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Medical Library at HealthAlliance Hospital-

Leominster Campus.

Frank Landry, MSLS, AHIP

HealthAlliance

Medical Library Manager &

Coordinator of Medical Education

Library Locations and Hours Medical Library --Leominster Campus 2nd Floor

-- South 2.

Phone Ext. 4035 Fax: 4038

Monday--Thursday 7AM to 3:30 PM.

See “Staffed Hours” Library Intranet page.

E-Mail: Library@healthalliance.com

Medical Library Staffed Hours

Mondays:                      Closed     Tuesdays:                     9 AM to 3:30 PM   Hospital Grand Rounds (Guild)               7 AM to 9AM     Wednesdays                 9 AM to 3:30 PM                                       Resident’s Conference Room                7 AM to 8:30AM       Thursdays                     9 AM to 3:30 PM                                       Tumor Board  (MD Conference Room B)           11:30 AM to 1:30 PM   South 2.     Closed Fridays

Background

U. Mass Boston BA 1974

Simmons College MLS + MBLC Cert. 1985Advanced Study inLibrary Management 2000/01

MLA- Academy of Healthcare Info.

Professionals 10+ Yrs.

Boston College Library System 1974

12 years / 4 divisions Mount Auburn Hospital

2 1/2 years Asst. Lib. Waltham-Weston

5 years Med. Library.

Heywood Hospital

5 years Libr. + CME HealthAlliance - 12 yrs.

Lib. Mgr. + CME

Service Objective

The HealthAlliance Medical Library services the entire hospital community including the medical, nursing, and allied health staffs. The medical library also serves patients, students and members of the local community. The medical library is an active participant in the National Network of Libraries of Medicine and other regional consortia for resource sharing.

Information Requests:

Visit--Usually Best. Complicated requests, call for appointment.

Phone: (Leominster Campus. Ext. 4035) Fax: (978) 466-4038 (Internal ext.

4038) E-Mail: Library@healthalliance.com Hospital Intranet- Library online request

form.

State of the Library Report 1997/98

Both library facilities and collections in deplorable condition. 5th floor.

Outdated book collection. Journal subscriptions canceled for two years.

All resource sharing services had ceased. Very limited Online searching/ No Internet. Library was considered inactive. Pharmacy now occupies the area.

State of Library Report 1998/99.

Collections weeded, New Books Ordered. Journal titles ordered/updated. Interlibrary loan services reinstated. Online Bibliographic Lit. Searches Current Awareness Service. Mediated Internet Access. (Leominster) Fax Service Available. Commendation from Mass. Med. Society.

JCAHO Survey- January 1999

Library passed-no deficiencies. Mr. Cronin Administrative Surveyor.

Recommendations: Consumer Health Facility, TQM/CQI materials.

Telemedicine-Awareness.

October 1999 Library Moves

As new facilities came online within hospital, space was needed for other Patient Care departments.

Medical Library temporarily moved into a tiny resource room near the cafeteria and overflow was moved into Burbank Hospital Medical library.

8 years! 1999-2007 in resource room.

Leominster CollectionMAIN BRANCH South 2

Mediated Online Literature Searching. Pubmed / Infotrac/ StatRef

Wi-Fi Internet Access. Index Medicus (Pubmed Online) / CINAHL- Ebsco

Host. Main Library 500+ current books, 100 active journal

titles. Medicine / Nursing /Allied Health. Online Inter-Library Loan Service ( 1 week) Consumer Health Library

Free Internet access - Reference Texts, Encyclopedias, Patient Care Literature. [Omnigraphics textbook Series]

Medical Library Area – South 2 Opened March 2007

1. Consumer Health Collection

2. Medical Librarian’s Office

3. Medical Library Recent Journals—Up to 1 year backfile. Textbooks -- 5 Year Limit. Core Reference Collection

Consumer Health Resource Room

Free wireless access to Internet.

Consumer Health Resource Room –

Encyclopedias, General Reference Texts, and Educational Resources.

Medical Library Area – South 2 Opened March 2007

1. Consumer Health Collection

2. Medical Librarian’s Office

3. Medical Library Recent Journals—Up to 1 year back file. Textbooks -- 5 Year Limit. Core Reference Collection

Medical Library- Librarian’s Office.

Medical Library Area – South 2 Opened March 2007

1. Consumer Health Collection

2. Medical Librarian’s Office

3. Medical Library Recent Journals—Up to 1 year back file. Textbooks -- 5 Year Limit. Core Reference Collection

Medical Library –

CirculatingTextbook Collection

Medical Library --Core Clinical Reserve Collection --Reference Texts:

Basic collection of standard reference texts representing various medical, surgical, nursing and allied health specialties and subspecialties. (1st Purchase Selections)

-Education and Library Committee.

-User Surveys/ Needs Assessments.

Materials never circulate except for clinical emergencies.

Medical Library- Journal Print Collection

100 Journal titles print.

Medical Library Area

Lit search Area. Online Databases [ Ex. PubMed etc.] and Internal Databases

{Ex. Up To Date – E- Medicine.}

Burbank Collection

Closed in 2006.

Entire collection was transferred to Leominster Campus after Medical Library’s move to South 2 in Early March of 2007.

Library Services: Intranet Reference

Go to Hospital Intranet Icon Click on to “Departmental Pages.” Scroll down to Medical Library

Section. http://intweb/HAL/

Blue Side Bar to the following Online References: Medical Library Information Requests Stat REF-Full text reference books Info Trac- Gen.Databases Ebsco Host- Specific Medline Plus—Consumer Health PubMed– Clinical/ Biomedical/ Nursing journal citations.

Medical Library Web Pages

http://intweb/HAL/

Hospital’s Intranet Icon / link

http://intweb/hal/library/index.cfm

Specific link to the Medical Library’s online pages.

MedLine-Plus Online Tutorial

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tour/tour.html

8 Minute Video produced by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine.

Consumer Health Resource.

Pubmed - Medline

PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 17 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources.

www.pubmed.gov

Medline Searches/ Nursing CINAHL

Mediated computerized literature searches using the National Library of Medicine data bases (MEDLINE / HEALTH) are available. PubMed

www.pubmed.gov

CINAHL- Available on EBSCO HOST on the medical library’s Intranet pages.

Services: Inter-Library Loan

Journal articles and books available for loan from other libraries.

Delivery time varies: Same day for articles from journals the library has

by subscription. 3-6 business days local requests, usually free. 1-2 weeks for Govt.. Documents/ Out of State Major Resource Libraries--Fee For Service

(Boston College, Harvard Med., U. Mass. Medical Center--$15.00 mail. $24.00 + fax.)

Service:Notary Public

Medical librarian is a licensed NOTARY PUBLIC for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Please call/visit the medical library if you have any documents to be notarized.

LIBRARY DOES NOT PROVIDE LEGAL ADVICE.

Services AV

Medical Librarian promotes live broadcasts of JCST-TV specialty programming hospital wide. For academic credit Popular topics (ACLS, and Hosp.

Management, CDC, NIH, U. S. Army Surgical Service.)

Opportunity to question experts live by direct call in.

Service will END in December 2008.

CME- Hospital Grand Rounds

Leominster Campus-Guild Conf. Room. Tuesday Mornings 7:30AM-8:30AM. Open to

all clinical staff. Library & CME Committee

Principals Dr. Edison Wong – CME Director Ms. Michelle Martin- Manager of Physician

Services Frank Landry, CME Coordinator.

Committees / Resource Support

Education and Library Committee. (CME) Medical Residency Program (Wed. AM) Oncology / Cancer Committee/ Tumor Board. Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee Hospital Information Services (Med. Records) Patient and Family Education. ( Outreach Pgrs.) Corporate Education ( Staff / Nurse Educators) Schwartz Center Rounds. (CME 5th Tues.)

Committees / Resource Support

Perinatology / Neonatology Rounds Ethics Committee. IS Committee (Info. Services.)

Ongoing Programs

Collection Development Books / Journals/ Online services.

Partnership -- U. Mass. Medical Center Systems/ services Partnered Libraries –Local Community

Hospitals.

Outreach-- Internal - Inter-Departmental - Committees Local Community- Public Libraries

Ongoing Programs

Expanded Outreach to Local Communities. Public Libraries: Leominster Semi-Annual

Programs on Consumer Health.

Other Libraries: Gardner and Fitchburg. Consumer health programs to be negotiated with

their adult services librarians.

Local Community Centers

Ongoing Programs

Telemedicine-

Expressed desire of medical staff to develop broadcast link with U. Mass. Medical Center to broadcast / transmit Grand Rounds / Clinical Conference programming between both institutions and / or among partnered institutions, with ACCME Category 1 CME Credit. Part of Hospital Strategic Plan. Ex. Tandberg/ U Mass.

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