Arkansas

Arkansas Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Consortium
Contact: Grace Anderson
Regional Health Sciences Library (AHEC)
10001 Towson Avenue
PO Box 17006
Fort Smith, AR 72917-7006
Phone: 479-441-5337
Fax: 479-441-5339
Email: grace@sparks.org

The Arkansas Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Libraries were established in the late 1970's. The six librarians comprised a very informal group that met quarterly. Around 1985 the group formed a consortium anticipating that some grants might be available for resource or collection development. More recently a seventh library was added with the formation of a Delta AHEC Center in eastern Arkansas. Members network, share resources and problem solve. Members meet quarterly for business and educational purposes.

Louisiana

Baton Rouge Hospital Library Consortium
Contact: Gay G. Middleton
Woman's Hospital
9050 Airline Highway
P. O. Box 95009
Baton Rouge, LA 70895-9009
Phone: 225-924-8462
Fax: 225-924-8467
Email: gay.middleton@womans.org

The Baton Rouge Hospital Library Consortium is an organization that exists to foster professionalism, promote continuing education opportunities, develop cooperative relationships, encourage new uses of technology, and provide camaraderie for librarians. Membership is individual not corporate. The membership consists of eight librarians. The consortium has existed since at least 1985.

Central Louisiana Medical Library Consortium (CLMLC)
Contact: Miriam Brown, Coordinator
P.O. Box 8784
Alexandria, LA 71306
Phone: 318-619-9102
Fax: 318-619-9144
Email: clmlc8784@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.clmlc.org

CLMLC was formed in 1997. There are six medical libraries which are full members and one ancillary member. CLMLC is dedicated to providing community-based training for health professionals, establishing technical assistance related to health care education, distributing information to health care providers and increasing and better utilizing the health information resources of Central Louisiana. The combined holdings of the Consortium are on the OPAC at http://www.clmlc.org. The Rapides Parish Library houses the consumer health collection and is the repository for the consortium server.

Health Sciences Library Association of Louisiana (HSLAL)
Contact: Donna Timm
Louisiana State University Health Science Center Library, Shreveport
1501 Kings Highway
P.O. Box 33932
Shreveport, LA 71115
Phone: 318-675-5474
Fax: 318-675-5442
Email: dtimm@lsuhsc.edu
Website: http://www.hslal.org

Health Sciences Library Association of Louisiana (HSLAL) is Louisiana's only state-wide association for health sciences librarians. The purpose of HSLAL is to encourage and promote cooperation and communication among colleagues of health sciences institutions in the state of Louisiana. HSLAL offers meetings, programs and continuing education courses within the state and in conjunction with the SCC/MLA Annual Meeting. HSLAL also offers an excellent opportunity for members to develop leadership skills through committee service.

New Mexico

New Mexico Consortium of Biomedical and Hospital Libraries
Contact: Albert Robinson, Chair
St. Vincent Hospital
455 St. Michael's Drive
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Phone: 505-820-5218
Fax: 505-989-6478
Email: albert.robinson@stvin.org

The New Mexico Consortium of Biomedical and Hospital Libraries formed in 1980. Membership consists of 11 biomedical/hospital libraries and is open to any health related institution in the state of New Mexico that expresses intent to be a cooperating member and agrees to the Bylaws. Members meet quarterly for product demonstrations, roundtable discussions and Consortium business issues.

Oklahoma

Greater Oklahoma Area Health Sciences Library Consortium (GOAL)
http://library.ouhsc.edu/goal.html

GOAL stands for the Greater Oklahoma City Health Sciences Library Consortium that began in 1977. Membership consists of 17 medical libraries and is open to any health related institution in the state of Oklahoma that expresses intent to be a cooperating member and agrees to the Bylaws. Members meet for educational programs and share resources.

Health Libraries of Eastern Oklahoma
http://www.heleo.org/index.html

Health Libraries of Eastern Oklahoma (HeLEO) started in 2001. The purpose of HeLEO is to encourage resource sharing and information exchange, to provide a forum for professional development, and to promote interest in health science libraries. Membership consists of seven libraries with health science collections in northeastern Oklahoma. The membership meets at least twice a year.

Oklahoma Health Sciences Library Association (OHSLA)
http://library.ouhsc.edu/ohsla.cfm

OHSLA (Oklahoma Health Sciences Library Association) membership consists of health sciences library personnel within the state of Oklahoma. Associate membership is available for anyone interested in health sciences information. This organization began in 1978. The group usually has two meetings per year.

Texas

Health Libraries Information Network (Health LINE)
Contact: Katie Luedecke
Alcon Laboratories Inc
Research Library
6201 South Freeway
Ft Worth , TX 76134-2099
Phone: 817-568-6400
Fax: 817-568-7686
Email: Katie.Luedecke@AlconLabs.com

The Health Libraries Information Network (HealthLINE), is the consortium of health science librarians and libraries in the north central Texas area. About 60 individual members and 20 institutional member libraries participate, sharing resources through interlibrary loan. Quarterly meetings provide opportunities for professional development and interaction, sharing and learning about trends and technological advances in health science librarianship.

Health Oriented Libraries of San Antonio (HOLSA)
Contact: Catherine Dikcis
Methodist Health Care
7700 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78229
Phone: 210-575-4583
Fax: 210-575-6379
Email: catherine.dikcis@mhshealth.com

Health Oriented Libraries of San Antonio (HOLSA) was organized in the 1980's. This group includes a diverse mix of about 20 military, private, hospital, and university medical libraries. HOLSA sponsors educational programs and provides opportunities for sharing among colleagues.

Texas Medical Center-Health Information Librarians (TMC-HIL)
Contact: Marilyn Goff, AHIP
Institute of Health Sciences-Texas Women's University
1130 John Freeman Blvd., RM 914
Houston, TX 77030-2897
Phone: 713-794-2481
Fax: 713-794-2484
Email: mgoff@twu.edu

Texas Medical Center-Health Information Librarians (TMC-HIL) was organized in late 2000. Members are health science librarians located on or near the Texas Medical Center campus.

SCAMeL

South Central Academic Medical Libraries Consortium (SCAMeL)
http://www.tulane.edu/~scamel/default.htm
University of North Texas Health Science Center
Gibson D. Lewis Library
3500 Camp Bowie Boulevard
Fort Worth, TX 76107
Phone: 817-736-2380
Fax: 817-735-5158
Email: bcarter@hsc.unt.edu

The South Central Academic Medical Libraries Consortium, known as SCAMeL, is a consortium of academic medical libraries whose directors comprise the Board of Directors. Its mission is to improve information services, library operations, and resource sharing in its member libraries in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.

FreeShare

In addition to regional groups, there is a nationwide group of over 700 medical libraries whose sole purpose is to provide free interlibrary loan service to each other. This group, called FreeShare, began in 2000. More information is available at http://nnlm.gov/libinfo/docline/freeshare.html.