Updated on 05/24/2025

 

FI-Admin (Information Sources Administration System) is a platform developed by BIREME/PAHO/WHO for the online and integrated management of BVS information sources.

In the context of information sources managed with the LILACS Methodology, this manual is intended to guide professionals involved in the management and updating of bibliographic reference databases, with a focus on the processing and curation of scientific and technical health literature, including:

• Curation for compliance with LILACS criteria and selection of the appropriate document type;

• Bibliographic description and subject indexing of health-related documents;

• Registration and review of documents participating in the LILACS-Express initiative; and

• Data quality control.

The data fields and their completion are guided by the Bibliographic Description Manual of the LILACS Methodology.

Discontinuation of development and support for legacy systems:

FI-Admin replaces the previous systems used to manage these information sources, which have been discontinued and must be decommissioned at institutions. These include: LILDBI-Web or earlier versions, LIS, DirEve, LILACS-Express Editor, SeCS/TITLE database of Scientific Journals in Health Sciences, LeisRef, and OER.

Contact

For more information, visit the system page or get in touch.

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Development history of the information source management modules in the FI-Admin system:

FI-Admin was launched in 2014 and replaced the previous systems used to manage these information sources, which were discontinued and must be decommissioned at institutions.

Below are some key development milestones in the system:

2014

• LIS (Health Information Locator – internet resources)

• DirEve (Events Directory)

• LIS and DirEve plug-ins

2015

• Multimedia Catalog

• Multimedia plug-in

2016

• LILACS-Express Editor for LILACS-Express Editor and Documentalist profiles

• Bibliographic module with LILACS Methodology

2017

• Biblioref plug-in

2018

• OER – Open Educational Resources

• OER plug-in

• eBlueInfo collections

2019

• DeCS descriptor suggestion tool in the Indexing tab

2020

• BVS Network Directory

2021

• Health Legislation – LeisRef

• LeisRef plug-in

• eBlueInfo version 2.0

2023

• DeCS Thesaurus

• TITLE – Migration of data on scientific health journals

2024

• Creation of fields to describe and link Research Data and Related Resources in the bibliographic records module

• Update and publication of the bibliographic description manual of the LILACS methodology, and enhancement of FI-Admin system nomenclature to improve user understanding and interpretation

2025

• Journals plug-in

• New fields for describing journals as well as multimedia and internet resources

 

System development and maintenance

GitHub:

• FI-Admin: https://github.com/bireme/fi-admin/

• Bibliographic Plug-in: https://github.com/bireme/bibliographic-wp-plugin/

• Internet Resources Plug-in (LIS): https://github.com/bireme/lis-wp-plugin

• Events Directory Plug-in (DirEve): https://github.com/bireme/direve-wp-plugin

• Multimedia Plug-in: https://github.com/bireme/fi-multimedia-wp-plugin

• Health Legislation Plug-in (LeisRef): https://github.com/bireme/leisref-wp-plugin/

• Educational Resources Plug-in (OER): https://github.com/bireme/oer-wp-plugin/

• Thesaurus Plug-in: https://github.com/bireme/thesaurus-wp-plugin

• Journals Plug-in: https://github.com/bireme/portalrev-wp-plugin