Trusted Together: Libraries, Publishers, and Other Stakeholders in the Future of Public Health Information (25th Health Sciences Lively Discussion) - Developments 2024-2025 - handout

Abstract

The 25th health sciences lively discussion session focused on the public health information ecosystem. Panelists reflected on how stakeholders see historical strides as well as current challenges and opportunities, in identifying, evaluating, and providing access to trustworthy public health information and sources in an ever-evolving landscape.

Kim Steinle introduced the session. Ramune Kubilius shared a synopsis from the annual “Developments” handout– of noteworthy biomedical scholarly publishing trends noted since the 2024 Charleston Conference. She also briefly focused on some challenges and initiatives in the current public health information landscape.

Javier Crespo described the role of the federally supported Public Health Digital Library and its network of cooperating libraries in serving the information needs of community public health professionals. Toby Green, a publisher/aggregator of grey literature, talked about the challenges of identifying, packaging, and preserving informally published public health/social care material at scale, and will also spotlight a recently launched open collection initiative that seeks to capture and preserve public policy information resources.

[Attendees were encouraged to participate in lively discussion about challenges and opportunities surfaced by the presenters.]