (CSCC) in the Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health. Contributing faculty at UNC Chapel Hill include Drs. Jane Greenberg and Javed Mostafa in SILS.

Funding agency: National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Southeastern/Atlantic Region (NN/LM-SE/A)
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Project Team

Principal Investigators

Jane Greenberg, UNC/SILS Francis Carroll McColl Term Professor, MRC
janeg at ils dot unc dot edu

Christie Silbajoris, UNC/ Health Sciences Library, NC Health Info, Director
silbc at email dot unc dot edu

Team Members

Nassib Nassar, Renaissance Computing Institute
nassar at renci dot org

Wei Hsin Su, UNC/SILS MSIS Student, MRC
weisu at email dot unc dot edu

Jie Jin, UNC/SILS MSIS Student, MRC
jiej at email dot unc dot edu