Meeting at UCLA
On Wednesday Gary attended the Resource Library Directors meeting at UCLA. Once a year the Regional Medical Library (RML) brings together the directors of 12 academic libraries in the California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii and Pacific Islands region to discuss issues of importance, to share information and the learn about programs at the RML. Although negotiations are still ongoing between the RML and the National Library of Medicine, we hope to soon have a subcontract with the RML to support some of our outreach activities. This will be a real help to our budget next year.
Library budget needs
Last week Gary delivered a report to the Vice President for Health Affairs, Dr. Crist, describing budget projections for the next nine years. This brief report also laid out several plans for supplementing the library’s state budget. Later today or early on Monday, Dr. Crist will receive a report from Jeanette and Gary proposing budgetary support from the UA Health Network (UMC, UPH and Kino). Many other libraries receive support from their clinical partners and we feel that this is a good time for the UA Health Network to step up to the plate.
Other budget news
President Shelton is scheduled to announce the UA budget for the coming year later today. We have heard that there may be a 10% cut but don’t know if that would be applied equally to all departments, etc.
Showing posts with label outreach. Show all posts
Showing posts with label outreach. Show all posts
Friday, March 18, 2011
Friday, April 9, 2010
Thanks Tessie, Welcome Yamila, the smell of carpet in the morning
Thank you Tessie!
Thanks to Tessie for organizing the staff picture, rounding up those of us who couldn’t be here for it and for putting together the nice collage. The photo will be useful for various promotional publications.
Welcome back Yamila!
Yamila El-Khayat a former Knowledge River Institute intern at AHSL and now a SIRLS graduate, has joined the outreach staff for a few months to participate with Annabelle and Brooke on the 3 border projects we are a part of:
-- Frontera Collaboration (with Texas and New Mexico academic libraries, and Pan American Health Organization)
--Promotoras project (aka Komen project)
--US-Mexico Border Centers of Excellence Consortium.
Yamila’s work is supported with grant funds.
New carpet smells
The new carpet tiles do not use any glue to hold them to the floor. There are small adhesive patches that hold them together. However there is still an odor generated from the carpet itself. The smell in my office has been less noticeable every day and, after two weeks, is not too bad. Expect to smell the new carpeting as it is put down in your area. Let the office know if you think you might need some accommodation.
Thanks to Tessie for organizing the staff picture, rounding up those of us who couldn’t be here for it and for putting together the nice collage. The photo will be useful for various promotional publications.
Welcome back Yamila!
Yamila El-Khayat a former Knowledge River Institute intern at AHSL and now a SIRLS graduate, has joined the outreach staff for a few months to participate with Annabelle and Brooke on the 3 border projects we are a part of:
-- Frontera Collaboration (with Texas and New Mexico academic libraries, and Pan American Health Organization)
--Promotoras project (aka Komen project)
--US-Mexico Border Centers of Excellence Consortium.
Yamila’s work is supported with grant funds.
New carpet smells
The new carpet tiles do not use any glue to hold them to the floor. There are small adhesive patches that hold them together. However there is still an odor generated from the carpet itself. The smell in my office has been less noticeable every day and, after two weeks, is not too bad. Expect to smell the new carpeting as it is put down in your area. Let the office know if you think you might need some accommodation.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Kudos to Outreach, Harmony
Kudos for our Outreach Program
Last week I was asked to do a presentation about our Outreach projects at the Regional Medical Library (RML) in Los Angeles. The RML provides support for our efforts through a contract. I narrowed my presentation down to about five of our activities. The response was overwhelming. All of the library representatives attending the meeting were very impressed. The RML included a summary of the presentation when they described their program to representatives of the National Library of Medicine. I was just the messenger and the credit goes to Pat, Jeanette, Annabelle, Mikel, Mary R. and many others who have helped out.
Harmony
Congratulations to Tessie who has two photographs in the current issue of Harmony, the humanities magazine of the AHSC! One of her photos is misidentified as a drawing thanks to the incredible special effects she used. We have several copies in the office if you’d like to see one and a copy should soon be on the shelf in special collections.
Last week I was asked to do a presentation about our Outreach projects at the Regional Medical Library (RML) in Los Angeles. The RML provides support for our efforts through a contract. I narrowed my presentation down to about five of our activities. The response was overwhelming. All of the library representatives attending the meeting were very impressed. The RML included a summary of the presentation when they described their program to representatives of the National Library of Medicine. I was just the messenger and the credit goes to Pat, Jeanette, Annabelle, Mikel, Mary R. and many others who have helped out.
Harmony
Congratulations to Tessie who has two photographs in the current issue of Harmony, the humanities magazine of the AHSC! One of her photos is misidentified as a drawing thanks to the incredible special effects she used. We have several copies in the office if you’d like to see one and a copy should soon be on the shelf in special collections.
Friday, October 17, 2008
All Staff meeting minutes
All Staff Meeting
Minutes
October 16, 2008
Outreach
Gary asked Jeanette, Pat and Annabelle to give a brief description of their outreach work.
Jeanette gave an over view of the AHS library outreach users:
1. Arizona health care providers
2. Arizona public health officials/workers
3. Arizona residents of all ages
4. Arizona librarians
5. Clientele of UA programs we support or partner with (ex., Kosovo, Panama, organizations/people in border areas)
6. NOT UA affiliated
7. AZHealthInfo
8. AZ Go Local and TC4C Go Local
9. NLM products and health-related websites
10. AHSL librarians
11. Governmental, agency, educational, library and community partners, whenever possible
A few years ago the Library received a grant from PSRMLS to reach out to special groups i.e. Arizona Indian Tribes and Hispanics. The grant is to improve access to health care information in these populations. Other current projects include but are not limited to:
1. We Search program with SIRLS – Pat and Annabelle
2. Tribal Librarians conference - Pat
3. TC4C and AZ Go Local - Jacque and Staff
Annabelle reported the following:
AHSL is in partnership with SIRLS to implement the WE Search program. On behalf of SIRLS and Dr. Bradley, I presented the program before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. Pat and I are co-advisors to the program where three Knowledge River scholars serve as mentors to seven high school students. We also received funding from Dr. Francisco Garcia, from the COM, off his human papilloma virus (HPV) REACH US grant. Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health Across the U.S. WE Search students will develop a digital story on human papilloma virus (HPV).
The WE Search team will be working on digital stories on health topics for Sunnyside High School teachers and community members. The high school students are trained to evaluate health information and prepare information for their school and community. They participated in the Pima County Public Library system Get Fit Event last month. They will participate in the AIDS Walk hosted by UA on Oct. 19 and they will have a table a the UA's Jr. Scientist Day. In development is a health information-seeking workshop for community members and parents. Participants come to campus on a Saturday and students will lead the workshop bilingually. (So is the plan).
I am working to develop an information resources workshop for REACH Grant - Outreach Coalition members made up of community stakeholders, agency representatives and community health workers/promotoras.
Pat reported the following:
Pima County Community Health Task Force (PCCHTF)
Bringing together AHSL, Pima County Health Department, Pima County Public Library (PCPL), U of A College of Nursing, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and the Women's Center of Excellence at the College of Medicine to look at health issues and outcomes for the county. Selected activities
Summer speaker series - we assisted with handouts and finding speakers
Community assessment workshop - bringing in public health nurses, promotoras, and others to develop capacity for the community
Brought together the College of Nursing and PCPL Sam Lena Branch for a community assessment and then program planning based on the findings.
Poster at the USPHS (Public Health Service) conference and AzPHA (Arizona Public Health Association)
Submitted Health Literacy Research grant.
Looking into finding funding for a 1/2 day health literacy workshop/conference.
Tribal conference held Sept. 29, 2008
Has 48 attendees compared with 14 from 3 years ago.
Very positive feedback from participants via letters and emails.
Thanks to all who assisted with this endeavor
TC4C (Tribal Connections 4 corners)
Community-based projects
AZ's project is in Hard Rock, a community that is about 2 hours north of Winslow on the Navajo Nation.
Going through the process of getting endorsements from the chapter house and health boards before going before the Navajo IRB - a long and involved process when coordinating with 3 states.
Gary will be attending the Regional Medical Library Directors meeting next week he has been asked to give a 30-minute presentation on our outreach program, and as you can see by the projects we are involved with everyone in the Library has been touched by our outreach services at one time or another. He thanked everyone for their contributions to the various programs.
Budget
The Provost received 75 white papers you can view them at
http://provost.arizona.edu/white_paper_proposals
The President announced a hiring freeze effective immediately, so the search that Gary announced last week for a new COM Liaison Librarian will not take place. We are hearing that the freeze could be in place for 18 to 24 months, as with everything regarding the budget we will have to wait and see how this plays out.
The search is underway for an AZHIN funded librarian to support education and training for AZHIN members, especially those without a librarian on staff. We have interviewed two candidates and anticipate the position being filled within the next couple of weeks. Because this position is not state-funded, it is not affected by the hiring freeze.
Javad passed out UA Cares and United Way pledge forms.
Minutes
October 16, 2008
Outreach
Gary asked Jeanette, Pat and Annabelle to give a brief description of their outreach work.
Jeanette gave an over view of the AHS library outreach users:
1. Arizona health care providers
2. Arizona public health officials/workers
3. Arizona residents of all ages
4. Arizona librarians
5. Clientele of UA programs we support or partner with (ex., Kosovo, Panama, organizations/people in border areas)
6. NOT UA affiliated
7. AZHealthInfo
8. AZ Go Local and TC4C Go Local
9. NLM products and health-related websites
10. AHSL librarians
11. Governmental, agency, educational, library and community partners, whenever possible
A few years ago the Library received a grant from PSRMLS to reach out to special groups i.e. Arizona Indian Tribes and Hispanics. The grant is to improve access to health care information in these populations. Other current projects include but are not limited to:
1. We Search program with SIRLS – Pat and Annabelle
2. Tribal Librarians conference - Pat
3. TC4C and AZ Go Local - Jacque and Staff
Annabelle reported the following:
AHSL is in partnership with SIRLS to implement the WE Search program. On behalf of SIRLS and Dr. Bradley, I presented the program before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. Pat and I are co-advisors to the program where three Knowledge River scholars serve as mentors to seven high school students. We also received funding from Dr. Francisco Garcia, from the COM, off his human papilloma virus (HPV) REACH US grant. Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health Across the U.S. WE Search students will develop a digital story on human papilloma virus (HPV).
The WE Search team will be working on digital stories on health topics for Sunnyside High School teachers and community members. The high school students are trained to evaluate health information and prepare information for their school and community. They participated in the Pima County Public Library system Get Fit Event last month. They will participate in the AIDS Walk hosted by UA on Oct. 19 and they will have a table a the UA's Jr. Scientist Day. In development is a health information-seeking workshop for community members and parents. Participants come to campus on a Saturday and students will lead the workshop bilingually. (So is the plan).
I am working to develop an information resources workshop for REACH Grant - Outreach Coalition members made up of community stakeholders, agency representatives and community health workers/promotoras.
Pat reported the following:
Pima County Community Health Task Force (PCCHTF)
Bringing together AHSL, Pima County Health Department, Pima County Public Library (PCPL), U of A College of Nursing, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and the Women's Center of Excellence at the College of Medicine to look at health issues and outcomes for the county. Selected activities
Summer speaker series - we assisted with handouts and finding speakers
Community assessment workshop - bringing in public health nurses, promotoras, and others to develop capacity for the community
Brought together the College of Nursing and PCPL Sam Lena Branch for a community assessment and then program planning based on the findings.
Poster at the USPHS (Public Health Service) conference and AzPHA (Arizona Public Health Association)
Submitted Health Literacy Research grant.
Looking into finding funding for a 1/2 day health literacy workshop/conference.
Tribal conference held Sept. 29, 2008
Has 48 attendees compared with 14 from 3 years ago.
Very positive feedback from participants via letters and emails.
Thanks to all who assisted with this endeavor
TC4C (Tribal Connections 4 corners)
Community-based projects
AZ's project is in Hard Rock, a community that is about 2 hours north of Winslow on the Navajo Nation.
Going through the process of getting endorsements from the chapter house and health boards before going before the Navajo IRB - a long and involved process when coordinating with 3 states.
Gary will be attending the Regional Medical Library Directors meeting next week he has been asked to give a 30-minute presentation on our outreach program, and as you can see by the projects we are involved with everyone in the Library has been touched by our outreach services at one time or another. He thanked everyone for their contributions to the various programs.
Budget
The Provost received 75 white papers you can view them at
http://provost.arizona.edu/white_paper_proposals
The President announced a hiring freeze effective immediately, so the search that Gary announced last week for a new COM Liaison Librarian will not take place. We are hearing that the freeze could be in place for 18 to 24 months, as with everything regarding the budget we will have to wait and see how this plays out.
The search is underway for an AZHIN funded librarian to support education and training for AZHIN members, especially those without a librarian on staff. We have interviewed two candidates and anticipate the position being filled within the next couple of weeks. Because this position is not state-funded, it is not affected by the hiring freeze.
Javad passed out UA Cares and United Way pledge forms.
Friday, August 29, 2008
Lots of news!
Nuñez to testify!
Annabelle will join Jana Bradley, Director of the UA School of Information Resources and Library Science (SIRLS), to testify before Congress in Washington on September 11 at 10 AM. They will testify as witnesses at the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities of the Committee on Education and Labor of the U.S. House of Representatives hearing on "Examining the Role of Museums and Libraries in Strengthening Communities." This bipartisan hearing will examine the role that museums and libraries play in strengthening communities and will look at the Knowledge River program which recruits Native American and Latino students to SIRLS and includes community outreach to teens to address health concerns in Tucson.
Carol also helping to govern!
Carol has accepted an appointment to the Arizona Governor’s Health Care Workforce Plan committee. She has already attended a meeting in the Governor’s Conference Room in Phoenix.
PHRILS & PILS
Don’t miss the new exhibits in the cases in 2101. They highlight the AHSL liaison programs in the Colleges of Public Health and Pharmacy. The exhibits were created by Jennifer and Annabelle.
Libraries or Librarians
Here’s a blog posting from Scott Plutchak, Director of the Lister Hill Library at the University of Alabama – Birmingham. You may agree or disagree but he has some interesting ideas about the core values of the library. The date of his post is August 27, 2008. If it’s been replaced with a newer post you’ll find his piece in his Archives on the left side of the page.
http://tscott.typepad.com/
Tribal Librarian’s Gathering
On Monday, September 29, the AHSL will be hosting a gathering of Tribal Librarians from around the state. A busy program is planned and there will be a variety of exhibitors. More details to come as we get closer to the date. Info at: http://phoenixfriends.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/you-are-invited-to-the-6th-annual-tribal-librarians-gathering/
From the College of Pharmacy Newsletter regarding incoming Vice President Dr. William Crist:
“Crist and his staff will occupy space on the second floor of Drachman Hall in the pharmacy wing, where continuing education and communications are currently located. Individuals presently housed in that space will be relocated.”
Annabelle will join Jana Bradley, Director of the UA School of Information Resources and Library Science (SIRLS), to testify before Congress in Washington on September 11 at 10 AM. They will testify as witnesses at the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities of the Committee on Education and Labor of the U.S. House of Representatives hearing on "Examining the Role of Museums and Libraries in Strengthening Communities." This bipartisan hearing will examine the role that museums and libraries play in strengthening communities and will look at the Knowledge River program which recruits Native American and Latino students to SIRLS and includes community outreach to teens to address health concerns in Tucson.
Carol also helping to govern!
Carol has accepted an appointment to the Arizona Governor’s Health Care Workforce Plan committee. She has already attended a meeting in the Governor’s Conference Room in Phoenix.
PHRILS & PILS
Don’t miss the new exhibits in the cases in 2101. They highlight the AHSL liaison programs in the Colleges of Public Health and Pharmacy. The exhibits were created by Jennifer and Annabelle.
Libraries or Librarians
Here’s a blog posting from Scott Plutchak, Director of the Lister Hill Library at the University of Alabama – Birmingham. You may agree or disagree but he has some interesting ideas about the core values of the library. The date of his post is August 27, 2008. If it’s been replaced with a newer post you’ll find his piece in his Archives on the left side of the page.
http://tscott.typepad.com/
Tribal Librarian’s Gathering
On Monday, September 29, the AHSL will be hosting a gathering of Tribal Librarians from around the state. A busy program is planned and there will be a variety of exhibitors. More details to come as we get closer to the date. Info at: http://phoenixfriends.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/you-are-invited-to-the-6th-annual-tribal-librarians-gathering/
From the College of Pharmacy Newsletter regarding incoming Vice President Dr. William Crist:
“Crist and his staff will occupy space on the second floor of Drachman Hall in the pharmacy wing, where continuing education and communications are currently located. Individuals presently housed in that space will be relocated.”
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