Minie Mark, Bowers Stuart, Tarczy-Hornoch Peter, Roberts Edward, James Rose A, Rambo Neil, Fuller Sherrilynne
Health Sciences Libraries and Information Center and Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
J Med Libr Assoc. 2006 Jul;94(3):321-9.
The University of Washington Health Sciences Libraries and Information Center BioCommons serves the bioinformatics needs of researchers at the university and in the vibrant for-profit and not-for-profit biomedical research sector in the Washington area and region.
The BioCommons comprises services addressing internal University of Washington, not-for-profit, for-profit, and regional and global clientele. The BioCommons is maintained and administered by the BioResearcher Liaison Team. The BioCommons architecture provides a highly flexible structure for adapting to rapidly changing resources and needs.
BioCommons uses Web-based pre- and post-course evaluations and periodic user surveys to assess service effectiveness. Recent surveys indicate substantial usage of BioCommons services and a high level of effectiveness and user satisfaction.
NEXT STEPS/FUTURE DIRECTIONS: BioCommons is developing novel collaborative Web resources to distribute bioinformatics tools and is experimenting with Web-based competency training in bioinformation resource use.
华盛顿大学健康科学图书馆与信息中心生物共享平台满足了该校研究人员以及华盛顿地区充满活力的营利性和非营利性生物医学研究领域研究人员的生物信息学需求。
生物共享平台包括面向华盛顿大学内部、非营利性、营利性以及地区和全球客户的服务。生物共享平台由生物研究联络团队维护和管理。生物共享平台架构提供了一个高度灵活的结构，以适应快速变化的资源和需求。
生物共享平台使用基于网络的课程前后评估和定期用户调查来评估服务效果。最近的调查表明，生物共享平台服务的使用率很高，有效性和用户满意度也很高。
下一步计划/未来方向：生物共享平台正在开发新型协作网络资源，以分发生物信息学工具，并正在试验基于网络的生物信息资源使用能力培训。
