Advocacy for Librarians and Libraries

Resources from the NN/LM and NLM

• Resources for Hospital Librarians on Communicating Their Value A list of books, articles and Web sites compiled by Maryanne Blake, Betsy Kelly and Susan Barnes for the class, "Measuring Your Impact: Using Evaluation for Library Advocacy ".
• Hospital Library Promotional Toolkit from the NN/LM New England Region. The toolkit was designed by the Hospital Library Subcommittee of the NN/LM NER's Regional Advisory Committee (RAC).
• Hospital Library Forum "The 3 Ps of Hospital Library Success" a forum held October 2, 2004 in Seattle, Washington. The forum agenda, speakers presentations and collective wisdom of the attending librarians during breakout sessions are gathered here.
• National Medical Librarians Month In celebration of National Medical Librarians Month in October 2006, Sherrilynne Fuller, Director of the NN/LM PNR and the University of Washington Health Sciences Libraries, sent letters to hospital administrators congratulating them for their continuing support of the valuable services their medical librarians provide. Here is a generic copy of the letter.
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Resources from MLA and ALA

• Hospital Libraries Section of the Medical Library Association (MLA) This is the largest and oldest of MLA's many special interest sections. One of its stated purposes is "to promote the interests and act upon the concerns of hospital libraries and librarians". The sections quarterly newsletter, National Network, is an excellent source of ideas and information from hospital library colleagues.
• MLA's Librarian Survival Kit Created to help you promote your value as a health sciences librarian and the value of the services you provide to your institution.
• MLA Advocacy Toolbox: A Practical Guide to Communicating Your Value. This web page is for MLA members only.
• Vital Pathways for Hospital Librarians A task force is charged to develop an action plan for MLA to " influence hospital decision-makers and key leaders in the health care field."
• MLA Benchmarking Network This MLA initiative provides opportunities for hospital, academic, and specialty health libraries to learn more about the benchmarking process, compare data, establish best practices, and identify and work with a benchmarking partner. Participate in the next round. Use the data to establish best practices and show your value.
• MLA Professional Resources This web page is a potpourri of materials and tools including hospital library standards, JACHO standards, public relations and marketing for your library, and other issues of concern to medical librarians.
• ALA Advocacy Resource Center

Other Resources

• Colorado Council of Medical Librarians Marketing and Advocacy CCML has put together this page of links and ideas for advocacy and marketing including an Administrator of the year Award.
• Standards for Hospital Libraries 2002 with 2004 Revisions Hassig RA, Balogh L, Bandy M, Doyle JD, Gluck JC, Lindner KL, Reich B, Varner D., J Med Libr Assoc.2005 Apr;93(2):282-3.
• Web Junction's Focus on Demonstrating Impact 2005