Strategic Planning
The Administrative Team spent a very productive day and a half working with our facilitator, Rick Forsman, to design a strategic planning process. We will use the All Staff meeting on Feb. 4 and another about two weeks later to begin this process. Watch for an email before the Feb. 4th meeting with a document for you to comment on. The ATeam is looking forward to working with you on this multi-part plan.
Articles on library space
In the latest issue of the Journal of the Medical Library Association I coordinated the publication of six articles describing how health sciences libraries have recently lost or been asked to give up space. You can find my introduction and the six articles (including one about our experience with the fourth floor) in the printed journal or online in the Case Studies section at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/pmc/issues/183881/
Showing posts with label planning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label planning. Show all posts
Friday, January 22, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Webinar, Video and Planning
Refugee resources webinar
On Thursday at noon Mary R. and Pat presented a webinar about sources of health information for refugees and others who may speak languages other than English. There were over 40 people watching from all over the United States and I’m sure that they found the presentation as interesting and informative as I did. Mary and Pat were using the WebEx software, which seemed to work very well for those of us viewing the presentation on our computers.
YouTube?
Annabelle is working with staff members in Biomedical Communications to produce a short (under 2 minutes) video about RefWorks. This is an experiment to see if this kind of “spot” can be used in D2L modules or on our website to bring attention to library resources.
Strategic Planning
Next week we’ll take the first step in planning for the library for the next five years. This process will soon involve everyone in the library. On Thursday and Friday the Administrative Team will be working with Rick Forsman, former director of the health sciences library at the University of Colorado. Rick will help us to plan a process for gathering input from the whole staff.
On Thursday at noon Mary R. and Pat presented a webinar about sources of health information for refugees and others who may speak languages other than English. There were over 40 people watching from all over the United States and I’m sure that they found the presentation as interesting and informative as I did. Mary and Pat were using the WebEx software, which seemed to work very well for those of us viewing the presentation on our computers.
YouTube?
Annabelle is working with staff members in Biomedical Communications to produce a short (under 2 minutes) video about RefWorks. This is an experiment to see if this kind of “spot” can be used in D2L modules or on our website to bring attention to library resources.
Strategic Planning
Next week we’ll take the first step in planning for the library for the next five years. This process will soon involve everyone in the library. On Thursday and Friday the Administrative Team will be working with Rick Forsman, former director of the health sciences library at the University of Colorado. Rick will help us to plan a process for gathering input from the whole staff.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Health information in other languages, etc.
Health information in other languages
Mary Riordan has compiled a collection of health topics in a variety of languages common to refugees in the U.S. Links to these documents appear on AZHealthInfo and copies have gone out to many public health and library groups in Arizona. You can see these documents by going to http://azhealthinfo.org, selecting “Local or State” next to Health Topics and then browsing for items such as “Cancer Resources for Refugees”. An example is: http://www.healthinfotranslations.com/pdfDocs/angina-Hindi-Fin.pdf
A few items from the Administrative Team
The “ATeam” is reviewing possible library-wide goals and projects for the coming year. A few of the possibilities are the “space committee”, increased public relations/awareness, working closely with the new Dean in the College of Nursing on her initiatives, review of and possible redesign of the web site and exploring a partnership with the College of Pharmacy and TGen around their recent grant.
On November 6, 2009 the College of Medicine and the University Press will be having a reception in the library for the release of a memoir of Dr. Merlin K. “Monte” DuVal, first Dean of the College of Medicine. Dr. Duval’s family has been invited.
Gary will be in Washington, DC during the week of October 19th to attend the “capstone”/graduation for this year’s class of AAHSL/NLM Leadership Fellows, including Sandra Martin. The week will involve visits to the National Library of Medicine, the NIH library, the Association of Research Libraries and the Association of American Medical Colleges with panel discussions at each site. Sandra is so appreciative of the welcome that she received at AHSL. This will be a proud moment for her and an educational experience for all in attendance.
Mary Riordan has compiled a collection of health topics in a variety of languages common to refugees in the U.S. Links to these documents appear on AZHealthInfo and copies have gone out to many public health and library groups in Arizona. You can see these documents by going to http://azhealthinfo.org, selecting “Local or State” next to Health Topics and then browsing for items such as “Cancer Resources for Refugees”. An example is: http://www.healthinfotranslations.com/pdfDocs/angina-Hindi-Fin.pdf
A few items from the Administrative Team
The “ATeam” is reviewing possible library-wide goals and projects for the coming year. A few of the possibilities are the “space committee”, increased public relations/awareness, working closely with the new Dean in the College of Nursing on her initiatives, review of and possible redesign of the web site and exploring a partnership with the College of Pharmacy and TGen around their recent grant.
On November 6, 2009 the College of Medicine and the University Press will be having a reception in the library for the release of a memoir of Dr. Merlin K. “Monte” DuVal, first Dean of the College of Medicine. Dr. Duval’s family has been invited.
Gary will be in Washington, DC during the week of October 19th to attend the “capstone”/graduation for this year’s class of AAHSL/NLM Leadership Fellows, including Sandra Martin. The week will involve visits to the National Library of Medicine, the NIH library, the Association of Research Libraries and the Association of American Medical Colleges with panel discussions at each site. Sandra is so appreciative of the welcome that she received at AHSL. This will be a proud moment for her and an educational experience for all in attendance.
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Digital Repository
We are in the very early stages of working with the Main Library on a Digital Repository. The repository will act like a database of digital collections. They may be archival, historical, scholarly publications, or sound or video files. The collections will most likely represent the intellectual work of the university but may include items such as the digitized minutes of the Pima County Medical Society which we have been working on.
Here are links to two examples of existing repositories.
University of Utah http://ir.utah.edu/
University of Kansas https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/dspace/
To begin with, the project members are looking at adding materials to the repository that are already in a digital format. At some point we might want to digitize materials for inclusion. We might be able to do this “in-house” or we may have to outsource it. Digitization could include tasks such as scanning, assigning chapter headings, adding metadata (keywords, indexing), etc.
Do you know of materials that would be good candidates for inclusion in the UA Digital Repository?
Can you imagine a role that you might play in helping to create the repository?
How could the library work with faculty to encourage contributions to the repository?
Here are links to two examples of existing repositories.
University of Utah http://ir.utah.edu/
University of Kansas https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/dspace/
To begin with, the project members are looking at adding materials to the repository that are already in a digital format. At some point we might want to digitize materials for inclusion. We might be able to do this “in-house” or we may have to outsource it. Digitization could include tasks such as scanning, assigning chapter headings, adding metadata (keywords, indexing), etc.
Do you know of materials that would be good candidates for inclusion in the UA Digital Repository?
Can you imagine a role that you might play in helping to create the repository?
How could the library work with faculty to encourage contributions to the repository?
Liaison Program
We have started extending our liaison program with two and soon three librarians spending large amounts of time physically located with the groups they are serving. But the questions below apply to all liaison activities.
How can you or your department support the liaison librarians?
What information can the liaison librarians bring back from users that would be useful to you or your department?
Can the liaison librarians help to publicize the services that you or your department offer?
Would it be useful for you to meet regularly with the liaison librarians?
How can you or your department support the liaison librarians?
What information can the liaison librarians bring back from users that would be useful to you or your department?
Can the liaison librarians help to publicize the services that you or your department offer?
Would it be useful for you to meet regularly with the liaison librarians?
Planning for 2008
The next two posts describe two projects that are a focus for us in the coming year. If you have suggestions for other projects that need attention, please comment on this message. Otherwise, please post your comments on the appropriate message.
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