PRESS RELEASE (12/08/02) Launch of Source, International Information Support Centre A unique resource centre, designed to meet the information needs of those working in health, disability and development worldwide, opens in London in September 2002. Source is an innovative collaboration between an academic institution, the Centre for International Child Health (at the Institute of Child Health, UCL), and two international NGOs, Healthlink Worldwide (formerly AHRTAG) and Handicap International UK. Source is aimed at health workers, researchers, rehabilitation workers, non-governmental and governmental organisations and disabled peoples' organisations worldwide and has a unique collection of over 20,000 health and disability related information resources. These include books, manuals, reports, newsletters, posters, videos, and CD-ROMS. It also links to an increasing number of electronic resources including on-line databases and full-text documents on the Internet. Source has a valuable collection of both published and unpublished materials documenting a wealth of practical experience from developing countries. Subject areas include adolescent and child health, disability, evaluation, health communication, HIV/AIDS, information management, primary health care, reproductive & sexual health and more. Source is the only regular outlet in London where books and other teaching materials published and distributed by TALC (Teaching-aids at Low Cost) are sold. Materials in Source are fully referenced on the Source database which can easily be searched from the website: www.asksource.info Source is different from other databases because the majority of materials are relevant to developing countries and not recorded elsewhere. The database also gives details of how to get hold of materials including price, publisher and distributor. Soon to be available from the website are a Contacts database of international health and disability organisations, and a Newsletters and Journals database describing over 150 free of low-cost newsletters and how to subscribe. Oona King, MP, said "the launch of Source is welcome news for the thousands of campaigners like myself who have been engaged in the fight against poverty". Notes for editors You can search Source's bibliographic database on-line at www.asksource.info. Source is located within The Friends of the Children of Great Ormond Street, (Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH) and is staffed Mon-Fri 9.00 - 17.00 or visit the website. For further information, contact: Marina Waddington, Assistant Librarian - Source Tel. 020 7242 9789 (ext. 8698) Email: source@ich.ucl.ac.uk I hope that SOURCE will be a Resource Centre that can provide you with the information you need. Warm regards Kerstin Schaefer Kerstin Schaefer Disability Information Officer SOURCE 30 Guilford Street London WC1N 1EH, UK