Lunch with the RML Schedule

When: Held last Thursday of each month, Noon - 1 pm / Archives

Where: http://nnlm.gov/mar/ (the URL is posted the morning of each session)

• Award Recipient Project Reports / October 25, 2012

  Awardee: Patricia Carroll-Mathes, Southeastern New York Library Resources Council (SENYLRC)
  Project: Expanded Information Access for Public Health Workers: A Partnership between the Dutchess County Department of Health (DCDOH) and Southeastern New York Library Resources Council (SENYLRC)
  Description: The Southeastern NY Library Resources Council partnered with the Dutchess County (NY) Department of Health and other departments in Dutchess County (Mental Health, Aging and Emergency Management), to expand the access to, and use of, freely available, quality health information by public health workers through a combination of education and training for the 130 person Health Department and to offer subsidized document delivery services through Loansome Doc and web-based interlibrary loan (ILL) request forms.

  Awardee: Barbara Ciambor, Rochester Regional Library Council (RRLRC)
  Project: Outreach Training to Unaffiliated Health Professionals in Rural Areas
  Description: Provided a training program to health professionals in the rural counties surrounding Rochester, NY: Livingston, Ontario, Wayne, and Wyoming counties. Training was how to identify and use reliable web-based and free information resources when they have a need for patient care or patient safety information. The emphasis was on unaffiliated health professionals, especially RNs and social workers, although other health professionals will also be welcomed to any sessions. To better reach target audiences in these rural areas, the training sessions were delivered via live and recorded webinars as well as through on-site training. It was proposed that there would be five onsite sessions and four live webinars. The live webinars were recorded and available on the CLIC-on-Health “For Local Health Professionals” site, as well as being freely available to anyone.

  Awardee: Joanne Mullenbach and Bridget Conlogue, The Commonwealth Medical College
  Project: Integrating Library Resources, Technology, and Point-Of-Care
  Description: The Commonwealth Medical College (TCMC) librarians purchased 10 tablets for use by second year medical students, as a pilot program to enable convenient and easy access to clinical and health information via library resources while students are out in the field. Students were encouraged to take tablets with them into clinical settings, i.e., physician’s offices and hospital settings, for the benefit of patient education, to support their own learning and research, and to share with teacher physicians up-to-the-minute clinical information resources.

  Awardee: Julia Sollenberger and Steve Clary, University of Rochester
  Project: Spearheading the Transition to iPads in the Medical School Curriculum at the University of Rochester Medical Center
  Description: The Library purchased iPads and associated software and accessories for the librarians, technology support staff, and e-Learning staff to the Library. Hands-on experience and training in iPad technology was intended to extend the knowledge base of those librarians and staff and prepare them to support the customers of the Library in their use of these mobile devices. In particular, the library prepared for the planned 2012 rollout of iPads to first-and second-year medical students. These devices were purchased and loaded with resources and apps deemed necessary for enhancing the students’ learning and information seeking.

   

• Award Recipient Project Reports / November 29, 2012

Awardee: Mary Evans, HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley: Medical Libraries at Benedictine, Kingston, and Margaretville Hospitals
Project: iPads and Clinical Staff: Using Mobile Devices to Access Evidence-Based Knowledge
Description: Their plan was to acquire five iPads. One would be for the use of the Benedictine librarian, and one would be for the librarian at Kingston Hospital. The third and fourth would be made available for loan to nurse educators or nurse managers at Benedictine and Kingston Hospitals for them to use and demonstrate in the clinical areas. The fifth one would be for use by the Director of Education and the Director of Nursing at Margaretville Hospital. All three hospitals have wireless guest access that would support the iPads.

Awardee: Beth A. Lewis, Fox Chase Cancer Center / Talbot Research Library
Project: iPads to Support Outreach, Mobile Technology and Instruction Outside the Talbot Research Library
Description: The award funded 3 iPads and relevant hardware/software for medical librarians to enhance and expand outreach reference service, to allow librarians to learn and use mobile applications of products, to support clientele in using these tools, and to increase visibility of the library and librarians in the institution. Project objectives were:

• To enhance reference service encounters outside the library.
• To improve presentations on library resources at orientations outside the library.
• To educate librarians in using and supporting mobile technology.
• To expand service to include mobile technology.

Awardee: Debra Rand, Hofstra North Shore - LIJ School of Medicine at Hofstra University
Project: Exploring and Evaluating the use of iPad Technology in a First Year Medical School Curriculum
Description: iPads loaded with a defined group of textbook applications (apps), study/productivity tools, and medical related apps were distributed as a pilot project to a cohort of ten faculty and ten students to determine the feasibility, efficacy, and preference for this type of technology in improving access to health and scientific information in the classroom, the initial clinical experience (ICE), and in the student’s self‐directed learning. Usage was tracked, training was provided, and the technology was assessed to determine if requiring iPads is a viable technology solution for upcoming student classes.

Awardee: Mary Jo Russell, Vassar Brothers Medical Center / Health Quest
Project: “Librarians Without Walls” – Applying Mobile Technology to Virtual Library Services at a Regional Medical Center
Description: iPads were purchased to improve library services by allowing librarian/patron encounters to occur in any location. Improvements in services included immediate demonstrations, portability, instant access to e-resources in meeting settings, simplified exchange, and hands-on experience. Wireless access and portability allowed for a more proactive outreach to boost awareness of library resources and services, not only to in-house staff but also to underserved staff in areas such as outpatient therapy, oncology care, wound care, specialty surgery, ob/gyn clinic and home health.