LSU-HSC Library: An Overview

• 1. Brandon BeckhamAmelia BristerHang Hoang Reed Mathews

2. LSU-HSC opened in1967. First library in VACenter Basement. Construction lastedfrom 1971-1975. New library had 4floors, 156,000 bookcapacity. Today, has three floors,39,000 square feet 3. Library receives overwhelming support. Hospital departments contribute financially. Active alumni association helps with funding. Local and state lawmakers also supportive. 4. Currently, library is 39,000 sq. ft. on threefloors. Main entrance is on second floor. Top floor holds bound periodicals, study space. Bottom floor hosts collections management,cataloging. 5. The Louisiana State University Health Science Center Shreveport(LSUHSC-S) Medical Library serves the students, faculty, staff andpatients of its parent organization. The three schools of the LSU Health Science Center are 1. The School of Medicine 2. The School of Graduate Studies 3. The School of Allied Health LSU Health Sciences Center is accredited by the American College of Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to conduct training programs and continuing medical education for doctors and healthcare professionals The University Hospital, The E.A. Conway Medical Center in Monroe, Louisiana and the Huey P. Long Medical Center in Pineville, Louisiana affiliate with the LSUHSC-S, as well. 6. The mission statement of the LSUHSC-S Medical Library clearlydefines the library as a service-oriented organization. Servicesinclude: Online public access catalog (OPAC), Copiers, scanners, computers, study facilities and meeting rooms Circulation of books and laptop computers Inter-Library Loan LaLinc program Librarians are available to proctor tests. Ask a Librarian service Writing Consultant Service 7. The librarys website is an organ forinformation on the library and a platform forits services. Remote access to some but not all of theimportant medical and scientific databases andejournals is available to students, faculty andstaff through VPN or proxy accounts.librarians can automate database searching of[a users] topic and deliver the results to [his]email on a regular recurring basis, e.g. daily,weekly or monthly. 8. The librarians train students, faculty and staffin the use of the library. The new trend towardEvidence Based Medicine has increased theimportance of medical scholarship, medicallibrarianship and library training for all healthcare professionals. The librarians work with the variousdepartments of LSUHSC-S as liaisons. 9. The librarians of the LSUHSC-S Medical Library conduct scholarly research and publish on their own behalf.Banks, D. E., Runhua, S., Timm, D. F., Christopher, K., Duggar, D.,Comegys, M., & McLarty, J. (2007). Decreased hospital length ofstay associated with presentation of cases at morning report withlibrarian support. JournalOf The Medical Library Association,95(4), 381-387.The medical librarians of the LSUHSC-S reach out to Shreveport and the surrounding region. 10. Dixie Jones is now serving as Interim Director of theLSUHSC-S Medical Library.Mararia Adams is Assistant Director. There are 13 more professional positions and 6supporting staff positions. The Director of the Library as the Chair of theDepartment of Medical Library Science answersdirectly to the Chancellor of the LSU Health ScienceCenter, Dr. Robert A. Barish.The Director also has an ex officio position on theLibrary Advisory Committee. The Library AdvisoryCommittee is formed by representatives of several ofthe academic departments of the Health ScienceCenter. 11. Circulating Books, Reference Books, Reserve Collection. a small Fiction Collection History of Medicine Collection Medical Artifacts Collection LSUHSC-S Archives 12. Monographs: 28, 294 E-books: 1173 Total number of print volumes in thecollection, including monographs and all olderjournals: approximately 175,000 Print periodical titles currently received: 8 Electronic periodical titles currently subscribed:4348 The library subscribes to 152 databases 13. Health sciences libraries are informationcenters designed to provide health andscientific information to doctors, healthprofessionals, students, medical researchers,patients, and consumers. Typically affiliated with Hospitals andGraduate Schools of Health (medical,dental, pharmacy, nursing, etc). 14. Health Science Libraries The mission of a health science library is,foremost, to support the goals of the parentorganization. To maintain accreditation, hospitals and schools are required to have specialized libraries to meet the knowledge-based information (KBI) needs of the medical facility. 15. Health Care Collection Books/Journals PubMed,UpToDate,CINAHL Audio Visuals(nursing),EbscoHost, Online Resources Journals@Ovid. MICROMEDEX BioMedCentral DOCLINE 16. Standards for Hospital Libraries 2007Standard 1: The library serves as the primary department responsible fordeveloping systems and services to meet the knowledge-based information (KBI)needs of the organization. The library shall have its own budget, and the director,as a department head, shall report to the senior management of the organization. Standard 2: KBI systems and services are directed by a qualified librarian.Academy of Health Information Professionals membership is preferred. Standard 3: Library staffing formula [Total institution FTE*/700 = minimumlibrary FTE; FTE* = full-time equivalent] Standard 4: The librarian, as the key KBI professional in the organization, is anactive member of the information management teams. Standard 5: Evidence demonstrates effective connections between KBI and patientcare, patient education, performance improvement and patient safety functions,educational functions for hospital and medical staff, and other appropriatefunctions. Standard 6: The librarian provides evidence of an ongoing assessment of the KBIneeds of the organization and the development and implementation of a plan toprovide appropriate resources and services to meet those identified needs. 17. Standard 7: The librarian actively promotes KBI services and resources toall user groups and provides documented evidence thereof Standard 8: All KBI functions are performed in compliance withapplicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Standard 9: KBI resources are available to clinical staff twenty-four hoursa day, seven days a week. Standard 10: The physical library will be large enough to accommodate thelibrary staff, the in-house collection, and appropriate amount and selectionof personal computers and other information technology (IT) hardware, andseating for an appropriate number of users. A separate office will beprovided for at least the professional library staff. Standard 11: IT resources are available to support the librarys mission ofproviding KBI resources and services. 18. School of Medicine University Hospital School of Graduate Studies School of Allied Health ProfessionsDirector is chair of the Department of Medical LibraryScience. (Standard 1) Library outreach to patients and community with www.healthelinks.org (Standard 5)Library resources are available 24/7 on websitePhysical library open ever day until 11pm (Standard 9) 19. Space Debate Embedded Librarians Translational Science Digitalization 20. Space Study Student Study Rooms InformationCommons 21. In medical settings the"embedded librarian is oftenknown as an "informationist,"described by the MedicalLibrary Association as "finding Department Liaisonsinformation for evidence-basedpractice by attending rounds ... Physical library will continue toteaching health care teams toexistsearch the literature,suggesting questions that needresearching and deliveringresults of research in the formof data, articles, etc., ...(Siess2010). 22. Researchers conclusions impact patient carewhich trickles in to the community How will LSUHSC-S Librarians approach thisnew issue? 23. Created benefits More user access More shelf space More electronicresources 24. Administrationapproach Projects 25. Initial interview and tour conducted on March26, 2012. Montie Dobbins guided the tour. Follow up interviews conducted via e-mail. Additional details in written paper.