The Committee on Research Information and Utilization of the Central Visayas Consortium for Health Research and Development expands their group by inviting non-member institutions to the HERDIN NeON database seminar that was conducted at the Department of Science and Technology 7 Conference Room, S & T Complex, Sudlon, Lahug, Cebu City on June 17-18, 2013.
The seminar with the theme “Providing Fast Delivery of Information: Facilitating Health Research Through HERDIN NeON” drew a number of participants composed of 20 librarians, 1 medical specialist and 3 researchers.
Four new member institutions were represented namely: Cebu Institute of Technology University (CIT-U), University of Cebu (UC) Banilad Campus, Holy Name University in Tagbilaran, Bohol and the University of San Jose – Recoletos (USJ-R).
The seminar was very enlightening and helpful not just to new members but to old members of the consortium as well. All the participants eagerly and actively involved themselves especially in the encoding of research output during the workshop.
The PCHRD staffs oriented the participants on the HERDIN NeON database through video conferencing and teamviewing.
The very was very successful and earned positive comments from the participants.