Hospital Library Information Technology Forum: Please Contribute!
The MLA Hospital Libraries Section Information Technology Forum needs YOUR help.
The MLA Hospital Libraries Section Information Technology Forum is a bulletin board sponsored by MLA. The purpose of the bulletin board is to discuss issues and disseminate news specifically related to technology and its use in hospital libraries. The Technology Forum is a way for librarians to share their IT experiences and to help each other solve IT issues.
The National Network of Libraries of Medicine has partnered with MLA in this endeavor since the NN/LM Hospital Internet Access Task Force and the Hospital IT Committee are working together to disseminate data the Task Force collected about IT barriers facing hospital librarians. We encourage you to sign up for this forum in order to contribute to this effort.
Registration is easy (and free of charge):
- The address for the Information Technology Forum is: http://www.hls.mlanet.org/itforum
- Click on Register.
- You must accept the terms of the agreement before registering.
- There are three sections to complete:
- The only required information is the first section which includes username, e-mail address, password, and confirm password.
- In the second section, you can also setup profile information for your account such as a signature.
- In the third section, you can setup various preferences for your account.
- Registration is complete.
During the first six months, discussion will focus on the six broad categories of IT barriers identified by the Task Force:
September - 1.0 IT Policy Issues
October - 2.0 Security Concerns
November - 3.0 Software Issues
December - 4.0 Internet Connectivity and Hardware Issues
January - 5.0 Website Issues
February - 6.0 Communication and People Issues
Both Committees appreciate your efforts to make the Bulletin Board a useful tool for all medical librarians.
[Editor's Note: Adapted from an email message from Jerry Carlson dated 8/26/2004.
Jerry Carlson, Medical Librarian
Poudre Valley Health System
1024 Lemay Ave
Fort Collins, CO 80524
E-Mail: gmc@pvhs.org
Phone: 970-495-7323
Fax: 970-495-7652
Member, MLA HLS IT Committee]