The HAIN Resource Center serves and responds to information needs of CBHPs, partner NGOs, researchers and policy makers on health and related issues. HAIN gathers and publishes information that is useful in program development, support for advocacy work, academic research and policy development.
HAIN offers thousands of special collections in health and related issues, including HAIN publications containing critical analyses of issues and hard-to-find research materials.
In 2004, HAIN published a Resource Center Manual, which is primarily intended for relatively small NGOs that plan to establish or are currently maintaining a Resource Center. It aims to provide users with the basic skills and knowledge in organizing materials to enhance their collection, improve the delivery of information, and effectively disseminate information to their partners. The manual also covers the processes involved in organizing a resource center such as ordering materials, recording, organizing and promoting services, and presents them in a simple way.
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Managing Resource Center for NGOs:
A Practical Handbook
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Collection
HAIN's Resource Center has a collection of more than 4,000 books, 120 current periodicals, and thousands of vertical files that include issue papers, newspaper clippings, research reports, theses and dissertations, and IEC (information, education, communications) materials. The Resource Center has collection of videos (VHS, VCD), CD-ROMs and slides.
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Environmental health
Family planning
Gender and sexuality
Health and development issues
Health policy reform
HIV/AIDS/STIs/RTIs
Primary health care
Rational drug use
Sexual and reproductive health
Young adults
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Services
Information Retrieval
The Resource Center provides its partners assistance in obtaining information. Requests may be done through its website, visits to the resource center, letter, email, or fax.
Reference and referral services
HAIN maintains linkages with a number of partners both locally and internationally. In cases where information is not available at the resource center, HAIN will refer you to appropriate resource centers where information may be available.
Resource sharing
HAIN allows lending of multimedia materials to partner organizations within the country upon submission of a written request stating the purpose of borrowing. Fees may apply to non-print materials.
Selective dissemination of information
Information is disseminated according to the needs and topics of interest of key partners. If you wish to avail yourself of this service, write to HAIN and indicate your topics of interest.
Technical Assistance
HAIN provides technical assistance in managing resource centers. It includes assistance in collection development and information needs assessment for those who wish to establish or develop their collection through consultation.
Fees and Other Charges
Accessing the HAIN Resource Center does not require admission or membership fees; however, charges may apply to photocopying, bulk mailing and for some publications. HAIN accepts donations to sustain resource center operations.
Schedule
The HAIN Resource Center is open from Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. We request visitors to call first before coming. Check the directions on how to get to HAIN.
We welcome inquiries through letters, fax, and email. Check our .
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Gender and Sexuality Database Online
for Southeast Asia and China
The Gender and Sexuality Database or G&S is a bibliography of essential materials related to gender and sexuality in Southeast Asia and China. It includes books, journal articles, popular articles, audiovisuals and internet sites. Unpublished materials, selected chapters, materials in local language may also be included. Materials in local language will be provided with English synopsis. The database provides short description of each title, and will indicate where and how to access the information. You too can contribute in the database. HAIN for more details.
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RCNET 
PinoyRCG (Philippine Resource Center Group) is an electronic forum for people working in Resource Centers in the Philippines, now formally known as RCNET. It is an offshoot of the Resource Center Management Training Workshop conducted by HAIN with support from the Ford Foundation last May 4-7, 2004, in Antipolo City.
This electronic forum aims to:
share experiences in resource center management
discuss and address issues regarding resource center management
expand partnership and increase networks
facilitate information exchange
extend technical cooperation among members for increased access to information and better information delivery.
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Lanching of Resource Center Manual Photos
Hain recently launched a resource center manual, called Managing Resource Centers For NGOs: A Practical Handbook last March 17, 2005.
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PinoyRH 
is an electronic forum on sexual and reproductive health in the Philippines. It aims to address issues on reproductive health such as family planning, maternal mortality, unsafe abortion, STDs and HIV/AIDS. It allows members to share ideas and experiences with other members and discuss issues that are important to their programs. The exchange of information and experiences helps reduce the duplication of efforts and benefits the larger community. Pinoy RH is for the Filipino community, so messages may be either in English or Filipino, or both.
was envisioned by a core group of organizations involved in information technology initiatives. The core group members are the Philippine National AIDS Council (PNAC), Remedios AIDS Foundation, Health Action Information Network (HAIN), UNAIDS, and the Ford Foundation.
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Skills Building Activities
HAIN also conducts training and consultations with resource center personnel from different local and international organizations, the academe and local government units. This provides a venue for key people to discuss issues on resource center management, update and share experiences and resources, expand partnership, and strengthen networking among resource centers.
The trainings and consultations are conducted on the following rationale:
- Consultations are needed in the light of information overload, rapid evolution of technology, the need to control the quality of information.
- Voluminous information does not mean quality information.
- Organizations doing good work are always too busy to write up their experiences.
- Arising trend of resource centers to be more specialized in its collection development e.g. Health is further broken down to reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, etc.
- Dissemination of accurate information is not as fast as the spread of the disease, resulting in misinformation, stigma and human rights violations.
The HAIN Resource Center has conducted the following workshops:
Training on Library Database and Abstracting
July 13-14, 2005
UPPI UP Campus Diliman and Balai Ikhlas Quezon city
This training was a collaboration with the Ateneo de Manila Rizal Library. It was a training on the InfoLib Software developed and distributed for free to selected benificiaries by the ADMU-Rizal Library as well as a training on abstracting. It also served as a venue for sharing of updates and experiences of alumni of the previous resource center management training.[]
Resource Center Management Training Workshop for NGOs
May 4-7, 2004
Villa Virginia Resort and Conference Center, Antipolo City
Aside from the usual cataloging and indexing, this workshop covered other topics on integrating working principles, understanding the role of resource centers in the organization and its community, addressing issues, empowering staff, and monitoring and evaluation. []
1st National Training Consultation on PinoyRH
February 1-3, 2001
Antipolo City
Key organizations from different regions were convened to this consultation to discuss a more proactive participation in the information highway through the PinoyRH or Philippine Reproductive Health.
Clearinghouse Project: Partners' Training
Feb. 28-29, 2000
Antipolo City
The National Program on the Prevention of HIV/AIDS/STDs project identified the need to establish a clearinghouse for information that would serve as a venue for updates and the sharing of information from the countrysidethis was the realization of that need. NGOs, government agencies and other key organizations running resource centers or producing information were convened to form this group. The result of this consultation was an e-group that was later expanded to the PinoyRH.
Resource Center Management and Information Technology Skills Building/Workshop
April 15-17, 1999
Subic, Olongapo City
As a result of the two consultations conducted in 1998 (see below), HAIN realized the need for increased capability training, specifically on the development of bibliographic databases, the use and understanding of search engines in the Internet, and the usage of information and communications technology (ICT). This workshop was conducted among resource center personnel from NGOs, government agencies and the academe.
2nd Librarians' Consultation Workshop
November 19-20, 1998
Manila
A second consultation-workshop with similar objectives as the first was again convened but this time with a different set of participants from different key areas that were not covered in the first. Participants consist mostly of NGOs as well as GOs and academic libraries.
1st Librarians' Consultation Workshop
July 24-25, 1998
Quezon City
This is a meeting among librarians from the academe and NGOs to explore possible linkages and identify information and skills needs to increase access to health-related information.
Regional Consultation on Resource Center and HIV/AIDS
Nov. 26-28, 1996
Manila
This was organized to bring together participants from Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines and New Caledonia to discuss issues on information provision and the role of resource centers in HIV prevention efforts. The workshop had a "virtual" component with daily proceedings posted on email to widen participation. The workshop was important in bringing out the need for resource centers to evolve into libraries and to provide a supportive environment for communities. []
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Other Services
Apprentice and Volunteer Program
HAIN welcomes volunteers who wish to share their knowledge and skills in information management in the Resource Center. We are also open to Library Science students who wish to expand their theoretical knowledge into practice. HAIN offers flexibility and innovations to future health librarians.
HOW TO APPLY:
For Library Science students - submit a letter of introduction from your professor or dean addressed to the Resource Center Coordinator. Indicate name of student(s), number of hours required, and other necessary requirements for the completion of apprenticeship.
For NGO staff who wish to undergo training - submit a letter addressed to The Resource Center Coordinator expressing your interest. Attach a letter of endorsement from your immediate supervisor.
For non-students - send a letter addressed to The Resource Center Coordinator expressing your interest to be volunteer. Attach your bio-data with references.
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Useful Contacts
HAIN maintains partnerships with other resource centers, both local and international, to increase access to information.
International Organizations
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