Canadian Interprofessional
Health Collaborative Library
Alix Arndt, CIHC Library Project Manager
Lindsay Burke, NaHSSA President
www.cihc.ca/library

The Canadian Interprofessional Health
Collaborative (CIHC) is the national hub for
interprofessional education, collaborative practice
and patient-centred care.
This presentation will focus on one of CIHC’s
initiatives, the CIHC Library.
www.cihc.ca/library

Presenters
Alix Arndt
• Project manager, CIHC Library
• Joined library in September 2008
• Responsible for locating material and
promoting the library
Lindsay Burke
• Nursing, Dalhousie University School of
Nursing
• NaHSSA President
• IP Champion
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Project History
February 2008
• Library project begins; goal is to create a
central repository for materials related to
interprofessional education
• Library Steerting Group is formed
February 2008–March 2009
• Contacting projects, populating the library,
establishing best practices
• Library Working Group meets monthly
May 2009
• Broadening of scope, updated look and feel,
official library launch
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Library Resources
The CIHC Library accepts a variety of materials:
• Fact sheets
• Evaluation tools
• Unpublished research presentations
• Posters
• Curricula materials
• Conference presentations
• Videos
• Learning objects
• Audio Files
• Reports
• And more!
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• The Interprofessional Network of BC (In-BC)
began as a Health Canada and BC Ministry of
Health Services funded project in 2004.
• In-BC brings together health and education
partners in transforming healthcare through
interprofessional methods.
• It has funded and has initiated a range of
regional projects led by health authorities
across British Columbia.
• Since the inception of the CIHC Library project,
In-BC has been extremely supportive of our
work.
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Materials
Workshops
Competencies
Curricula
Evaluations
Reports
Newsletters
Videos
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Basic Material
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Searching the Library
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Search Results
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Information Retrieval
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Library Quality
• CIHC Library facilitates
the location of otherwise
inaccesible materials.
• Metadata is created by the
content provider, or by the
CIHC team. In either case,
review and quality control
is conducted for consistency.
• List of IP subject headings
is in the works to support
the burgeoning field.
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Practical Applications
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Benefits
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Looking Ahead
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