Yale Bulletin and Calendar

January 28, 2000

Volume 28, Number 18

Yale libraries launch new website devoted
to public health issues in New Haven area

A new website designed to provide complete, concise information about the past and present health of the Greater New Haven area has been launched by a group of Yale libraries.

The New Haven Health site -- located at http://info.med.yale.edu/newhavenhealth/ -- provides access to resources describing the public health of the Greater New Haven area. It will be a repository of current and historic numerical data, electronic documents and photographs, directories of community organizations and links to related websites.

"The site can be used by everyone from high school students writing research papers and faculty members doing research to hospital administrators who need figures to complete an annual report or a grant," says Gillian Mayman, manager of the New Haven Health project. "This is truly a benefit for both the Yale and the New Haven communities."

The website was created by the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library and the Epidemiology and Public Health (EPH) Library. New Haven Health's permanent home will be the EPH Library at Yale under the guidance of Matt Wilcox, the library's director.

"The intended audience is extremely broad and includes students, faculty, researchers, administrators, health officials and community organizations," says R. Kenny Marone, acting director of the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library. "We have included information for a wide range of levels, from general interest to academic and anyone interested in the public health of greater New Haven."

Content for New Haven Health was provided by local, state and federal government agencies, local societies and archives, academic and public libraries, local community organizations and Yale University. The site is funded by the National Library of Medicine.

-- By Karen Peart

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