Faculty Research Interests Project (FRIP) Enhanced Software Launched

FRIP was developed in 2000 with the goal of creating a searchable index of terms describing the current research interests of faculty at the six schools of health sciences and the Health Sciences Library System. Currently there are 2,240 registered faculty users, with 1,770 designating themselves as researchers.

A new, more powerful version of FRIP software, launched in October 2003, incorporates suggestions made by faculty, staff and administrative users. The software is supported by an Oracle database and a new user-friendly Web interface. Some notable enhancements are:

  • A redesigned search page, supporting more complex searches and/or Boolean queries.
  • A simplified ID and password system for easier access.
  • A ranking system for faculty research interest terms.
  • New tools to support selection and addition of research interest terms.

The new FRIP includes Center for Biomedical Informatics (CBMI) to all three of its working modules:

1. The Search Module at <http://frip.health.pitt.edu> continues to be publicly available, allowing easy access by those in and beyond the Pitt community to search by term, name, school or a combination of these.

2. The Faculty Module is being phased in as new faculty members are added to FRIP, or as current faculty reach their anniversary date for updating terms. New faculty receive user IDs and passwords through FRIP’s monthly e-mails. Faculty members already in FRIP will automatically receive user IDs and passwords by e-mail in their anniversary month, along with their annual renewal reminder.

3. The Administrators Module is under development and will be completed by Spring 2004. School, department and division FRIP administrators will receive a user ID, password, and instructions at that time.

Some department and division Web sites now include direct links to FRIP information for individual faculty members. With the launching of FRIP 2.0, the format for direct linking has changed. School, department, and division information technology administrators can find information on rewriting URLs in the new format at <http://frip.health.pitt.edu/find_fripid.jsp>.

To use the new FRIP Web site, go to <http://frip.health.pitt.edu>. Faculty who are already in FRIP can click on the orange “For Faculty” tag and then log in. Faculty members who are not yet registered in FRIP, or have not yet received an ID and password should talk to their department administrator, or contact FRIP administration at frip@cbmi.pitt.edu.

--Ron Yori, Administrator, CBMI

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