The National Library of Medicine Global Health Events web archive, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic collecting.
J Med Libr Assoc
; 108(4): 656-662, 2020 Oct 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-814784
ABSTRACT
Since January 30, 2020, when the World Health Organization declared the SARS CoV-2 disease (COVID-19) to be a public health emergency of international concern, the National Library of Medicine's (NLM's) Web Collecting and Archiving Working Group has been collecting a broad range of web-based content about the emerging pandemic for preservation in an Internet archive. Like NLM's other Global Health Events web collections, this content will have enduring value as a multifaceted historical record for future study and understanding of this event. This article describes the scope of the COVID-19 project; some of the content captured from websites, blogs, and social media; collecting criteria and methods; and related COVID-19 collecting efforts by other groups. The growing collection-2,500 items as of June 30, 2020-chronicles the many facets of the pandemic epidemiology; vaccine and drug research; disease control measures and resistance to them; effects of the pandemic on health care institutions and workers, education, commerce, and many aspects of social life; effects for especially vulnerable groups; role of health disparities in infection and mortality; and recognition of racism as a public health emergency.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Archives
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Pneumonia, Viral
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Coronavirus Infections
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Data Curation
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National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Vaccines
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
J Med Libr Assoc
Journal subject:
Library Science
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Jmla.2020.1090
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