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In order to improve the health of people in the developing world, it is important that researchers there have access to the peer-reviewed medical literature originating in the developed world, as well as to the journals and texts originating all over the developing world.
The University of Toronto Library is one of the most sophisticated electronic resources for health information in the world. With the addition of Bioline, a resource that makes full-text articles of certain medical journals from the developing world available, the University of Toronto is exceptionally well-positioned to build health research capacity around the world.
The Ptolemy library will designate a number of medical researchers and clinicians in the developing world as research affiliates of the University of Toronto. Participants will be provided with "my.access" accounts that allow full access to the Library's electronic resources. The University of Toronto Library is the 3rd largest research library in North America.
Participants need to be aware that part of this research involves the monitoring of all "hits" made through the proxy server in order to collect data about the frequency of visits to various resources and thus deduce the relative interest of different types of resources to our participants. The hit-counting data will be collected in order to better understand the health information requirements of developing countries, as well as to improve the existing electronic health information platform.
Participation in the Ptolemy Project is free, but we require that participants contribute feedback, ideas and questions in order to help us improve the project.
Please see the participation requirements and sign up for Ptolemy if you are interested in participating in the Ptolemy Project.