Regional Advisory Committee

The role of the Regional Advisory Committee (RAC) is:

• To advise NN/LM PSR staff on implementing programs to improve health professionals' and consumers' access to biomedical information, within the framework of the NN/LM PSR contract with the National Library of Medicine;
• To review and evaluate NN/LM PSR programs and services; and
• To encourage health professionals, health science libraries, community organizations, and others to participate in regional and national programs affecting the delivery of health information.

Regional Advisory Committee members attend meetings held periodically at UCLA; receive progress reports and other NN/LM PSR publications; further two-way communications between NN/LM PSR and constituent groups; serve on subcommittees, e.g., on outreach proposal review; and participate in an electronic discussion list to raise issues and provide feedback to NN/LM PSR staff.

The RAC is made up of health professionals; health sciences librarians from hospital libraries and other large and small medical libraries within the region; representatives of state library agencies and public and school libraries; representatives of health information consumer groups, and representatives of partner organizations. The RAC membership includes three directors from regional Resource Libraries, and a representative from each of the region's Medical Library Association chapters.

Membership of the RAC is currently being reconstituted. If you are interested in serving on the committee, please contact Alan Carr.