Medical Library Collaborations

Kay DeeneyEducation & Exhibit CoordinatorNational Network of Libraries of MedicinePacific Southwest Region

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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!

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Meetings Through the System

Sharing sessions Training updates PubMed training DOCLINE instruction

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Advantages

Assistance to public librarians Experience with new technology Experience with web training Possible prototype for MEDLINEplus

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Future plans

Arizona training tentatively 1/10/03 Going live! Hawaii Medical Library

– Extend our time periods

Voice interactions