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by Sandy Hight, Librarian
St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Boise, Idaho
You may relate to how hard you try to make that first introduction and share the wonderful resources of MedlinePlus, then all of a sudden the desire for more, and more is very inspiring.
A respiratory specialist came to the library for reliable consumer health resources to share with her staff. After our meeting I gave her a packet of MedlinePlus bookmarks. She happened by the Emergency Department to speak with another clinician who asked her about the bookmarks. The light bulb came on; Emergency felt they would be a valuable resource to add to the patient packets. Arrangements had already been made for volunteers to stuff 1,500 packets. They contacted me to obtain the bookmarks. I called the RML and a joint scramble from Susan Barnes, NN/LM PNR and Karen Hajarian at the National Library of Medicine produced the bookmarks in a timely manner. Would you believe they're planning for their next order in a month?
Librarians rock!
(Editor's comment: Thanks for that great idea, Sandy. Do others have ideas about how someone at your hospital can use MedlinePlus promotional materials? Contact the RML to ask about getting a supply and share your ideas with your colleagues. MAB)
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is making available one-time, $25,000 per project awards to fund state or regional Go Local projects through the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM).
"MedlinePlus's Go Local project links MedlinePlus users to health services in their local community and directs users of the Go Local site to MedlinePlus health topics. For example, users get medical information on diabetes from MedlinePlus and then visit a Go Local site for nearby health programs, services and providers. NLM ® is expanding the Go Local project to include more states, parts of states, or regions."
Those interested in creating and maintaining a "Go Local" site for their state or region should send a written proposal addressing how the Go Local site will meet the requirements outlined in the "MedlinePlus Go Local Participation Guidelines". For complete information scroll down and read the Participation Guidelines document at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/golocal.html
This one-time funding is available to NN/LM Full Members or NN/LM Affiliate Network Members who partner with a Full Member, or who have a health sciences librarian working on the project. Additional criteria for funding are in Attachment 3. of the Participation Guidelines and are also appended to this article.
Proposals for the Pacific Northwest Region should be e-mailed to Cathy Burroughs (cburroug@u.washington.edu) at the NN/LM PNR, University of Washington Health Sciences Library, Seattle, WA. The proposals must be received at the NN/LM PNR by Friday, February 4, 2005. The RML will then forward your proposal to NLM for consideration, and you will hear back from them within a few weeks. Accepted participants begin and launch on an agreed-upon schedule. While Go Local projects must be ongoing and sustainable, this funding ends by April 30, 2006.
Background and training materials, including a web cast, are available at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/golocalresources.html. If you have other questions not answered here, you can submit the form at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/medlineplus/feedback.pl and be sure to include "Go Local" in the subject line. There is also a Go Local Participants Discussion List with searchable archives at http://list.nih.gov/archives/mplus-golocal.html. Of course you can always call your Regional Medical Library at 1-800-338-7657 or email Maryanne Blake at blakema@u.washington.edu
Attachment 3: Criteria for NN/LM Funding of MedlinePlus Go Local Projects
NLM is pleased to announce that funding is now available for Go Local projects. The criteria for funding still does not provide for the half-time staff requirement. However, there are many other purposes for which you may apply for funds. Amounts of up to $25,000 will be available to each go local participating area. Below are the new guidelines.
Funding:
1. Go Local projects currently approved by NLM may apply to the
Regional Medical Library (RML) for one time funding of up to
$25,000 per project.
2. One time awards of up to $25,000 may be available to fund
additional Go Local projects. Proposals must meet the MedlinePlus
Go Local Participation Guidelines (Part I: Technical and Part II:
Optional Funding). Proposals will be reviewed, approved by NLM
and forwarded to the RML for funding. Only a budget need be
submitted by applicants with NLM-approved proposals.
3. Award amounts will be determined by the RML based on the
number of approved projects and the availability of funds.
Revised budgets may be requested.
4. Period of performance is up to 12 months.
Pre-requisites for funding:
1. NN/LM Full Member.
2. NN/LM Affiliate Members must do one of the following:
a. Partner with a Full Member, or
b. Have a health sciences librarian working on the project.
3. Applicants must meet Go Local Participation Guidelines (Part
I: Technical and Part II: Optional Funding).
Allowable costs may include:
1. Programming and computer support for mapping of an already
existing system to MedlinePlus ( Missouri model).
2. Selection and entering of materials into NLM or locally hosted
database, including personnel costs, excluding half-time staff
requirements, to perform these activities such as consultants,
administrative support staff, selectors, etc.
3. Outreach and promotion including personnel and travel costs to
perform these activities.
4. Supplies and communications costs.
Non-allowable costs for developing and maintaining the
system such as:
1. Purchase of equipment.
2. Programming of locally hosted database except programming for
mapping an already existing database to M+ ( Missouri model).
3. Technical expertise for system hardware and software
maintenance.
4. Purchase of software to create and maintain locally hosted
database.
Training:
Web based training module is available:
On December 2nd and 3rd 2004 the National Library of Medicine hosted the Symposium on Community-Based Health Information Outreach at the Library's Lister Hill Center in Bethesda, Maryland. The stated goal of the symposium was to "explore new models of health information outreach that are emerging as technology dramatically changes the abilities of medical and health services libraries to provide resources and services beyond their traditional institutional boundaries." Emphasis was placed on how to accomplish consumer health information outreach by working with community-based organizations. The National Library of Medicine's Strategic Plan to Reduce Health Disparities 2004 - 2008 was presented and used as a vehicle for discussion of community-based outreach. Knowledge and insights gained from the Symposium will be used to inform the request for proposal (RFP) for the next National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) contract.
The Web site for the symposium has been updated to include the Webcast archives of the proceedings and the presentations of the speakers, as well as white papers that speakers submitted prior to the event. Numbers of participants also did poster presentations at the symposium. The abstracts for the posters are also available online. The proceedings of the Symposium will be published in a special supplement to the Journal of the Medical Library Association.
By Susan Barnes, Resource Sharing Coordinator
NN/LM Pacific Northwest Region
Funding is still available for your library to begin or improve electronic document delivery (EDD) service. DOCLINE libraries can use awards to:
Awards are for up to $2,000, and requests are due by January 31st 2005. Hospital libraries that are not presently able to offer EDD service receive priority for this funding.
How to begin? Just follow these simple steps:
Start now, so that you can get your application to our office by January 31st
NOTE: If you're in the market for a scanner, be sure
to read
Sylvia Merino's "Update on Scanners
for Electronic Document Delivery"
in Latitudes,
March/April 2004.
In October, Empire Health Services of Spokane,
Washington was selected to receive an award of $1,770 to add
networked scanning and printing to their new photocopier. This
will make it possible to send electronic documents internally and
externally. Funds will be spent on a print controller, a hard
drive, a scanner, and networking charges.
Empire Health Services has been receiving almost three-quarters of its article copies as .pdf files. After installation of its new multifunction machine, WAUDEA will be able to offer the same service for the article copies it sends out to other libraries, and to its clients within the hospital.
Funding for Electronic Document Delivery (EDD) service initiation or upgrade is still available, but only until January 31st 2005. If you've been thinking about getting a scanner, or software, or an upgrade of existing IT so that your library can offer 21st century ILL and document delivery services, don't delay! Read about the award and then fill out the short online application!
See the related article about these awards.
Have you tried TOXMAP yet? TOXMAP is an interactive web site developed by NLM's Specialized Information Service (SIS) that shows the amount and location of reported toxic chemicals released into the environment on maps of the United States.
From the NLM-Tox-Enviro-Health-L Announcement List:
TOXMAP (http://toxmap.nlm.nih.gov) users can now create customized maps from their own web sites by incorporating a simple web link. Once on the TOXMAP site, users can zoom in and out, pan the map, and get more information about the facilities and chemicals represented.
Full instructions are provided in the TOXMAP FAQ entitled "How can I link my site to TOXMAP?" (http://toxmap.nlm.nih.gov/toxmap/help/faq.jsp#39). Examples are also included. TOXMAP allows users to visually explore information about releases of toxic chemicals by industrial facilities around the United States as reported annually to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA, http://www.epa.gov/tri/ It also integrates the map display with access to relevant bibliographic references and other data on these chemicals, providing a map-based portal to these resources.
Could you develop just such a map for the community your hospital serves and put it on your library's Web site? Would your hospital PR people be interested in having this on the hospital's Web site and you could do an afternoon or evening demonstration to show community participants how to find environmental health information on the Web? Would the science teachers in your community's schools be interested in this, and other, environmental health information resources? You could teach them!
Try TOXMAP and all the other environmental and toxicological resources from SIS. Then spread the word.
December 13, 2004
NLM Press Release
November 19, 2004
On December 2-3, 2004, the National Library of Medicine is presenting "Symposium on Community-Based Health Information Outreach" to explore new models of health information outreach. Those interested are invited to view the Symposium live via the Internet. The program and instructions for connecting to the broadcast are on the Symposium website at http://www.nlmoutreachsymposium2004.org
The goal of the symposium is to explore new models of health information outreach that are emerging as technology dramatically changes the abilities of medical and health services libraries to provide resources and services beyond their traditional institutional boundaries. Particular emphasis will be given to consumer health information outreach through community-based organizations. The National Library of Medicine's Strategic Plan to Reduce Health Disparities
will be reviewed with special emphasis on NLM's programs targeting Native Americans. The knowledge and insights gained in the Symposium will also inform the RFP for the next National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) contract.
The proceedings of the Symposium will be published in a special supplement to the Journal of the Medical Library Association.
Produced by the NN/LM PNR
Maryanne Blake, Editor
Michael Boer, Publication Manager
This publication is funded in whole with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, under Contract No. N01-LM-1-3516.
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