NN/LM NER Regional Advisory Council Members
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Overview
The Regional Advisory Council advises NN/LM—NER on all program areas and assists in the evaluation of program areas. The RAC and its entities provide feedback on current trends and issues facing libraries and assist in identifying opportunities for collaboration and outreach throughout the region.
Subcommittees, Working Groups, and Task Forces:
- Standing subcommittees are ongoing groups with a specific charge.
- Working groups may be convened a limited number of times throughout the contract period; their work is episodic.
- Task Forces will be convened to address specific areas of the RML Statement of Work.
Subcommittees
Consumer Health Advisory Subcommittee
The Consumer Health Advisory Subcommittee identifies potential areas of consumer health outreach and reviewd courses under development by the Consumer Health Information Coordinator.
Cheryl Bryan Southeastern Massachusetts Regional Library System Lakeville, MA |
Alberta Richetelle UCONN Healthnet Farmington, CT |
Janet Eckert Western MA Regional Library System Whately, MA |
Mary Ann Slocomb Lifespan Libraries, Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI |
Amy Frey Hospital for Special Care New Britain, CT |
Cindy Stewart Dartmouth College Lebanon, NH |
Alan Lampson Frymoyer Community Health Resource Center of Fletcher Allen Health Care Burlington, VT |
Julie Whelan Countway Library, Harvard Boston, MA |
Linda Oliver Curtis Memorial Library Brunswick, ME |
Hospital Library Subcommittee
The Hospital Library Subcommittee informd the RML on issues related to the status of hospital libraries in the region. The subcommittee’s charge is to inform the NN/LM-NER of ongoing hospital library concerns and to explore strategies which promote the value of health science libraries within health care institutions.
Margo Coletti BIDMC |
Shirley Gronholm Hartford Hospital |
Denise Corless Caritas Norwood Hospital |
Mimi Guessferd Parkland Medical Center |
Deb Clark Stephens Memorial Hospital |
Sheila Hayes Portsmouth Regional Hospital |
Barbara Davis Newport Hospital |
Betsy Merrill Northeastern VT Regional Hospital |
Anne Fladger Brigham & Women’s Hospital |
Resource Library Directors
Resource Library Directors are an advisory group convened to for periodic updates and discussion of ongoing concerns of academic medical institutions
Eric Albright Tufts University |
Richard Kaplan Mass College of Pharmacy |
Wanda Anderson (liaison) Boston College |
Kenny Marone Yale University |
Marianne Burke University of Vermont |
Alexa McCray Harvard University |
Fran Becker Baystate Medical Center |
Evelyn Breck Morgen University of Connecticut |
Janet Cowen Maine Medical Center |
Tovah Reis Brown University |
Mary Blanchard Boston Universtiy |
Mary Ann Slocomb Rhode Island Hospital |
William Garrity Dartmouth Colleg |
Elizabeth Schneider Massachusetts General Hospital |
Shirley Gronholm Hartford Hospital |
Working Groups
Resource Sharing
Resource Library Directors are considered advisory group convened to for periodic updates and discussion of ongoing concerns of academic medical institutions
Mary Angelotti Yale University |
Frances Foret Tufts University |
Ron Chabot Dartmouth College |
Bart Hollingsworth Brown University |
Janet Cowen Maine Medical Center |
Training and Education:
Will assist in Training and Education Assessment; provide guidance on Training and Education Program and the development of the proposed Winter Series
Cynthia Arnold Midcoast Hospital |
Alison Clapp Children’s Hospital |
Janene Batten Yale University |
Linda Spadaccini Waterbury Hospital |
Ellen Burchill Brassil New Britain General Hosptial |
Task Forces
Emergency Preparedness Task Force:
Will assist NER in developing and implementing a regional emergency preparedness plan as advised or dictated in the NEPP developed by NLM
Donna Beales Lowell General Hospital |
Barabara Davis Newport Hospital |
Sarah Burge Yale University |
Claire LaForce Rutland Regional Medical Center |
Historical Collections Task Force:
Will assist NER in identifying unique historical collections that are held by non-member libraries but are of some significance to the history of medicine.
Marjorie Anderson Mercy Hospital, Maine |
Patty Kahn Penbay Medical Center |
Toby Appel Yale University |
Dr. Richard Kahn Penbay Medical Center |
Emily Beattie Boston University |
Jocelyn Leadbetter Maine Medical Center |
Angie Chapple-Sokol University of Vermont |
Ellen More University of MA Medical School |
K Kathryn Hammond Baker Harvard Medical School |
Nancy Ross Women and Infants Hospital, RI |
Joseph Harzbecker Boston University |
Lorna Wright UConn Health Center |