NN/LM Update

1. NN/LM Update Mid-Atlantic Chapter Meeting Morgantown, West Virginia October 2008

2. SE/A Evaluation Time • NLM Site visit – December 2 • Mid-contract review • Member input: • Member survey – available October 20 • Closes November 14 • In-person session with NLM on 12/2 • Posters on SE/A funded programs for 12/2 • Send to Dale, we will print

3. National Medical Librarians Month • Advocacy letter for hospital librarians • http://nnlm.gov/sea/outreach/hosplibrarians.html • Profiles • http://www.nlm.nih.gov/lo/profiles08/

4. Outreach Challenge

5. Upcoming SE/A Classes • Online classes • Prescription for success – Nov. 3 • Geeks bearing gifts – TBA in Nov. • Beyond an apple a day – November, pending space • Nursing on the net – December 8-19

6. Upcoming Webinars • For hospital librarians: • November 12 • Beyond the SEA sessions: • November 19 – MeSH, UMLS, RxNorm • Stuart Nelson, NLM • January – Drug information resources • March 18 – History of Medicine • Stephen Greenberg, NLM

7. New in Consumer Health • Additional classes for CHIS: • Combatting information fatigue: health information resources for veterans • Canny consumer (MLA accredited, coming soon) • Sexual health • Online classes for CHIS • Online tutorial • Wishing Well Series – Wishful thinking

8. Classes for Librarians and HPs • New classes this year: • Introduction to evidence based practice in a magnetic world • Grants and proposal writing • Under development: • Who you going to call?

9. Regional NTCC Classes • PubMed • November 7, 2008 – Baltimore • NLM Gateway and ClinicalTrials.gov • November 6, 2008 - Baltimore

10. Bye Bye Listserv • NNLM-SEA list • Will cease December 31 • SEA Currents – the one and only • Email subscription • RSS feed • Open for comments • iPhone plugin to format screen

11. SE/A Web • SEAChat available • http://nnlm.gov/sea/outreach/seachat/ • Recorded webinars • http://nnlm.gov/sea/services/webconf/index.html • Events calendar • http://www.eventkeeper.com/code/events.cfm?curOrg=NNLMSEA • Online class registration coming soon • Available for local and SE/A staff lead courses

12. Funding • Coming soon: Library impact award • support for projects that hospital librarians can use to demonstrate their value to and increase their visibility in their institution • Funding still available: • Training award • Disaster recovery award • Exhibit award • Go Local

13. Funding • Funded through mid-October: • 8 Outreach projects • 10 Express outreach awards • 3 Technology awareness conferences • 3 Express technology improvement awards • 1 Express follow-up awards • 2 Express welcome awards • 3 Express planning and assessment awards • 10 Exhibit awards • 4 Training awards

14. 1 (800) DEV-ROKS (ROKS without a ‘C’)

15. NN/LM Accomplishments • Service Continuity: Identified, described and provided training for developing plans for network members to be able to continue their essential services, i.e. access to knowledge-based and disaster-related health information to support health care, during an emergency or disaster, whether local or regional in nature. • 1-800-DEV-ROKS: Developed a communication structure and a common toll-free telephone number for use by network members, Regional Medical Libraries, and NLM in order to facilitate communication before, during and after an emergency or disaster. • NN/LM Emergency Preparedness & Response Toolkit: Developed and implemented an online toolkit to facilitate the sharing of knowledge, experience, and training and planning materials in order to enhance the development of regional and local emergency preparedness plans and expertise throughout the NN/LM. • Regional RML Training: Provided training to Regional Medical Library staff and their guests in each region of NN/LM, facilitated goal-setting within the regions for implementing the national plan, and established the Principal Investigator as the ongoing Coordinator for the NN/LM Emergency Preparedness & Response Plan.

17. SE/A Emergency Preparedness & Response Committee • Maryland: Teresa Knott • North Carolina: Melanie Norton • Virginia: Dan Wilson • Washington DC: Leah Pellegrino • West Virginia: Jean Siebert • SE/A: Beth Wescott

18. Role of the Committee • Assist the SE/A with developing and implementing a regional emergency preparedness plan to ensure continuity of service for Network members. • Serveas coordinators for emergency preparedness activities in the state: Promote emergency preparedness in individual libraries and the state. • When necessary, work as part of the regional emergency team to ensure continuation of services and recovery to affected Network members(s) in the state. • Provide the SE/A office with follow-up and reporting of events following a disaster to include a description of the incident, the response, follow-up activities, and lessons learned. • Recommend improvements and new avenues for the SE/A to promote and delivery emergency preparedness/disaster recovery support to Network members.

19. MAR Emergency Preparedness Committee Chair: Elisabeth Marrapodi - Trinitas Hospital • Micki McIntyre - HealthyNJ-UMDNJ • Mary Lou Glazer - Northport VA Medical Library • Sue Ben-Dor, MS, AHIP - Orange Regional Medical Center • Rebecca Kindon - Health Sciences Library, SUNY Upstate Medical University • Nic Cecchino - Penn State Hershey Medical Center, George Harrell Library

20. NN/LM Emergency Preparedness & Response Toolkit http://nnlm.gov/ep

21. Looking ahead … • Promote the plan and the toolkit • Virtual class: 10 Steps to Service Continuity Planning • Focus on the needs of hospital librarians • Develop partnerships with MLA, DIMRC and AAHSL • Emergency preparedness for health sciences libraries symposium in the spring

22. Upcoming Opportunities • November 12th: Survival Tips and Stories: Expanding the Library's Services in Times of Disaster • November 20th: Tidewater Health Sciences Libraries (THSL)

23. 1 (800) DEV-ROKS (ROKS without a ‘C’)

24. DanWilson@virginia.eduBWescott@hshsl.maryland.edu

25. Questions