National Network of Libraries of Medicine
Pacific Northwest Region
Quarterly Report
May to July 2003
Table of Contents
- Health Professional Access to Information
- Assess Needs of Health Science Librarians
- Network Membership Program
- Document Delivery
- Resource Libraries
- Communication
- Regional Advisory Committee
- Monitor Region's Programs
- User Feedback
- Training Facility
- NLM User/Non-User Needs Assessment
- NLM Grants
- Follow-up with NLM-funded Projects
- Outreach to Health Professionals
- Consumer Health Information Services
- Training to Support Electronic Access to Health Information
- Exhibits and Presentations at Meetings
- Technology Awareness and Integration
- Library Improvement
- Connections
C. ENHANCEMENTS
E. ADMINISTRATION, STAFF AND OTHER
A. NETWORK PROGRAMS
1. Health
Professional Access to Information
A significant increase in LinkOut libraries in Idaho
followed a presentation about LinkOut and PubMed to the
Idaho Health Information Association. Before the May
presentation, two libraries in Idaho participated in
LinkOut. Now there are 8 -- six new libraries were
motivated to join LinkOut. Idaho has a total of 20
DOCLINE libraries, and several of the remaining
non-LinkOut libraries are very small with part-time
staff. Idaho now has a rate of LinkOut participation of
40% of its DOCLINE libraries. The regional rate of
participation is 27.5%; the national rate is 21%. This
high rate of LinkOut participation in Idaho, and the fact
that most libraries signed up after the May presentation,
is an indicator of the value of the tailored, in-person
presentation to a medical library professional
group.
2. Assess Needs of
Health Science Librarians
Susan Barnes, Resource Sharing Coordinator participated
on the NN/LM Information Technology Task Force. The task
force is designing a methodology for collecting
information from network members about successful
strategies for working with information technology
units.
3. Network Membership
Program
In this region as of the end of this quarter:In this
region as of the end of this quarter:
- 157 Full Members (One new member, a nice change after a string of library closings: Pacific University's library joined DOCLINE, ORUHWS, as part of the expansion of its institution's health programs.)(Note that this number does not include WAUPNR, which is counted as a full member by DOCUSER because WAUPNR is active in DOCLINE. However, WAUPNR is the LIBID for the NN/LM PNR office.)
- 155 Affiliate Members (4 new this quarter: Associates in Cultural Exchange, Seattle, WAUJHH; Clearwater Valley Hospital, Orofino, IDUJHG; Sheldon Jackson College Stratton Library, Sitka, AKUJHI; and NAACP Bremerton Branch, WAUJHO)
- 160 DOCLINE participants (One new DOCLINE library, ORUHWS, as noted above.)(3 of these are borrow-only libraries and therefore not full members)(Note that this number omits two Demo Libraries, WAUXXF and AKUXXK, which are "active" DOCLINE participants but are not real accounts; it also omits WAUPNR, which is an active DOCLINE participant but is the LIBID for the NN/LM PNR office.)
- 14 Public Libraries, one of which, WAUZEG, is a DOCLINE participant (and therefore a full member)
- 149 SERHOLD participants (Note that this number omits the 2 demonstration libraries, WAUXXF and AKUXXK, from DOCUSER's list of SERHOLD participants.)
The Directory of Health Science Libraries and Network
Members, 2003-2006 was mailed to all network members and
affiliate members in June. We sent out approximately 405
copies: 380 to network members and Canadians, and 25 to
libraries that requested extra copies.
4. Document
Delivery
We cleaned up OCLC serials holdings records for 22
libraries in the region by deleting records for titles
that had been deleted from SERHOLD, as part of
preparation for the first SERHOLD-to-OCLC batch data
transfer in July. The successful batch transfer was a
cause for celebration in this region because a group of
network members from the Pacific Northwest lobbied
strenuously with OCLC to make this possible -- and OLCL
has indicated that this group's efforts were important to
the decision to move forward with the batch load of
holdings data from SERHOLD.
5. Resource
Libraries
Representatives from the region's Resource Libraries and
professional medical library organizations met at the
University of Washington (Seattle) for a day and a half,
June 2 and 3. The group was joined by Michael Laskowski,
Ph.D., University of Idaho (Moscow), representing the
Pacific Northwest BRIN (Biomedical Research
Infrastructure Network) -- a consortium of research
institutions in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming --
working with the University of Washington and NIH. It was
a fruitful meeting characterized by information sharing,
brainstorming about group purchasing for BRIN
participants, enhanced funding opportunities for network
members, and discussion of priorities, issues, and
needs
6.
Communication
RML staff members participated in conference calls for
Tribal Connections, Consumer Health Coordinators,
Outreach/Education Coordinators as well as the general
monthly conference calls.
The spring issue of Dragonfly was closed at the end of June 2003. There were eleven original articles. These included articles on our outreach projects in the continuing series "Focus on Funding" and a new series by Susan Barnes called "Free Full-Text Journal Articles on the Web."
There were 194 messages on HLIB-NW, the regional discussion list. Sixty-six of these messages, or 34%, were sent from PNRNews, the official NN/LM PNR announcement list.
The Web Group worked with the University of Washington Health Sciences Center for Educational Resources, to make minor changes to the NN/LM PNR Web site.
Gail Kouame assumed role of Washington state representative for membership committee for PNC/MLA.
G.. Kouame participated in Consumer Health Coordinators' conference calls in June and July. She also participated in conference calls to begin planning Public Libraries initiative.
G. Kouame wrote articles for the "Dragonfly" describing funded projects (Electronic Access to Health Information) around the region.
Regional staff tested and commented on several NLM and NNO systems under development: NLM Exhibit database, SIS Environmental Health PDA Applications Reviews, Outreach Activity Reporting Forms, NOMC data conversion, and Extramural Programs website revisions.
Linda Milgrom was contacted by Kathleen O'Leary,
Oregon Department of Human Services, about a workshop for
public health nurses. Dolores Judkins (OHSU) taught the
workshop on June 17 and subsequently collaborated with
Ms. O'Leary on an application for an outreach project
award.
7. Regional Advisory
Committee
Representatives of eight Resource Libraries and four
state health science library/librarian associations met
at the University of Washington for an annual advisory
committee meeting, June 2-3. See item under A.5.
above.
G.. Kouame began contacting selected individuals
throughout the region about participating in a Consumer
Health Advisory Committee which will meet later in the
year. Many of those contacted were part of the inaugural
advisory group that met once two years ago.
8. Monitor Region's
Programs
G. Kouame and Roy Sahali visited Northwest Indian College
in Bellingham, WA to inquire about possible future
programs/projects.
Several staff attended an open house at Mars Hill
Graduate School Library on June 19.
9. User
Feedback
Nothing to report this quarter.
10. Training
Facility
Nothing to report this quarter.
11. NLM User/Nonuser Needs
Assessment
Nothing to report this quarter.
12. NLM
Grants
L. Milgrom participated in an IADL grant review session
at NLM on June 9 as a member of the special emphasis
panel.
L. Milgrom reviewed a draft IADL proposal and wrote a letter of support for the proposal which was prepared by Susie McIntyre, Voices of Hope, Great Falls, Montana.
L. Milgrom discussed NLM grant ideas with Susan Jamison, Program for Appropriate Technology in Health Library, Seattle and Sue Innes, Providence Everett Medical Center (Washington).
L. Milgrom wrote letter in support of application by
Larry Keil, Public Health -- Seattle & King Co, in
response to NLM's AIDS outreach RFQ.
13. Follow-up with
NLM-funded Projects
G.. Kouame performed a training needs assessment with a
member of the African American Reach & Teach Health
Ministry (Seattle) as part of their funded project on
July 9.
L. Milgrom discussed progress with Marcia Francis
(Idaho State University) and Pam McBride (Clearwater
Valley Community Hospital, Orofino, ID). Both
IADL-supported projects are going well. Pam McBride plans
to apply for RML outreach funding to extend her outreach
to additional counties in Northcentral Idaho.
B. OUTREACH
PROGRAM
1. Outreach to Health
Professionals
Maryanne Blake taught a class at on May 22 for the UW
School of Medicine Native American Center of Excellence.
There were six participants, three of whom were Native
American and one who was African American. It was a class
on finding health information that highlighted TOXNET,
PubMed and MEDLINEplus.
Final reports of three RML-funded outreach projects, ending May 31, were submitted to NLM. These projects included: Cyber Health Camp (Southwest Oregon AHEC), Cross Cultural Health Care Program Resource Center (Cross Cultural Health Care Program, Seattle, WA), and Finding It on the Internet: Health Access for Seniors (Oregon Health & Science University).
Developed the 2003 Outreach Project Award RFP (proposals due Aug. 1) and template for applications for new Express Planning and Reassessment/Impact awards. These projects and awards may (and generally do) include both health professionals and consumers. Two Express Planning awards were made this quarter: Voices of Hope (Great Falls, MT) and Bremerton (WA) Branch, NAACP.
L. Milgrom taught a PubMed and MedlinePlus class on May 22 for UW Information School students.
L. Milgrom was contacted by Kathleen O'Leary, Oregon Department of Human Services, about a workshop for public health nurses. Dolores Judkins (OHSU) taught the workshop on June 17 and subsequently collaborated with Ms. O'Leary on an application for an outreach project award.
M. Blake, L. Milgrom, and N. Rambo attended a distance
learning planning meeting at the Northwest Center for
Public Health Practice (UW, Seattle), May 27. NWCPHP
staff are coordinating an investigation of web
conferencing system options to be used to deliver
training to the public health workforce throughout the
northwest.
2. Consumer Health
Information Services
M. Blake met with Ginger Kwan from the ARC of King
County. Ms. Kwan's office is providing "culturally
relevant support and assistance to families as they
navigate the developmental disabilities service system on
behalf of their family member (children or adults) living
with developmental disabilities." M. Blake explained the
RML's services and the funding we have available.
G. Kouame met with Sue Jackson in Library Development at Montana State Library in June to discuss the Public Libraries Outreach initiative; and with Cynthia Gustafson (faculty member, parish nurse) and Lois Fitzpatrick (library director) from Carroll College in Helena, MT to discuss possible projects in which they could participate. Ms Kouame also participated in a meeting sponsored by the Washington State Library regarding a grant focusing on schools and libraries and met with the director of library development and discussed the Public Libraries Outreach initiative. She also met with the public services manager from Whitman County Library in Colfax, WA, who inquired about regional training in her area regarding consumer health information. G. Kouame will be working with other Consumer Health Coordinators to create a resource for public librarians focusing on partnering with area health agencies.
L. Milgrom met with Gwen Shepherd and Ray Rogers of the Bremerton, WA, branch of the NAACP on June 27 to discuss possible collaboration. They followed up with an application for a planning award to support developing a partnership with the public library, health department, and faith-based organizations in Kitsap County.
Mary Devlin, outreach project manager, Oregon Health
& Science University, Portland, OR, visited the RML
to share her methodology for focus groups and findings
about website use by seniors, on June 30.
3. Training to
Support Electronic Access to Health
Information
As part of the Tribal Connections 3 project, the Resource
Sharing Coordinator provided MEDLINEplus training for the
Samish tribe. Members of the tribal health department and
Head Start program attended, and were very enthusiastic
about MEDLINEplus, especially the drug information and
news feed.
[TC3] Collaboration with Nez Perce Tribe culminated in
production of four short videos (three on diabetes
topics, one on dangers of smoking), starring tribal
members. Tribal staff developed scripts and handled all
aspects of production. The RML provided financial support
and text for credits (including links to
Medlineplus).
4. Exhibits and
Presentations at Meetings
G. Kouame presented "Health Information Free and Easy!"
at the Tribal College Librarians Institute in Bozeman, MT
in June 2003, staffed NLM exhibit at ALA in Toronto in
June 2003, and staffed resource table at Refugee and
Immigrant Community Building conference in June 2003.
National exhibit this quarter :
Tribal College Librarians Professional Development
Institute, June 24-28, Bozeman, MT (G. Kouame also gave a
presentation)
Regional exhibits this quarter:
2nd Annual Vietnamese Health Fair, July 19, 2003, Seattle
WA (exhibit done by Harborview Medical Center, X-plain
Vietnamese Language Breast Cancer outreach project)
International District Street Fair, July 12-13, 2003, Seattle, WA (exhibit done by Harborview Medical Center, X-plain Vietnamese Language Breast Cancer outreach project)
Building Health Families Together, May 3, 2003, Lincoln City, OR (exhibit done by Oregon Pacific AHEC)
Walker Chapel Church Health Forum, March 8, 2003, Seattle, WA (exhibit done by AARTH)
HIV/AIDS in the African American Community Leadership Summit, May 30-31, 2003, Seattle, WA (exhibit done by AARTH)
Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church Health Fair, July 12, 2003, Seattle, WA (exhibit done by AARTH)
M. Blake and L. Milgrom tested the upcoming exhibit reports database.
5. Technology
Awareness and Integration
Nothing to report this quarter.
6. Library
Improvement
N. Rambo wrote letter to administrators at Kennewick
General Hospital, commenting on their decision to close
the hospital library and dispose of library
collection.
7.
Connections
G.. Kouame and Roy Sahali visited Northwest Indian
College in Bellingham, WA, to inquire about possible
future collaborations.
L. Milgrom discussed options for connectivity and
training with Mary Sue Rose, librarian at Sheldon Jackson
College, Sitka, AK.
C.
ENHANCEMENTS
Tribal Connections Phase 3:
S. Barnes provided MEDLINEplus training for the Samish tribe in Anacortes, WA. Members of the tribal health department and Head Start program attended, and were enthusiastic about MEDLINEplus, especially the drug information and news feed.
The project with the Nez Perce Tribe in southern Idaho culminated in production of four short videos: three on diabetes topics and one on the dangers of smoking. Tribal members were the actors in the videos. Tribal staff developed the scripts and handled all aspects of production. The RML provided financial support and text for credits, including links to MEDLINEplus.
Tribal Connections Phase 4 (cross-regional):
Catherine Burroughs, R. Sahali, and N. Rambo participated in the Tribal Connections cross-regional planning meeting in Tucson, AZ, June 26-27. The meeting was hosted by the University of Arizona Health Sciences Library, and included representatives from NLM, four RMLs (MCR, PSR, SCR, and PNR), and Resource Libraries in Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico.
M. Blake continued to work on content management for the Tribal Connections website with Pat Chinn-Sloan, R. Sahali and the web content management advisory group: Pat Bradley (NM), Siobhan Cahamp-Blackwell (NE), and Stephanie Weldon (CO).
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E. ADMINISTRATION, STAFF AND OTHER
All RML professional staff members attended the RML Directors meeting on May 2 in San Diego. The PNR staff participated in many other NN/LM- and RML-related meetings at the MLA annual meeting in San Diego:
G. Kouame assumed role of Washington state representative for membership committee for PNC/MLA.
G. Kouame participated in Chapter Roundtable discussion at MLA focusing on Consumer Health. She also participated in "California Chat" at MLA regarding multicultural/multilingual health information.
M. Blake attended an all-day advanced Dreamweaver class in anticipation of teaching a Dreamweaver MX in-service to the RML staff.
L. Milgrom attended Distance Learning Planning meeting at Northwest Center for Public Health Practice , along with M. Blake and N. Rambo on May 27.
June 30 Mary Devlin (OHSU outreach project manager) visited the RML to share her methodology for focus groups and findings about website use by seniors.
L. Milgrom hosted a visit by Marti Szczur, Deputy Associate Director, of Specialized Information Services, NLM, on July 28.
