IAIMS development at Baylor College of Medicine

• Published in: Bulletin of the Medical Library Association 1992-07, Vol.80 (3), p.247-252
• Main Author: Gorry, G A
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Academic Medical Centers; Baylor College of Medicine Texas; Computer Communication Networks - organization & administration; Computerized information work; IAIMS (Integrated Academic Information Management Systems); Information work; Integrated Advanced Information Management Systems - economics; Integrated Advanced Information Management Systems - organization & administration; Integrated systems; Medical schools; Medicine; National Library of Medicine (U.S.); Program Development; Schools, Medical - organization & administration; Services; Texas; United States; User services
• ISSN: 0025-7338

At Baylor College of Medicine, we are developing the technical and intellectual resources needed to realize the Integrated Academic Information Management System (IAIMS) concept fully. The substantial technical, organizational, and financial commitments involved demand that we align our efforts with the strategic purposes of the college. The support of science, therefore, has become the principal, but not exclusive, focus of Baylor's IAIMS effort. Even so, the information technology architecture we have created for biomedical research is proving valuable in other settings as well. And the infrastructure we are creating--the communications architecture and the linkages to information resources--serves many purposes in addition to those of research. The architecture accommodates a diversity of workstations, networks, and informational and computational servers. This will be the greatest possible chance of transferring the fruits of our Phase III development to other academic medical centers.