HINARI – A Global Perspective on the Convergence of Local Needs. Karin Saric, MLIS, University of Southern California.
Objective: To explain the MLA Librarians Without Borders HINARI Initiative, and share findings drawn from instruction of HINARI workshops in the Balkans (Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro) in April, 2014.
Background / Methods: HINARI Access to Research in Health Programme is a public-private partnership sponsored by the World Health Organization. Together with major publishers and other organizations, the program provides free or low cost access to major, peer-reviewed, biomedical journals to not-for-profit institutions in developing countries. Supported by a grant from the Elsevier Foundation, Lenny Rhine, FMLA, has conducted HINARI Training Workshops in over 50 countries. These workshops focus on how to search for information and use HINARI resources to access high quality evidence.
As a co-instructor in two recent workshops in the Balkans, the author gained insights into how health disparities and information needs have converged on a global level. In this presentation, the author will describe her findings, as well as the content and demographics of HINARI workshops. Suggestions to addressing global health needs, by incorporating HINARI into local environments, will then be discussed.
