Hospital Library Services Program Advisory Committee Meeting

10:00 a.m.-11:00 noon, Wednesday, July 1, 2008

Virtual Meeting, OPAL

Minutes

Present: Sue Bretscher, Laura Dixon, Ward Romer, Brad Zehr. Minutes taken by Nora Hardy.

1. April 30, 2008 minutes approved as written.

2. Databases are all working well. Hardy reported that while at MLA she was able to contact BMJ and will have more concrete information soon.

3. HLSP Grant 2008-9 – Will probably be similar to the current grant. The NYS budget process is not complete and SCRLC has not received the actual Grant figures.

4. MLA 2008, Chicago – Hardy attended and found it extremely valuable. Emphasis was on the use of Web 2.0 tools and their value to medical libraries. More information will be posted and linked on the committee blog at http://hlsp.blogspot.com/

5. UNYOC 2008, (10/22-24/2008, Ithaca) Plans are proceeding well.

6. MLA Class will again be cosponsored with CLRC. We will work together on and a PubMed for Experts session, to be held in Binghamton. If we can afford an additional class the group was particularly interested in Understanding Health Care Literature: A Primer for Working with Evidence-based Health Care Principles (Kathleen McKibbon, Hamilton ON), with an emphasis on how to teach those principles to their patrons.

7. New Business: Mary-Carol Lindbloom suggested that the Hospital Committee consider working with the ALA Wellness initiative at http://www.ala-apa.org/wellness Hardy will post more information on the Blog at http://hlsp.blogspot.com/. Lindbloom inquired about interested in establishing a journal club, possibly in conjunction with other NYS- or IL-based medical librarians. More details will be shared at a later date.

8. 2008 Hospital Committee Schedule, Tuesdays, 10:00-12:00
1. Aug. 12, Virtual Meeting-OPAL
2. Oct. 23, UNYOC, Ithaca
3. Dec. 9, Binghamton