ALBERTA
Lea Starr has returned to the University of Alberta to be Reference
Librarian at the Science and Technology library.
IDAHO
submitted by Joan Hust
The DeArmond Consumer Health Library opened in August of 1996.
It is located in the Health Resource Center at Kootenai Medical
Center. The Director of the two libraries at KMC is Marcy Horner.
We are a partner of the Cooperative Information Network of Kootenai-Shoshone
Area Libraries. Our mission is to ensure that every citizen of
Kootenai County has access to the resources they need to make
informed choices about their health care.
We feel quite fortunate that we have met many needs in the community. One may request information by phone, e-mail, web page, and walk in; bookmarks and pads are in the Admit pkgs for new patients, doctor offices, pharmacies, and health food stores.
The patients call us for information to be delivered to them in the hospital. Some manage to walk over to the Library with their IV stands.
One teenager was in a very serious car accident which involved a traumatic head injury. We were able to write a grant that enabled us to purchase books, videos, cassettes, et al., that was of great benefit to the parents of this young man.
We have interaction with innumerable support groups, and they include information about use of the library to their patrons. We are located across the hall from the Social Services, which we are able to support with our literature.
We tape from satellite daily so our video collection is quite an asset to us along with the cassettes, cd's, and the latest in hardcover as well as paperback books. Our alternative medicine references are well used daily. Because we are part of the Kootenai County Library system, with daily Pony Express pickup service, one may check out materials from us and return them to any Kootenai County Library.
Thank you for your interest in our Consumer Library.
OREGON
submitted by Carolyn Olson
We have been playing musical library chairs at Legacy in Portland. Dana Witten Graves, who is also an RN, left her reference position at Emanuel for a research nursing position at Legacy in ophthalmology. Cindy Muller, Meridian Park, has taken the reference position at Emanuel. So a half time position for Meridian Park will be posted soon.
On the Linfield side of the Linfield/Good Samaritan library, Caroline Mann has moved to the Univerity of Portland and Patrice O'Donovan of OHSU will be the new Linfield Librarian. Stacy Short, Linfield Library Technician, is leaving to pursue her MLS at the University of Texas at Austin. Mary Trapp is the new Linfield Library Technician.
WASHINGTON
submitted by Marie R. Bronoel
Dear Colleagues
I am happy to introduce Ken Willer, who will be heading the Horton Health Sciences Library at Providence Seattle. Before moving to the Northwest, Ken was the Director of the Medical Resource Facility of Los Gatos, California. Prior to that his extensive library service has been in New York State. Ken's new E-mail address is kwiller@providence.org. Please join me in welcoming him.
submitted by Bob Pringle
Retirement After 30 Years Service!
At the end of May, the staff of the Betty M. Anderson Library at the I.C.N.E. retired their card catalog. In use since the school was founded in 1968, the (expanded and refinished)catalog was an attractive centerpiece of the library's activities. Its departure made room for two more public computer workstations. The computers, purchased as part of the overall automation project funded by a generous grant from Erik and Sherrilyn Anderson, complete the set of six now available for use in the library.
After intensive work by Tech Services/Reference Librarian Mary Wood, the College of Nursing's book catalog is accessible in the library (and to anyone with internet access) through Griffin, the EWU/WSU joint automated catalog. The Griffin address is http://griffin.wsu.edu. The collection includes current and historical books in Spokane, as well as the collection in the Reference Room at the College's Yakima satellite.
Library staff members Babs Hachey, Leslie Liddle, Jeanne Wagner, and Nancy Wagner have completed applying barcodes to the book collection (in addition to their other responsibilities), in preparation for use of the automated circulation system. The entire library staff will undertake learning the circ system this summer; we expect to be using it this fall.
The catalog furniture will be disposed of under WSU and state policy for excess furniture; we've saved all the cards from the catalog for use as note cards for folks searching the automated catalog.
submitted by Margery Keppel
Today is my last day as the librarian at Harrison Memorial Hospital.
As of Monday, I will be working full-time at HealthCOMM, a private
for-profit health care company in Gig Harbor.
Therefore, there will be an opening for a librarian at Harrison.
To find out a full description of the position, call Vicki Enslow
at (360) 792-8750 or call Linda Milgrom at the RML.
I'm not going away, just transitioning.
Frech Health Sciences Library Harrison Memorial Hospital
2520 Cherry Avenue, Bremerton, WA 98310
Margery Keppel, Librarian, (360) 792-6500
Dan Nolan, Library Tech., (360) 792-6501
E-MAIL: harrison@wln.com;
FAX: (360) 792-6515