“Your efficiency astounds me, always”Geoffrey Metz, Professor of Medicine, University of Melbourne

Director of Medical Education, Epworth HealthCare

The secrets of an invaluable Library

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Susie Moreton

Library Manager, Epworth HealthCare Library

HLI Conference 2013

Overview

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•Setting the scene

•Librarians are great

•Can you do that?

•We need to get you involved!

•Think about.....

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Clinical Education and Simulation

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Clinical Education and Simulation

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Clinical Education and Simulation

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Setting the scene

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• Traditional Library ServicesWhat do our patrons want? Give it to them!

• Progress corporate strategic planRealign as a Corporate ServiceNew Library in Education spaceClinical Education Collection

• Non-traditional servicesWhere is opportunity add value? Get out into hospital and see what needs to be done

Librarians are great!

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• We do our job very well

• Not all patrons are created equal - identify key stakeholders and provide premium lib services

• We are seen as technology/web experts – use this to integrate

• New library is a learning space – food, drink, noise, circulation – no barriers.

• Align with strategic plan

Can you do that?

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• We do extra thingsPurchase coordinationClearinghouseNegotiations w suppliersDatabase evaluation for Advisory CommitteesUse knowledge mgt and infrastructure to help other

depts.clinical skills equipment on ILMS libguides as dept homepages

Libguides as Dept Homepage

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“We need to get you involved…”

• Design of intranet – information architecture advice

• Epworth Community of Health Educators founding member

• Education Advisory Committee member

• Development of LMS

• Support of authors writing hospital/dept histories

Think about……

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• Provide the services they want, nothing they don’t want.

• Work outside the library – who can say no to a problem solver?

• What you do well and where it is needed in your organisation?

• No experience is lost

• Get the feel of the organisation – what works?

Bask in the love……

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• Just a quick email to commend you on Discovery Gateway. It is a truly innovative and fantastic resource. Dr Emma Cohen, Research Fellow

• So we can just hook into your system – that’s great! Tess Vawser, Director Clinical Education and Simulation.

• I am really impressed with your body of knowledge; our problem will be solved with your systems. Tom Hallahan, Simulation Coordinator

• Dear Susie, you are our hero! Thankyou so much for all the research you have done for us. This would have taken me weeks and I still wouldn’t have the quality of research papers you have found. Thank you so muchLisa Rodgers, NUM

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Susie Moreton

Library Manager, Epworth HealthCare Library

susie.moreton@epworth.org.au

HLI Conference 2013