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MAR Update. Helen Tannenbaum Outreach and Communications Coordinator NN/LM Middle Atlantic Region 1-800-338-7657. Overview . Staffing Value of Libraries Study Funding Teaching Network Services. New Director for the RML . Neil Rambo, MLibr

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MAR Update

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  1. MAR Update Helen Tannenbaum Outreach and Communications Coordinator NN/LM Middle Atlantic Region 1-800-338-7657

  2. Overview • Staffing • Value of Libraries Study • Funding • Teaching • Network Services

  3. New Director for the RML • Neil Rambo, MLibr • Director, Health Sciences Libraries and Knowledge Informatics, • Director, Middle Atlantic Region, NN/LM • Former Acting Director, University of Washington Health Sciences Library • Former Acting Director and past Associate Director of the NN/LM Pacific Northwest Region

  4. Value of Libraries Study • Purpose : • to understand the value of the health library, information services and the librarian • To demonstrate the impact of your library on patient care. • Research includes: • Surveying physicians, residents and nurses in participating hospitals to assess the value of the library and information services in patient care. • Interviews with selected physicians, residents and nurses from participating hospitals to understand the role of the library resources and the librarian in providing information related to patient care. • Focus groups with librarians in the region to validate and confirm research findings.

  5. Value of Libraries Study, cont’d • Volunteers Needed • Participants from our region will have priority • Click the Values Study Link on MAR’s Homepage http://nnlm.gov/mar/about/value.html • Contact Neil, Sue or Kate at the RML for further information

  6. Awards and Funding • Currently opened for applications: • Small Outreach Projects Awards • Up to 8 awards of up to $2,000 each • Application deadline is 12/31/10 • Small Projects Awards • 9 awards of up to $1,000 each • Application deadline is ongoing • Recently Closed • Health Literacy Awards – announcements to be made shortly • Recently Awarded – 24 Technology Improvement Awards

  7. Technology Improvement Awards • 24 awards of up to $7500 each announced on 9/24/10 • Awardees included: • Baruch College Newman Library • Jersey Shore University Medical Center • LILRC • Northport VA • NYU Health Sciences Library • Hackensack University Medical Center • St. John’s Riverside/Cochrane School of Nursing • Staten Island University Hospital • UMDNJ • White Plains Hospital Center

  8. Educational Offerings • NCBI Discovery Workshops – October 18 &19 at NYU HSL • Waiting list only • The New MedlinePlus – October 12, 10am • Licensing Electronic Resources – October 19, 10am • Docline Routing Tables and Reports – October 28, 10 am • Free Productivity Tools - November 16, 2pm

  9. Network Services – MARdelivery • MetroDoc service migrated to MARdelivery on 7/20/2010 • MARdelivery opened to all MAR members on 9/8/2010 • MetroDOC user were mainly in NYC • MARdelivery users are from all 4 MAR states • As of 9/29/2010, there are 33 MARdelivery libraries, up from12 MetroDoc users •  Interest form and training materials available at http://nnlm.gov/mar/rsdd/mardelivery.html • Since March 2010, MAR has added 23 new members

  10. Thank you Questions?

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