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The Goldilocks Method: Demonstrating Your Value In Small, Medium, And Large Bites, Heather J. Martin May 2019

The Goldilocks Method: Demonstrating Your Value In Small, Medium, And Large Bites, Heather J. Martin

Heather J Martin, MISt, AHIP

Background : In an era of financial constraint hospital libraries are facing closer scrutiny and must prove their value in order to survive. Leadership at a large health system library found the traditional written annual report lacked the impact needed to capture the attention and the imagination of administration. Taking different approaches over the years, this library has found a solution that is “just right”, creating three very different documents – small, medium, and large – to demonstrate its worth.

Description : Library leadership moved away from the traditional written annual report toward a one-page infographic that depicted the library’s …

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Building A Health System Institutional Repository: Setting Yourself Up For Success From The Start, Heather J. Martin, Basia Delawska-Elliott, Daina Dickman May 2019

Building A Health System Institutional Repository: Setting Yourself Up For Success From The Start, Heather J. Martin, Basia Delawska-Elliott, Daina Dickman

Heather J Martin, MISt, AHIP

Background : While more common in university settings, institutional repositories (IR) have a place within hospitals and healthcare systems too, though the challenges in creating them may be different. This paper looks at the development of a Digital Commons institutional repository at Providence St. Joseph Health. The authors present the necessary steps for a successful initiative beginning with the planning process and building from there. Highlighted are some of the different challenges faced in non-academic settings; considerations when selecting a platform and designing and structure; and recommendations for doing outreach and promotion to unique user groups.

Description : Library staff …

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Hospital Libraries: A Path Forward, Basia Delawska-Elliott, Wm. Brian Elliot Mar 2019

Hospital Libraries: A Path Forward, Basia Delawska-Elliott, Wm. Brian Elliot

Basia Delawska-Elliott, MLIS, AHIP

Program Description: Despite our profession’s constant evolution to address the changing needs of our users, many health sciences libraries, particularly hospital libraries, are under scrutiny by their institutions. Many of these libraries are facing closure. In fact, a recent study of health sciences library closings [Schwartz, Elkin 2017] found that from 1989-2006 approximately 23-34% of US health sciences libraries closed. Furthermore, between 2011 and 2015, 613 libraries closed, for an average of 115 closings per year [Thibodeau, Funk 2009]. But why? What was the rationale for these closings? Was the decision based solely on economic reasons, or were there other …

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