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Wednesday, October 11, 2006

An OA repository for community health in British Columbia

The Simon Fraser University Library has launched the OA Community Health Online Digital Archive Research Resource (CHODARR).  (Thanks to Heather Morrison.)  From the site:

The goal of CHODARR is to improve health and social welfare research and advocacy by providing academic and community-based health researchers and social justice advocates a resource to share and preserve share their research....CHODARR is a permanent, catalogued and publicly accessible online digital archive of research materials related to health and social welfare, with an emphasis on housing, gender, aboriginal issues, HIV and mental health. This project is an ongoing partnership amongst community groups and academic researchers, who aim to develop a sustainable, transportable community researcher training and public education program throughout British Columbia.