Winter Happenings

Hello everyone, and welcome to the Winter 2024/2025 edition of HLSP News.

I hope you had an awesome Fall, and the Holiday season was peaceful for you. Over the past few months, I've worked to schedule field visits with the hospital librarians and liaisons for 6 of the hospital members and we have worked to increase usage of the HLSP services we provide to members including the electronic resources, our lunch and learn programs, and this newsletter. I will continue to schedule visits so if we haven't met yet this year, please know I will be in touch soon.

Please enjoy this Winter edition of HLSP News and let me know if you have any questions about anything included.

All the Best,

Christine Brown

Outreach Services Librarian/HLSP Coordinator

Field Visits

Electronic Resources

In December, we renewed SCRLC's New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) subscription. And the great news is that our subscription now also includes NEJM Evidence which was added effective 1/1/2025. So, all member hospitals now have access to both online journals. If you have any questions about NEJM Evidence, please let me know.

We also renewed our subscription for the 5 Ovid journals that we purchase for members on a cost share basis. We have 4 members who participate in the Ovid journal cost share program. If you are not currently participating and would like more information, please let me know so we can look into adding you in future years.

Health, Wellness, and Hospital Libraries

Lunch and Learn Series

On December 13, Nellie Brown from Cornell's ILR School presented a webinar that shared information on shift work and how it impacts our health. Unfortunately, Nellie wasn't able to record it due to the terms of the grant that funded the program. If you are interested in the topic and weren't able to attend the webinar, let me know.

I'm currently working on a program that addresses AI in the workplace and will share details when it comes together. We're also planning programs on mosquito borne illnesses and on how mental health impacts libraries of all kinds.

Please check our website periodically for announcements on additional programs. And if there are any topics in the health, wellness and hospital libraries arena that you'd like to learn more about, please reach out to me to share them.

HLSP Grant Program

The applications for the 2024/2025 HLSP Grants have been sent to all the member hospital librarians and liaisons, and we have received most of them. I encourage all members to return the application if you haven't done so already.

As a reminder, the purpose of the HLSP grant program is to provide funds that allow each member hospital library to purchase resources that will improve patient care. The funds are not intended to supplement the resources of an individual.

If you have any questions about whether a specific item or service is allowable, you can check the guidelines or reach out to me for information and a discussion.

Continuing Education

Upcoming Webinars

Lunch and Learn. We have one Lunch and Learn scheduled for this Winter. We are working on additional programs so please check out website.

Indoor Air Quality by Nellie Brown - January 15 at 12:00

The Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) is offering the following FREE CE classes this Winter:

R4 Connections: The Power of Mental Health First Aid

An Ethical Reflection Aid for Implementing AI in Libraries and Archives

5 Steps to an Accessible Document

LGBTQIA+ Care: Stigma, Disparities, and Terminology

The Medical Library Association (MLA) is offering the following CE classes this Winter:

ChatGPT and Beyond: Strategies for Effective AI Communications.

Critical Conversations: Building Workplace Communication Skills

For a complete listing of MLA CE classes, check out their website.

And keep in mind that the MLA Conference will be held in Pittsburgh, PA this year from April 29 through May 2, 2025. The preliminary program has been posted and there are some interesting CE opportunities.

NOTE: There is a charge for each MLA CE class with a discounted price for members. SCRLC may be able to pay for your registration for MLA programs so keep that option in mind for these or any other courses on the MLA website.

Recently Recorded Webinars:

On October 2, as part of our Health, Wellness and Hospital Libraries Lunch and Learn series, we held a program on vaccine updates for Fall/Winter 2024-2025 and you can view the recording.

On July 10, as part of our Health, Wellness and Hospital Libraries Lunch and Learn series, we held a program with on vaccine hesitance, and you can review the recording here.

Also, as part of our Health, Wellness and Hospital Libraries Lunch and Learn series, we held a program on October 18, 2023, by Mandy Roome, PhD titled All About Ticks.

In August 2022, SCRLC offered an NLM webinar on the topic of Trauma-Informed Librarianship and seats remain available. Let me know if you would like to access to this webinar at no charge.

NNLM held a webinar on DOCLINE and FREESHARE in August and it was recorded. We encourage you to check out the recording if you use DOCLINE.

MedlinePlus Tutorial for Librarians & Health Educators - self-paced. This interactive, narrated tutorial provides a tour of the MedlinePlus website and explains why MedlinePlus is a trusted reference when answering health information questions.

This tutorial takes about 1 hour to complete. (1 CE credit)

Additional resources include recordings of past webinars, which can be found here.

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