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Jan
04
0 comments Tags: DOCLINE, hospital librarians, hospital library advisory group
Region 7 is taking a look at DOCLINE libraries that provide documents for Rush and Urgent Patient Care requests. We will embark on this project over the next six months. We hear the concerns of hospital librarians about responsiveness during the pandemic. We share the concern that library staff were overwhelmed with additional duties, and… Read More »
Posted in: Communities of Interest
Dec
10
0 comments Tags: cybersecurity, hospital librarians, hospital library advisory group
Region 7 recently offered a webinar to prepare medical librarians to initiate plans for responding to ransomware attacks. Steve Long, CEO of Hancock Health in Greenfield, IN, shared his experiences with mobilizing disaster response procedures after a ransomware attack. Hackers used compromised account credentials to target a server located in the hospital’s emergency IT backup… Read More »
Posted in: Communities of Interest
Nov
05
0 comments Tags: hospital librarians, Massachusetts, Member Spotlight
If you had 25 hours in a day, what would you do with the extra hour? Make more desserts. I love a complicated baking project, and while my flavors and techniques are strong, I think that an extra hour would really help my decoration skills. Tell us about your position/institution. The Boston Children’s Medical Library… Read More »
Posted in: Communities of Interest
Sep
09
0 comments Tags: hospital librarians, Member Spotlight, New York
If you had 25 hours in a day, what would you do with the extra hour? If I had an extra hour, I’d like to think I would use it to get a walk in every day, or to tackle my highly neglected yard…but some days it might just be a little more sleep. It’s… Read More »
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Aug
09
0 comments Tags: DOCLINE, hospital librarians, hospital library advisory group
On August 5, 2021, Region 7 held the inaugural meeting of the Hospital Libraries Advisory Group (HLAG). Fifty librarians joined us to learn about this newly configured advisory group. Region 7 will host annual meetings and distribute an annual survey to gauge the interests and needs of hospital librarians. We will bring input directly to… Read More »
Posted in: Communities of Interest