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Dragonfly, Summer 1999 Free Health Information Classes Offered for Health/Public Library Duos

Do you know the public librarian in your town who handles the health questions? If so, get together! If not, find out! Band together and get free training!

If a Pacific Northwest community's health librarian and public librarian collaborate, the RML will pay for the "Health Information on the Internet" class taught by Margaret Connors, formerly with Oregon Health Sciences University and still a consultant for the Oregon State Library on consumer health. Just show us a partnership and ensure at least 8 library staff participants; we'll pay for Margaret to come to your town and teach.

You can see the outline of the class, developed by Margaret and Dolores Judkins, at: http://www.ohsu.edu/women/judkinsd/lsta.htm The class has been taught around Oregon to rave reviews. You'll want Margaret to teach it in your city, too!

This is a limited time offer! Let us know before the end of October if you will take advantage of it.

We already have several happy collaborations in our region between hospital libraries and public libraries. One example is the partnership between Overlake Hospital in Bellevue, Washington, and the King County Library System. The public is encouraged to use the public library for primary access, but the hospital library is ready and willing to provide documents.

So, grab your partner! And contact Nancy Press at the RML.

URL: http://nnlm.gov/pnr/news/199907/offer.html