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Medical Library Collaborations

Medical Library Collaborations. Kay Deeney Education & Exhibit Coordinator National Network of Libraries of Medicine Pacific Southwest Region. Medical Digital Reference Project. PSRML sponsored with MCLS 2 nd level reference Public librarians Recruitment via Rmlrg7-l listserv

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Medical Library Collaborations

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  1. Medical Library Collaborations Kay Deeney Education & Exhibit CoordinatorNational Network of Libraries of MedicinePacific Southwest Region

  2. Medical Digital Reference Project • PSRML sponsored with MCLS • 2nd level reference • Public librarians • Recruitment via • Rmlrg7-l listserv • 2001 Joint Meeting in Scottsdale • Word of mouth

  3. Training in DigRef Software • Summer of 2002 • Los Angeles • San Francisco • Recruited the already trained • Practice starts 8/1/02 • Hours staffed • 8 am – 6 pm intermittent times

  4. About 40 Network Librarians • Hospital librarians • Small and large libraries • St. Jude’s, Olive View, VA from NV • Kaiser, CA Pacific • Academic institutions • Stanford, USC, UC Davis • Other libraries • The Health Library, Oakland Public Library, CA School of Professional Psychology

  5. Challenges • IT departments & libraries • Firewalls • Computer settings • Need for more memory • “Operator error” • Remembering shifts • Logging all the way in • DOCLINE screen displays • Javascript problems

  6. Clientele • Who we will serve • Public librarians with health questions • Collaboration with the Law Librarians? • Other 24/7 participating libraries • UCLA • University of Washington • Boston and the world!

  7. Meetings Through the System • Sharing sessions • Training updates • PubMed training • DOCLINE instruction

  8. Advantages • Assistance to public librarians • Experience with new technology • Experience with web training • Possible prototype for MEDLINEplus

  9. Future plans • Arizona training tentatively 1/10/03 • Going live! • Hawaii Medical Library • Extend our time periods • Voice interactions

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