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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