Diana McDuffeeNorth Carolina AHEC Digital Library

Diana_McDuffee@unc.eduhttp://library.ncahec.net/ILS/Intranet/powerpoint/

Hospital_Librarians_Symposium.ppt

We provide personal logins that can be used anywhere and support customization.

•Personalized login with my name•Frequently used resources in the center

We provide personal logins that can be used anywhere and support customization.

•Personalized login with my name•Frequently used resources in the center

We also work with hospital IT services to establish institutional accounts for general on-site access to hospital resources.

We also work with hospital IT services to establish institutional accounts for general on-site access to hospital resources.

Collections:

Core collections for key clientele More resources for the price – Economy of scale Site license purchasing / cost-sharing Centralized Electronic serials management

Fully developed, customizable digital library interface

Technical troubleshooting / online help desk

Remote access for all users

Usage statistics

Future endeavors

Federated search Collaborative tools Point of care products

Technical Development:W

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Support for librarians:A

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Resources Management:

Lead collection development decisions

Negotiate prices with vendors

Determine the cost-share for members

Three types of members:

University affiliated off-campus faculty, medical residents, and preceptors (resource access covered under university licenses)

Individual health professionals’ memberships

Staffs of 30 hospitals with institutional membershipscost-share based on hospital size 30 hospitals - varying in size from 170-1400 beds

62%14%

8%

8%6% 2%

Hospital Staff Preceptor AHEC Faculty/StaffMedical Residents Paid Member Other

Hospital consortium resources:

Ovid Medline, EBSCO CINAHL, and Pubmed with article links

Ovid Evidence Based Medicine Reviews

Ovid Core Biomedical Collection

LWW Nursing Premier

LWW High Impact Journals

New England Journal of Medicine

Stat Ref textbooks

UNC and AHEC support is based on a statewide mission of public service and community support, which is critical to success of the ADL

Hospital librarians make the consortium successful

While the consortium pricing per member is cost effective, it is still a challenge to meet the huge annual price increases incurred from the vendors and publishers.

Our future lies in creating more value-added services beyond purchasing licensed resources.