Idaho

Idaho State University Health Sciences Library: Under director Nancy Griffin's leadership the Idaho Health Sciences Library (ISHL) has conducted several innovative outreach projects. Currently, Nancy is using town meetings and focus groups to assess information needs and raise awareness of resources in rural communities, networking with thirteen public libraries in remote areas of SE Idaho. A recently completely activity established Internet access and provided followup training for Community and Migrant Health Centers.

Montana

St. James Community Hospital: Montana Medical librarian Laurel Egan is the only hospital librarian in a seven-county expanse in southwestern Montana (and she's only part-time). Her outreach program provides training for patients and healthcare professionals in Silver Bow and Beaverhead counties, frontier areas impacted by the mining industry. Laurel is working with community health centers and service organizations to provide access to consumer health resources and basic internet skills development.

Oregon

The OHSU Library is pleased to announce that Friday Valentine has accepted the position of Digital Resources Librarian. This is a new position in Library and Information Services which deals primarily with the creation of a database of streaming video for the OHSU community. Friday received her MLS in 1997 via the Emporia State University distance education program in Oregon. She was previously employed at Blackwell's Book Services in Lake Oswego. In her spare time, she is active in the Society for Creative Anachronism. Friday reports to Janet Crum and will spend time working in the Library and with the OSHU video production unit.

posted on HLIB by Diane Carroll 1/9/01

The OHSU Library welcomes Karen Finney, a new reference librarian. Following is her introduction to you all:

I received my Bachelor's degree in English from the University of Puget Sound in my hometown of Tacoma, Washington. Two years later, I decided it was time to explore another part of the country, so headed to the Midwest, where I attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison and received my Master of Arts in Library Science. While I enjoyed Wisconsin, the beauty of the Pacific Northwest was calling me home. I got my feet wet in two one-year library positions in Oregon, the first at Linfield College, the second at Portland Community College. After living in Portland for a year, I knew that I wanted to make it my home, and was thrilled to begin my position as Reference Librarian at Oregon Health Sciences University. When the weekends arrive, I'm often snowboarding up at Mt. Hood or enjoying the beaches.

submitted 2-2-01 by Dolores Judkins

New Contact Information

Hi everyone, since starting a new job at Kaiser Permanente on January 22, I have naturally acquired a whole new set of contact information. Everything, it seems, but a carrier pigeon service... here's the info for those who keep track. (I could also include my personal cell phone and the addresses for the SIX email accounts I suddenly realized I currently have--though some are in transition -- but that would make technology truly too scary.) So here's just the work stuff.

Valerie Lawrence Kaiser Permanente Clinical Information Systems Librarian 2850 NW Nicolai St. Portland, OR 97210

voice (503) 778-2415 pager (503) 904-0326 fax (503) 778-2491 email valerie.j.lawrence@kp.org

 

 

originally submitted 2-7-01 to hlib-nw by Valerie J. Lawrence

 

For those who are wondering about the librarian structure at Kaiser (as I did until a few weeks ago!) Daphne Plaut is still at the Center for Health Research. Ann Haines is still directing NW regional library services from the Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center. I'm replacing Rosemary Burris. I'm not based in a traditional library and I don't have a physical collection. If any of you are curious about the position, drop me a line.

 

See you all at Salishan, if not before!

Val

 

I Made It to the East Coast!

 

Hi, all you HLIBBers! I just wanted to let you all know I made it to the East Coast and am trying to unlearn my VA ways and learn Navy ways! Argh! Weather hasn't been too much different from the NW, but we have had a small bit of snow (4 inches where I live, maybe 2 inches at work) which is mostly gone already. I would love to hear from anyone, and if any of you are out for a visit (to NLM, say?), please let me know, so we can have lunch or something! (We are across the street and down a block or so from NLM!).  My particulars are below:

Cathy Jordan, Medical Librarian E.R. Stitt Medical Library National Naval Medical Center (aka Bethesda Naval Hospital) 8901 Wisconsin Ave. Bethesda MD

(301) 295-1185 (301) 295-6001 fax cmjordan@bethesda.med.navy.mil

 

See y'all later! (I'm trying out my Texas twang!)

 

originally posted 1-25-01 to hlib-nw by Cathryn Jordan

Washington

Please welcome the latest (that I know of) addition to our extended family.

Emory Alexandra Hoelscher-Hull arrived November 3, 2000 at 9:14pm. She was 7 pounds 4 ounces, 21 inches long.  Emily Hull, our web mistress, is already back at work.

Dear Colleagues,

Due to financial difficulties, Stevens Hospital is laying off 80 FTEs, including me! Library service as we know it will end January 8th.

I have asked Susan Barnes to deactivate Stevens' DOCLINE account until further notice. Those of you who have WAUMEH in your routing lists may wish to replace it with that of an active library.

My five years at Stevens have passed quickly and pleasantly. Thank you for your superb service and for your good will.

Lynne

Lynne Graber, Librarian
Stevens Hospital

originally posted 1/2/01 to hlib-nw by Lynne Graber

Hello everyone,

Before the year is out, I wanted to fill everyone in on some news from this part of the state. First, the old news - Effective Oct. 2nd, Sarah McCord became the new Health Sciences Electronic Resources Librarian. Sarah is a recent graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Library and Information Studies. She was previously employed as a paraprofessional at numerous U Wisconsin-Madison campus libraries, including Chemistry, Health Sciences, and Business. She's also our new liaison to the College of Pharmacy. She's made the rounds in Spokane, but has yet to travel to libraries outside the Inland Empire. Salishan is on our list for next year, though. In the meantime, you can contact her at: mccord@wsu.edu. We are very happy to have her here.

Secondly, as of January 2, 2001, the name of our library will be officially changed to the Health Sciences Library. This past summer more than 70 medical journals were transferred down from the Owen Science and Engineering Library as well as liaison and collection development activities for the WWAMI Program and Pre-nursing. Our OPAC records will now read HLTH, Health Sci, and/or Health Sciences, and thanks to Sarah, we'll also have a new web page.

Happy holidays to everyone, Vicki

Vicki Croft, M.S.L.S., AHIP
Health Sciences Library
Washington State University

originally posted 12-22-00 to hlib-nw by Vicki Croft

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Northwest Notes / 21(4) Oct.-Dec. 2000 / March 1, 2001