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Cochrane Library Available to All Canadians

High quality information on health interventions is now freely available to all Canadians through the Cochrane Library for a trial period of nine months ending December 2009. This pilot project is a joint initiative of the Canadian Cochrane Network and Centre and the Canadian Health Libraries Association / Association des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada (CHLA/ABSC). This project has been built on local library initiatives across Canada that made the Cochrane Library available to universities, health authorities and other organizations.

Locally, the Cochrane Library has been available to all the citizens of of Nova Scotia (through the Atlantic Health Knowledge Partnership) and New Brunswick. Nationally, Saskatchewan, NWT, Nunavat and Yukon also have had access for all citizens. To achieve this national license, the total expenditure for Canada had to be “topped up” by only 10%, illustrating remarkable cost effectiveness through partnering.

The systematic reviews in the Cochrane Library are considered to be the best quality evidence for what works and what doesn’t in many health care interventions/treatments. Now any Canadian connected to the Internet can access these reviews and other types of health care information. Cochrane reviews, while written for health care professionals, include easy to read summaries written for the lay person. As always, however, one should never use health information without first consulting with your physician.

To access the best online resource on health treatments, go to www.thecochranelibrary.com

Read the press release from the Canadian Cochrane Network and Centre. Listen here for our podcast announcement by the Director of the Canadian Cochrane Network and Centre, Dr Jeremy Grimshaw.

For assistance in using the Cochrane Library visit your local Health Sciences Library. For more information on this project, visit the Canadian Health Libraries Association website.

CCNC Launches Petition for National License to Cochrane Library

Many countries provide free access to The Cochrane Library for their citizens; however, Canada still lacks a national license to this rich resource. A patchwork of subscriptions across the country leaves most professional and lay people excluded from full access to this internationally recognized library. We believe any Canadian should have access to the full contents of The Cochrane Library.

Please join our request for funding by signing our petition at http://nlccl.epetitions.net by May 8, 2008.

Cochrane Library Available to All Nova Scotians

The Cochrane Library is now accessible to all Nova Scotians via their public library.
An innovative initiative spearheaded by the Kellogg Library and the Atlantic Health Knowledge Partnership (AHKP) has provided access to theCochrane Library to everyone in Nova Scotia. They need only go to their public library web site to find the Cochrane Library. To access they only have to enter their public library barcode and pin number. See the example from the Halifax Public Library at: http://halifaxpubliclibraries.ca/infodesk/edatabase.html
A province-wide license was negotiated by the Kellogg Library and the authentication and delivery of the database was provided by the Provincial Library and Department of Education. This groundbreaking partnership bodes well for future initiatives.
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