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July - September 1997 Volume 18 Number 3
Letter from the Chair
Marcy Horner hornerm@kmc.org
One of the joys of being a librarian is the opportunity
to learn something new everyday. The request for the really unusual and
rare, the newest research, or an alternative approach to therapy, gives
us the chance to hone our creative problem solving tools on a daily basis.
There are those days when one more new thing is one too many, but you can
reassure yourself that the clinical evidence shows that streching your mind
everyday helps keep it young !
During the course of searching for materials for an upcoming hospital-wide
management retreat, I came across a web-page "Thriving in the Information
Age" (www.imaginiz.com). The author, Gareth Morgan, has some thought-provoking
ideas about how to implement change, and the importance of ROI (Return on
Intellect _not_ Return on Investment) in today's business world. He talks
about the need to make changes in the 15% of our world that we have control
over, rather than being overwhelmed by attempting to make changes throughout
the system. He also speaks of the effectiveness of incremental, evolutionary
changes. These are the kinds of changes that we, as individuals, can make
in our worklives and organizations.
I'm looking forward to dicussing some of these ideas with our membership
as we formulate our long-range strategic plans at next week's conference.
See you in Portland!
Notes from the Editor
Kathy Murray afktm@uaa.alaska.edu
Drum Roll Please!
The PNC/MLA website is officially live and ready for your viewing at
http://weber.u.washington.edu/~pncmla/. On the site you'll find a link to
1997 conference info, recent issues of Northwest Notes, and other information
about the workings of the organization. Coming soon will be the bylaws,
the program planning manual, and any other information that members might
find useful. Send your suggestions to Emily Hull, PNC Web Editor, at eehull@u.washington.edu.
[NB: If other regional health/medical associations have web sites up and running, please send their URL's to Emily.]