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Cindy Love Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC)

Disaster Information Management Research Center. Connections: Emergency Preparedness for Librarians and Emergency Management Personnel Health Sciences and Human Services Library, UMB, Nov 18, 2010. Cindy Love Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC)

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Cindy Love Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC)

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  1. Disaster Information Management Research Center Connections: Emergency Preparedness for Librarians and Emergency Management PersonnelHealth Sciences and Human Services Library, UMB, Nov 18, 2010 Cindy Love Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC) National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health

  2. US National Library of Medicine • World’s largest bio-medical library, part of NIH • 9 million items in collection • http://www.nlm.nih.gov • Services: PubMed, MedlinePlus and many others • 900 million searches of PubMed done each year! • Articles from 5,200 journals indexed monthly • Over 20 million PubMed citations • Research and Development • Biomedical informatics and communications • New focus: Disaster information Mission Collect, organize, and disseminate biomedical information.

  3. Librarians, Libraries and Disasters – Why? • NLM Long Range Plan: • Ensure…effective use of libraries and librarians when disasters occur. • [demonstrate] how libraries and librarians can be part of the solution • Events of the last decade have focused national attention on disasters • Attributes of the profession: service-oriented, motivated to connect people and information • Skills of the profession: collect, organize, disseminate quality information crucial to disaster work and public health emergencies • Library buildings, computers, Internet access can help communities re-connect and re-build

  4. What are the differences?

  5. What’s the same?

  6. Who benefits from disaster information outreach? Librarian using WISER to identify sarin gas for ED director during a drill. Communities planning for and responding to disasters • Healthcare providers and the public health workforce • Hospitals and other healthcare institutions • Emergency planners and responders • Government agencies with disaster responsibilities • Academic programs and researchers • Military and civilians providing international humanitarian assistance • Patients & families • People with special needs

  7. Who are Disaster Information Librarians? Learning Resource Center, National Emergency Training Center, Emmitsburg, MD Disaster Information Specialist Pilot Project participants Library liaisons to academic programs in emergency management, public health, and related. Faculty teaching and researching on libraries and disasters Those who went through a disaster, whose experiences laid the foundation for this program. NLM and Regional Medical Libraries staff Directors and staff of disaster libraries Informationists – subject specialists Hospital librarians

  8. What are Disaster Information Specialists doing? CASE STUDY: H1N1 outbreak Forwarded critical info to hospital and government decision makers Provided clinicians with latest treatment guidelines Directed the public to trusted health information sources Maintained quality, timely information on Web sites and publications Provided references on vaccinations, risks to children and pregnant women, public health measures to control the spread, epidemiology and more

  9. What are Disaster Information Specialists doing? When it’s quiet… • Collect, organize and disseminate disaster materials from non-commercial sources, peer-reviewed literature, social media • Expand collections of disaster-related resources • Support hospital emergency planning activities • Teach responders about REMM, WISER • Participate in disaster drills • Host community preparedness events • Support researchers’ information needs • Network with local emergency operations, public health • Update Web sites, blogs, and library guides on disaster topics

  10. Disaster Information Specialist Program The program supports librarians so that they in turn can support their communities. Major components of the program: • Identify roles for librarians in all phases of disaster work: preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery. • Encourage librarians to participate by building a community of practice and a culture of preparedness. • Develop training and certification/specialization.

  11. Identify roles Experiment with new activities at selected pilot sites and learn from experiences in earlier disasters. Stitt Medical Library National Naval Medical Center New York University Uniformed Services Univ of the Health Sciences Medical Library

  12. Building a community of practice, a culture of preparedness • Health information guides on specific events: Haiti earthquake, H1N1, Gulf oil spill • DISASTR-OUTREACH-LIBe-mail discussion list and weekly news to 430+ subscribers in all 50 states and 10 countries • Monthly calls on current disasters, public health emergencies • Preparedness for impact on library buildings, staff or services - a major focus of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine • Partnerships for mutual aid at the national level (National Network of Libraries of Medicine) and local level (Bethesda, Sarasota)

  13. Develop Training and Specialization Develop a specialty area in the MLA CE program for the role of “Disaster Information Specialist” to prepare librarians to fill a key role in assisting organizations with planning for and responding to all types of emergencies. Proposed by Ruth Holst, President Medical Library Association Just started…NLM funding for the Medical Library Association to develop a national training curriculum and specialization program on disaster information topics for all participants in disaster medicine and public health preparedness.

  14. Disaster Information Outreach SymposiumMarch 29-30, 2011 • DAY ONE – full day • Meeting information needs of disaster/emergency workers • Communications and information synthesis at the time of disaster • Library buildings, resources, staff as assets for local disaster response • DAY TWO – half day • Professional development opportunities for disaster-interested librarians • WHY ATTEND? • Outstanding speakers and special guests • Eligible for continuing education credit from MLA • No cost to register http://disasterinfo.nlm.nih.gov/dimrc/symposium2011.html

  15. For disasters and emergencies For planners and responders • What resources does the National Library of Medicine have for you? • What can the library community do for you?

  16. Medical Information • PubMed, http://pubmed.gov • MedlinePlus for public outreach materials, http://medlineplus.gov • Radiation Emergency Medical Management, http://www.remm.nlm.gov • WISER – Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders, http://wiser.nlm.nih.gov • Subject guides on disaster topics, http://disasterinfo.nlm.nih.gov/dimrc/subjectguides.html • Emergency Access Initiative – reference books, medical journals, UpToDate, Cochrane, at no cost during selected disasters, http://eai.nlm.nih.gov

  17. The Bethesda Hospitals’ Emergency Preparedness Partnership (BHEPP) In 2004 three hospital leaders recognized great vulnerability of Bethesda area to extreme patient surge in event of major disaster in National Capital Area First military-federal-civilian hospital preparedness partnership in the U.S. NLM later joined the partnership to conduct research and development to: Strengthen communications interoperability Maintain information access during disaster Support responder training & education http://www.bethesdahospitalsemergencypartnership.org 18

  18. Lost Person Finder Patient Management Disaster Research and Development Initiatives • Virtual World Disaster Training • Laser Back-up • Dark Fiber Back-up • MARS Radio Back-up • Wireless Voice Bridge • Digital Pen • Patient Data Exchange • Patient RFID Tracking • SureScripts/ RxHub Prescription Drug Access • Disaster Information Specialist Communications Family Reunification Information Access Responder Training

  19. What can the library community do for you? • Get to know the libraries in your community and strategize with them on roles in a disaster • Exchange training – you introduce the librarians to disaster work and they introduce you to online health information • Partner with a library to be your source for hard-to-find information The day of the disaster is not the time to be exchanging business cards.

  20. Cindy Love, M.L.S. Technical Information Specialist Disaster Information Management Research Center Specialized Information Services Division, NLM, NIH 301-496-5306 cindy_love@nlm.nih.gov

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