Medical Library Collaborations

Kay DeeneyEducation & Exhibit Coordinator National Network of Libraries of Medicine Pacific Southwest Region

Medical Digital Reference ProjectPSRML sponsored with MCLS2nd level reference Public librariansRecruitment via Rmlrg7-l listserv 2001 Joint Meeting in ScottsdaleWord of mouth

Training in DigRef SoftwareSummer of 2002Los AngelesSan FranciscoRecruited the already trainedPractice starts 8/1/02Hours staffed8 am 6 pm intermittent times

About 40 Network LibrariansHospital librariansSmall and large librariesSt. Judes, Olive View, VA from NVKaiser, CA Pacific Academic institutionsStanford, USC, UC DavisOther librariesThe Health Library, Oakland Public Library, CA School of Professional Psychology

ChallengesIT departments & librariesFirewallsComputer settingsNeed for more memoryOperator errorRemembering shiftsLogging all the way inDOCLINE screen displaysJavascript problems

ClienteleWho we will servePublic librarians with health questionsCollaboration with the Law Librarians?Other 24/7 participating librariesUCLAUniversity of WashingtonBoston and the world!

Meetings Through the SystemSharing sessionsTraining updatesPubMed trainingDOCLINE instruction

AdvantagesAssistance to public librariansExperience with new technologyExperience with web trainingPossible prototype for MEDLINEplus

Future plansArizona training tentatively 1/10/03Going live!Hawaii Medical Library Extend our time periodsVoice interactions

Digital Reference: Collaborations, Big and SmallAlice Kawakami Reference Librarian/Digital Services CoordinatorKay DeeneyDigital Reference: Collaborations, Big and SmallMy experience w/ digref at UCLA;

UCDavis heard about us & joined; already trained in the software; Kay DeeneyDigital Reference: Collaborations, Big and SmallLA-9-10 people txSF #Already trainedpicked up UC-Davis, UCLA?

Kay DeeneyDigital Reference: Collaborations, Big and SmallAbout 18 real users, Kay DeeneyDigital Reference: Collaborations, Big and SmallTechnical- no homogeneity of librarians home set up

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