Our values
Vision
Source will be a key point of access to up-to-date, relevant information
on international health and disability. It will be composed of
a well-maintained, comprehensive, catalogued physical collection
and regularly reviewed electronic material.
Mission
Source's mission is to use available expertise to support the
dissemination, repackaging and sharing of information on international
health and disability to promote research, innovation, learning
and training and North-South organisational linkages. Source will
be characterised by being sustainable, responsive and encouraging
of both creativity and innovation.
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About Source
Source is an International Information Support Centre designed to strengthen the management, use and impact of information on health and disability.
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International information
support centre
Source is a collaborative venture of the Centre for International
Health and Development (formerly CICH), a department within an academic institution;
Healthlink Worldwide, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) working
to strengthen information and communication on health and disability;
Handicap International, a disability and development NGO; and
Exchange, a networking and learning programme on health communications
for development. Source has been formed from a merger of CICH's
and Healthlink Worldwide's resource centres.
The combined information support centre is designed to meet the
information needs of individuals and organisations working in
health, disability and development worldwide. These include health
workers, researchers and students, nongovernmental and governmental
organisations, and disabled people's organisations.
Source has a unique collection of around 25,000 health and disability information resources. These include books, journals, manuals, reports, posters, CD-ROMs, websites and organisations. Many materials are from developing countries and include both published and unpublished literature not readily available elsewhere in the UK.
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