Medical Librarians
in the MidContinental Region

Hospital Libraries

• Hospital Library Advocacy Blog
  This weblog brings together resources related to hospital library advocacy: standards and their promotion, making the business case for library services, and promotion of library within hospital and to outside organizations.

• Hospital Libraries Section of the Medical Library Association

• Future of Hospital Libraries Forum
  Presentations and Notes from MCMLA 2004

• Standards for Hospital Libraries 2002

• Preparing for JCAHO

• Resources for Hospital Librarians on Communicating their Value

Marketing and Promotion

• Medical Librarians Affect Patient Care
  Lisa McCormick, Medical Librarian, makes a difference

• MLA's Librarian Survival Kit
  Created to help you promote your value as a health sciences librarian and the value of the services you provide to your institution.

• Marketing and Justifying the Library
  Marketing strategies for immediate use and articles

• Loansome DOC
  Easy to implement! Health professionals love it and it makes your job easier!

• Information RX
  Order free promotional materials now!

Ideas for Implementation in Your Library

• EFTS: The Electronic Fund Transfer System.
  • Who participates in EFTS?
• LinkOut: Get Started.
• See Document Delivery for more ideas.

Funding Opportunities

• List of Funding Opportunities
• Grant and Funding Opportunities from NLM

Organizations and Associations

• National Associations
• MidContinental Region Organizations

Additional Resources

• Basic Medical Library Management
  Administration, Information, Resources, Collection Development, First Steps

• Evidence-Based Librarianship
  Jon Eldredge

• Free Full Text Health Resources
  • Open Access and Ejournal Resources
    Links to sites offering free open access, the open access blog and more

• Librarian and Health Educator Resources
  Find Classes, Libraries, Evaluation Resources, DOCLINE and more