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NC Health Info Documentation Table of Contents

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All documents were refreshed March 3, 2004. The last update date for each document appears in parenthses after the document name.

1. Guide to Going Local

   • NC Health Info Guide to Going Local: Considerations for others interested in starting a "Go Local" project.

2. Infrastructure

   • Infrastructure Overview
   • Background

3. Technical Infrastructure

   • Technical Infrastucture Overview (9/23/03)
   • Version 2: Changes, Additions and Technical Details (3/3/04)
   • Technical Infrastructure-Database: (6/2/03) A detailed discussion of the design of the database.
     • DBStructure_SQL.txt: A text file of the SQL scripts for recreating the database, which theoretically can be used with any RDBMS. (8/26/03)
     • ER Diagram (GIF format): (2/2/04) Entity-Relationship diagram and database schema.
     • ER Diagram (Visio format): (2/4/04) Entity-Relationship diagram and database schema.
   • Technical Infrastructure-Cataloging Input System: (4/30/03) A detailed discussion of the Input System design.
   • Technical Infrastructure-User Interface: A detailed discussion of the User Interface design.
   • User Analysis: An analysis of the target user groups.
   • Task Analysis: An analysis of the common tasks users will perform.

4. Outreach

   • Outreach Overview
   • Collecting Email Addresses
   • PR Materials (offered for background and examples)
     • Questionnaire for Public Librarians
     • Project Description
     • Project Description 2
     • Project Description 3
     • Greetings to All Public Library Directors
     • HIO-release2
     • NCHI Press Release FINAL
     • NCLA Flyer
     • Nomination (form)
     • PR Efforts Checklist

5. Vocabulary

   • Vocabulary Overview
   • Local Terms (Excel spreadsheet) (9/22/03)
   • Mapping Local Terms
   • Mappings for Cataloging (Excel spreadsheet) (11/12/03)
   • See References
   • Local Term Synonyms (Excel spreadsheet) (9/22/03)
   • Health Topics and Groups (Excel spreadsheet) (9/22/03)

6. Traffic Mapping

   • Traffic Mappings Overview
   • Traffic to NC Health Info (Excel spreadsheet) (11/12/03)
   • Traffic to M+ from Health Topics-Additional (Excel spreadsheet) (11/12/03)
   • Traffic to M+ from Local Terms (Excel spreadsheet) (11/12/03)

7. Cataloging

   • Cataloging Overview
   • Selection Policy
   • Training Manual (4/15/2004)
   • Deciding How Many Records to Create for a Site
   • General and Specific Topic Cataloging
   • Cataloging Non-Evident Aspects
   • Name Authority Principles
   • Name Authority Philosophy and Process

8. Maintenance

   • Resource Maintenance Overview

9. Evaluation

   • Evaluation Overview
   • Pilot User Survey Results (added: 9/3/03)
   • Usability Testing--Summer 2003
     • Usability Test Plan (9/3/2003)
     • Usability Test Results (9/3/2003)
   • Usability Testing--Fall 2002
     • Usability Test Summary.doc
     • IRB Form/Project Description
     • Consent to Participate in a Research Study
     • Study Introduction
     • Pre-Test Questionnaire
     • Tasks
     • Post Tasks Interview
     • Analysis Instructions

Page last updated: 4/15/2004
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