Pandemic Influenza Digital Archive, DLS / NIAID, NIH

Establishing indexing standards for pandemic influenza publications.

The Division of Library Services (DLS) Office of Research Services, partnered with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH) to create a pandemic influenza digital archive (PIDA) pilot project.

Cygnus established indexing standards for pandemic influenza publications and created a test file of indexed documents. Indexing standards and procedures were established for metadata fields and documents and were then analyzed and indexed with Cygnus providing the following services and expertise:

  • Indexing of NIAID’s collection of pandemic influenza publications and related documents (in English and other languages);
  • Supporting the development and design of a database for use by researchers and scientists;
  • Establishing indexing standards and procedures for metadata fields; and
  • Setting the indexing standards for pandemic influenza publications.

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