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Table of Contents
AHIP: A Brief Overview
"What's New In Your Library?"
MHSLA 2003 Education Conference / Email Conversation
Profile On Members -- Welcome Our New Members!
MLA '04 -- Seize The Power!
November MDMLG Meeting -- Meet Our Speaker, Marcia Piotrowski
Announcements
AHIP: A Brief Overview
What is AHIP?
The Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP) was established in
1989 as a programme of formal credentialing for the MLA.
The purpose of AHIP was twofold:
1.
To serve as a professional development and career recognition
programme to certify librarians on the basis of professional achievement
2.
To reward the personal investment of time and effort required for
exemplary professional performance and contributions to the profession.
An Ad Hoc Committee was established to create "a conceptual
integrated framework for the MLA’s professional development program to include
the continuing education, certification, recertification activities of the
association." (qtd. in
Bell
) This function of AHIP has not
significantly changed in the thirteen years the Academy has been active.
There are five levels of membership in AHIP intended to meet the needs of
professionals at various points in their career: Provisional, Member, Senior
Member, Distinguished Member, and Emeritus Member.
Provisional Membership is for both ALA-accredited MLS holders and those
holding a non-ALA-accredited master’s degree.
Provisional members are those with less than five years experience in the
field of health information sciences. To
be an AHIP Member you must have five years of professional experience in the
health sciences field following a master’s degree and you must have achieved
50 points for professionals accomplishment in the last five years.
A Senior Member must have five years professional experience and 80
points, with no more than 50 earned from continuing education, and at least five
points earned from professional organization activities.
A Distinguished Member is one who has at least ten years professional
experience and has earned120 points, with no more than 50 earned from sponsored
instruction, at least ten from professional organization activities, and at
least five from MLA activities. Emeritus
Members are retired and were an AHIP member for ten years and at any level
except provisional at the time of retirement.
The Ad Hoc Committee concluded that the certification/recertification
programme should “recognize achievement at a variety of levels through several
different methods" (qtd. in
Bell
). This is why AHIP points can be
earned in three categories: continuing education, and two levels of individual
accomplishments. The category of
continuing education gives credit for sponsored instruction, academic
instruction, journal club activities and self-directed learning.
A maximum of 50 points can be claimed in this category for any level of
membership. The first category of
individual accomplishments recognizes teaching and publishing, including both
authoring and editing, as point-earning activities.
The second level of individual accomplishments offers points for
conference participation, including paper/poster presentations, exhibits, and
attendance, professional association participation and other activities
including formal consultations, funded grants, and participation in the MLA Oral
History Program.
To find out more detailed information about AHIP credentials and
requirements, visit the MLA site at http://www.mlanet.org.
What Impact does AHIP Have on a Career?
The 1995 review of the AHIP credentialing system revealed that “Academy
membership has little if any impact with employers" with only 17% of employers
encouraging AHIP membership, 3% with a policy about AHIP, and fewer than 6%
requiring AHIP for promotion or job retention. (Forsman & Nelson)
If you wish to become AHIP accredited to get higher pay or a promotion, you
are likely not going to become independently wealthy.
If you are earning your AHIP credentials for the purpose of professional
and peer recognition and personal reward, then you are joining for the right
reasons. The Academy was not
intended to be an easy membership. As of 1995, only 25% of MLA members were AHIP
members.
Those who can achieve this credential have earned the recognition and respect
of the Academy, the MLA, and their colleagues. This
is what AHIP was originally intended for. However,
MLA now has a new “campaign" to make employers more aware of the benefits of
AHIP membership and the value that AHIP members can bring to an organization.
There is a brochure available from the MLA site entitled “Why hire AHIP
credentialed librarians?" This
brochure, aimed at Academy awareness, may well be the first step in improving
the profile of our profession and increasing awareness as to what our profession
entails. However, librarianship as a
career has always been understood by few and stereotyped by many.
While every physician, nurse and patient may never understand what it
means to be a health sciences librarian, I do think it is possible to make
employers more aware of the profession and its credentialing system.
Only through this awareness can change be affected and our profession
brought to the level of recognition and reward it deserves.
Works Cited
Bell
, J. H. (1996) History of the Medical Library Association’s credentialing
program. Bulletin of the Medical Library
Association 84(3): 320.
Forsman, R. B., Nelson, P. P. (1997) The Academy of Health Information
Professionals: a review of the first five years. Bulletin
of the Medical Library Association 85(4): 362.
Medical Library Association. The
Academy
of
Health
Information Professionals. Accessed
October 26, 2003
from http://www.mlanet.org/academy/index.html.
Christina Wallace
Windsor Regional Hospital
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St. Joseph’s Mercy Macomb Library Renovation
We broke ground (actually wall!) in
July 2003. The entire project took
about 6 weeks; I moved back in towards the end of August, and I gained about 600
sq ft of library space plus a new Library Office.
We were able to add 4 new computer stations (total 6), and due to a
required reconfiguration we will likely be able to add one more station in the
next year. There are 2 seating
areas, and a new Reference area (which doubles as a general workspace when I’m
not in residence). The new area,
which was taken over by Library Services, used to be the Physician Lounge.
The two areas originally shared a common wall that was removed, and we
removed a second door in order to redefine the traffic pattern and regain some
much needed wall space for shelving. We
reused existing shelving. We
retained the “wet" bar, and we have a great deal of traffic because of the
daily coffee and juice available. The
students and residents of our teaching program enjoy those benefits (thanks
Medical Affairs!) daily.
I’m still in process of getting bulletin boards and other wall
accoutrements due to fiscal changes. I
was finally able to order materials, but I’m awaiting their delivery.
I wish that I had thought to take some “before" shots in order to
convey the new sense of light in the space.
It’s amazing what a new coat of paint and new carpet and losing a wall
can do to transform a space.
I do have a few words of wisdom.
I’m sure that many others of you have additional items to add.
We’ve all had such different experiences with renovations.
I want to say thanks to all who advised me through my design crisis.
1.)
Check your blueprints for
electrical and IT. If changes have
to be made to existing boxes and telephone lines, talk to the people in charge
of those areas. I was able to avoid
creating more headaches by getting some advice from those in charge.
None of them will be happy that more work for them is being created, but
they will appreciate the planning ahead.
2.)
Do not presume that the
design team will physically come and measure the existing space.
I had to call and ask them to come and do it.
They assumed that the blueprints were accurate – I couldn’t believe
they didn’t check it; my space was off about 20% from the blueprints. That’s
a problem when ordering things like wallpaper, paint and carpet.
3.)
Have frequent updates
from the construction team on the project, if possible.
My project manager decided to use our in-house team of a carpenter and
plumber. I developed a pretty
cordial working relationship with them, and I was always able to say, “Can we
check on that?" before going ahead. Their
boss was absent from work for almost the entire course of the project, and other
than seeing the final project, he was entirely uninvolved after setting the
project start dates (which he neglected to tell me until 2 days before breaking
through the wall). The three of us made almost all of the decisions.
4.)
Take some time to go over
the ordering inventory lists. I
ended up with some items incorrectly upholstered due to someone miswriting a
swatch name. It’s not a big
problem; it was more that my design ego wasn’t as satisfied as I’d hoped by
the look of the space.
5.)
Draw out the locations of
all electrical outlets, network and phone drops. These things may change during
the course Have a meeting with persons described in item #1 to go over the plan.
They will likely bid the work out (seems to be the way in the modern
age), and it saves many questions. Be sure to tell them about future plans for
new equipment and spaces that may not be on the current plan, but that need to
be a part of the new wiring design.
(Click on the image in order to view a larger version of the
photograph)
Henry Ford Wyandotte Library Renovation
All of us have moments of stress
about having to pack and move our libraries.
Now imagine having to do it twice. Sue
Skoglund and her assistant, Barb Fitzgerald, had to do just that in the last few
years. They went from an older
library (but it had windows!) to a room that was previously used for storage
(ugh!), to their new space at Henry Ford Wyandotte. She said that one of the big
challenges was combining the Riverside collection with the Wyandotte collection.
There were residencies to support that changed with the program
combination, and the collection had to be redefined in order to accommodate the
changes. Even though the library has
no windows per se, it is light-filled because of glass inserts that face the
hall and allow light inside from the hall windows.
They lost their windows, but they gained a floor that wasn’t
weight-restricted, always important in a library full of heavy books and
machinery. Sue believes that she’s got a similar amount of space, slightly
bigger as compared to the old library, but that it’s reconfigured to give more
space for the computer lab. Sue’s
office has a “window to the library" which gives her added openness.
Barb is adjusting to the workroom’s smaller footprint.
Their new space affords a new and
expanded computer lab, a quiet study room (featuring a painting of Chief
Wyandotte), an A/V room and a large open area to house the Library materials.
They have a large table near the reference area as well as seating in
several other areas of the library.
Rehabilitation
Institute: Universal Access Meets Universal Needs
What do libraries and individuals
with disabilities have in common? Both
need access to information. The Learning Resources Center opened the doors of
the first Patient Education Library in the metro Detroit area in 1983.
PEL was made possible by generous funding of the Skillman Foundation and
other local foundations. In the last
20 years, we estimate reaching approximately 30,000 individuals with
disabilities, caregivers and others with services provided through this library.
What we have observed is that patients, past and present, are not only
seeking health related information but also looking for information on housing,
furthering their education, job information, or simply need a place where they
could use a computer. For nearly a
year, the Learning Resources Center has provided a universally accessible
computer. This computer was made
possible by the RIM Auxiliary. The
computer, with all its devices, sits on top of an electric, height-adjustable
table. The provision of appropriate
technology enables people with disabilities to take advantage of traditional
library services and provides a means for using Internet resources, a means to
do their homework, check on email and other computer related functions.
Numerous customers have used it: staff, patients, and former patients.
What is so special about this
technology?
- There
is technology that magnifies. Magnifying
text and images provides access to computers and information to persons with
low vision.
- There
is technology that reads. Screen
readers are computer software programs that work with either a speech
synthesizer or with the computer’s sound card to convert text on the
computer screen to speech.
- There
is technology that allows you to use your voice to created documents, surf
the net and other applications and is helpful for those individuals with
limited upper body control.
- There
is technology that provides an alternative keyboard that allows individuals
with disabilities like cerebral palsy to type, to enter numbers and execute
menu commands.
- There
is technology to assist those with limited or no hand function, which
includes an adaptive mouse and a head-tracking device.
Technology is not enough
A U-team (U=Universal) comprised of library staff, occupational and
recreational therapists have been trained on all the applications.
The LRC staff and therapists promote the availability of this workstation
collaboratively. This team has been
the most significant factor in the success of this new service. The therapists
promote the availability of this workstation and have integrated its use in the
therapeutic regimen of the patient.
Shiffman Medical Library: A New Outreach Program for a Healthier Detroit
The Vera P. Shiffman Medical Library
at Wayne State University was awarded a contract from the Greater Midwest
Region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine to provide
library and information services and instructional programs for health
professionals practicing in underserved areas that do not currently have access
to a medical library. On-site training will be provided to staff at county
health departments and community-based organizations in Metropolitan Detroit on
accessing quality and relevant health information from their worksites. A web
site was created to link health providers directly to library services and
resources supporting information needs related to local urban health challenges
and health promotion including information on heart disease, immunization, and
lead poisoning. The project web site is available at www.lib.wayne.edu/shiffman/urbanhealth/.
One of the unique elements of the
program features collaboration with community-based organizations providing
health-related services to Arab Americans in Southeastern Michigan. Health
materials in Arabic and Farsi will be highlighted on the project web site.
In October 2003, Urban Health
Partners was featured as one of “several noteworthy projects" on the
National Library of Medicine’s web site for National Medical Librarians Month.
Project profiles are available online at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/lo/profiles06/gmr.html.
The Urban Health Partners
project has been funded by the National Library of Medicine under contract No.
NO1-LM-1-3513 with the Greater Midwest Region of the National Network of
Libraries of Medicine. For more information or interest in collaboration,
contact Deborah H. Charbonneau at 313-577-9593 or dcharbon@wayne.edu.
Henry Ford Sladen Library: Chat with a Librarian
On October 8, the Sladen Library http://www.henryford.com/sladen/
will offer a new way for HFHS staff and students to contact the library.
The new service is Chat with a Librarian. The chat service offers two
levels of functionality. The first level is a standard chat which allows
for text messages and web pages to be sent back and forth. The second
level is called enhanced chat. With enhanced chat, the user and the
librarian can remotely share an application such as Medline.
This would be very helpful for someone who is at one of the medical
centers who would like training on library applications but for whom it is
difficult to get to the library. The chat service is available Monday - Friday
from 8:30 to 4:30. The new service allows the Sladen Library to access a
global cooperative of libraries. Sladen Library is working on partnering with
medical libraries in the cooperative to offer chat services 24/7.
The new service also allows the Sladen staff to send reference questions to
the global cooperative for further information if the need arises. The global
cooperative libraries will also send questions to the Sladen Library and we will
be able to share our expertise world-wide.
Oakwood Hospital Library
Many of you have already had a chance to visit the new
library space, and you have been able to see for yourselves the lovely windows
and the new seating areas and offices. Oakwood
Hospital is planning a large-scale construction project.
They are planning on moving the entrance of the hospital to a new
location, which will eventually be quite near the new library location.
The Library itself reflects the new architecture and will be a complement
to the entrance structure. The staff feels strongly that the new location will
increase their consumer health service, and it will encourage many more patrons
to use the space. For those of you who haven’t had the chance, here’s a bit
of a preview.
New Oakwood Southshore Library:
Diana Balint’s New Home
Responding to a void in Osteopathic Medical Education caused by the closure
of Riverside Hospital, the Oakwood Healthcare System began a new teaching
program at the Southshore facility on Fort Street in Trenton. This is the former
Seaway Hospital. The new program began on July 1st, 2003, with five interns and
four residents with a focus on Radiology, Internal Medicine, and Family
Practice. With assistance from the Oakwood Dearborn Library, resources were
selected, shelving ordered, and the librarian hired. By June 1st, the library
was functional with policies and procedures implemented, equipment placed,
interlibrary loan system activated, and subscriptions initiated.
By 2004, the program will grow to twenty interns and residents with an
additional focus on Dermatology, Emergency Medicine, and Surgery.
Juliet
Mullenmeister
St. Joseph Mercy of Macomb
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MHSLA 2003 Education Conference / Email Conversation
From:
Eames, Cathy
To:
Vinson, Pat
Hi Pat,
How did you like your first MHSLA conference?
The theme, Pearls of Wisdom, was clever and wasn’t it nice that
everyone got a “pearl" necklace in their registration bag.
The door prizes looked good but I was jealous when one person won three
of them and when none of the winners would share their chocolate.
Good thing we all got a box of fudge in the registration bag.
I noticed we weren’t in the same sessions over the
three days. I’ll tell you about
the ones I went to if you tell me about the ones you attended.
The grant writing class “Show
Me the Money", presented by Evelyn Daniel from University of North
Carolina-Chapel Hill, was great. It
was practical because she not only told us what to include in each section of a
successful grant application but also gave us time to write.
We shared our thoughts at each step and Ms. Daniel critiqued and massaged
our attempts. Those that came into
the class with a grant idea left the class with some of the work done.
Did you attend the Health Informatics class?
From:
Vinson, Pat
To:
Eames, Cathy
Hi Cathy,
This was my third MHSLA Conference, but my first one
as a librarian. I must say this time
the perspective was different for me. As
with the wonderfully rich chocolate fudge, attending this MHSLA Conference was a
richer and more beneficial experience because of my involvement as a new
librarian.
Yes, you’re right. This
year’s theme “Pearls of Wisdom" was quite fitting for the conference.
Having an opportunity to network with many librarians from throughout the
state and Canada with varying years of experience and taking in their “pearls
of wisdom" is another unspoken conference benefit for a new librarian.
Sounds like the Grant Writing class provided everyone with a good “road
map" for preparing a successful grant application.
That’s good!
I attended the Health Informatics
class, conducted by Elizabeth Wood, from City of Hope National Medical Center in
Duarte, Ca. The class offered a
theoretical approach to the health informatics, training programs, career
options, and possible applications of informatics in existing library systems.
What did you think of the keynote speaker’s address on copyright?
His address was very informative and helped to clarify questions I’ve
had about intellectual property.
From:
Eames, Cathy
To:
Vinson, Pat
Hi Pat,
James Hilton, University of Michigan, presented the keynote address “Copyright
Surprises." He admitted that
librarians have been grappling with copyright for a long time and he usually
gives this talk to non librarians so some of the points he was about to make
would not be a surprise. His
energetic presentation, experience in the field, and real life examples made the
talk informative even if it wasn’t a surprise.
Did you know that the primary purpose of copyright was originally to
promote learning and the progress of science?
The idea of protecting intellectual property is a new idea that came into
existence around 1976. Did you know
that copyright does not protect ideas, unlike patents?
It protects works, or the expression of the idea, not the underlying
idea. Is it a surprise that
everything is protected the moment it is fixed in a tangible medium, even in
emails and on web sites? It does not
have to have the copyright symbol attached.
Did you know that only a judge could determine fair use?
All the copyright guidelines we use were developed to try to create a
balance between the author’s rights and the access rights of the public and
are just guidelines.
How did you like the business meeting that followed Hilton’s address?
Was it what you expected?
Did you attend Ruth Holst’s session on becoming an Informationist?
I know it can be a controversial topic.
How did she explain it?
From:
Vinson, Pat
To:
Eames, Cathy
Hi Cathy,
The best way to describe the business meeting was fast & fun.
“Sister Mary" (Mary Hanson) with that fantastic red hat and purple
feather boa added a light note to the by-laws changes.
I commend her and her committee for taking on the task.
I did attend Ruth Holst’s presentation “What
About Becoming an Informationist?" Ms.
Holst’s presentation dealt with MLA’s move toward Informationist as a career
option for librarians seeking to take on a more clinical role in the profession.
One point Ms. Holst did stress is the need for definition and
clarification of the role of Informationist, be it a health science librarian or
other information specialists working in a clinical setting.
Judy Field in her presentation of “Exploiting
your Competencies" offered an eye-opening look at other career options
librarians could explore.
Cathy, with so much to learn and so little time, did you pick up any tips
about wireless data networks that might help a newbie out?
From:
Eames, Cathy
To:
Vinson, Pat
Hi Pat,
I’d like to know more about the Informationist concept.
Let’s talk about it more when we have time.
“Understanding
Wireless Data Networks" by Paul Killey of University of Michigan provided
a lot of great information. He
explained what “wireless" is in a way that was understandable.
I now have some idea what 802.11, 802.15, 802.16, RFID, and bluetooth
refers to and a rudimentary understanding of radio spectrum allocation.
Imagine my dismay when I found out that water, people, paper, big
copiers, and microwave ovens are hostile environments for wireless networks.
My library is across the hall from the cafeteria with its microwave
ovens, has a big copier, is full of people (and therefore water), and paper.
It is also important to know that 802.11b and 802.11g are the most common
types of wireless LANs. 802.11b is
referred to as Wi-Fi and 802.11g available on newer machines provides more
bandwidth and can transmit full motion video.
Killey also included information about WEP, VPN, EAP-TLS, TTLS, and PEAP
which I learned all relate to access control.
From all you’ve said it sounds like the conference
was a good experience for both of us. I
know it was for me.
From:
Vinson, Pat
To:
Eames, Cathy
Hi Cathy,
Attending this year’s MHSLA Conference as a librarian provided me with the
opportunity to garner bits of wisdom, to entertain new ideas and challenges the
profession faces and a way to look for new opportunities.
The opportunity to share with and learn from other librarians and to know
that many of the challenges one is faced with is not unfamiliar.
Cathy Eames
Children's Hospital of Michigan
Pat Vinson
The Orthopaedic Specialty Hospital
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Aimee Haley is a LISP student at Wayne State
University and is working at the St. John Hospital and Medical Center Medical
Library. She received her
undergraduate degree in computer science from U of M Dearborn.
Aimee has previously worked for the biotech chemical informatics company
NovoDynamics and had an internship in the IT department of Daimler-Chrysler.
She joined MDMLG with the encouragement of Ellen O’Donnell and hopes
the networking opportunities will give her a feel for the different types of
libraries associated with MDMLG.
Jill Campbell has always worked in libraries.
She started as a library volunteer while in primary school.
Highlights of her career include Chief Librarian of the Lloydminister
Public Library and a librarian at the Royal Alexander Hospital Nursing School.
She received her undergraduate degrees in History and English from the
University of Western Ontario as well as her MLS.
Jill has been in her current position at the Health Sciences Library of
the Lambton Hospitals Group for 16 years. She
joined MDMLG from recommendations by Margaret Campbell and Toni Janik and seeks
to expand her networking opportunities.
Wendy L. Parrish is a LISP student at Wayne State
University and is planning to graduate in April 2004.
She received her undergraduate degree in Health Services Administration
from the University of Detroit Mercy. Wendy
previously worked in the library at Children’s Hospital of Michigan as the ILL
technician. She then went back to
school for pre-med at the University of Toledo.
She decided that becoming a doctor was not for her, but wanted to stay in
the medical environment. Through
networking with library/medical friends, Wendy found her current position as the
Medical Office Coordinator for the Gastroenterology department at Henry Ford
Hospital, where she enjoys the challenge of keeping the fellows and staff
schedules straight! Wendy joined
MDMLG for the networking opportunities and to stay current in the field of
medical librarianship.
 Melissa
Taylor is the Medical Librarian at POH Medical Center in Pontiac.
She received her MLIS from Wayne in August 2003.
Melissa has her undergraduate degree in Biology from the University of
Michigan. While an undergrad she
worked in ILL at the Taubman Medical Library at U of M.
Melissa joined MDMLG when she was a student to meet people in the field
of medical librarianship and learn about employment opportunities.
She has decided to become more involved with MDMLG by joining a committee
in the future.
Loretta Green received her BA in psychology from Wayne State University
and will receive her MLIS from Wayne in December 2003.
She has worked in libraries for the past 10 years, first at the Shiffman
Medical Library and now at the Science and Engineering Library at Wayne.
She is actively looking for a position in a health sciences library,
preferably in a hospital. Loretta
joined MDMLG after talking with the staff at the Henry Ford Health System Sladen
Library during a library observation project for school.
She looks forward to participating in the continuing education and
networking opportunities offered by MDMLG membership.
Louise Ochoa received her BS in Microbiology from Arizona State
University. After a career as a
microbiologist and a stint as a stay at home mom, she will receive her MLIS from
Wayne State University in April 2004. She
has volunteer experience in a school library and a special library.
Louise joined MDMLG from a recommendation by Dr. Lynda Baker and hopes to
learn more about the field of medical librarianship through membership in MDMLG.
 Druyea
Callaway is the DALNET Marketing Outreach Coordinator and an adjunct faculty
for the Wayne State University LIS program.
She received her B.A. in Sociology/Political Science from Drake
University. She worked for The
Center for Research Libraries in Chicago, City of Detroit, Cook County, and the
IRS. When her family was transferred
back to the Detroit area, she received her MSLS at Wayne and began her career as
an academic librarian. Duryea is
active in other professional organizations within the library community and felt
she needed to have additional information about specialized libraries, hence her
joining MDMLG. She appreciates the
opportunity to attend the educational programming offered by MDMLG.
Druyea also enjoys meeting MDMLG librarians who have an interest in
outreach related to consumer health and online access to authoritative
information.
Jennifer Bowen
Children's Hospital of Michigan
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MLA '04 -- Seize The Power!
The Medical Library Association’s 2004 national program
will be held in
Washington
,
DC
,
May 21-26, 2004
at the Washington Hilton and Towers.
This year’s main theme focuses on power.
Librarians have the opportunity to participate and share the power of
their unique experiences, innovations, and research.
The MLA sections and special interest groups are planning
stimulating programs of invited and contributed papers covering thirty four
“powerful" topics.
Highlights of the conference follow grouped by broad areas
of interest. Detailed descriptions of each program can be found at the MLA Web
site: http://www.mlanet.org.
Several programs related to consumer health and consumer
empowerment are offered: Making Critical
Decisions: End-of-Life Health Care where librarians can learn of ways to
help patients and their families make informed choices and decisions regarding
palliative care, hospice care, ethical and legal issues.
The Power of One to Heal the Body,
Heal the Community, Heal the Nation: health information providers and
consumer health advocates will present how consumer activism and patient
advocacy play an increasingly powerful role that is affecting the health care
delivery system at the local and national government levels.
Consumer health librarians share their stories in Power
in the Trenches.
Health literacy no longer
consists of just reading level and compliance to treatment.
Power to the Patient: New Definitions of Health Literacy
describe the new definitions and the librarian’s role of helping patients
become more knowledgeable of their privacy rights and the various health care
systems, services and programs available to them, besides helping them make
informed treatment and health management decisions.
Evidence-Based
Practice programs range from the basics in Evidence-Based Librarianship: Step-by-Step From Those Who Have Done It to
the way librarians can use evidence-based and outcomes assessment to advocate
the value of their services in The Power
of Evidence (Part 1): How Benchmarking Can Make Your Point and The Power of
Evidence (Part 2): Discovering Our Effectiveness with Outcomes.
Programs on library promotion and marketing include Paths
to Power (Part 1): Empowerment by the Numbers—Using Your Data to Negotiate
with Administrators, Paths to Power (Part 2): Negotiation and Advocacy, and
Power Rangers: Plugging into the Power.
Sudden, unpredictable changes occurring in health care
institutions, personnel and vendors are addressed in Thunder Claps and
Lightening Bolts. Librarian’s role
as a promoter and leader of change is described in Influencing Change:
Recharging the Roles of Reference and Public Services
Library technology programs comprise Mining Data for Knowledge Generation: Collecting, Using, Promoting Data
Sets, Cease the Power: Libraries and the Open Access Movement, Lighting the
Path: Digital Repositories in the Real World, and Educating the 21st Century Health Professional about information
resources found in the digital library environment. Using the Power of the Past to Energize the Present focuses on
archival collections and digitization.
Power Partners: What
Medical Informatics Can Do for Medical Librarians and What Medical Librarians
Can Do for Informatics , Building Your Power Base: Collection Development in
Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics give insight into the role of
librarians in biomedical informatics.
For academic librarians PowerPack:
Innovations in Packaging Online Curricula, Sharing the Power (Part 1): Delivery
of Effective Instruction, and Sharing
the Power (Part 2): Bioinformatics Education and the Library reveal new
technology and services in the educational arena.
Collaboration and resource
sharing are illustrated at the local level in The Power of Collaboration and internationally
in International Cooperation: The Power of
Sister Libraries.
Additional programs are listed on the MLA Website. The site
also provides detailed instructions for submitting posters and papers as well as
subscription instructions to the conference discussion list, a forum to help
plan for the conference, share concerns, find roommates, and obtain information
on housing, transportation, attractions, weather, or events.
Marie-Lise Shams
University of Detroit Mercy
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November Meeting -- Meet Our Speaker, Marcia Piotrowski
This month, MDMLG members who are able to attend the
November meeting are in for a real treat.
I recently had the privilege of speaking with Marcia Piotrowski,
RN, MS, who will be our speaker. If
I had to describe Ms. Piotrowski in one word, it would be,
“enthusiastic." Marcia is
enthusiastic about her work as Clinical Risk Manager at the VA in
Ann Arbor
; she is enthusiastic about medical librarians and she is enthusiastic
about speaking at our November meeting.
As Clinical Risk Manager, Marcia “oversees patient
and employee risk. She
partners with bedside practitioners to develop initiatives that will
foster a culture of safety within the organization."
Her safety projects have been presented at forums such as the
Quality Colloquium at Harvard University and Fostering a Culture of
Patient Safety in Michigan. She
received awards for her work in 2001 (National Patient Safety Foundation)
and in 2003 (Department of Veterans Affairs).
Marcia has been a registered nurse for over 28 years.
She lives in Ann Arbor with her husband.
They have 2 children.
Selected Bibliography:
- Piotrowski
MM, Saint S & Hinshaw DB.
Safety checklist program: an act of compassion, an environment
of quality care (abstract). Patient Safety. From Priority to
Reality, Irving, TX: VHA, Inc., 2002, 43-44.
- Piotrowski
MM, Saint S & Hinshaw DB. Expanding the avenues for addressing
patient safety. Michigan
Health & Hospitals, 2002, 38(5):33.
- Piotrowski
MM & Hinshaw DB. Safety
checklist program: creating a culture of safety.
The Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement, 2002,
28(6): 306-315.
- Banaszak-Holl
J, Alexander J, Valentine NM, Piotrowski MM, Adams-Watson JG
& Davis J. Decision-making activity and influence of nurse
executives in top management teams. Journal
of Nursing Administration, 1999; 29(4):18-24.
Carla Caretto
Oxford Public Library
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 The
next MDMLG General Business Meeting
and Brown Bag Lunch is scheduled for Wednesday, November 19th at Henry Ford
Wyandotte Hospital.
Misa
Mi from the Medical Library of Children's Hospital of Michigan has been invited
to attend the Radiological Society of North American Annual Meeting in
Chicago, IL on November 30, 2003-December 5, 2003. She will assist the National
Network of Liberalities of Medicine--Greater Midwest Region in teaching PubMed
classes and consulting with meeting attendees about the National Library of
Medicine products and services.
The DeRoy Medical
library at Providence Hospital has been selected as a site for a three-week
internship of MLA's Cunningham fellow. The fellow will be in the Detroit area in
mid-April. If anyone would like us to visit or for the fellow to spend a day or
two in your library, please contact Carole Gilbert.
Upcoming Dates:
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Date
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Event
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Wednesday, November 19, 2003
(Please note that the meeting will be held on Wednesday instead
of the traditional Thursday) |
MDMLG General
Business Meeting / Brown Bag Lunch
Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital |
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