National Network of Libraries of Medicine
Pacific Northwest Region
Quarterly Report
November 2004 to January 2005
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
Nothing to report this quarter.
2. Assess Needs of
Health Science Librarians
We conducted a survey of libraries' use of electronic
document delivery and barriers to its use. We found that
use of EDD to receive copies has increased in all formats
(i.e., receive via email pdf or tiff; pickup from Web pdf
or tiff); use of EDD to send copies has increased, but
only in use of email pdf or tiff -- not in provision of
Web pickup; several of the barriers to use have decreased
in importance ("not sure how to begin," "insufficient IT
support," "cannot afford scanner," "cannot afford
software") but the "firewall prevents it" barrier has
assumed greater prominence.
3. Network Membership
Program
In this region as of the end of this quarter:
- 156 Full Members -- same as last quarter. (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.)
- 181 Affiliate Members -- six more than last quarter: Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administration plans eventually to join DOCLINE (ORUJSL), the NN/LM Web Services Technology Operation Center was established as an Affiliate Member so that it would have a LIBID (WAUKCF), the Bellingham Technical College Library (WAUJZX), the Dera'ina Health Clinic of the Kenaitze Indian Tribe (AKUKAV), Caribou Memorial Hospital (IDUKBQ), and Kennewick First Presbyterian Church (WAUKCV).
- 156 full DOCLINE participants -- same as last quarter. (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. It also omits the three "Borrow-Only" DOCLINE libraries: Oregon State University ORUGYU; Willamette University ORUGYO; and Shriner's Hospital for Children Research Department, ORUCDQ -- these are counted as affiliate members.)
- 23 Public Libraries -- no change from last quarter. One of them, Port Townsend Public Library, WAUZEG, is a DOCLINE participant (and therefore a full member). Three of the public libraries listed in DOCLINE are not network members -- their records were entered by NLM staff because they'd had ILL transactions with NLM: Seattle Public Library's record (WAUGZW), Asotin County Library (WAUJNV), Hillsboro Public Library (ORUJNT).
- 146 libraries are contributing their Serial Holdings data to DOCLINE -- no change from last quarter. This figure was derived using the DOCLINE Search function, searching for "Number of Holdings" "Greater Than" "0" which returns a total of 149 institutions, two of which are demo libraries and one of which is the NN/LM PNR office. Eliminating those 3 leaves 146. Since the two new DOCLINE libraries are not yet contributing holdings information, they are not featured in this total. Two additional libraries withdrew from DOCLINE during this past quarter.
4. Document
Delivery
The captions and shooting script for the Services and
Fees section of the DOCLINE tutorial were created. We
provided input to Region 4 staff, who are working on
sections about updating Contact information and producing
reports of Serial Holdings.
Initial investigations into the possibility of replicating the docMD project in this region were conducted.
5. Resource
Libraries
An informal telephone survey of the six Resource
Libraries in this region that do not participate in EFTS
was done. We learned that one library intends to join but
is facing resistance at its university administration
level, four intend to join but haven't had time to work
on it, and one is resistant to paying the surcharge and
has no plans to join.
6.
Communication
PNRML staff attended regularly scheduled RML
teleconferences, as well as conference calls for Tribal
Connections, Consumer Health Coordinators,
Outreach/Education Coordinators and Special Populations
Outreach Coordinators
Gail Kouame continued to moderate the hip-pnr listserv -- a communication vehicle for the Consumer Health Advisory Committee for PNR.
The NN/LM PNR newsletter, Dragonfly, closed its Fall, 2004 issue with seven original articles by RML staff.
220 messages were posted on HLIB-NW, the regional discussion list. Thirty-five of these messages, or 16%, were sent from PNRNews, the official NN/LM PNR announcement list.
The Web Group continued to discuss and to make minor changes to the NN/LM PNR Web site.
7. Regional Advisory
Committee
Planning continued for an on-site meeting of the Consumer
Health Advisory Committee scheduled for February 3 -- 4,
2005.
8. Monitor Region's
Programs
Nothing to report this quarter.
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
Linda Milgrom reviewed Information Systems application
submitted by PKIDs ( Vancouver, WA) (received good score
and will be resubmitted). She also had several
conversations with Julie Keller (Nez Perce Tribe, Lapwai,
ID) regarding the status of their IADL application
(subsequently funded).
13. Follow-up with
NLM-funded Projects
Five "Access to Electronic Health Information" projects
concluded by December 31, 2004 (two had asked for no-cost
extensions). G. Kouame provided oversight and received
required reports from the subcontractors. Five other
"Access to Electronic Health Information" projects were
started in September. G. Kouame provides oversight for
these as well, reminding subcontractors of deadlines for
quarterly reports, providing promotional materials and
fielding questions as needed.
1. Outreach to Health
Professionals
L. Milgrom conducted a workshop on MedlinePlus and PubMed
for Highline (WA) School District Occupational and
Physical Therapists, November 17.
Maryanne Blake and G. Kouame taught a hands-on class at the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB) in Portland, Oregon on January 27, 2005. It demonstrated PubMed, MedlinePlus and other NLM online resources. Twelve of the NPAIHB staff attended.
2. Consumer Health
Information Services
G. Kouame provided the following training sessions in
affiliation with the Public Libraries Initiative:
- "Prescription for Success" - two sessions on November 9, 2004 - Bellingham, WA.
- "Prescription for Success" - three sessions Dec. 14 - 15, 2004 - Kenai, AK.
She and Roy Sahali also met with Sam McGraw of Seattle Goodwill on January 24, 2005 to talk about possible collaboration with their agency
R. Sahali spearheaded the concept and draft of a white paper proposing strategies for reaching and working with community organizations. He also serves and a panelist for the Libraries of the Future, Libraries and Health Information Forum in New York in November.
3. Training to
Support Electronic Access to Health
Information
L. Milgrom and G. Kouame traveled to Kenai, AK to present
workshops on NLM resources. Public librarians, along with
health professionals and community members attended the
sessions.
We also kept in touch with ongoing Outreach Project Awardees:
- St. Mary's Hospital, Cottonwood, ID -- reviewed exhibit and other promotional materials forwarded by Jeanette Gorman
- Public Health Nursing project (OHSU, Portland, OR) -- discussed options for including onsite training with Dolores Judkins
- Technology Training for Trusted Sources in Diverse Communities (Associates in Cultural Exchange, Seattle) -- discussed reporting and training activities with Ginger Kwan
- AHEC/Lincoln County Health Coalition Internet Access Project (AHEC at WSU, Spokane, WA) -- updates on project activities still a problem. LM made repeated efforts to reach project manager and drafted a letter requiring substantial progress by April or termination of the subcontract.
Four proposals for Outreach Project Awards were selected for funding, after review by RML staff and outside reviewers. L. Milgrom coordinated the review, submission of questions and responses from applicants, and communication with NNO. She wrote statements of work for the projects selected, offered feedback and options to those not funded, and shepherded paperwork through University of Washington OSP. Official start date will be February 15, 2005. First quarterly reports will be included next quarter. New awardees are:
- Evaluating and Promoting Health Literacy in Recovering Alcoholics and Addicts at the Seattle Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center (UW Health Sciences Library, Seattle, WA)
- Skagit County Health Literacy Project (Skagit Valley Hospital, Mount Vernon, WA)
- Alaska Health Information Outreach Project (Alaska Division of Public Health, Juneau, AK)
- Walking for Health (Willamette Falls Hospital, Oregon City, OR)
The following AEHI projects that had received no-cost extensions were completed and final reports submitted:
- Online Access to Reviewed Health Education Materials (Public Health Seattle-King County)
- Alaska Health Education Library Project (Dept of Health and Social Services, Juneau, AK)
Five new AEHI projects had an official start date of September 1, 2004 actually began this quarter and submitted their first quarterly reports:
- African American Reach and Teach Health Ministry: Access to Wellness Project 2004-2005 (Seattle, WA)
- Electronic Access for Reliable Health and Medical Information Project (Sno-Isle Regional Library, Marysville, WA)
- Health Reference Triage: Health Resources for Public Librarians (Tuality Health Information Resource Center, Hillsboro, OR)
- Locating Healthcare Resource for Rural Communities (Oregon Pacific AHEC, Corvallis, OR)
- Montana Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence (Voices of Hope, Great Falls, MT)
Five COPPA awards in four regions were awarded
subcontracts through PNR. A reporting toolkit for these
projects was developed ( http://nnlm.gov/pnr/funding/coppatoolkit.html)
that automatically forwards reports to PNR, the
subcontractor's home RML, and to NNO. First quarterly
reports are due February 15, 2005.
4. Exhibits and
Presentations at Meetings
The RML and regional colleagues exhibited at the
following national and regional meetings. Exhibit reports
are included in the appendix.
Exhibit: Family Physicians Patient Education Conference - San Francisco, CA Nov 11-14, 2004.
5. Technology
Awareness and Integration
Nothing to report this quarter.
6. Library
Improvement
The Electronic Document Delivery awards were readvertised
with a due date of January 31, 2005. Four applications
were received and funded.
M. Blake developed a Web page on the NN/LM PNR Web
site that brings together resources relevant to hospital
librarians. The URL is http://nnlm.gov/pnr/advocacy/.
This is to continue the RML's advocacy for health
sciences, especially hospital librarians begun at the
hospital library forum in October.
7.
Connections
R. Sahali convened the Health Writers Steering Committee
pre-planning meeting at the Seattle Indian Health Board
to discuss producing the Annual Health Writers
Workshop.
Tribalconnections.org staff facilitated video documentation and press access to Dr. Charles Grim, Indian Health Service director, for a Native American Center of Excellence presentation March 31.
R. Sahali assisted Lynn Holder (Director, University of Washington Tribal Community Partnership, Educational Partnerships & Learning Technologies) in preparing the technology section of the Colville Tribes Behavioral Health proposal to HHS.
The tribalconnections.org website was updated in November.
C. ENHANCEMENTSD. NN/LM WEB SERVICE
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E. ADMINISTRATION, STAFF AND OTHER
G. Kouame, L. Milgrom, C. Burroughs, M. Boer, R. Sahali and M. Blake attended the CBO Symposium at NLM December 2-3, 2004. PNR staff collaborated with NNLM/MCR to create a poster about Tribal Connections for the Symposium. C. Burroughs, R. Sahali and S. Fuller participated in the CBO Symposium; C. Burroughs was a member of the steering committee and chaired the Outcomes and Evaluation Panel; R. Sahali co-moderated the panel discussion with representatives of CBOs; and S. Fuller gave a presentation about outreach with tribal communities. She also met with Gale Dutcher and John Scott when they visited here to talk about multicultural/multilingual health information issues and needs - January 26, 2005.
Evaluation:
Maryanne assisted Claire Hamasu, Mid-Continental Region
to post the survey for the CBO Symposium held at NLM in
December, 2004 on Survey Monkey. She later worked with
Cindy Olney on reporting the results of the survey.
