From: Susan Brune Lorenzo [mailto:slorenzo@earthlink.net]
Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 6:28 AM
To: mchlibraryexpertpanel@ncemch.org
Cc: Mayer, Rochelle
Subject: [panel] Infant Mortality Knowledge Path Review
To the Members of the MCH Library Expert Panel:
The MCH Library is seeking professional reviewers as well as a parent reviewer for a new edition of our infant mortality knowledge path. Would you or one of your colleagues be willing to review this electronic resource guide or suggest a reviewer? If so, we welcome your comments and hope you will use the outline below as a guide for your review. The knowledge path is available on our Web site at: http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_infmort.html.
Please e-mail me at slorenzo@earthlink.net with your comments.
Thank you,
-Susan
Susan Brune Lorenzo, MLS
E-mail: slorenzo@earthlink.net
MCH Library
Web site: http://mchlibrary.info
National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health at Georgetown
University
Infant Mortality Knowledge Path Review Guide
In general, how useful is this knowledge path as a format in helping you quickly learn about a topic of interest to you?
Because of the volume of materials on the topic and because our knowledge paths are intended as a pointer to recent, high quality resources, we included in this path only very recent publications (2004-2006 with a few exceptions). Please let me know, however, if we omitted any older items that are considered essential to the field.
· Are there important, recent items that should be included?
· Are there items listed that can be removed?
· How useful are the following types of information in the knowledge path?
· Links to Web sites that focus on the topic
· Links to electronic publications on the topic
· Links to databases that cover the topic
· Links to electronic newsletters and online discussion groups
· Brief descriptions of the items being linked to
In general, the number of items listed in a knowledge path is:
[Too few, too many, just right]
In general, the length of the entries is:
[Too long, too short, just right]
How would you or your colleagues use the information from the path
(e.g., research, training, program development)?
What do you like most about the knowledge path?
What do you like least about the knowledge path/how could it be improved?
What topics would you suggest for future knowledge paths?
To get the word out about our knowledge paths, we announce new and updated knowledge paths in the MCH Alert. We also send e-mails to the organizations listed in the path to inform them that their organization is noted and to request a reciprocal link. Can you suggest other avenues to market our knowledge paths?
Please enter any additional comments here.
Thank you very much for your careful review and comments. Please e-mail me (slorenzo@earthlink.net) with your feedback.