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Transcript of HLABC Forum: Winter 2003
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2
W INTER 2003
MEMBERSrsquo FORUM ON
END USER
EDUCATION
Inside
AssociationPresidencychanges hands
Executivereports
Web surveyresults
AfterLife Guest columnist David Noble
HLABC FORUM
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 2
20032004 HLABCExecutive
President to Dec 2003Tracy Havlin after Jan 2004 Shannon Long
Past President Rebecca Raworth
Secretary Mimi Doyle-Waters
Treasurer Marcia Bilinsky
FORUM Krista Clement PatBoileau
Website Robert Melrose Mary-Doug Wright
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editorial 3
Presidentrsquos Letter(s) 4
Treasurerrsquos Report 5
Website Update 5
CHLAABSC Report 6
Winter Meeting Report 7
End User Education Forum
Internet Classes amp Unexpected Events - Marjory Jardine 8
Introducing the 20th Century to the 21st - Ruth Rochlin 9
Train the Trainer - Barbara Trip 11
End User Education Activities Web Survey 12
AfterLife David Noble 14
The Forum is published quarterly by the Health Libraries Association of BC
ISSN 0826-0125
For membership information visit our website at wwwhlabcbcca or write to
Marcia Bilinsky HLABC Treasurer
Medical Library Service
College of Physicians amp Surgeons of BC
400 - 858 Beatty St
Vancouver BC V6B 1C1
Tel 604 733-6671 ext 2296
Fax 604 737-8582
em ail marciabm lscpsbcca
Fees are $2000 (regular) or $1000 (student maximum 2 years) and include the Forum
Submissions and story ideas are welcom ed
Publication is not guaranteed and manuscripts may be edited
Contact the editors
Krista Clement
Email kristacshawca
Phone 250-762-3700
Pat Boileau
Email pboileauvanhospbcca
Phone 604-734-1313 ext 2339
HLABC FORUM Page 3
EDITORIAL
CHLA-ASBC conference Edmonton 2003
Tracys Trail Pal - Spicey
Among our duties as librarians is the duty to manage our time according to thoughtful
priorities It is a lesson I have not finished learning At work I agonize over which task must
be done today and which will wait for tomorrowrsquos attention Inevitably I am tempted to stay
at work just that ldquolittle bit longerrdquo to complete one last thing
We are a ll so busy and can see keenly the many important th ings which m ust be done This
is not only true in our working lives our libraries but also at home and in our other
involvem ents It is not possible for you to accept every opportunity agree to every request
and participate in every event The day will still be only twenty-four hours long But then
sleep is overrated and could readily be reduced wouldnrsquot you agree
The reality is that if we as professionals do not set limits on our commitments and take care
in selecting how to spend our time we will become exhausted and fail to keep many
promises It is not good practice to burn ourselves out and leave our libraries our colleagues
our fam ilies and our friends wondering what happened
The HLABC Forum our website and our listserv should be tools which help in setting these
priorities If we can pool our wisdom offer help and support each other in decision making
then each of us can save a little time for what really m atters
In this issue the focus is on End-User Education something which most of you agree is a
significant priority This year I came hom e from the CHLA-ASBC conference determined to
make some training happen in m y ow n place the Cancer Centre in the Southern Interior I
thought to start small - with just our oncology nurses I planned four topics to offer as quick
ldquobrown bag lunchrdquo talks one per month and to follow each with a hands on workshop There
are only about a dozen nurses at our facility
When I brought it to the nursing practice leader she asked whether I would give the talks in
front of a camera video-linked live to all four cancer centres in the province so the other
oncology nurses could participate too I gulped and said ldquoSure why notrdquo When we
scheduled the times the academic education committee asked if they could promote the
sessions across all the disciplines - in effect opening up my talks to the entire Cancer Agency
across the province Again I gulped and said ldquoSounds greatrdquo Instead of a cozy chat with my
own nurses here I ended up presenting to a much wider audience That commitment
pressed me in other areas of my work certainly But I init iated the project because of my
belief that it is a high priority If I teach even three people at once it reduces my total time
training and maximizes what I can do for those three I hope that the stories shared here
the survey and the various reports will help you all in planning effectively and defending
your priorit ies
In the meantime Tracy Havlin has set some fresh goals for herself - not only beyond her
current library but
outside of this
continent You can see
from the photo above
that Tracy uses time in
the outdoors to balance
her own personal and
professional pressures
Let us wish Shannon Long the new ldquoPrezrdquo much
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 4
success as she takes on this comm itment - to give leadership to our m erry band May none of us give her cause to regret it
And m ay we all have a healthy happy New Year
Krista Clement
Forum Editor
Page 5HLABC FORUM
PRESIDENTrsquoS LETTER(s)
Cornell at Quatar httpwwwmedcornelleduqatar
Have a look at the imagegalleries linked at thebottom right of thehomepage or find thelibrary under resourcestab
Tracy Havlin - OutgoingFor those of you that havent heard through the grapevine yet (or dont read many
messages from the listserv) Im resigning as HLABC president and leaving my current job
at NRGH to move overseas and start a new position at Weill Cornell Medical College in
Qatar Shannon Long will be replacing me on the HLABC executive
For the inevitably curious some FAQs on my upcoming adventure
Wheres Qatar In the Middle East a peninsula bordering the Persian Gulf and North of
Saudi Arabia
When did Cornell set-up a medical college there and what are the facilities like Check
out the website given in the side bar for details
What will you be doing and for how long My position will be one of 4 reference librarians
in the distributed e-library I signed a contract for 3 years (until Jan 13 th 2007)
Since Im writing this blurb on worktime I should cut myse lf off here
Id like to thank all the current and past HLABC executive members Ive had the privilege of
working with And its been really great working with so many of you HLABCers - truly a
wonderful bunch of dedicated health professionals I hope you all enjoy the holiday season
and have a healthy New Year If you want to keep in touch please send a note to my
web email account gg_tracyyahooca
Shannon Long - IncomingI would like to start by thanking the HLABC members who gave me such a warm welcome
at the December meeting when my role change was announced This year was supposed
to be one of training as Vice President nonetheless I feel quite confident in taking on the
increased responsibility albeit six months ahead of schedule I have been on the executive
for severa l years as the treasurermem bership coordinator During that time I learned (in
great detail) about our association and also about how executive boards function
This year HLABC is involved in many exciting initiatives The Electronic Health Library of
BC led by the BC Academic Health Council looks like it is rea lly taking off Yahoo
Although our association itself is not directly involved many of our members are and we
all look forward to hearing how the init iative is moving ever closer to its goal On the home
front the HLABC executive is working toward getting the new website up by late January or
early February Keep an eye on the listserv for announcements and links to the site
The executive is also busy planning continuing education events and guest speakers for
our spring and summer m eetings At the brunch earlier this month interest was shown in
a variety of topics from statistics to web based instruction design We canrsquot cover all of
the topics this year but we will certainly do our best to encourage education of HLABC
members through our own events and by informing you of learning opportunities through
other organizations If you are a m ember BCLA SLA PNCMLA or CLA please share
details about courses and lectures even those not directly related to health sciences
librarianship The more we educate ourselves the stronger we become individually and as
an association Perhaps we could even start a regular column in the Forum dedicated to
educational opportunities
Until next time
Shannon Long
President Health Libraries Association of BC
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 6
HLABC FORUM Page 7
WEBSITE UPDATE
In case yoursquove forgottenthe website is athttpwwwhlabcbcca
(But you know that because
yoursquore reading the Forum
online now)
The mockup of the newdesign has been athttpwwwbedlamhotelcom114html
TREASURERrsquoS REPORT Health Libraries Association of BC
Finances
Mutal Fund $156965 (as of September 30 2003)
Checking Account $673038 (balance on November 7 2003)
Total $830003
Me mbersh ip
79 regular (6 new)
1 student
6 lifetime
2 unpaid
Total of 88
Welcom e to new m em bers
Lisa Jane Watson EBSCO
Christine Martin SLAIS Instructor
Patricia Whittaker VPL
Robyn Ingvallsen BCCA Surrey
Bette Reimer Information Research Consultant
Sue Kurucz Former member just back from 6 years in Dubai
Report submitted by Marcia Bilinsky
The redesign of the HLABC web site was completed over the summer and the executive
committee selected the final look at the November 22nd executive meeting At the HLABC
general meeting December 6th those involved in the website redesign met briefly to discuss
the next steps We all agreed that Chris from Bedlamhotel has done a great job on giving our
page a new look
In early January the website committee will meet to discuss transferring the content of the
old site to the new site We will be collaborating with Chris to obtain training for the
committee and to establish user ID and passw ords for site security Once training in
complete the content will be transferred from the old site to our new site
The Centre for Health Services and Policy Research will continue to host the HLABC website
The new site will be running on the contents management system Tyop3 which will allow
remote access for comm ittee members
Teresa Lee left the website committee this fall as she returned to university We welcomed
aboard two new members Robyn Ingvallsen from the BC Cancer Agency (Surrey) and Joyce
Constantine from the Vancouver Island Health Authority (Victoria) Please contact any of the
members of the committee with your ideas for content for the new website
Current members are Mary-Doug Wright (mdwrightchsprubcca) Robert Melrose
(Melrosedsrforg) Robyn Ingvallsen (ringvallsenbccancerbcca) and Joyce Constantine
(joyceconstantinecaphealthorg)
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 8
Report submitted by Robert Melrose
Page 9HLABC FORUM
CHLAABSCMembership infohttpwwwchla-absccaassocchlamemhtml
CHLAABSC REPORT
Cathy Rayment craymentinterchangeubcca
Hamber Library University of British Columbia Childrens amp Womens Health Centre of BC
New Push E-Mail Service
CHLAABSC has started a new e -mail newslette r for mem bers-only It uses a push-email
delivery and will be used to ensure that all members receive timely notice of association
news In addition to the E-News well be using it to send out Nomination forms
membership renewals notice of journal issue availability etc
Transition to Calendar Year Mem bership
The Board has decided to proceed with changing the Associationrsquos membership year (We
had started to do this last year but hadnt considered all the financial im plications)
Currently members join from June 1 to May 31 each year The fiscal year however is the
calendar year This has caused needless complications for our Treasurer and the budget
process and also confusion at conference registrations where people are unsure of which
yearrsquos membership counts towards the member conference rate
In order to achieve the change for one renewal only we are go ing to ask members to
renew their membership for a year and a half The renewals will be sent out for June 1 as
usual next year but you will renew through December 31 2005 For regular members the
one tim e renewal cost will be $12000 ndash one and a half times the usual $8000 fee
Similarly all other categories of membership (except sustaining) will be renewed at one
and a half times their regular fees
Membership
In conjunction with this transition CHLAABSC is undertaking a mem bership drive To
attract new members we are offering a half-price membership for the 2004 calendar
year New mem bers (individuals who have NOT held a CHLAABSC membership in the
past 5 years) can join for $4000 Information can be found on the Association web site
under ldquoWhatrsquos Newrdquo and on the mem bership page
BMC Transition to the Journal of the CHLA
For those of you who may have missed the news beginning in 2004 the Journal of the
Canadian Health Libraries AssociationJournal de lrsquoAssociation des bibliothegraveques de la
santeacute du Canada will be published by the NRC Research Press exclusively online The
tables of contents will be freely available and will be sent to mem bers via the new push
em ail service when each issue is published
There was strong support particularly from BC members to publish the journal as Open-
Access and the Board studied this idea A task group was formed and surveyed the
mem bership Up to 10 of existing mem bers fe lt that they would not renew their
memberships if the journal were freely available to them (in other words they maintained
membership because they felt the BMC was a significant benefit) This would amount to a
significant enough drop in membership revenues that it is not a viable option So for at
least the first year the new Journal CHLA wil continue to be available for mem bers-only
The Board is investigating new ways to improve membership benefits in the hopes of
retaining m em bership levels should we move to an open-access m odel
Upcoming CE Survey
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 10
Continuing Education is one of the prime areas of focus for CHLAABSC Members have said they need and want a wide array
of CE opportunities both at the annual conference and locally CE Coordinator Judy Inglis is planning a survey of members
regarding their
HLABC FORUM Page 11
2004 CHLAABSCConference Website
http w ww medmuncachla
2004
Editorrsquos Note Ask Anne about ldquootherdetails such as gettingsoaked in the rain andlosing a glove and havingto buy new ones and notknowing which bus totakerdquo
BC Academic HealthCouncil eHLbc
httpwwwbcahccaBCAHC
_pageasppageid=700
WINTER MEETING REPORT
professional development needs The survey w ill help pinpoint subjects for which mem bers
would like courses to be available as well as preferred methods of course delivery The
survey will arrive via e-mail so watch for it and make your opinions known
CHLAABSC Conferences
The upcoming 2004 conference is in St Johns Newfoundland and will undoubtedly be
another memorable conference (The opening reception alone looks like it will be worth the
registration fee)
Conference 2005 will be hosted by the Toronto chapter And Conference 2006 will be
back here in BC A call for
volunteers went out after the HLABC December brunch and many of the sub-committee
chair positions have already been filled There are a few spots left though and most of the
committees can use extra hands to he lp with the organizing so please contact me if youre
interested in taking part in the planning Taking part in a planning committee is a great way
to get involved with your professional association
Anne Allgaier Librarian for the Northern Health Authority
REPORT OF A M EET ING OF THE H LABC December 6 2003 hosted by Pat Boileau at the
GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre
I was very pleased to have been able to attend a Christmas meeting of the HLABC and would like
to thank those responsible for putting in place a po licy to provide financial support to out-of-
towners such as myself making it possible to travel from the HeartLand to LotusLand in order to
partake of intellectually stimulating interactions with co lleagues as well as gourmet delights
George Eisler CEO of the BC Academic Health Council and Sandra Morris Senior Project
Manager of the BC Academic Health Council were the guest speakers who brought us up to date
on the BC Academic Health Councilrsquos initiative for an electronic health library for British
Columbia health professionals and students in the health sciences
The complete information sheet about the Electronic Health Library for BC (eHLbc) is listed on
the website of the B C Academic Health Council Please feel free to make copies and distribute to
staff at your work place - it is important for this initiative to have broad grass-roots support
The eHLbc is one of several initiatives being undertaken by the BCAHC which is a fortuitous
amalgamation of health care facilities and educational institutions (and a successor of COUT H)
that are responsible for training health professionals in BC The eHLbc may have a greater chance
of success than other efforts because of this
The staff of the BCAHC and the W orking Group consisting of various educators administrators
and librarians from universities colleges and health authorities have been working very hard to
develop a list of electronic resources that could be licensed for ALL health professionals and
students in BC regardless of location Other models for licensing are being examined and the
knowledge gained will help make informed decisions about the final licensing model
News about the eHLbc will be posted on the HLABC website in the New Year so check there to
monitor progress
AA
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 12
SEEN ON THE WEB
-----Original Message-----Forwarded FromAlannaAiko Moore InternationalRelations Office InternAmerican LibraryAssociationSent Thursday December11 2003 922 AMTo CANMEDLIBSubject FellowshipDeadline Approaching
The US IFLA 2001National OrganizingCommittee is pleased toannounce that it willsupport the participation of20 librarians from theAmericas (South AmericaCentral America NorthAmerica and theCaribbean) to IFLAsWorld Library andInformation ConferenceAugust 22-272004 in Buenos Aires
The fellowship will coverair travel sharedaccommodation a per diemfood allowance andconference registrationfees
The deadline forapplications is January 152004 Applications inSpanish and English can befound at httpscsalaorgifla2004
INTERNET CLASSES amp UNEXPECTED EVENTS
Marjory Jardine writes from the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (VCHA) Com munity
Library She and Pat Young job-share the Librarian position and Paula Ludwig works 8 as a
Library Technician
Our library at VCHA offers introduction to finding health inform ation on the internet a
refresher course for those who have taken the introduction and we have just introduced
internet searching for beginners
We started offering demonstrations about 2-3 years ago We went to various sites armed
with a laptop and an enormous lcd projector and gave demonstrations of Pubmed
Medlineplus plus other consumer health databases More recently we have offered
regular hands-on sessions for groups the internet for beginners class is the newest
offering and it seems to be very popular
We are very fortunate to belong to a team of excellent educators and support staff Our
classes are advertised in the education services calendar (online and in print) in addition
one of the support staff sends out workshop reminders to all staff every week Registration
is required and again support staff look after this
The classes are 2-3 hours and are held in a computer lab where each person has their own
computer Class size ranges from 5-12 people Classes are generally offered every 2
weeks In addition we add extra classes for a group training session on request For
example speech- language pathologists addictions counsellors
The bulk of a hands-on internet session is spent on Pubmed with lots of time for practice
Medlineplus and other consum er health sites are also covered We use the opportunity to
let staff know about the available library services (eg document delivery e-mail tables of
contents services online library catalogue how to request material from the library etc etc)
We definitely had to learn new skills for this course particularly the use of technology -
lcdlaptoppc connections And how to teach We do use lots of both computer
technology for the hands-on classes but also paper materials - lots of fluorescent-coloured
how to hand-outs
This is most definitely a collaborative effort -- library staff together and in conjunction with
education services support staff For a group of 6 or more we try to have two librarians on
hand (a definite advantage of job-sharing - one person splits into two) One to demoteach
and the other to be available to help participants
The biggest challenge could be described as unexpected eventsrdquo ndash usually technology-
driven but sometimes weather-related Each session brings its own challenges A bent or
broken plug a missing cable a dripping ceiling a code blue announcement over the PA
system the internet is down city-wide Pubmed is experiencing technical d ifficulties old
computers teeny tiny font
Another challenge is teaching a hands-on class to people with varying degrees of
computer-comfort - we have tried sending out a pre -assessm ent questionnaire but th is
does not always work
Page 13HLABC FORUM
An education services evaluation form is included in each hand-out package Participants rate several aspects of the
session on a scale of 1 (poor) to 4 (excellent) For exam ple overa ll rating of workshop learning needs were met
usefulness of hand-outs
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 14
SEEN ON THE WEB
If you visit no other links inthis issue go to
httpwwwpubmedcentralgovpicrenderfcgiaction=streamampblobtype=pdfampartid=234463
The whole URL is requiredto find the articleAlternately search PubMedCentral for ldquoMedicalLibrarianrdquo[TITLE] and lookfor the Jan 1929 article
INTRODUCING THE 20TH CENTURY TO THE 21ST
usefulness to work etc etc There are also several questions which allow participants to
make further comm ents
These sessions are very well received Staff leave the sessions knowing that they have the
skills to do basic literature searches Andthey also know that they can ca ll us for help
before during or after a search They also know that the librarians are on deck to do
literature searches Equally importantly staff now know of resources to show or to
recomm end to their clients (in particular consumer health resources such as medlineplus
merck manuals etc)
One way we know that staff members are using what they learn is that they sometimes send
in requests for articles via the e-mail feature in pubmed And in addition they do call us for
help and reminders about things they learnedThe library is busier than ever doing literature
searches and filling document delivery requests
Has it been worth the effort Do we plan to continue these classes Would I recomm end it to
colleagues Yes yes and yes
Ruth Roch lin is librarian at Kelowna General Hospital Along with Francine Renaud in
Vernon and Anita Skinner their clerk they serve the Okanagan Service area within the
Interior Health Authority Teresa Prior is their third colleague librarian at Royal Inland
Hospital in Kamloops
With the advent of our new Ebsco online library package I have begun regular education
sessions Rather than doing in-depth research skills training in our computer lab with 6 or 7
people per class which I have done in the past I have been holding open sessions in our
conference room I use a live dem o with projection and provide handouts All staff are
welcom e no registration only 45 m inutes People with pagers sit at the back and run out if
they need to Free cheery come on in
The intention of all of the teaching strategies is to disseminate not only search skills but the
scope and practice of library services Within Interior Health we are working hard towards
regional collaboration The librarians in both Kamloops and Vernon are similarly presenting
the new online library package while letting people know of our regional aspirations
Promoting and advertising were taken on aggressively in all sites In Kelowna General and
the Kelowna Health Unit our internal information system Meditech was used to reach all
staff with a brief ad about 2 weeks prior Reminders were sent around by this method as
well Posters were put up in strategic places including the elevators which catch just about
everyone Managers were contacted separately and a CME event for the docs was
advertised separately I made good use of the CME admin assistant and the Education
department to disseminate information about the sessions
In Penticton Regional Hospital Meditech is not universally used so I made more use of
posters and flyers and engaged the help of the staff development educator and the
physic iansrsquo secretary to spread the word
The biggest challenge remains the electronic equipment I book the space a laptop an LCD
projector leave an hour for set-up What can go wrong Well for example
1)The laptop I booked had no port for an internet connection (they still make those No -
this one is obsolete)
Page 15HLABC FORUM
ROCHLIN CONT
No problem I will get a long cord and hook the projector into the PC in the room It will be fine (run itrsquos 5 floors and 6
corridors away but I have time)
2) Somehow the PC and the LCD projector are incompatible Screen will not project
No problem I will find another projector Only one left on short notice is the oldest one in the building - Irsquoll take it (run 5
floors 6 corridors barely enough time)
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 16
ODD Internet Addressesamp other references go inthe margin
Garamond 12 pt - notSmall Cap
SEEN ON THE WEB
Library Humour Online
Library The Musicalhttpwwwprangstgrupco
mlmlmhtm
Library Song (UK)httpwwwcheekybeefcou
klibraryhtml
Librarian T-Shirtgraphics (also make goodwallpaper)
httpis2dalca~mdeliatee
sindexhtm l
HLABC FORUM Page 17
All is set up and ready with 3 minutes to spare Only a little perspiration on my brow
3) Audience com plains of poor b lurry projection quality
Resist the urge to tell them to suck it up
Other issues on other days but you get the general picture
The strategy described above is more cost effectivetime effective and reaches a larger audience than my traditional
approach of 1-2 hour small group sessions in a computer lab I have had a few requests that I run the small research classes
but I have decided not to do that until everyone has had a chance to come to the brief introductory sessions Interfaces are
getting easier and the users are becoming more computer savvy and I have great faith in most of them figuring it out as they
go along Theyrsquove had an introduction they have instructional handouts they have the library contact information - ldquoOff you go
now yoursquoll be finerdquo is my attitude
With the increase in access to PCs we in Interior Health have been able to put a link to the e-library package on our library
intranet page as well as the instructional handout This is light years from handing out paper As well Krista has come up
with a clever little bookmark small and handy with access and searching instructions The librarians needed to do the initial
instructional sessions to introduce the new services and to remind users of all of the wonderful things we do Once they have
had the intro they can try out the system and use the link to the online handout on their own
This project has definitely been a collaboration among the 3 libraries We each planned and promoted our own areas but we
shared experiences handouts and workload to get the information out to as much of the population as possible in the same
time frame
There was a fairly big learning curve involved for all of us to learn the Ebsco system well enough to teach it and to learn the
administrative side and handle security issues This was made more difficult when Ebsco changed the administrative
software after about 6 weeks We were warned it was going to happen but it was discouraging to have learned the
procedures to set th ings up then not to recognize the screen one day
Previously I have only attempted small group education sessions This was my first foray into mass education Itrsquos been fun
and easy and everybody can find 45 minutes to get to an info session Because of the number of clients the library now
serves I will use this format again
For the sessions I ran in KGH my home base I used the standard education evaluations All surveyed thought it was fun and
interesting except those w ho attended the session with the bad projector who com plained en m asse about the blurry
projection
I did not have the other sites evaluate the sessions
Response has been overwhelmingly positive that our sleepy little valley has finally entered the 20th century (I havenrsquot pointed
out that it is too late) Most users were well pleased with the introductory sessions and went off with their usernames and
passwords to try it on their own However there are still some who want small in-depth sessions which I will not be offering
anytime soon It is far better for me to teach 30 people in 1 hour than 6 people in 2 hours
I am finding now that in spite of the sessions and the handouts som e people still think that we have purchased electronic
access to everything indexed in Medline and CINAHL They fight the good fight with Ebsco then call me in frustration that
they cannot get to the full text and canrsquot understand what they are doing wrong Ah well itrsquos a learning curve for everyone
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 18
TRAIN THE TRAINER
After the sessions library use in general has gone up Interlibrary loan use soared in the
months following - as people discovered that hey - not everything is full text
I will run a second set of sessions in the same format in the coming months Even when
people did not make it to the sessions they saw all of the advertising and came to the library
to ask about it Now that the handout is on the intranet site people around the region are
referred there and for many that will be enough
I used these sessions to advertise what we have purchased how to get to it how to do basic
research how to contact the library for more information and help I also used it as a venue
to remind people of the great serv ices we offer
Barbara Trip is Librarian at the Patient amp Family Learning Centre (PFLC) Vancouver General
Hospital (VGH)
As librarian in the Patient amp Family Learning Centre I have been involved in end user
education in severa l ways On a roughly monthly basis I teach a class entitled E-Library Tour
This class looks at the UBC Library web site and some of the resources that are available for
VGH staff Specifically it covers how to access journals BooksOVID M D Consult Health
Reference Centre and the great subject resources pages developed by the UBC librarians
This class is one of several that are organized by the Vancouver Coastal Health Research
Institute It is held in a computer lab so there is hands-on participation
In the past year the PFLC also offered its own end-user education sessions From January to
May we offered monthly classes on resources that are available to staff from the Vancouver
Hospital Intranet This included looking at the Patient Care Guidelines BooksOVID MD
Consult and Health Reference Centre These classes were held in computer labs at both
VGH and UBC Hospital
As an outcome of these classes we produced a small booklet with the instructions for using
these resources as well as instructions for searching with OVID and PubMed We offered
these to the units as a resource that they could have handy at their computer stations
Another outcome of offering these classes was a request from the Intensive Care Unit to
come and do classes on the unit because it was difficult for their staff to get away to attend
the classes Some of these sessions were held right at the nursing station with 3 or 4 people
gathered around 1 terminal At tim es this was a b it chaotic as people would com e and go if
they were needed on the unit
The ICU also had another project to help the staff become more com puter literate For th is
project they used a train-the-trainer approach Again I covered with these trainers the
resources available on the Intranet The trainers then held their own classes in the ICU for
their staff
We did evaluations of the classes and those seemed well received I did not do evaluations
of the ICU sessions but I have had feedback that the train -the-trainer project worked well
I would hope to do more unit specific tra ining and really like the idea of tra ining the trainer
However I think we are fortunate at VGH to be able to provide a variety of methods of end
user education
HLABC FORUM Page 19
SEEN ON THE WEB
FROM David S Crawford
TO CANM EDLIB
Subject
Margaret Charlton
Date sent
Tue 2 Sep 2003
Dear Colleagues
It gives me great pleasureto announce that theCanadian government hasjustdesignated Margaret RidleyCharlton as a person ofnational significanceMiss Charlton was the firstreal librarian at theMcGill University Medical(now Health Sciences)Library (1895-1914) Shewas also one of thefounders of the MedicalLibrary Association(1898) with Osler andGould
The proposal wassupported by the CHLAand the ACMC - though ittook such a long time thatPatrick (who was CHLAPresident at the time) maynot remember
Further information isavailable athttpwwwhealthlibrarymcgillcaoslercharltonindexhtm
CheersDavid S Crawford FCLIPEmeritus Librarian McGillUniversity
WEB SURVEY END USER EDUCATION
Report by Krista Clem ent
I hope you find these quick snapshots of how we all practice both inspiring and reassuring -
oh and maybe spark a debate or two We had 24 respondents this time up from 16 on
the first survey All were HLABC mem bers (the website is not closed to non-mem bers)
More than half of us do end-user training less than once per week 62 Only 17 do such
training three or more times per week I didnrsquot include ldquoneverrdquo as an option (oops) and
nobody wrote it in so I guess we are all doing something
I admit to being surprised at the high level of formal instruction we do I was also surprised
that none of those responding are teaching courses or course components with a graded
component I thought maybe some of the academic wing m ight
Searching databases and answering questions may be thought of as ldquoreal librarianshiprdquo
along with cataloguing and collection development However sober second thought made
me agree with the majority of you that in the long term teaching our patrons to use
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information and tools to access it is also essential By increasing our users abilities we free them and we also free up our
own time for other things like tricky reference
HLABC FORUM Page 21
On the other hand as Ruth Rochlin points out in her art icle (this issue) training can consume
your time Nearly a third of you would not give instruction too high a priority lest it displace
other work Debate anyone
You may want to spend a few minutes contemplating question 5 - a sneaky omnibus number
which is really 9 separate questions
Highlights The most frequent sort of training is certainly searching journal indices (you know
Medline etc) The next most common topics are ldquocirculationrdquo and ldquoother high level info
skillsrdquo - by which I hoped to capture something more than the location of the restrooms
Circulation is also the most likely not to be offered at all I suspect that the split reflects a
difference in our libraries - perhaps larger versus smaller the type of circulation system or
policy or even the presence of regular circ staff The use of computer hardware and non-
computer equipment is also thankfully not a large part of our instructional duties
Looking at the middle columns we do steady training about the Internet and other software
No matter how much of our information migrates to web or CD-Rom based formats our
assistance continues to be needed in learning how to access and apply the knowledge
Thanks once again to every librarian who participated Keep your eyes open for the next
survey in 2004
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SEEN ON THE WEB
gt -----Original Message-----gt From CHLAABSC gt Sent 2003 December 18 gt To tracyhavlincvihrbccagt Subject ImportantInformation on the next issue ofBMC
ldquoStarting volume 25 issue 1the JCHLAJABSC (Journalof the Canadian HealthLibraries AssociationJournal de lAssociation desbibliothegraveques de la santeacute duCanada) will be available inan electronic only (PDF)format
You can access the Journalin two ways either throughthe publisher NRC ResearchPress under AffiliatedJournals lthttppubsnrc-cnrcgccagt or through the associationwebsite lthttpwwwchla-absccagt
ldquo
NOTES FROM THE AFTERLIFE
RETIREMENT IT TAKES GETTING USED TO
David No ble retired as Chief Librarian at the BC Cancer Agency in 2002
I know its hard to believe but being retired does take getting used to
For the first few months you feel you are on vacation your mind cant fully accept the fact
that after 46 years of summer and career jobs through the years this is it You are now
retired Your m ind is sort of in a state of shock which only time will cure
After the vacation stage comes the guilt stage where you feel a little guilty that you are no
longer nose to the grindstone You hear from colleagues of developm ents since youve left
work but its no longer your concern and many of your long-time friends are still working
hence the guilty twinge For me the tiny feeling of guilt lasted 2 or 3 months until my mind
accepted the fact that I really did deserve to be retired after working a fifty five hour week
for 26 years
Then comes the Its time I started doing a ll those things I have put off until retirement
stage Youve sort of taken it easy added a few pounds even watched a little daytime TV
until you are thoroughly sick of it and now are ready for some self improvement You sign up
for courses have your piano tuned haul out your old water colour set and old Chopin
preludes build an improved sea wall do some landscaping of the yard and painting of the
house and generally get more organized and productive There is time also to improve your
golf pitch and chip shots It seemed I had to go through the vacation stage and the guiltnon-
productive stages to feel thoroughly ready for the self improvement stage and really get
down to the true retirem ent stage The true retirement stage is when you have little tim e it
seem s to laze about as your calendar is fully booked w ith all your activities just like before
you retired except its on your own terms
No complaints this true retirement stage is the fun part and how wonderful it is for us to be
free of the daily work grind even though I was one of the lucky ones as I really loved my job
I think we librarians are truly fortunate to be doing what we do We tend to get thanked a lot
for our services and its interesting to boot We may not get paid as much as we like but our
occupation is supposed to be second from the top on the list of best occupations in terms
of job satisfaction That makes up for a lot
This is my sense of experience since my retirement Yours will be different but then again
may be a little s imilar It does take time to get used to
I send my best wishes to you all Drop in and see us here in Qualicum Beach next time youre
passing by
David
_____________________________________________________________________
Notes From The A fterlife is a continuing feature We welcome your ideas Phone
ElsieWollaston at (604) 684-3036 fax (604) 685-9335 or e-mail elbruijninterchangeubcca
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20032004 HLABCExecutive
President to Dec 2003Tracy Havlin after Jan 2004 Shannon Long
Past President Rebecca Raworth
Secretary Mimi Doyle-Waters
Treasurer Marcia Bilinsky
FORUM Krista Clement PatBoileau
Website Robert Melrose Mary-Doug Wright
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editorial 3
Presidentrsquos Letter(s) 4
Treasurerrsquos Report 5
Website Update 5
CHLAABSC Report 6
Winter Meeting Report 7
End User Education Forum
Internet Classes amp Unexpected Events - Marjory Jardine 8
Introducing the 20th Century to the 21st - Ruth Rochlin 9
Train the Trainer - Barbara Trip 11
End User Education Activities Web Survey 12
AfterLife David Noble 14
The Forum is published quarterly by the Health Libraries Association of BC
ISSN 0826-0125
For membership information visit our website at wwwhlabcbcca or write to
Marcia Bilinsky HLABC Treasurer
Medical Library Service
College of Physicians amp Surgeons of BC
400 - 858 Beatty St
Vancouver BC V6B 1C1
Tel 604 733-6671 ext 2296
Fax 604 737-8582
em ail marciabm lscpsbcca
Fees are $2000 (regular) or $1000 (student maximum 2 years) and include the Forum
Submissions and story ideas are welcom ed
Publication is not guaranteed and manuscripts may be edited
Contact the editors
Krista Clement
Email kristacshawca
Phone 250-762-3700
Pat Boileau
Email pboileauvanhospbcca
Phone 604-734-1313 ext 2339
HLABC FORUM Page 3
EDITORIAL
CHLA-ASBC conference Edmonton 2003
Tracys Trail Pal - Spicey
Among our duties as librarians is the duty to manage our time according to thoughtful
priorities It is a lesson I have not finished learning At work I agonize over which task must
be done today and which will wait for tomorrowrsquos attention Inevitably I am tempted to stay
at work just that ldquolittle bit longerrdquo to complete one last thing
We are a ll so busy and can see keenly the many important th ings which m ust be done This
is not only true in our working lives our libraries but also at home and in our other
involvem ents It is not possible for you to accept every opportunity agree to every request
and participate in every event The day will still be only twenty-four hours long But then
sleep is overrated and could readily be reduced wouldnrsquot you agree
The reality is that if we as professionals do not set limits on our commitments and take care
in selecting how to spend our time we will become exhausted and fail to keep many
promises It is not good practice to burn ourselves out and leave our libraries our colleagues
our fam ilies and our friends wondering what happened
The HLABC Forum our website and our listserv should be tools which help in setting these
priorities If we can pool our wisdom offer help and support each other in decision making
then each of us can save a little time for what really m atters
In this issue the focus is on End-User Education something which most of you agree is a
significant priority This year I came hom e from the CHLA-ASBC conference determined to
make some training happen in m y ow n place the Cancer Centre in the Southern Interior I
thought to start small - with just our oncology nurses I planned four topics to offer as quick
ldquobrown bag lunchrdquo talks one per month and to follow each with a hands on workshop There
are only about a dozen nurses at our facility
When I brought it to the nursing practice leader she asked whether I would give the talks in
front of a camera video-linked live to all four cancer centres in the province so the other
oncology nurses could participate too I gulped and said ldquoSure why notrdquo When we
scheduled the times the academic education committee asked if they could promote the
sessions across all the disciplines - in effect opening up my talks to the entire Cancer Agency
across the province Again I gulped and said ldquoSounds greatrdquo Instead of a cozy chat with my
own nurses here I ended up presenting to a much wider audience That commitment
pressed me in other areas of my work certainly But I init iated the project because of my
belief that it is a high priority If I teach even three people at once it reduces my total time
training and maximizes what I can do for those three I hope that the stories shared here
the survey and the various reports will help you all in planning effectively and defending
your priorit ies
In the meantime Tracy Havlin has set some fresh goals for herself - not only beyond her
current library but
outside of this
continent You can see
from the photo above
that Tracy uses time in
the outdoors to balance
her own personal and
professional pressures
Let us wish Shannon Long the new ldquoPrezrdquo much
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 4
success as she takes on this comm itment - to give leadership to our m erry band May none of us give her cause to regret it
And m ay we all have a healthy happy New Year
Krista Clement
Forum Editor
Page 5HLABC FORUM
PRESIDENTrsquoS LETTER(s)
Cornell at Quatar httpwwwmedcornelleduqatar
Have a look at the imagegalleries linked at thebottom right of thehomepage or find thelibrary under resourcestab
Tracy Havlin - OutgoingFor those of you that havent heard through the grapevine yet (or dont read many
messages from the listserv) Im resigning as HLABC president and leaving my current job
at NRGH to move overseas and start a new position at Weill Cornell Medical College in
Qatar Shannon Long will be replacing me on the HLABC executive
For the inevitably curious some FAQs on my upcoming adventure
Wheres Qatar In the Middle East a peninsula bordering the Persian Gulf and North of
Saudi Arabia
When did Cornell set-up a medical college there and what are the facilities like Check
out the website given in the side bar for details
What will you be doing and for how long My position will be one of 4 reference librarians
in the distributed e-library I signed a contract for 3 years (until Jan 13 th 2007)
Since Im writing this blurb on worktime I should cut myse lf off here
Id like to thank all the current and past HLABC executive members Ive had the privilege of
working with And its been really great working with so many of you HLABCers - truly a
wonderful bunch of dedicated health professionals I hope you all enjoy the holiday season
and have a healthy New Year If you want to keep in touch please send a note to my
web email account gg_tracyyahooca
Shannon Long - IncomingI would like to start by thanking the HLABC members who gave me such a warm welcome
at the December meeting when my role change was announced This year was supposed
to be one of training as Vice President nonetheless I feel quite confident in taking on the
increased responsibility albeit six months ahead of schedule I have been on the executive
for severa l years as the treasurermem bership coordinator During that time I learned (in
great detail) about our association and also about how executive boards function
This year HLABC is involved in many exciting initiatives The Electronic Health Library of
BC led by the BC Academic Health Council looks like it is rea lly taking off Yahoo
Although our association itself is not directly involved many of our members are and we
all look forward to hearing how the init iative is moving ever closer to its goal On the home
front the HLABC executive is working toward getting the new website up by late January or
early February Keep an eye on the listserv for announcements and links to the site
The executive is also busy planning continuing education events and guest speakers for
our spring and summer m eetings At the brunch earlier this month interest was shown in
a variety of topics from statistics to web based instruction design We canrsquot cover all of
the topics this year but we will certainly do our best to encourage education of HLABC
members through our own events and by informing you of learning opportunities through
other organizations If you are a m ember BCLA SLA PNCMLA or CLA please share
details about courses and lectures even those not directly related to health sciences
librarianship The more we educate ourselves the stronger we become individually and as
an association Perhaps we could even start a regular column in the Forum dedicated to
educational opportunities
Until next time
Shannon Long
President Health Libraries Association of BC
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 6
HLABC FORUM Page 7
WEBSITE UPDATE
In case yoursquove forgottenthe website is athttpwwwhlabcbcca
(But you know that because
yoursquore reading the Forum
online now)
The mockup of the newdesign has been athttpwwwbedlamhotelcom114html
TREASURERrsquoS REPORT Health Libraries Association of BC
Finances
Mutal Fund $156965 (as of September 30 2003)
Checking Account $673038 (balance on November 7 2003)
Total $830003
Me mbersh ip
79 regular (6 new)
1 student
6 lifetime
2 unpaid
Total of 88
Welcom e to new m em bers
Lisa Jane Watson EBSCO
Christine Martin SLAIS Instructor
Patricia Whittaker VPL
Robyn Ingvallsen BCCA Surrey
Bette Reimer Information Research Consultant
Sue Kurucz Former member just back from 6 years in Dubai
Report submitted by Marcia Bilinsky
The redesign of the HLABC web site was completed over the summer and the executive
committee selected the final look at the November 22nd executive meeting At the HLABC
general meeting December 6th those involved in the website redesign met briefly to discuss
the next steps We all agreed that Chris from Bedlamhotel has done a great job on giving our
page a new look
In early January the website committee will meet to discuss transferring the content of the
old site to the new site We will be collaborating with Chris to obtain training for the
committee and to establish user ID and passw ords for site security Once training in
complete the content will be transferred from the old site to our new site
The Centre for Health Services and Policy Research will continue to host the HLABC website
The new site will be running on the contents management system Tyop3 which will allow
remote access for comm ittee members
Teresa Lee left the website committee this fall as she returned to university We welcomed
aboard two new members Robyn Ingvallsen from the BC Cancer Agency (Surrey) and Joyce
Constantine from the Vancouver Island Health Authority (Victoria) Please contact any of the
members of the committee with your ideas for content for the new website
Current members are Mary-Doug Wright (mdwrightchsprubcca) Robert Melrose
(Melrosedsrforg) Robyn Ingvallsen (ringvallsenbccancerbcca) and Joyce Constantine
(joyceconstantinecaphealthorg)
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 8
Report submitted by Robert Melrose
Page 9HLABC FORUM
CHLAABSCMembership infohttpwwwchla-absccaassocchlamemhtml
CHLAABSC REPORT
Cathy Rayment craymentinterchangeubcca
Hamber Library University of British Columbia Childrens amp Womens Health Centre of BC
New Push E-Mail Service
CHLAABSC has started a new e -mail newslette r for mem bers-only It uses a push-email
delivery and will be used to ensure that all members receive timely notice of association
news In addition to the E-News well be using it to send out Nomination forms
membership renewals notice of journal issue availability etc
Transition to Calendar Year Mem bership
The Board has decided to proceed with changing the Associationrsquos membership year (We
had started to do this last year but hadnt considered all the financial im plications)
Currently members join from June 1 to May 31 each year The fiscal year however is the
calendar year This has caused needless complications for our Treasurer and the budget
process and also confusion at conference registrations where people are unsure of which
yearrsquos membership counts towards the member conference rate
In order to achieve the change for one renewal only we are go ing to ask members to
renew their membership for a year and a half The renewals will be sent out for June 1 as
usual next year but you will renew through December 31 2005 For regular members the
one tim e renewal cost will be $12000 ndash one and a half times the usual $8000 fee
Similarly all other categories of membership (except sustaining) will be renewed at one
and a half times their regular fees
Membership
In conjunction with this transition CHLAABSC is undertaking a mem bership drive To
attract new members we are offering a half-price membership for the 2004 calendar
year New mem bers (individuals who have NOT held a CHLAABSC membership in the
past 5 years) can join for $4000 Information can be found on the Association web site
under ldquoWhatrsquos Newrdquo and on the mem bership page
BMC Transition to the Journal of the CHLA
For those of you who may have missed the news beginning in 2004 the Journal of the
Canadian Health Libraries AssociationJournal de lrsquoAssociation des bibliothegraveques de la
santeacute du Canada will be published by the NRC Research Press exclusively online The
tables of contents will be freely available and will be sent to mem bers via the new push
em ail service when each issue is published
There was strong support particularly from BC members to publish the journal as Open-
Access and the Board studied this idea A task group was formed and surveyed the
mem bership Up to 10 of existing mem bers fe lt that they would not renew their
memberships if the journal were freely available to them (in other words they maintained
membership because they felt the BMC was a significant benefit) This would amount to a
significant enough drop in membership revenues that it is not a viable option So for at
least the first year the new Journal CHLA wil continue to be available for mem bers-only
The Board is investigating new ways to improve membership benefits in the hopes of
retaining m em bership levels should we move to an open-access m odel
Upcoming CE Survey
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 10
Continuing Education is one of the prime areas of focus for CHLAABSC Members have said they need and want a wide array
of CE opportunities both at the annual conference and locally CE Coordinator Judy Inglis is planning a survey of members
regarding their
HLABC FORUM Page 11
2004 CHLAABSCConference Website
http w ww medmuncachla
2004
Editorrsquos Note Ask Anne about ldquootherdetails such as gettingsoaked in the rain andlosing a glove and havingto buy new ones and notknowing which bus totakerdquo
BC Academic HealthCouncil eHLbc
httpwwwbcahccaBCAHC
_pageasppageid=700
WINTER MEETING REPORT
professional development needs The survey w ill help pinpoint subjects for which mem bers
would like courses to be available as well as preferred methods of course delivery The
survey will arrive via e-mail so watch for it and make your opinions known
CHLAABSC Conferences
The upcoming 2004 conference is in St Johns Newfoundland and will undoubtedly be
another memorable conference (The opening reception alone looks like it will be worth the
registration fee)
Conference 2005 will be hosted by the Toronto chapter And Conference 2006 will be
back here in BC A call for
volunteers went out after the HLABC December brunch and many of the sub-committee
chair positions have already been filled There are a few spots left though and most of the
committees can use extra hands to he lp with the organizing so please contact me if youre
interested in taking part in the planning Taking part in a planning committee is a great way
to get involved with your professional association
Anne Allgaier Librarian for the Northern Health Authority
REPORT OF A M EET ING OF THE H LABC December 6 2003 hosted by Pat Boileau at the
GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre
I was very pleased to have been able to attend a Christmas meeting of the HLABC and would like
to thank those responsible for putting in place a po licy to provide financial support to out-of-
towners such as myself making it possible to travel from the HeartLand to LotusLand in order to
partake of intellectually stimulating interactions with co lleagues as well as gourmet delights
George Eisler CEO of the BC Academic Health Council and Sandra Morris Senior Project
Manager of the BC Academic Health Council were the guest speakers who brought us up to date
on the BC Academic Health Councilrsquos initiative for an electronic health library for British
Columbia health professionals and students in the health sciences
The complete information sheet about the Electronic Health Library for BC (eHLbc) is listed on
the website of the B C Academic Health Council Please feel free to make copies and distribute to
staff at your work place - it is important for this initiative to have broad grass-roots support
The eHLbc is one of several initiatives being undertaken by the BCAHC which is a fortuitous
amalgamation of health care facilities and educational institutions (and a successor of COUT H)
that are responsible for training health professionals in BC The eHLbc may have a greater chance
of success than other efforts because of this
The staff of the BCAHC and the W orking Group consisting of various educators administrators
and librarians from universities colleges and health authorities have been working very hard to
develop a list of electronic resources that could be licensed for ALL health professionals and
students in BC regardless of location Other models for licensing are being examined and the
knowledge gained will help make informed decisions about the final licensing model
News about the eHLbc will be posted on the HLABC website in the New Year so check there to
monitor progress
AA
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 12
SEEN ON THE WEB
-----Original Message-----Forwarded FromAlannaAiko Moore InternationalRelations Office InternAmerican LibraryAssociationSent Thursday December11 2003 922 AMTo CANMEDLIBSubject FellowshipDeadline Approaching
The US IFLA 2001National OrganizingCommittee is pleased toannounce that it willsupport the participation of20 librarians from theAmericas (South AmericaCentral America NorthAmerica and theCaribbean) to IFLAsWorld Library andInformation ConferenceAugust 22-272004 in Buenos Aires
The fellowship will coverair travel sharedaccommodation a per diemfood allowance andconference registrationfees
The deadline forapplications is January 152004 Applications inSpanish and English can befound at httpscsalaorgifla2004
INTERNET CLASSES amp UNEXPECTED EVENTS
Marjory Jardine writes from the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (VCHA) Com munity
Library She and Pat Young job-share the Librarian position and Paula Ludwig works 8 as a
Library Technician
Our library at VCHA offers introduction to finding health inform ation on the internet a
refresher course for those who have taken the introduction and we have just introduced
internet searching for beginners
We started offering demonstrations about 2-3 years ago We went to various sites armed
with a laptop and an enormous lcd projector and gave demonstrations of Pubmed
Medlineplus plus other consumer health databases More recently we have offered
regular hands-on sessions for groups the internet for beginners class is the newest
offering and it seems to be very popular
We are very fortunate to belong to a team of excellent educators and support staff Our
classes are advertised in the education services calendar (online and in print) in addition
one of the support staff sends out workshop reminders to all staff every week Registration
is required and again support staff look after this
The classes are 2-3 hours and are held in a computer lab where each person has their own
computer Class size ranges from 5-12 people Classes are generally offered every 2
weeks In addition we add extra classes for a group training session on request For
example speech- language pathologists addictions counsellors
The bulk of a hands-on internet session is spent on Pubmed with lots of time for practice
Medlineplus and other consum er health sites are also covered We use the opportunity to
let staff know about the available library services (eg document delivery e-mail tables of
contents services online library catalogue how to request material from the library etc etc)
We definitely had to learn new skills for this course particularly the use of technology -
lcdlaptoppc connections And how to teach We do use lots of both computer
technology for the hands-on classes but also paper materials - lots of fluorescent-coloured
how to hand-outs
This is most definitely a collaborative effort -- library staff together and in conjunction with
education services support staff For a group of 6 or more we try to have two librarians on
hand (a definite advantage of job-sharing - one person splits into two) One to demoteach
and the other to be available to help participants
The biggest challenge could be described as unexpected eventsrdquo ndash usually technology-
driven but sometimes weather-related Each session brings its own challenges A bent or
broken plug a missing cable a dripping ceiling a code blue announcement over the PA
system the internet is down city-wide Pubmed is experiencing technical d ifficulties old
computers teeny tiny font
Another challenge is teaching a hands-on class to people with varying degrees of
computer-comfort - we have tried sending out a pre -assessm ent questionnaire but th is
does not always work
Page 13HLABC FORUM
An education services evaluation form is included in each hand-out package Participants rate several aspects of the
session on a scale of 1 (poor) to 4 (excellent) For exam ple overa ll rating of workshop learning needs were met
usefulness of hand-outs
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 14
SEEN ON THE WEB
If you visit no other links inthis issue go to
httpwwwpubmedcentralgovpicrenderfcgiaction=streamampblobtype=pdfampartid=234463
The whole URL is requiredto find the articleAlternately search PubMedCentral for ldquoMedicalLibrarianrdquo[TITLE] and lookfor the Jan 1929 article
INTRODUCING THE 20TH CENTURY TO THE 21ST
usefulness to work etc etc There are also several questions which allow participants to
make further comm ents
These sessions are very well received Staff leave the sessions knowing that they have the
skills to do basic literature searches Andthey also know that they can ca ll us for help
before during or after a search They also know that the librarians are on deck to do
literature searches Equally importantly staff now know of resources to show or to
recomm end to their clients (in particular consumer health resources such as medlineplus
merck manuals etc)
One way we know that staff members are using what they learn is that they sometimes send
in requests for articles via the e-mail feature in pubmed And in addition they do call us for
help and reminders about things they learnedThe library is busier than ever doing literature
searches and filling document delivery requests
Has it been worth the effort Do we plan to continue these classes Would I recomm end it to
colleagues Yes yes and yes
Ruth Roch lin is librarian at Kelowna General Hospital Along with Francine Renaud in
Vernon and Anita Skinner their clerk they serve the Okanagan Service area within the
Interior Health Authority Teresa Prior is their third colleague librarian at Royal Inland
Hospital in Kamloops
With the advent of our new Ebsco online library package I have begun regular education
sessions Rather than doing in-depth research skills training in our computer lab with 6 or 7
people per class which I have done in the past I have been holding open sessions in our
conference room I use a live dem o with projection and provide handouts All staff are
welcom e no registration only 45 m inutes People with pagers sit at the back and run out if
they need to Free cheery come on in
The intention of all of the teaching strategies is to disseminate not only search skills but the
scope and practice of library services Within Interior Health we are working hard towards
regional collaboration The librarians in both Kamloops and Vernon are similarly presenting
the new online library package while letting people know of our regional aspirations
Promoting and advertising were taken on aggressively in all sites In Kelowna General and
the Kelowna Health Unit our internal information system Meditech was used to reach all
staff with a brief ad about 2 weeks prior Reminders were sent around by this method as
well Posters were put up in strategic places including the elevators which catch just about
everyone Managers were contacted separately and a CME event for the docs was
advertised separately I made good use of the CME admin assistant and the Education
department to disseminate information about the sessions
In Penticton Regional Hospital Meditech is not universally used so I made more use of
posters and flyers and engaged the help of the staff development educator and the
physic iansrsquo secretary to spread the word
The biggest challenge remains the electronic equipment I book the space a laptop an LCD
projector leave an hour for set-up What can go wrong Well for example
1)The laptop I booked had no port for an internet connection (they still make those No -
this one is obsolete)
Page 15HLABC FORUM
ROCHLIN CONT
No problem I will get a long cord and hook the projector into the PC in the room It will be fine (run itrsquos 5 floors and 6
corridors away but I have time)
2) Somehow the PC and the LCD projector are incompatible Screen will not project
No problem I will find another projector Only one left on short notice is the oldest one in the building - Irsquoll take it (run 5
floors 6 corridors barely enough time)
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 16
ODD Internet Addressesamp other references go inthe margin
Garamond 12 pt - notSmall Cap
SEEN ON THE WEB
Library Humour Online
Library The Musicalhttpwwwprangstgrupco
mlmlmhtm
Library Song (UK)httpwwwcheekybeefcou
klibraryhtml
Librarian T-Shirtgraphics (also make goodwallpaper)
httpis2dalca~mdeliatee
sindexhtm l
HLABC FORUM Page 17
All is set up and ready with 3 minutes to spare Only a little perspiration on my brow
3) Audience com plains of poor b lurry projection quality
Resist the urge to tell them to suck it up
Other issues on other days but you get the general picture
The strategy described above is more cost effectivetime effective and reaches a larger audience than my traditional
approach of 1-2 hour small group sessions in a computer lab I have had a few requests that I run the small research classes
but I have decided not to do that until everyone has had a chance to come to the brief introductory sessions Interfaces are
getting easier and the users are becoming more computer savvy and I have great faith in most of them figuring it out as they
go along Theyrsquove had an introduction they have instructional handouts they have the library contact information - ldquoOff you go
now yoursquoll be finerdquo is my attitude
With the increase in access to PCs we in Interior Health have been able to put a link to the e-library package on our library
intranet page as well as the instructional handout This is light years from handing out paper As well Krista has come up
with a clever little bookmark small and handy with access and searching instructions The librarians needed to do the initial
instructional sessions to introduce the new services and to remind users of all of the wonderful things we do Once they have
had the intro they can try out the system and use the link to the online handout on their own
This project has definitely been a collaboration among the 3 libraries We each planned and promoted our own areas but we
shared experiences handouts and workload to get the information out to as much of the population as possible in the same
time frame
There was a fairly big learning curve involved for all of us to learn the Ebsco system well enough to teach it and to learn the
administrative side and handle security issues This was made more difficult when Ebsco changed the administrative
software after about 6 weeks We were warned it was going to happen but it was discouraging to have learned the
procedures to set th ings up then not to recognize the screen one day
Previously I have only attempted small group education sessions This was my first foray into mass education Itrsquos been fun
and easy and everybody can find 45 minutes to get to an info session Because of the number of clients the library now
serves I will use this format again
For the sessions I ran in KGH my home base I used the standard education evaluations All surveyed thought it was fun and
interesting except those w ho attended the session with the bad projector who com plained en m asse about the blurry
projection
I did not have the other sites evaluate the sessions
Response has been overwhelmingly positive that our sleepy little valley has finally entered the 20th century (I havenrsquot pointed
out that it is too late) Most users were well pleased with the introductory sessions and went off with their usernames and
passwords to try it on their own However there are still some who want small in-depth sessions which I will not be offering
anytime soon It is far better for me to teach 30 people in 1 hour than 6 people in 2 hours
I am finding now that in spite of the sessions and the handouts som e people still think that we have purchased electronic
access to everything indexed in Medline and CINAHL They fight the good fight with Ebsco then call me in frustration that
they cannot get to the full text and canrsquot understand what they are doing wrong Ah well itrsquos a learning curve for everyone
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 18
TRAIN THE TRAINER
After the sessions library use in general has gone up Interlibrary loan use soared in the
months following - as people discovered that hey - not everything is full text
I will run a second set of sessions in the same format in the coming months Even when
people did not make it to the sessions they saw all of the advertising and came to the library
to ask about it Now that the handout is on the intranet site people around the region are
referred there and for many that will be enough
I used these sessions to advertise what we have purchased how to get to it how to do basic
research how to contact the library for more information and help I also used it as a venue
to remind people of the great serv ices we offer
Barbara Trip is Librarian at the Patient amp Family Learning Centre (PFLC) Vancouver General
Hospital (VGH)
As librarian in the Patient amp Family Learning Centre I have been involved in end user
education in severa l ways On a roughly monthly basis I teach a class entitled E-Library Tour
This class looks at the UBC Library web site and some of the resources that are available for
VGH staff Specifically it covers how to access journals BooksOVID M D Consult Health
Reference Centre and the great subject resources pages developed by the UBC librarians
This class is one of several that are organized by the Vancouver Coastal Health Research
Institute It is held in a computer lab so there is hands-on participation
In the past year the PFLC also offered its own end-user education sessions From January to
May we offered monthly classes on resources that are available to staff from the Vancouver
Hospital Intranet This included looking at the Patient Care Guidelines BooksOVID MD
Consult and Health Reference Centre These classes were held in computer labs at both
VGH and UBC Hospital
As an outcome of these classes we produced a small booklet with the instructions for using
these resources as well as instructions for searching with OVID and PubMed We offered
these to the units as a resource that they could have handy at their computer stations
Another outcome of offering these classes was a request from the Intensive Care Unit to
come and do classes on the unit because it was difficult for their staff to get away to attend
the classes Some of these sessions were held right at the nursing station with 3 or 4 people
gathered around 1 terminal At tim es this was a b it chaotic as people would com e and go if
they were needed on the unit
The ICU also had another project to help the staff become more com puter literate For th is
project they used a train-the-trainer approach Again I covered with these trainers the
resources available on the Intranet The trainers then held their own classes in the ICU for
their staff
We did evaluations of the classes and those seemed well received I did not do evaluations
of the ICU sessions but I have had feedback that the train -the-trainer project worked well
I would hope to do more unit specific tra ining and really like the idea of tra ining the trainer
However I think we are fortunate at VGH to be able to provide a variety of methods of end
user education
HLABC FORUM Page 19
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FROM David S Crawford
TO CANM EDLIB
Subject
Margaret Charlton
Date sent
Tue 2 Sep 2003
Dear Colleagues
It gives me great pleasureto announce that theCanadian government hasjustdesignated Margaret RidleyCharlton as a person ofnational significanceMiss Charlton was the firstreal librarian at theMcGill University Medical(now Health Sciences)Library (1895-1914) Shewas also one of thefounders of the MedicalLibrary Association(1898) with Osler andGould
The proposal wassupported by the CHLAand the ACMC - though ittook such a long time thatPatrick (who was CHLAPresident at the time) maynot remember
Further information isavailable athttpwwwhealthlibrarymcgillcaoslercharltonindexhtm
CheersDavid S Crawford FCLIPEmeritus Librarian McGillUniversity
WEB SURVEY END USER EDUCATION
Report by Krista Clem ent
I hope you find these quick snapshots of how we all practice both inspiring and reassuring -
oh and maybe spark a debate or two We had 24 respondents this time up from 16 on
the first survey All were HLABC mem bers (the website is not closed to non-mem bers)
More than half of us do end-user training less than once per week 62 Only 17 do such
training three or more times per week I didnrsquot include ldquoneverrdquo as an option (oops) and
nobody wrote it in so I guess we are all doing something
I admit to being surprised at the high level of formal instruction we do I was also surprised
that none of those responding are teaching courses or course components with a graded
component I thought maybe some of the academic wing m ight
Searching databases and answering questions may be thought of as ldquoreal librarianshiprdquo
along with cataloguing and collection development However sober second thought made
me agree with the majority of you that in the long term teaching our patrons to use
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 20
information and tools to access it is also essential By increasing our users abilities we free them and we also free up our
own time for other things like tricky reference
HLABC FORUM Page 21
On the other hand as Ruth Rochlin points out in her art icle (this issue) training can consume
your time Nearly a third of you would not give instruction too high a priority lest it displace
other work Debate anyone
You may want to spend a few minutes contemplating question 5 - a sneaky omnibus number
which is really 9 separate questions
Highlights The most frequent sort of training is certainly searching journal indices (you know
Medline etc) The next most common topics are ldquocirculationrdquo and ldquoother high level info
skillsrdquo - by which I hoped to capture something more than the location of the restrooms
Circulation is also the most likely not to be offered at all I suspect that the split reflects a
difference in our libraries - perhaps larger versus smaller the type of circulation system or
policy or even the presence of regular circ staff The use of computer hardware and non-
computer equipment is also thankfully not a large part of our instructional duties
Looking at the middle columns we do steady training about the Internet and other software
No matter how much of our information migrates to web or CD-Rom based formats our
assistance continues to be needed in learning how to access and apply the knowledge
Thanks once again to every librarian who participated Keep your eyes open for the next
survey in 2004
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 22
SEEN ON THE WEB
gt -----Original Message-----gt From CHLAABSC gt Sent 2003 December 18 gt To tracyhavlincvihrbccagt Subject ImportantInformation on the next issue ofBMC
ldquoStarting volume 25 issue 1the JCHLAJABSC (Journalof the Canadian HealthLibraries AssociationJournal de lAssociation desbibliothegraveques de la santeacute duCanada) will be available inan electronic only (PDF)format
You can access the Journalin two ways either throughthe publisher NRC ResearchPress under AffiliatedJournals lthttppubsnrc-cnrcgccagt or through the associationwebsite lthttpwwwchla-absccagt
ldquo
NOTES FROM THE AFTERLIFE
RETIREMENT IT TAKES GETTING USED TO
David No ble retired as Chief Librarian at the BC Cancer Agency in 2002
I know its hard to believe but being retired does take getting used to
For the first few months you feel you are on vacation your mind cant fully accept the fact
that after 46 years of summer and career jobs through the years this is it You are now
retired Your m ind is sort of in a state of shock which only time will cure
After the vacation stage comes the guilt stage where you feel a little guilty that you are no
longer nose to the grindstone You hear from colleagues of developm ents since youve left
work but its no longer your concern and many of your long-time friends are still working
hence the guilty twinge For me the tiny feeling of guilt lasted 2 or 3 months until my mind
accepted the fact that I really did deserve to be retired after working a fifty five hour week
for 26 years
Then comes the Its time I started doing a ll those things I have put off until retirement
stage Youve sort of taken it easy added a few pounds even watched a little daytime TV
until you are thoroughly sick of it and now are ready for some self improvement You sign up
for courses have your piano tuned haul out your old water colour set and old Chopin
preludes build an improved sea wall do some landscaping of the yard and painting of the
house and generally get more organized and productive There is time also to improve your
golf pitch and chip shots It seemed I had to go through the vacation stage and the guiltnon-
productive stages to feel thoroughly ready for the self improvement stage and really get
down to the true retirem ent stage The true retirement stage is when you have little tim e it
seem s to laze about as your calendar is fully booked w ith all your activities just like before
you retired except its on your own terms
No complaints this true retirement stage is the fun part and how wonderful it is for us to be
free of the daily work grind even though I was one of the lucky ones as I really loved my job
I think we librarians are truly fortunate to be doing what we do We tend to get thanked a lot
for our services and its interesting to boot We may not get paid as much as we like but our
occupation is supposed to be second from the top on the list of best occupations in terms
of job satisfaction That makes up for a lot
This is my sense of experience since my retirement Yours will be different but then again
may be a little s imilar It does take time to get used to
I send my best wishes to you all Drop in and see us here in Qualicum Beach next time youre
passing by
David
_____________________________________________________________________
Notes From The A fterlife is a continuing feature We welcome your ideas Phone
ElsieWollaston at (604) 684-3036 fax (604) 685-9335 or e-mail elbruijninterchangeubcca
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HLABC FORUM Page 3
EDITORIAL
CHLA-ASBC conference Edmonton 2003
Tracys Trail Pal - Spicey
Among our duties as librarians is the duty to manage our time according to thoughtful
priorities It is a lesson I have not finished learning At work I agonize over which task must
be done today and which will wait for tomorrowrsquos attention Inevitably I am tempted to stay
at work just that ldquolittle bit longerrdquo to complete one last thing
We are a ll so busy and can see keenly the many important th ings which m ust be done This
is not only true in our working lives our libraries but also at home and in our other
involvem ents It is not possible for you to accept every opportunity agree to every request
and participate in every event The day will still be only twenty-four hours long But then
sleep is overrated and could readily be reduced wouldnrsquot you agree
The reality is that if we as professionals do not set limits on our commitments and take care
in selecting how to spend our time we will become exhausted and fail to keep many
promises It is not good practice to burn ourselves out and leave our libraries our colleagues
our fam ilies and our friends wondering what happened
The HLABC Forum our website and our listserv should be tools which help in setting these
priorities If we can pool our wisdom offer help and support each other in decision making
then each of us can save a little time for what really m atters
In this issue the focus is on End-User Education something which most of you agree is a
significant priority This year I came hom e from the CHLA-ASBC conference determined to
make some training happen in m y ow n place the Cancer Centre in the Southern Interior I
thought to start small - with just our oncology nurses I planned four topics to offer as quick
ldquobrown bag lunchrdquo talks one per month and to follow each with a hands on workshop There
are only about a dozen nurses at our facility
When I brought it to the nursing practice leader she asked whether I would give the talks in
front of a camera video-linked live to all four cancer centres in the province so the other
oncology nurses could participate too I gulped and said ldquoSure why notrdquo When we
scheduled the times the academic education committee asked if they could promote the
sessions across all the disciplines - in effect opening up my talks to the entire Cancer Agency
across the province Again I gulped and said ldquoSounds greatrdquo Instead of a cozy chat with my
own nurses here I ended up presenting to a much wider audience That commitment
pressed me in other areas of my work certainly But I init iated the project because of my
belief that it is a high priority If I teach even three people at once it reduces my total time
training and maximizes what I can do for those three I hope that the stories shared here
the survey and the various reports will help you all in planning effectively and defending
your priorit ies
In the meantime Tracy Havlin has set some fresh goals for herself - not only beyond her
current library but
outside of this
continent You can see
from the photo above
that Tracy uses time in
the outdoors to balance
her own personal and
professional pressures
Let us wish Shannon Long the new ldquoPrezrdquo much
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 4
success as she takes on this comm itment - to give leadership to our m erry band May none of us give her cause to regret it
And m ay we all have a healthy happy New Year
Krista Clement
Forum Editor
Page 5HLABC FORUM
PRESIDENTrsquoS LETTER(s)
Cornell at Quatar httpwwwmedcornelleduqatar
Have a look at the imagegalleries linked at thebottom right of thehomepage or find thelibrary under resourcestab
Tracy Havlin - OutgoingFor those of you that havent heard through the grapevine yet (or dont read many
messages from the listserv) Im resigning as HLABC president and leaving my current job
at NRGH to move overseas and start a new position at Weill Cornell Medical College in
Qatar Shannon Long will be replacing me on the HLABC executive
For the inevitably curious some FAQs on my upcoming adventure
Wheres Qatar In the Middle East a peninsula bordering the Persian Gulf and North of
Saudi Arabia
When did Cornell set-up a medical college there and what are the facilities like Check
out the website given in the side bar for details
What will you be doing and for how long My position will be one of 4 reference librarians
in the distributed e-library I signed a contract for 3 years (until Jan 13 th 2007)
Since Im writing this blurb on worktime I should cut myse lf off here
Id like to thank all the current and past HLABC executive members Ive had the privilege of
working with And its been really great working with so many of you HLABCers - truly a
wonderful bunch of dedicated health professionals I hope you all enjoy the holiday season
and have a healthy New Year If you want to keep in touch please send a note to my
web email account gg_tracyyahooca
Shannon Long - IncomingI would like to start by thanking the HLABC members who gave me such a warm welcome
at the December meeting when my role change was announced This year was supposed
to be one of training as Vice President nonetheless I feel quite confident in taking on the
increased responsibility albeit six months ahead of schedule I have been on the executive
for severa l years as the treasurermem bership coordinator During that time I learned (in
great detail) about our association and also about how executive boards function
This year HLABC is involved in many exciting initiatives The Electronic Health Library of
BC led by the BC Academic Health Council looks like it is rea lly taking off Yahoo
Although our association itself is not directly involved many of our members are and we
all look forward to hearing how the init iative is moving ever closer to its goal On the home
front the HLABC executive is working toward getting the new website up by late January or
early February Keep an eye on the listserv for announcements and links to the site
The executive is also busy planning continuing education events and guest speakers for
our spring and summer m eetings At the brunch earlier this month interest was shown in
a variety of topics from statistics to web based instruction design We canrsquot cover all of
the topics this year but we will certainly do our best to encourage education of HLABC
members through our own events and by informing you of learning opportunities through
other organizations If you are a m ember BCLA SLA PNCMLA or CLA please share
details about courses and lectures even those not directly related to health sciences
librarianship The more we educate ourselves the stronger we become individually and as
an association Perhaps we could even start a regular column in the Forum dedicated to
educational opportunities
Until next time
Shannon Long
President Health Libraries Association of BC
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 6
HLABC FORUM Page 7
WEBSITE UPDATE
In case yoursquove forgottenthe website is athttpwwwhlabcbcca
(But you know that because
yoursquore reading the Forum
online now)
The mockup of the newdesign has been athttpwwwbedlamhotelcom114html
TREASURERrsquoS REPORT Health Libraries Association of BC
Finances
Mutal Fund $156965 (as of September 30 2003)
Checking Account $673038 (balance on November 7 2003)
Total $830003
Me mbersh ip
79 regular (6 new)
1 student
6 lifetime
2 unpaid
Total of 88
Welcom e to new m em bers
Lisa Jane Watson EBSCO
Christine Martin SLAIS Instructor
Patricia Whittaker VPL
Robyn Ingvallsen BCCA Surrey
Bette Reimer Information Research Consultant
Sue Kurucz Former member just back from 6 years in Dubai
Report submitted by Marcia Bilinsky
The redesign of the HLABC web site was completed over the summer and the executive
committee selected the final look at the November 22nd executive meeting At the HLABC
general meeting December 6th those involved in the website redesign met briefly to discuss
the next steps We all agreed that Chris from Bedlamhotel has done a great job on giving our
page a new look
In early January the website committee will meet to discuss transferring the content of the
old site to the new site We will be collaborating with Chris to obtain training for the
committee and to establish user ID and passw ords for site security Once training in
complete the content will be transferred from the old site to our new site
The Centre for Health Services and Policy Research will continue to host the HLABC website
The new site will be running on the contents management system Tyop3 which will allow
remote access for comm ittee members
Teresa Lee left the website committee this fall as she returned to university We welcomed
aboard two new members Robyn Ingvallsen from the BC Cancer Agency (Surrey) and Joyce
Constantine from the Vancouver Island Health Authority (Victoria) Please contact any of the
members of the committee with your ideas for content for the new website
Current members are Mary-Doug Wright (mdwrightchsprubcca) Robert Melrose
(Melrosedsrforg) Robyn Ingvallsen (ringvallsenbccancerbcca) and Joyce Constantine
(joyceconstantinecaphealthorg)
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 8
Report submitted by Robert Melrose
Page 9HLABC FORUM
CHLAABSCMembership infohttpwwwchla-absccaassocchlamemhtml
CHLAABSC REPORT
Cathy Rayment craymentinterchangeubcca
Hamber Library University of British Columbia Childrens amp Womens Health Centre of BC
New Push E-Mail Service
CHLAABSC has started a new e -mail newslette r for mem bers-only It uses a push-email
delivery and will be used to ensure that all members receive timely notice of association
news In addition to the E-News well be using it to send out Nomination forms
membership renewals notice of journal issue availability etc
Transition to Calendar Year Mem bership
The Board has decided to proceed with changing the Associationrsquos membership year (We
had started to do this last year but hadnt considered all the financial im plications)
Currently members join from June 1 to May 31 each year The fiscal year however is the
calendar year This has caused needless complications for our Treasurer and the budget
process and also confusion at conference registrations where people are unsure of which
yearrsquos membership counts towards the member conference rate
In order to achieve the change for one renewal only we are go ing to ask members to
renew their membership for a year and a half The renewals will be sent out for June 1 as
usual next year but you will renew through December 31 2005 For regular members the
one tim e renewal cost will be $12000 ndash one and a half times the usual $8000 fee
Similarly all other categories of membership (except sustaining) will be renewed at one
and a half times their regular fees
Membership
In conjunction with this transition CHLAABSC is undertaking a mem bership drive To
attract new members we are offering a half-price membership for the 2004 calendar
year New mem bers (individuals who have NOT held a CHLAABSC membership in the
past 5 years) can join for $4000 Information can be found on the Association web site
under ldquoWhatrsquos Newrdquo and on the mem bership page
BMC Transition to the Journal of the CHLA
For those of you who may have missed the news beginning in 2004 the Journal of the
Canadian Health Libraries AssociationJournal de lrsquoAssociation des bibliothegraveques de la
santeacute du Canada will be published by the NRC Research Press exclusively online The
tables of contents will be freely available and will be sent to mem bers via the new push
em ail service when each issue is published
There was strong support particularly from BC members to publish the journal as Open-
Access and the Board studied this idea A task group was formed and surveyed the
mem bership Up to 10 of existing mem bers fe lt that they would not renew their
memberships if the journal were freely available to them (in other words they maintained
membership because they felt the BMC was a significant benefit) This would amount to a
significant enough drop in membership revenues that it is not a viable option So for at
least the first year the new Journal CHLA wil continue to be available for mem bers-only
The Board is investigating new ways to improve membership benefits in the hopes of
retaining m em bership levels should we move to an open-access m odel
Upcoming CE Survey
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 10
Continuing Education is one of the prime areas of focus for CHLAABSC Members have said they need and want a wide array
of CE opportunities both at the annual conference and locally CE Coordinator Judy Inglis is planning a survey of members
regarding their
HLABC FORUM Page 11
2004 CHLAABSCConference Website
http w ww medmuncachla
2004
Editorrsquos Note Ask Anne about ldquootherdetails such as gettingsoaked in the rain andlosing a glove and havingto buy new ones and notknowing which bus totakerdquo
BC Academic HealthCouncil eHLbc
httpwwwbcahccaBCAHC
_pageasppageid=700
WINTER MEETING REPORT
professional development needs The survey w ill help pinpoint subjects for which mem bers
would like courses to be available as well as preferred methods of course delivery The
survey will arrive via e-mail so watch for it and make your opinions known
CHLAABSC Conferences
The upcoming 2004 conference is in St Johns Newfoundland and will undoubtedly be
another memorable conference (The opening reception alone looks like it will be worth the
registration fee)
Conference 2005 will be hosted by the Toronto chapter And Conference 2006 will be
back here in BC A call for
volunteers went out after the HLABC December brunch and many of the sub-committee
chair positions have already been filled There are a few spots left though and most of the
committees can use extra hands to he lp with the organizing so please contact me if youre
interested in taking part in the planning Taking part in a planning committee is a great way
to get involved with your professional association
Anne Allgaier Librarian for the Northern Health Authority
REPORT OF A M EET ING OF THE H LABC December 6 2003 hosted by Pat Boileau at the
GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre
I was very pleased to have been able to attend a Christmas meeting of the HLABC and would like
to thank those responsible for putting in place a po licy to provide financial support to out-of-
towners such as myself making it possible to travel from the HeartLand to LotusLand in order to
partake of intellectually stimulating interactions with co lleagues as well as gourmet delights
George Eisler CEO of the BC Academic Health Council and Sandra Morris Senior Project
Manager of the BC Academic Health Council were the guest speakers who brought us up to date
on the BC Academic Health Councilrsquos initiative for an electronic health library for British
Columbia health professionals and students in the health sciences
The complete information sheet about the Electronic Health Library for BC (eHLbc) is listed on
the website of the B C Academic Health Council Please feel free to make copies and distribute to
staff at your work place - it is important for this initiative to have broad grass-roots support
The eHLbc is one of several initiatives being undertaken by the BCAHC which is a fortuitous
amalgamation of health care facilities and educational institutions (and a successor of COUT H)
that are responsible for training health professionals in BC The eHLbc may have a greater chance
of success than other efforts because of this
The staff of the BCAHC and the W orking Group consisting of various educators administrators
and librarians from universities colleges and health authorities have been working very hard to
develop a list of electronic resources that could be licensed for ALL health professionals and
students in BC regardless of location Other models for licensing are being examined and the
knowledge gained will help make informed decisions about the final licensing model
News about the eHLbc will be posted on the HLABC website in the New Year so check there to
monitor progress
AA
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 12
SEEN ON THE WEB
-----Original Message-----Forwarded FromAlannaAiko Moore InternationalRelations Office InternAmerican LibraryAssociationSent Thursday December11 2003 922 AMTo CANMEDLIBSubject FellowshipDeadline Approaching
The US IFLA 2001National OrganizingCommittee is pleased toannounce that it willsupport the participation of20 librarians from theAmericas (South AmericaCentral America NorthAmerica and theCaribbean) to IFLAsWorld Library andInformation ConferenceAugust 22-272004 in Buenos Aires
The fellowship will coverair travel sharedaccommodation a per diemfood allowance andconference registrationfees
The deadline forapplications is January 152004 Applications inSpanish and English can befound at httpscsalaorgifla2004
INTERNET CLASSES amp UNEXPECTED EVENTS
Marjory Jardine writes from the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (VCHA) Com munity
Library She and Pat Young job-share the Librarian position and Paula Ludwig works 8 as a
Library Technician
Our library at VCHA offers introduction to finding health inform ation on the internet a
refresher course for those who have taken the introduction and we have just introduced
internet searching for beginners
We started offering demonstrations about 2-3 years ago We went to various sites armed
with a laptop and an enormous lcd projector and gave demonstrations of Pubmed
Medlineplus plus other consumer health databases More recently we have offered
regular hands-on sessions for groups the internet for beginners class is the newest
offering and it seems to be very popular
We are very fortunate to belong to a team of excellent educators and support staff Our
classes are advertised in the education services calendar (online and in print) in addition
one of the support staff sends out workshop reminders to all staff every week Registration
is required and again support staff look after this
The classes are 2-3 hours and are held in a computer lab where each person has their own
computer Class size ranges from 5-12 people Classes are generally offered every 2
weeks In addition we add extra classes for a group training session on request For
example speech- language pathologists addictions counsellors
The bulk of a hands-on internet session is spent on Pubmed with lots of time for practice
Medlineplus and other consum er health sites are also covered We use the opportunity to
let staff know about the available library services (eg document delivery e-mail tables of
contents services online library catalogue how to request material from the library etc etc)
We definitely had to learn new skills for this course particularly the use of technology -
lcdlaptoppc connections And how to teach We do use lots of both computer
technology for the hands-on classes but also paper materials - lots of fluorescent-coloured
how to hand-outs
This is most definitely a collaborative effort -- library staff together and in conjunction with
education services support staff For a group of 6 or more we try to have two librarians on
hand (a definite advantage of job-sharing - one person splits into two) One to demoteach
and the other to be available to help participants
The biggest challenge could be described as unexpected eventsrdquo ndash usually technology-
driven but sometimes weather-related Each session brings its own challenges A bent or
broken plug a missing cable a dripping ceiling a code blue announcement over the PA
system the internet is down city-wide Pubmed is experiencing technical d ifficulties old
computers teeny tiny font
Another challenge is teaching a hands-on class to people with varying degrees of
computer-comfort - we have tried sending out a pre -assessm ent questionnaire but th is
does not always work
Page 13HLABC FORUM
An education services evaluation form is included in each hand-out package Participants rate several aspects of the
session on a scale of 1 (poor) to 4 (excellent) For exam ple overa ll rating of workshop learning needs were met
usefulness of hand-outs
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 14
SEEN ON THE WEB
If you visit no other links inthis issue go to
httpwwwpubmedcentralgovpicrenderfcgiaction=streamampblobtype=pdfampartid=234463
The whole URL is requiredto find the articleAlternately search PubMedCentral for ldquoMedicalLibrarianrdquo[TITLE] and lookfor the Jan 1929 article
INTRODUCING THE 20TH CENTURY TO THE 21ST
usefulness to work etc etc There are also several questions which allow participants to
make further comm ents
These sessions are very well received Staff leave the sessions knowing that they have the
skills to do basic literature searches Andthey also know that they can ca ll us for help
before during or after a search They also know that the librarians are on deck to do
literature searches Equally importantly staff now know of resources to show or to
recomm end to their clients (in particular consumer health resources such as medlineplus
merck manuals etc)
One way we know that staff members are using what they learn is that they sometimes send
in requests for articles via the e-mail feature in pubmed And in addition they do call us for
help and reminders about things they learnedThe library is busier than ever doing literature
searches and filling document delivery requests
Has it been worth the effort Do we plan to continue these classes Would I recomm end it to
colleagues Yes yes and yes
Ruth Roch lin is librarian at Kelowna General Hospital Along with Francine Renaud in
Vernon and Anita Skinner their clerk they serve the Okanagan Service area within the
Interior Health Authority Teresa Prior is their third colleague librarian at Royal Inland
Hospital in Kamloops
With the advent of our new Ebsco online library package I have begun regular education
sessions Rather than doing in-depth research skills training in our computer lab with 6 or 7
people per class which I have done in the past I have been holding open sessions in our
conference room I use a live dem o with projection and provide handouts All staff are
welcom e no registration only 45 m inutes People with pagers sit at the back and run out if
they need to Free cheery come on in
The intention of all of the teaching strategies is to disseminate not only search skills but the
scope and practice of library services Within Interior Health we are working hard towards
regional collaboration The librarians in both Kamloops and Vernon are similarly presenting
the new online library package while letting people know of our regional aspirations
Promoting and advertising were taken on aggressively in all sites In Kelowna General and
the Kelowna Health Unit our internal information system Meditech was used to reach all
staff with a brief ad about 2 weeks prior Reminders were sent around by this method as
well Posters were put up in strategic places including the elevators which catch just about
everyone Managers were contacted separately and a CME event for the docs was
advertised separately I made good use of the CME admin assistant and the Education
department to disseminate information about the sessions
In Penticton Regional Hospital Meditech is not universally used so I made more use of
posters and flyers and engaged the help of the staff development educator and the
physic iansrsquo secretary to spread the word
The biggest challenge remains the electronic equipment I book the space a laptop an LCD
projector leave an hour for set-up What can go wrong Well for example
1)The laptop I booked had no port for an internet connection (they still make those No -
this one is obsolete)
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ROCHLIN CONT
No problem I will get a long cord and hook the projector into the PC in the room It will be fine (run itrsquos 5 floors and 6
corridors away but I have time)
2) Somehow the PC and the LCD projector are incompatible Screen will not project
No problem I will find another projector Only one left on short notice is the oldest one in the building - Irsquoll take it (run 5
floors 6 corridors barely enough time)
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ODD Internet Addressesamp other references go inthe margin
Garamond 12 pt - notSmall Cap
SEEN ON THE WEB
Library Humour Online
Library The Musicalhttpwwwprangstgrupco
mlmlmhtm
Library Song (UK)httpwwwcheekybeefcou
klibraryhtml
Librarian T-Shirtgraphics (also make goodwallpaper)
httpis2dalca~mdeliatee
sindexhtm l
HLABC FORUM Page 17
All is set up and ready with 3 minutes to spare Only a little perspiration on my brow
3) Audience com plains of poor b lurry projection quality
Resist the urge to tell them to suck it up
Other issues on other days but you get the general picture
The strategy described above is more cost effectivetime effective and reaches a larger audience than my traditional
approach of 1-2 hour small group sessions in a computer lab I have had a few requests that I run the small research classes
but I have decided not to do that until everyone has had a chance to come to the brief introductory sessions Interfaces are
getting easier and the users are becoming more computer savvy and I have great faith in most of them figuring it out as they
go along Theyrsquove had an introduction they have instructional handouts they have the library contact information - ldquoOff you go
now yoursquoll be finerdquo is my attitude
With the increase in access to PCs we in Interior Health have been able to put a link to the e-library package on our library
intranet page as well as the instructional handout This is light years from handing out paper As well Krista has come up
with a clever little bookmark small and handy with access and searching instructions The librarians needed to do the initial
instructional sessions to introduce the new services and to remind users of all of the wonderful things we do Once they have
had the intro they can try out the system and use the link to the online handout on their own
This project has definitely been a collaboration among the 3 libraries We each planned and promoted our own areas but we
shared experiences handouts and workload to get the information out to as much of the population as possible in the same
time frame
There was a fairly big learning curve involved for all of us to learn the Ebsco system well enough to teach it and to learn the
administrative side and handle security issues This was made more difficult when Ebsco changed the administrative
software after about 6 weeks We were warned it was going to happen but it was discouraging to have learned the
procedures to set th ings up then not to recognize the screen one day
Previously I have only attempted small group education sessions This was my first foray into mass education Itrsquos been fun
and easy and everybody can find 45 minutes to get to an info session Because of the number of clients the library now
serves I will use this format again
For the sessions I ran in KGH my home base I used the standard education evaluations All surveyed thought it was fun and
interesting except those w ho attended the session with the bad projector who com plained en m asse about the blurry
projection
I did not have the other sites evaluate the sessions
Response has been overwhelmingly positive that our sleepy little valley has finally entered the 20th century (I havenrsquot pointed
out that it is too late) Most users were well pleased with the introductory sessions and went off with their usernames and
passwords to try it on their own However there are still some who want small in-depth sessions which I will not be offering
anytime soon It is far better for me to teach 30 people in 1 hour than 6 people in 2 hours
I am finding now that in spite of the sessions and the handouts som e people still think that we have purchased electronic
access to everything indexed in Medline and CINAHL They fight the good fight with Ebsco then call me in frustration that
they cannot get to the full text and canrsquot understand what they are doing wrong Ah well itrsquos a learning curve for everyone
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 18
TRAIN THE TRAINER
After the sessions library use in general has gone up Interlibrary loan use soared in the
months following - as people discovered that hey - not everything is full text
I will run a second set of sessions in the same format in the coming months Even when
people did not make it to the sessions they saw all of the advertising and came to the library
to ask about it Now that the handout is on the intranet site people around the region are
referred there and for many that will be enough
I used these sessions to advertise what we have purchased how to get to it how to do basic
research how to contact the library for more information and help I also used it as a venue
to remind people of the great serv ices we offer
Barbara Trip is Librarian at the Patient amp Family Learning Centre (PFLC) Vancouver General
Hospital (VGH)
As librarian in the Patient amp Family Learning Centre I have been involved in end user
education in severa l ways On a roughly monthly basis I teach a class entitled E-Library Tour
This class looks at the UBC Library web site and some of the resources that are available for
VGH staff Specifically it covers how to access journals BooksOVID M D Consult Health
Reference Centre and the great subject resources pages developed by the UBC librarians
This class is one of several that are organized by the Vancouver Coastal Health Research
Institute It is held in a computer lab so there is hands-on participation
In the past year the PFLC also offered its own end-user education sessions From January to
May we offered monthly classes on resources that are available to staff from the Vancouver
Hospital Intranet This included looking at the Patient Care Guidelines BooksOVID MD
Consult and Health Reference Centre These classes were held in computer labs at both
VGH and UBC Hospital
As an outcome of these classes we produced a small booklet with the instructions for using
these resources as well as instructions for searching with OVID and PubMed We offered
these to the units as a resource that they could have handy at their computer stations
Another outcome of offering these classes was a request from the Intensive Care Unit to
come and do classes on the unit because it was difficult for their staff to get away to attend
the classes Some of these sessions were held right at the nursing station with 3 or 4 people
gathered around 1 terminal At tim es this was a b it chaotic as people would com e and go if
they were needed on the unit
The ICU also had another project to help the staff become more com puter literate For th is
project they used a train-the-trainer approach Again I covered with these trainers the
resources available on the Intranet The trainers then held their own classes in the ICU for
their staff
We did evaluations of the classes and those seemed well received I did not do evaluations
of the ICU sessions but I have had feedback that the train -the-trainer project worked well
I would hope to do more unit specific tra ining and really like the idea of tra ining the trainer
However I think we are fortunate at VGH to be able to provide a variety of methods of end
user education
HLABC FORUM Page 19
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FROM David S Crawford
TO CANM EDLIB
Subject
Margaret Charlton
Date sent
Tue 2 Sep 2003
Dear Colleagues
It gives me great pleasureto announce that theCanadian government hasjustdesignated Margaret RidleyCharlton as a person ofnational significanceMiss Charlton was the firstreal librarian at theMcGill University Medical(now Health Sciences)Library (1895-1914) Shewas also one of thefounders of the MedicalLibrary Association(1898) with Osler andGould
The proposal wassupported by the CHLAand the ACMC - though ittook such a long time thatPatrick (who was CHLAPresident at the time) maynot remember
Further information isavailable athttpwwwhealthlibrarymcgillcaoslercharltonindexhtm
CheersDavid S Crawford FCLIPEmeritus Librarian McGillUniversity
WEB SURVEY END USER EDUCATION
Report by Krista Clem ent
I hope you find these quick snapshots of how we all practice both inspiring and reassuring -
oh and maybe spark a debate or two We had 24 respondents this time up from 16 on
the first survey All were HLABC mem bers (the website is not closed to non-mem bers)
More than half of us do end-user training less than once per week 62 Only 17 do such
training three or more times per week I didnrsquot include ldquoneverrdquo as an option (oops) and
nobody wrote it in so I guess we are all doing something
I admit to being surprised at the high level of formal instruction we do I was also surprised
that none of those responding are teaching courses or course components with a graded
component I thought maybe some of the academic wing m ight
Searching databases and answering questions may be thought of as ldquoreal librarianshiprdquo
along with cataloguing and collection development However sober second thought made
me agree with the majority of you that in the long term teaching our patrons to use
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 20
information and tools to access it is also essential By increasing our users abilities we free them and we also free up our
own time for other things like tricky reference
HLABC FORUM Page 21
On the other hand as Ruth Rochlin points out in her art icle (this issue) training can consume
your time Nearly a third of you would not give instruction too high a priority lest it displace
other work Debate anyone
You may want to spend a few minutes contemplating question 5 - a sneaky omnibus number
which is really 9 separate questions
Highlights The most frequent sort of training is certainly searching journal indices (you know
Medline etc) The next most common topics are ldquocirculationrdquo and ldquoother high level info
skillsrdquo - by which I hoped to capture something more than the location of the restrooms
Circulation is also the most likely not to be offered at all I suspect that the split reflects a
difference in our libraries - perhaps larger versus smaller the type of circulation system or
policy or even the presence of regular circ staff The use of computer hardware and non-
computer equipment is also thankfully not a large part of our instructional duties
Looking at the middle columns we do steady training about the Internet and other software
No matter how much of our information migrates to web or CD-Rom based formats our
assistance continues to be needed in learning how to access and apply the knowledge
Thanks once again to every librarian who participated Keep your eyes open for the next
survey in 2004
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 22
SEEN ON THE WEB
gt -----Original Message-----gt From CHLAABSC gt Sent 2003 December 18 gt To tracyhavlincvihrbccagt Subject ImportantInformation on the next issue ofBMC
ldquoStarting volume 25 issue 1the JCHLAJABSC (Journalof the Canadian HealthLibraries AssociationJournal de lAssociation desbibliothegraveques de la santeacute duCanada) will be available inan electronic only (PDF)format
You can access the Journalin two ways either throughthe publisher NRC ResearchPress under AffiliatedJournals lthttppubsnrc-cnrcgccagt or through the associationwebsite lthttpwwwchla-absccagt
ldquo
NOTES FROM THE AFTERLIFE
RETIREMENT IT TAKES GETTING USED TO
David No ble retired as Chief Librarian at the BC Cancer Agency in 2002
I know its hard to believe but being retired does take getting used to
For the first few months you feel you are on vacation your mind cant fully accept the fact
that after 46 years of summer and career jobs through the years this is it You are now
retired Your m ind is sort of in a state of shock which only time will cure
After the vacation stage comes the guilt stage where you feel a little guilty that you are no
longer nose to the grindstone You hear from colleagues of developm ents since youve left
work but its no longer your concern and many of your long-time friends are still working
hence the guilty twinge For me the tiny feeling of guilt lasted 2 or 3 months until my mind
accepted the fact that I really did deserve to be retired after working a fifty five hour week
for 26 years
Then comes the Its time I started doing a ll those things I have put off until retirement
stage Youve sort of taken it easy added a few pounds even watched a little daytime TV
until you are thoroughly sick of it and now are ready for some self improvement You sign up
for courses have your piano tuned haul out your old water colour set and old Chopin
preludes build an improved sea wall do some landscaping of the yard and painting of the
house and generally get more organized and productive There is time also to improve your
golf pitch and chip shots It seemed I had to go through the vacation stage and the guiltnon-
productive stages to feel thoroughly ready for the self improvement stage and really get
down to the true retirem ent stage The true retirement stage is when you have little tim e it
seem s to laze about as your calendar is fully booked w ith all your activities just like before
you retired except its on your own terms
No complaints this true retirement stage is the fun part and how wonderful it is for us to be
free of the daily work grind even though I was one of the lucky ones as I really loved my job
I think we librarians are truly fortunate to be doing what we do We tend to get thanked a lot
for our services and its interesting to boot We may not get paid as much as we like but our
occupation is supposed to be second from the top on the list of best occupations in terms
of job satisfaction That makes up for a lot
This is my sense of experience since my retirement Yours will be different but then again
may be a little s imilar It does take time to get used to
I send my best wishes to you all Drop in and see us here in Qualicum Beach next time youre
passing by
David
_____________________________________________________________________
Notes From The A fterlife is a continuing feature We welcome your ideas Phone
ElsieWollaston at (604) 684-3036 fax (604) 685-9335 or e-mail elbruijninterchangeubcca
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success as she takes on this comm itment - to give leadership to our m erry band May none of us give her cause to regret it
And m ay we all have a healthy happy New Year
Krista Clement
Forum Editor
Page 5HLABC FORUM
PRESIDENTrsquoS LETTER(s)
Cornell at Quatar httpwwwmedcornelleduqatar
Have a look at the imagegalleries linked at thebottom right of thehomepage or find thelibrary under resourcestab
Tracy Havlin - OutgoingFor those of you that havent heard through the grapevine yet (or dont read many
messages from the listserv) Im resigning as HLABC president and leaving my current job
at NRGH to move overseas and start a new position at Weill Cornell Medical College in
Qatar Shannon Long will be replacing me on the HLABC executive
For the inevitably curious some FAQs on my upcoming adventure
Wheres Qatar In the Middle East a peninsula bordering the Persian Gulf and North of
Saudi Arabia
When did Cornell set-up a medical college there and what are the facilities like Check
out the website given in the side bar for details
What will you be doing and for how long My position will be one of 4 reference librarians
in the distributed e-library I signed a contract for 3 years (until Jan 13 th 2007)
Since Im writing this blurb on worktime I should cut myse lf off here
Id like to thank all the current and past HLABC executive members Ive had the privilege of
working with And its been really great working with so many of you HLABCers - truly a
wonderful bunch of dedicated health professionals I hope you all enjoy the holiday season
and have a healthy New Year If you want to keep in touch please send a note to my
web email account gg_tracyyahooca
Shannon Long - IncomingI would like to start by thanking the HLABC members who gave me such a warm welcome
at the December meeting when my role change was announced This year was supposed
to be one of training as Vice President nonetheless I feel quite confident in taking on the
increased responsibility albeit six months ahead of schedule I have been on the executive
for severa l years as the treasurermem bership coordinator During that time I learned (in
great detail) about our association and also about how executive boards function
This year HLABC is involved in many exciting initiatives The Electronic Health Library of
BC led by the BC Academic Health Council looks like it is rea lly taking off Yahoo
Although our association itself is not directly involved many of our members are and we
all look forward to hearing how the init iative is moving ever closer to its goal On the home
front the HLABC executive is working toward getting the new website up by late January or
early February Keep an eye on the listserv for announcements and links to the site
The executive is also busy planning continuing education events and guest speakers for
our spring and summer m eetings At the brunch earlier this month interest was shown in
a variety of topics from statistics to web based instruction design We canrsquot cover all of
the topics this year but we will certainly do our best to encourage education of HLABC
members through our own events and by informing you of learning opportunities through
other organizations If you are a m ember BCLA SLA PNCMLA or CLA please share
details about courses and lectures even those not directly related to health sciences
librarianship The more we educate ourselves the stronger we become individually and as
an association Perhaps we could even start a regular column in the Forum dedicated to
educational opportunities
Until next time
Shannon Long
President Health Libraries Association of BC
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 6
HLABC FORUM Page 7
WEBSITE UPDATE
In case yoursquove forgottenthe website is athttpwwwhlabcbcca
(But you know that because
yoursquore reading the Forum
online now)
The mockup of the newdesign has been athttpwwwbedlamhotelcom114html
TREASURERrsquoS REPORT Health Libraries Association of BC
Finances
Mutal Fund $156965 (as of September 30 2003)
Checking Account $673038 (balance on November 7 2003)
Total $830003
Me mbersh ip
79 regular (6 new)
1 student
6 lifetime
2 unpaid
Total of 88
Welcom e to new m em bers
Lisa Jane Watson EBSCO
Christine Martin SLAIS Instructor
Patricia Whittaker VPL
Robyn Ingvallsen BCCA Surrey
Bette Reimer Information Research Consultant
Sue Kurucz Former member just back from 6 years in Dubai
Report submitted by Marcia Bilinsky
The redesign of the HLABC web site was completed over the summer and the executive
committee selected the final look at the November 22nd executive meeting At the HLABC
general meeting December 6th those involved in the website redesign met briefly to discuss
the next steps We all agreed that Chris from Bedlamhotel has done a great job on giving our
page a new look
In early January the website committee will meet to discuss transferring the content of the
old site to the new site We will be collaborating with Chris to obtain training for the
committee and to establish user ID and passw ords for site security Once training in
complete the content will be transferred from the old site to our new site
The Centre for Health Services and Policy Research will continue to host the HLABC website
The new site will be running on the contents management system Tyop3 which will allow
remote access for comm ittee members
Teresa Lee left the website committee this fall as she returned to university We welcomed
aboard two new members Robyn Ingvallsen from the BC Cancer Agency (Surrey) and Joyce
Constantine from the Vancouver Island Health Authority (Victoria) Please contact any of the
members of the committee with your ideas for content for the new website
Current members are Mary-Doug Wright (mdwrightchsprubcca) Robert Melrose
(Melrosedsrforg) Robyn Ingvallsen (ringvallsenbccancerbcca) and Joyce Constantine
(joyceconstantinecaphealthorg)
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 8
Report submitted by Robert Melrose
Page 9HLABC FORUM
CHLAABSCMembership infohttpwwwchla-absccaassocchlamemhtml
CHLAABSC REPORT
Cathy Rayment craymentinterchangeubcca
Hamber Library University of British Columbia Childrens amp Womens Health Centre of BC
New Push E-Mail Service
CHLAABSC has started a new e -mail newslette r for mem bers-only It uses a push-email
delivery and will be used to ensure that all members receive timely notice of association
news In addition to the E-News well be using it to send out Nomination forms
membership renewals notice of journal issue availability etc
Transition to Calendar Year Mem bership
The Board has decided to proceed with changing the Associationrsquos membership year (We
had started to do this last year but hadnt considered all the financial im plications)
Currently members join from June 1 to May 31 each year The fiscal year however is the
calendar year This has caused needless complications for our Treasurer and the budget
process and also confusion at conference registrations where people are unsure of which
yearrsquos membership counts towards the member conference rate
In order to achieve the change for one renewal only we are go ing to ask members to
renew their membership for a year and a half The renewals will be sent out for June 1 as
usual next year but you will renew through December 31 2005 For regular members the
one tim e renewal cost will be $12000 ndash one and a half times the usual $8000 fee
Similarly all other categories of membership (except sustaining) will be renewed at one
and a half times their regular fees
Membership
In conjunction with this transition CHLAABSC is undertaking a mem bership drive To
attract new members we are offering a half-price membership for the 2004 calendar
year New mem bers (individuals who have NOT held a CHLAABSC membership in the
past 5 years) can join for $4000 Information can be found on the Association web site
under ldquoWhatrsquos Newrdquo and on the mem bership page
BMC Transition to the Journal of the CHLA
For those of you who may have missed the news beginning in 2004 the Journal of the
Canadian Health Libraries AssociationJournal de lrsquoAssociation des bibliothegraveques de la
santeacute du Canada will be published by the NRC Research Press exclusively online The
tables of contents will be freely available and will be sent to mem bers via the new push
em ail service when each issue is published
There was strong support particularly from BC members to publish the journal as Open-
Access and the Board studied this idea A task group was formed and surveyed the
mem bership Up to 10 of existing mem bers fe lt that they would not renew their
memberships if the journal were freely available to them (in other words they maintained
membership because they felt the BMC was a significant benefit) This would amount to a
significant enough drop in membership revenues that it is not a viable option So for at
least the first year the new Journal CHLA wil continue to be available for mem bers-only
The Board is investigating new ways to improve membership benefits in the hopes of
retaining m em bership levels should we move to an open-access m odel
Upcoming CE Survey
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 10
Continuing Education is one of the prime areas of focus for CHLAABSC Members have said they need and want a wide array
of CE opportunities both at the annual conference and locally CE Coordinator Judy Inglis is planning a survey of members
regarding their
HLABC FORUM Page 11
2004 CHLAABSCConference Website
http w ww medmuncachla
2004
Editorrsquos Note Ask Anne about ldquootherdetails such as gettingsoaked in the rain andlosing a glove and havingto buy new ones and notknowing which bus totakerdquo
BC Academic HealthCouncil eHLbc
httpwwwbcahccaBCAHC
_pageasppageid=700
WINTER MEETING REPORT
professional development needs The survey w ill help pinpoint subjects for which mem bers
would like courses to be available as well as preferred methods of course delivery The
survey will arrive via e-mail so watch for it and make your opinions known
CHLAABSC Conferences
The upcoming 2004 conference is in St Johns Newfoundland and will undoubtedly be
another memorable conference (The opening reception alone looks like it will be worth the
registration fee)
Conference 2005 will be hosted by the Toronto chapter And Conference 2006 will be
back here in BC A call for
volunteers went out after the HLABC December brunch and many of the sub-committee
chair positions have already been filled There are a few spots left though and most of the
committees can use extra hands to he lp with the organizing so please contact me if youre
interested in taking part in the planning Taking part in a planning committee is a great way
to get involved with your professional association
Anne Allgaier Librarian for the Northern Health Authority
REPORT OF A M EET ING OF THE H LABC December 6 2003 hosted by Pat Boileau at the
GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre
I was very pleased to have been able to attend a Christmas meeting of the HLABC and would like
to thank those responsible for putting in place a po licy to provide financial support to out-of-
towners such as myself making it possible to travel from the HeartLand to LotusLand in order to
partake of intellectually stimulating interactions with co lleagues as well as gourmet delights
George Eisler CEO of the BC Academic Health Council and Sandra Morris Senior Project
Manager of the BC Academic Health Council were the guest speakers who brought us up to date
on the BC Academic Health Councilrsquos initiative for an electronic health library for British
Columbia health professionals and students in the health sciences
The complete information sheet about the Electronic Health Library for BC (eHLbc) is listed on
the website of the B C Academic Health Council Please feel free to make copies and distribute to
staff at your work place - it is important for this initiative to have broad grass-roots support
The eHLbc is one of several initiatives being undertaken by the BCAHC which is a fortuitous
amalgamation of health care facilities and educational institutions (and a successor of COUT H)
that are responsible for training health professionals in BC The eHLbc may have a greater chance
of success than other efforts because of this
The staff of the BCAHC and the W orking Group consisting of various educators administrators
and librarians from universities colleges and health authorities have been working very hard to
develop a list of electronic resources that could be licensed for ALL health professionals and
students in BC regardless of location Other models for licensing are being examined and the
knowledge gained will help make informed decisions about the final licensing model
News about the eHLbc will be posted on the HLABC website in the New Year so check there to
monitor progress
AA
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 12
SEEN ON THE WEB
-----Original Message-----Forwarded FromAlannaAiko Moore InternationalRelations Office InternAmerican LibraryAssociationSent Thursday December11 2003 922 AMTo CANMEDLIBSubject FellowshipDeadline Approaching
The US IFLA 2001National OrganizingCommittee is pleased toannounce that it willsupport the participation of20 librarians from theAmericas (South AmericaCentral America NorthAmerica and theCaribbean) to IFLAsWorld Library andInformation ConferenceAugust 22-272004 in Buenos Aires
The fellowship will coverair travel sharedaccommodation a per diemfood allowance andconference registrationfees
The deadline forapplications is January 152004 Applications inSpanish and English can befound at httpscsalaorgifla2004
INTERNET CLASSES amp UNEXPECTED EVENTS
Marjory Jardine writes from the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (VCHA) Com munity
Library She and Pat Young job-share the Librarian position and Paula Ludwig works 8 as a
Library Technician
Our library at VCHA offers introduction to finding health inform ation on the internet a
refresher course for those who have taken the introduction and we have just introduced
internet searching for beginners
We started offering demonstrations about 2-3 years ago We went to various sites armed
with a laptop and an enormous lcd projector and gave demonstrations of Pubmed
Medlineplus plus other consumer health databases More recently we have offered
regular hands-on sessions for groups the internet for beginners class is the newest
offering and it seems to be very popular
We are very fortunate to belong to a team of excellent educators and support staff Our
classes are advertised in the education services calendar (online and in print) in addition
one of the support staff sends out workshop reminders to all staff every week Registration
is required and again support staff look after this
The classes are 2-3 hours and are held in a computer lab where each person has their own
computer Class size ranges from 5-12 people Classes are generally offered every 2
weeks In addition we add extra classes for a group training session on request For
example speech- language pathologists addictions counsellors
The bulk of a hands-on internet session is spent on Pubmed with lots of time for practice
Medlineplus and other consum er health sites are also covered We use the opportunity to
let staff know about the available library services (eg document delivery e-mail tables of
contents services online library catalogue how to request material from the library etc etc)
We definitely had to learn new skills for this course particularly the use of technology -
lcdlaptoppc connections And how to teach We do use lots of both computer
technology for the hands-on classes but also paper materials - lots of fluorescent-coloured
how to hand-outs
This is most definitely a collaborative effort -- library staff together and in conjunction with
education services support staff For a group of 6 or more we try to have two librarians on
hand (a definite advantage of job-sharing - one person splits into two) One to demoteach
and the other to be available to help participants
The biggest challenge could be described as unexpected eventsrdquo ndash usually technology-
driven but sometimes weather-related Each session brings its own challenges A bent or
broken plug a missing cable a dripping ceiling a code blue announcement over the PA
system the internet is down city-wide Pubmed is experiencing technical d ifficulties old
computers teeny tiny font
Another challenge is teaching a hands-on class to people with varying degrees of
computer-comfort - we have tried sending out a pre -assessm ent questionnaire but th is
does not always work
Page 13HLABC FORUM
An education services evaluation form is included in each hand-out package Participants rate several aspects of the
session on a scale of 1 (poor) to 4 (excellent) For exam ple overa ll rating of workshop learning needs were met
usefulness of hand-outs
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 14
SEEN ON THE WEB
If you visit no other links inthis issue go to
httpwwwpubmedcentralgovpicrenderfcgiaction=streamampblobtype=pdfampartid=234463
The whole URL is requiredto find the articleAlternately search PubMedCentral for ldquoMedicalLibrarianrdquo[TITLE] and lookfor the Jan 1929 article
INTRODUCING THE 20TH CENTURY TO THE 21ST
usefulness to work etc etc There are also several questions which allow participants to
make further comm ents
These sessions are very well received Staff leave the sessions knowing that they have the
skills to do basic literature searches Andthey also know that they can ca ll us for help
before during or after a search They also know that the librarians are on deck to do
literature searches Equally importantly staff now know of resources to show or to
recomm end to their clients (in particular consumer health resources such as medlineplus
merck manuals etc)
One way we know that staff members are using what they learn is that they sometimes send
in requests for articles via the e-mail feature in pubmed And in addition they do call us for
help and reminders about things they learnedThe library is busier than ever doing literature
searches and filling document delivery requests
Has it been worth the effort Do we plan to continue these classes Would I recomm end it to
colleagues Yes yes and yes
Ruth Roch lin is librarian at Kelowna General Hospital Along with Francine Renaud in
Vernon and Anita Skinner their clerk they serve the Okanagan Service area within the
Interior Health Authority Teresa Prior is their third colleague librarian at Royal Inland
Hospital in Kamloops
With the advent of our new Ebsco online library package I have begun regular education
sessions Rather than doing in-depth research skills training in our computer lab with 6 or 7
people per class which I have done in the past I have been holding open sessions in our
conference room I use a live dem o with projection and provide handouts All staff are
welcom e no registration only 45 m inutes People with pagers sit at the back and run out if
they need to Free cheery come on in
The intention of all of the teaching strategies is to disseminate not only search skills but the
scope and practice of library services Within Interior Health we are working hard towards
regional collaboration The librarians in both Kamloops and Vernon are similarly presenting
the new online library package while letting people know of our regional aspirations
Promoting and advertising were taken on aggressively in all sites In Kelowna General and
the Kelowna Health Unit our internal information system Meditech was used to reach all
staff with a brief ad about 2 weeks prior Reminders were sent around by this method as
well Posters were put up in strategic places including the elevators which catch just about
everyone Managers were contacted separately and a CME event for the docs was
advertised separately I made good use of the CME admin assistant and the Education
department to disseminate information about the sessions
In Penticton Regional Hospital Meditech is not universally used so I made more use of
posters and flyers and engaged the help of the staff development educator and the
physic iansrsquo secretary to spread the word
The biggest challenge remains the electronic equipment I book the space a laptop an LCD
projector leave an hour for set-up What can go wrong Well for example
1)The laptop I booked had no port for an internet connection (they still make those No -
this one is obsolete)
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ROCHLIN CONT
No problem I will get a long cord and hook the projector into the PC in the room It will be fine (run itrsquos 5 floors and 6
corridors away but I have time)
2) Somehow the PC and the LCD projector are incompatible Screen will not project
No problem I will find another projector Only one left on short notice is the oldest one in the building - Irsquoll take it (run 5
floors 6 corridors barely enough time)
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ODD Internet Addressesamp other references go inthe margin
Garamond 12 pt - notSmall Cap
SEEN ON THE WEB
Library Humour Online
Library The Musicalhttpwwwprangstgrupco
mlmlmhtm
Library Song (UK)httpwwwcheekybeefcou
klibraryhtml
Librarian T-Shirtgraphics (also make goodwallpaper)
httpis2dalca~mdeliatee
sindexhtm l
HLABC FORUM Page 17
All is set up and ready with 3 minutes to spare Only a little perspiration on my brow
3) Audience com plains of poor b lurry projection quality
Resist the urge to tell them to suck it up
Other issues on other days but you get the general picture
The strategy described above is more cost effectivetime effective and reaches a larger audience than my traditional
approach of 1-2 hour small group sessions in a computer lab I have had a few requests that I run the small research classes
but I have decided not to do that until everyone has had a chance to come to the brief introductory sessions Interfaces are
getting easier and the users are becoming more computer savvy and I have great faith in most of them figuring it out as they
go along Theyrsquove had an introduction they have instructional handouts they have the library contact information - ldquoOff you go
now yoursquoll be finerdquo is my attitude
With the increase in access to PCs we in Interior Health have been able to put a link to the e-library package on our library
intranet page as well as the instructional handout This is light years from handing out paper As well Krista has come up
with a clever little bookmark small and handy with access and searching instructions The librarians needed to do the initial
instructional sessions to introduce the new services and to remind users of all of the wonderful things we do Once they have
had the intro they can try out the system and use the link to the online handout on their own
This project has definitely been a collaboration among the 3 libraries We each planned and promoted our own areas but we
shared experiences handouts and workload to get the information out to as much of the population as possible in the same
time frame
There was a fairly big learning curve involved for all of us to learn the Ebsco system well enough to teach it and to learn the
administrative side and handle security issues This was made more difficult when Ebsco changed the administrative
software after about 6 weeks We were warned it was going to happen but it was discouraging to have learned the
procedures to set th ings up then not to recognize the screen one day
Previously I have only attempted small group education sessions This was my first foray into mass education Itrsquos been fun
and easy and everybody can find 45 minutes to get to an info session Because of the number of clients the library now
serves I will use this format again
For the sessions I ran in KGH my home base I used the standard education evaluations All surveyed thought it was fun and
interesting except those w ho attended the session with the bad projector who com plained en m asse about the blurry
projection
I did not have the other sites evaluate the sessions
Response has been overwhelmingly positive that our sleepy little valley has finally entered the 20th century (I havenrsquot pointed
out that it is too late) Most users were well pleased with the introductory sessions and went off with their usernames and
passwords to try it on their own However there are still some who want small in-depth sessions which I will not be offering
anytime soon It is far better for me to teach 30 people in 1 hour than 6 people in 2 hours
I am finding now that in spite of the sessions and the handouts som e people still think that we have purchased electronic
access to everything indexed in Medline and CINAHL They fight the good fight with Ebsco then call me in frustration that
they cannot get to the full text and canrsquot understand what they are doing wrong Ah well itrsquos a learning curve for everyone
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 18
TRAIN THE TRAINER
After the sessions library use in general has gone up Interlibrary loan use soared in the
months following - as people discovered that hey - not everything is full text
I will run a second set of sessions in the same format in the coming months Even when
people did not make it to the sessions they saw all of the advertising and came to the library
to ask about it Now that the handout is on the intranet site people around the region are
referred there and for many that will be enough
I used these sessions to advertise what we have purchased how to get to it how to do basic
research how to contact the library for more information and help I also used it as a venue
to remind people of the great serv ices we offer
Barbara Trip is Librarian at the Patient amp Family Learning Centre (PFLC) Vancouver General
Hospital (VGH)
As librarian in the Patient amp Family Learning Centre I have been involved in end user
education in severa l ways On a roughly monthly basis I teach a class entitled E-Library Tour
This class looks at the UBC Library web site and some of the resources that are available for
VGH staff Specifically it covers how to access journals BooksOVID M D Consult Health
Reference Centre and the great subject resources pages developed by the UBC librarians
This class is one of several that are organized by the Vancouver Coastal Health Research
Institute It is held in a computer lab so there is hands-on participation
In the past year the PFLC also offered its own end-user education sessions From January to
May we offered monthly classes on resources that are available to staff from the Vancouver
Hospital Intranet This included looking at the Patient Care Guidelines BooksOVID MD
Consult and Health Reference Centre These classes were held in computer labs at both
VGH and UBC Hospital
As an outcome of these classes we produced a small booklet with the instructions for using
these resources as well as instructions for searching with OVID and PubMed We offered
these to the units as a resource that they could have handy at their computer stations
Another outcome of offering these classes was a request from the Intensive Care Unit to
come and do classes on the unit because it was difficult for their staff to get away to attend
the classes Some of these sessions were held right at the nursing station with 3 or 4 people
gathered around 1 terminal At tim es this was a b it chaotic as people would com e and go if
they were needed on the unit
The ICU also had another project to help the staff become more com puter literate For th is
project they used a train-the-trainer approach Again I covered with these trainers the
resources available on the Intranet The trainers then held their own classes in the ICU for
their staff
We did evaluations of the classes and those seemed well received I did not do evaluations
of the ICU sessions but I have had feedback that the train -the-trainer project worked well
I would hope to do more unit specific tra ining and really like the idea of tra ining the trainer
However I think we are fortunate at VGH to be able to provide a variety of methods of end
user education
HLABC FORUM Page 19
SEEN ON THE WEB
FROM David S Crawford
TO CANM EDLIB
Subject
Margaret Charlton
Date sent
Tue 2 Sep 2003
Dear Colleagues
It gives me great pleasureto announce that theCanadian government hasjustdesignated Margaret RidleyCharlton as a person ofnational significanceMiss Charlton was the firstreal librarian at theMcGill University Medical(now Health Sciences)Library (1895-1914) Shewas also one of thefounders of the MedicalLibrary Association(1898) with Osler andGould
The proposal wassupported by the CHLAand the ACMC - though ittook such a long time thatPatrick (who was CHLAPresident at the time) maynot remember
Further information isavailable athttpwwwhealthlibrarymcgillcaoslercharltonindexhtm
CheersDavid S Crawford FCLIPEmeritus Librarian McGillUniversity
WEB SURVEY END USER EDUCATION
Report by Krista Clem ent
I hope you find these quick snapshots of how we all practice both inspiring and reassuring -
oh and maybe spark a debate or two We had 24 respondents this time up from 16 on
the first survey All were HLABC mem bers (the website is not closed to non-mem bers)
More than half of us do end-user training less than once per week 62 Only 17 do such
training three or more times per week I didnrsquot include ldquoneverrdquo as an option (oops) and
nobody wrote it in so I guess we are all doing something
I admit to being surprised at the high level of formal instruction we do I was also surprised
that none of those responding are teaching courses or course components with a graded
component I thought maybe some of the academic wing m ight
Searching databases and answering questions may be thought of as ldquoreal librarianshiprdquo
along with cataloguing and collection development However sober second thought made
me agree with the majority of you that in the long term teaching our patrons to use
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 20
information and tools to access it is also essential By increasing our users abilities we free them and we also free up our
own time for other things like tricky reference
HLABC FORUM Page 21
On the other hand as Ruth Rochlin points out in her art icle (this issue) training can consume
your time Nearly a third of you would not give instruction too high a priority lest it displace
other work Debate anyone
You may want to spend a few minutes contemplating question 5 - a sneaky omnibus number
which is really 9 separate questions
Highlights The most frequent sort of training is certainly searching journal indices (you know
Medline etc) The next most common topics are ldquocirculationrdquo and ldquoother high level info
skillsrdquo - by which I hoped to capture something more than the location of the restrooms
Circulation is also the most likely not to be offered at all I suspect that the split reflects a
difference in our libraries - perhaps larger versus smaller the type of circulation system or
policy or even the presence of regular circ staff The use of computer hardware and non-
computer equipment is also thankfully not a large part of our instructional duties
Looking at the middle columns we do steady training about the Internet and other software
No matter how much of our information migrates to web or CD-Rom based formats our
assistance continues to be needed in learning how to access and apply the knowledge
Thanks once again to every librarian who participated Keep your eyes open for the next
survey in 2004
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 22
SEEN ON THE WEB
gt -----Original Message-----gt From CHLAABSC gt Sent 2003 December 18 gt To tracyhavlincvihrbccagt Subject ImportantInformation on the next issue ofBMC
ldquoStarting volume 25 issue 1the JCHLAJABSC (Journalof the Canadian HealthLibraries AssociationJournal de lAssociation desbibliothegraveques de la santeacute duCanada) will be available inan electronic only (PDF)format
You can access the Journalin two ways either throughthe publisher NRC ResearchPress under AffiliatedJournals lthttppubsnrc-cnrcgccagt or through the associationwebsite lthttpwwwchla-absccagt
ldquo
NOTES FROM THE AFTERLIFE
RETIREMENT IT TAKES GETTING USED TO
David No ble retired as Chief Librarian at the BC Cancer Agency in 2002
I know its hard to believe but being retired does take getting used to
For the first few months you feel you are on vacation your mind cant fully accept the fact
that after 46 years of summer and career jobs through the years this is it You are now
retired Your m ind is sort of in a state of shock which only time will cure
After the vacation stage comes the guilt stage where you feel a little guilty that you are no
longer nose to the grindstone You hear from colleagues of developm ents since youve left
work but its no longer your concern and many of your long-time friends are still working
hence the guilty twinge For me the tiny feeling of guilt lasted 2 or 3 months until my mind
accepted the fact that I really did deserve to be retired after working a fifty five hour week
for 26 years
Then comes the Its time I started doing a ll those things I have put off until retirement
stage Youve sort of taken it easy added a few pounds even watched a little daytime TV
until you are thoroughly sick of it and now are ready for some self improvement You sign up
for courses have your piano tuned haul out your old water colour set and old Chopin
preludes build an improved sea wall do some landscaping of the yard and painting of the
house and generally get more organized and productive There is time also to improve your
golf pitch and chip shots It seemed I had to go through the vacation stage and the guiltnon-
productive stages to feel thoroughly ready for the self improvement stage and really get
down to the true retirem ent stage The true retirement stage is when you have little tim e it
seem s to laze about as your calendar is fully booked w ith all your activities just like before
you retired except its on your own terms
No complaints this true retirement stage is the fun part and how wonderful it is for us to be
free of the daily work grind even though I was one of the lucky ones as I really loved my job
I think we librarians are truly fortunate to be doing what we do We tend to get thanked a lot
for our services and its interesting to boot We may not get paid as much as we like but our
occupation is supposed to be second from the top on the list of best occupations in terms
of job satisfaction That makes up for a lot
This is my sense of experience since my retirement Yours will be different but then again
may be a little s imilar It does take time to get used to
I send my best wishes to you all Drop in and see us here in Qualicum Beach next time youre
passing by
David
_____________________________________________________________________
Notes From The A fterlife is a continuing feature We welcome your ideas Phone
ElsieWollaston at (604) 684-3036 fax (604) 685-9335 or e-mail elbruijninterchangeubcca
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PRESIDENTrsquoS LETTER(s)
Cornell at Quatar httpwwwmedcornelleduqatar
Have a look at the imagegalleries linked at thebottom right of thehomepage or find thelibrary under resourcestab
Tracy Havlin - OutgoingFor those of you that havent heard through the grapevine yet (or dont read many
messages from the listserv) Im resigning as HLABC president and leaving my current job
at NRGH to move overseas and start a new position at Weill Cornell Medical College in
Qatar Shannon Long will be replacing me on the HLABC executive
For the inevitably curious some FAQs on my upcoming adventure
Wheres Qatar In the Middle East a peninsula bordering the Persian Gulf and North of
Saudi Arabia
When did Cornell set-up a medical college there and what are the facilities like Check
out the website given in the side bar for details
What will you be doing and for how long My position will be one of 4 reference librarians
in the distributed e-library I signed a contract for 3 years (until Jan 13 th 2007)
Since Im writing this blurb on worktime I should cut myse lf off here
Id like to thank all the current and past HLABC executive members Ive had the privilege of
working with And its been really great working with so many of you HLABCers - truly a
wonderful bunch of dedicated health professionals I hope you all enjoy the holiday season
and have a healthy New Year If you want to keep in touch please send a note to my
web email account gg_tracyyahooca
Shannon Long - IncomingI would like to start by thanking the HLABC members who gave me such a warm welcome
at the December meeting when my role change was announced This year was supposed
to be one of training as Vice President nonetheless I feel quite confident in taking on the
increased responsibility albeit six months ahead of schedule I have been on the executive
for severa l years as the treasurermem bership coordinator During that time I learned (in
great detail) about our association and also about how executive boards function
This year HLABC is involved in many exciting initiatives The Electronic Health Library of
BC led by the BC Academic Health Council looks like it is rea lly taking off Yahoo
Although our association itself is not directly involved many of our members are and we
all look forward to hearing how the init iative is moving ever closer to its goal On the home
front the HLABC executive is working toward getting the new website up by late January or
early February Keep an eye on the listserv for announcements and links to the site
The executive is also busy planning continuing education events and guest speakers for
our spring and summer m eetings At the brunch earlier this month interest was shown in
a variety of topics from statistics to web based instruction design We canrsquot cover all of
the topics this year but we will certainly do our best to encourage education of HLABC
members through our own events and by informing you of learning opportunities through
other organizations If you are a m ember BCLA SLA PNCMLA or CLA please share
details about courses and lectures even those not directly related to health sciences
librarianship The more we educate ourselves the stronger we become individually and as
an association Perhaps we could even start a regular column in the Forum dedicated to
educational opportunities
Until next time
Shannon Long
President Health Libraries Association of BC
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 6
HLABC FORUM Page 7
WEBSITE UPDATE
In case yoursquove forgottenthe website is athttpwwwhlabcbcca
(But you know that because
yoursquore reading the Forum
online now)
The mockup of the newdesign has been athttpwwwbedlamhotelcom114html
TREASURERrsquoS REPORT Health Libraries Association of BC
Finances
Mutal Fund $156965 (as of September 30 2003)
Checking Account $673038 (balance on November 7 2003)
Total $830003
Me mbersh ip
79 regular (6 new)
1 student
6 lifetime
2 unpaid
Total of 88
Welcom e to new m em bers
Lisa Jane Watson EBSCO
Christine Martin SLAIS Instructor
Patricia Whittaker VPL
Robyn Ingvallsen BCCA Surrey
Bette Reimer Information Research Consultant
Sue Kurucz Former member just back from 6 years in Dubai
Report submitted by Marcia Bilinsky
The redesign of the HLABC web site was completed over the summer and the executive
committee selected the final look at the November 22nd executive meeting At the HLABC
general meeting December 6th those involved in the website redesign met briefly to discuss
the next steps We all agreed that Chris from Bedlamhotel has done a great job on giving our
page a new look
In early January the website committee will meet to discuss transferring the content of the
old site to the new site We will be collaborating with Chris to obtain training for the
committee and to establish user ID and passw ords for site security Once training in
complete the content will be transferred from the old site to our new site
The Centre for Health Services and Policy Research will continue to host the HLABC website
The new site will be running on the contents management system Tyop3 which will allow
remote access for comm ittee members
Teresa Lee left the website committee this fall as she returned to university We welcomed
aboard two new members Robyn Ingvallsen from the BC Cancer Agency (Surrey) and Joyce
Constantine from the Vancouver Island Health Authority (Victoria) Please contact any of the
members of the committee with your ideas for content for the new website
Current members are Mary-Doug Wright (mdwrightchsprubcca) Robert Melrose
(Melrosedsrforg) Robyn Ingvallsen (ringvallsenbccancerbcca) and Joyce Constantine
(joyceconstantinecaphealthorg)
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 8
Report submitted by Robert Melrose
Page 9HLABC FORUM
CHLAABSCMembership infohttpwwwchla-absccaassocchlamemhtml
CHLAABSC REPORT
Cathy Rayment craymentinterchangeubcca
Hamber Library University of British Columbia Childrens amp Womens Health Centre of BC
New Push E-Mail Service
CHLAABSC has started a new e -mail newslette r for mem bers-only It uses a push-email
delivery and will be used to ensure that all members receive timely notice of association
news In addition to the E-News well be using it to send out Nomination forms
membership renewals notice of journal issue availability etc
Transition to Calendar Year Mem bership
The Board has decided to proceed with changing the Associationrsquos membership year (We
had started to do this last year but hadnt considered all the financial im plications)
Currently members join from June 1 to May 31 each year The fiscal year however is the
calendar year This has caused needless complications for our Treasurer and the budget
process and also confusion at conference registrations where people are unsure of which
yearrsquos membership counts towards the member conference rate
In order to achieve the change for one renewal only we are go ing to ask members to
renew their membership for a year and a half The renewals will be sent out for June 1 as
usual next year but you will renew through December 31 2005 For regular members the
one tim e renewal cost will be $12000 ndash one and a half times the usual $8000 fee
Similarly all other categories of membership (except sustaining) will be renewed at one
and a half times their regular fees
Membership
In conjunction with this transition CHLAABSC is undertaking a mem bership drive To
attract new members we are offering a half-price membership for the 2004 calendar
year New mem bers (individuals who have NOT held a CHLAABSC membership in the
past 5 years) can join for $4000 Information can be found on the Association web site
under ldquoWhatrsquos Newrdquo and on the mem bership page
BMC Transition to the Journal of the CHLA
For those of you who may have missed the news beginning in 2004 the Journal of the
Canadian Health Libraries AssociationJournal de lrsquoAssociation des bibliothegraveques de la
santeacute du Canada will be published by the NRC Research Press exclusively online The
tables of contents will be freely available and will be sent to mem bers via the new push
em ail service when each issue is published
There was strong support particularly from BC members to publish the journal as Open-
Access and the Board studied this idea A task group was formed and surveyed the
mem bership Up to 10 of existing mem bers fe lt that they would not renew their
memberships if the journal were freely available to them (in other words they maintained
membership because they felt the BMC was a significant benefit) This would amount to a
significant enough drop in membership revenues that it is not a viable option So for at
least the first year the new Journal CHLA wil continue to be available for mem bers-only
The Board is investigating new ways to improve membership benefits in the hopes of
retaining m em bership levels should we move to an open-access m odel
Upcoming CE Survey
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 10
Continuing Education is one of the prime areas of focus for CHLAABSC Members have said they need and want a wide array
of CE opportunities both at the annual conference and locally CE Coordinator Judy Inglis is planning a survey of members
regarding their
HLABC FORUM Page 11
2004 CHLAABSCConference Website
http w ww medmuncachla
2004
Editorrsquos Note Ask Anne about ldquootherdetails such as gettingsoaked in the rain andlosing a glove and havingto buy new ones and notknowing which bus totakerdquo
BC Academic HealthCouncil eHLbc
httpwwwbcahccaBCAHC
_pageasppageid=700
WINTER MEETING REPORT
professional development needs The survey w ill help pinpoint subjects for which mem bers
would like courses to be available as well as preferred methods of course delivery The
survey will arrive via e-mail so watch for it and make your opinions known
CHLAABSC Conferences
The upcoming 2004 conference is in St Johns Newfoundland and will undoubtedly be
another memorable conference (The opening reception alone looks like it will be worth the
registration fee)
Conference 2005 will be hosted by the Toronto chapter And Conference 2006 will be
back here in BC A call for
volunteers went out after the HLABC December brunch and many of the sub-committee
chair positions have already been filled There are a few spots left though and most of the
committees can use extra hands to he lp with the organizing so please contact me if youre
interested in taking part in the planning Taking part in a planning committee is a great way
to get involved with your professional association
Anne Allgaier Librarian for the Northern Health Authority
REPORT OF A M EET ING OF THE H LABC December 6 2003 hosted by Pat Boileau at the
GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre
I was very pleased to have been able to attend a Christmas meeting of the HLABC and would like
to thank those responsible for putting in place a po licy to provide financial support to out-of-
towners such as myself making it possible to travel from the HeartLand to LotusLand in order to
partake of intellectually stimulating interactions with co lleagues as well as gourmet delights
George Eisler CEO of the BC Academic Health Council and Sandra Morris Senior Project
Manager of the BC Academic Health Council were the guest speakers who brought us up to date
on the BC Academic Health Councilrsquos initiative for an electronic health library for British
Columbia health professionals and students in the health sciences
The complete information sheet about the Electronic Health Library for BC (eHLbc) is listed on
the website of the B C Academic Health Council Please feel free to make copies and distribute to
staff at your work place - it is important for this initiative to have broad grass-roots support
The eHLbc is one of several initiatives being undertaken by the BCAHC which is a fortuitous
amalgamation of health care facilities and educational institutions (and a successor of COUT H)
that are responsible for training health professionals in BC The eHLbc may have a greater chance
of success than other efforts because of this
The staff of the BCAHC and the W orking Group consisting of various educators administrators
and librarians from universities colleges and health authorities have been working very hard to
develop a list of electronic resources that could be licensed for ALL health professionals and
students in BC regardless of location Other models for licensing are being examined and the
knowledge gained will help make informed decisions about the final licensing model
News about the eHLbc will be posted on the HLABC website in the New Year so check there to
monitor progress
AA
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 12
SEEN ON THE WEB
-----Original Message-----Forwarded FromAlannaAiko Moore InternationalRelations Office InternAmerican LibraryAssociationSent Thursday December11 2003 922 AMTo CANMEDLIBSubject FellowshipDeadline Approaching
The US IFLA 2001National OrganizingCommittee is pleased toannounce that it willsupport the participation of20 librarians from theAmericas (South AmericaCentral America NorthAmerica and theCaribbean) to IFLAsWorld Library andInformation ConferenceAugust 22-272004 in Buenos Aires
The fellowship will coverair travel sharedaccommodation a per diemfood allowance andconference registrationfees
The deadline forapplications is January 152004 Applications inSpanish and English can befound at httpscsalaorgifla2004
INTERNET CLASSES amp UNEXPECTED EVENTS
Marjory Jardine writes from the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (VCHA) Com munity
Library She and Pat Young job-share the Librarian position and Paula Ludwig works 8 as a
Library Technician
Our library at VCHA offers introduction to finding health inform ation on the internet a
refresher course for those who have taken the introduction and we have just introduced
internet searching for beginners
We started offering demonstrations about 2-3 years ago We went to various sites armed
with a laptop and an enormous lcd projector and gave demonstrations of Pubmed
Medlineplus plus other consumer health databases More recently we have offered
regular hands-on sessions for groups the internet for beginners class is the newest
offering and it seems to be very popular
We are very fortunate to belong to a team of excellent educators and support staff Our
classes are advertised in the education services calendar (online and in print) in addition
one of the support staff sends out workshop reminders to all staff every week Registration
is required and again support staff look after this
The classes are 2-3 hours and are held in a computer lab where each person has their own
computer Class size ranges from 5-12 people Classes are generally offered every 2
weeks In addition we add extra classes for a group training session on request For
example speech- language pathologists addictions counsellors
The bulk of a hands-on internet session is spent on Pubmed with lots of time for practice
Medlineplus and other consum er health sites are also covered We use the opportunity to
let staff know about the available library services (eg document delivery e-mail tables of
contents services online library catalogue how to request material from the library etc etc)
We definitely had to learn new skills for this course particularly the use of technology -
lcdlaptoppc connections And how to teach We do use lots of both computer
technology for the hands-on classes but also paper materials - lots of fluorescent-coloured
how to hand-outs
This is most definitely a collaborative effort -- library staff together and in conjunction with
education services support staff For a group of 6 or more we try to have two librarians on
hand (a definite advantage of job-sharing - one person splits into two) One to demoteach
and the other to be available to help participants
The biggest challenge could be described as unexpected eventsrdquo ndash usually technology-
driven but sometimes weather-related Each session brings its own challenges A bent or
broken plug a missing cable a dripping ceiling a code blue announcement over the PA
system the internet is down city-wide Pubmed is experiencing technical d ifficulties old
computers teeny tiny font
Another challenge is teaching a hands-on class to people with varying degrees of
computer-comfort - we have tried sending out a pre -assessm ent questionnaire but th is
does not always work
Page 13HLABC FORUM
An education services evaluation form is included in each hand-out package Participants rate several aspects of the
session on a scale of 1 (poor) to 4 (excellent) For exam ple overa ll rating of workshop learning needs were met
usefulness of hand-outs
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 14
SEEN ON THE WEB
If you visit no other links inthis issue go to
httpwwwpubmedcentralgovpicrenderfcgiaction=streamampblobtype=pdfampartid=234463
The whole URL is requiredto find the articleAlternately search PubMedCentral for ldquoMedicalLibrarianrdquo[TITLE] and lookfor the Jan 1929 article
INTRODUCING THE 20TH CENTURY TO THE 21ST
usefulness to work etc etc There are also several questions which allow participants to
make further comm ents
These sessions are very well received Staff leave the sessions knowing that they have the
skills to do basic literature searches Andthey also know that they can ca ll us for help
before during or after a search They also know that the librarians are on deck to do
literature searches Equally importantly staff now know of resources to show or to
recomm end to their clients (in particular consumer health resources such as medlineplus
merck manuals etc)
One way we know that staff members are using what they learn is that they sometimes send
in requests for articles via the e-mail feature in pubmed And in addition they do call us for
help and reminders about things they learnedThe library is busier than ever doing literature
searches and filling document delivery requests
Has it been worth the effort Do we plan to continue these classes Would I recomm end it to
colleagues Yes yes and yes
Ruth Roch lin is librarian at Kelowna General Hospital Along with Francine Renaud in
Vernon and Anita Skinner their clerk they serve the Okanagan Service area within the
Interior Health Authority Teresa Prior is their third colleague librarian at Royal Inland
Hospital in Kamloops
With the advent of our new Ebsco online library package I have begun regular education
sessions Rather than doing in-depth research skills training in our computer lab with 6 or 7
people per class which I have done in the past I have been holding open sessions in our
conference room I use a live dem o with projection and provide handouts All staff are
welcom e no registration only 45 m inutes People with pagers sit at the back and run out if
they need to Free cheery come on in
The intention of all of the teaching strategies is to disseminate not only search skills but the
scope and practice of library services Within Interior Health we are working hard towards
regional collaboration The librarians in both Kamloops and Vernon are similarly presenting
the new online library package while letting people know of our regional aspirations
Promoting and advertising were taken on aggressively in all sites In Kelowna General and
the Kelowna Health Unit our internal information system Meditech was used to reach all
staff with a brief ad about 2 weeks prior Reminders were sent around by this method as
well Posters were put up in strategic places including the elevators which catch just about
everyone Managers were contacted separately and a CME event for the docs was
advertised separately I made good use of the CME admin assistant and the Education
department to disseminate information about the sessions
In Penticton Regional Hospital Meditech is not universally used so I made more use of
posters and flyers and engaged the help of the staff development educator and the
physic iansrsquo secretary to spread the word
The biggest challenge remains the electronic equipment I book the space a laptop an LCD
projector leave an hour for set-up What can go wrong Well for example
1)The laptop I booked had no port for an internet connection (they still make those No -
this one is obsolete)
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ROCHLIN CONT
No problem I will get a long cord and hook the projector into the PC in the room It will be fine (run itrsquos 5 floors and 6
corridors away but I have time)
2) Somehow the PC and the LCD projector are incompatible Screen will not project
No problem I will find another projector Only one left on short notice is the oldest one in the building - Irsquoll take it (run 5
floors 6 corridors barely enough time)
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 16
ODD Internet Addressesamp other references go inthe margin
Garamond 12 pt - notSmall Cap
SEEN ON THE WEB
Library Humour Online
Library The Musicalhttpwwwprangstgrupco
mlmlmhtm
Library Song (UK)httpwwwcheekybeefcou
klibraryhtml
Librarian T-Shirtgraphics (also make goodwallpaper)
httpis2dalca~mdeliatee
sindexhtm l
HLABC FORUM Page 17
All is set up and ready with 3 minutes to spare Only a little perspiration on my brow
3) Audience com plains of poor b lurry projection quality
Resist the urge to tell them to suck it up
Other issues on other days but you get the general picture
The strategy described above is more cost effectivetime effective and reaches a larger audience than my traditional
approach of 1-2 hour small group sessions in a computer lab I have had a few requests that I run the small research classes
but I have decided not to do that until everyone has had a chance to come to the brief introductory sessions Interfaces are
getting easier and the users are becoming more computer savvy and I have great faith in most of them figuring it out as they
go along Theyrsquove had an introduction they have instructional handouts they have the library contact information - ldquoOff you go
now yoursquoll be finerdquo is my attitude
With the increase in access to PCs we in Interior Health have been able to put a link to the e-library package on our library
intranet page as well as the instructional handout This is light years from handing out paper As well Krista has come up
with a clever little bookmark small and handy with access and searching instructions The librarians needed to do the initial
instructional sessions to introduce the new services and to remind users of all of the wonderful things we do Once they have
had the intro they can try out the system and use the link to the online handout on their own
This project has definitely been a collaboration among the 3 libraries We each planned and promoted our own areas but we
shared experiences handouts and workload to get the information out to as much of the population as possible in the same
time frame
There was a fairly big learning curve involved for all of us to learn the Ebsco system well enough to teach it and to learn the
administrative side and handle security issues This was made more difficult when Ebsco changed the administrative
software after about 6 weeks We were warned it was going to happen but it was discouraging to have learned the
procedures to set th ings up then not to recognize the screen one day
Previously I have only attempted small group education sessions This was my first foray into mass education Itrsquos been fun
and easy and everybody can find 45 minutes to get to an info session Because of the number of clients the library now
serves I will use this format again
For the sessions I ran in KGH my home base I used the standard education evaluations All surveyed thought it was fun and
interesting except those w ho attended the session with the bad projector who com plained en m asse about the blurry
projection
I did not have the other sites evaluate the sessions
Response has been overwhelmingly positive that our sleepy little valley has finally entered the 20th century (I havenrsquot pointed
out that it is too late) Most users were well pleased with the introductory sessions and went off with their usernames and
passwords to try it on their own However there are still some who want small in-depth sessions which I will not be offering
anytime soon It is far better for me to teach 30 people in 1 hour than 6 people in 2 hours
I am finding now that in spite of the sessions and the handouts som e people still think that we have purchased electronic
access to everything indexed in Medline and CINAHL They fight the good fight with Ebsco then call me in frustration that
they cannot get to the full text and canrsquot understand what they are doing wrong Ah well itrsquos a learning curve for everyone
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 18
TRAIN THE TRAINER
After the sessions library use in general has gone up Interlibrary loan use soared in the
months following - as people discovered that hey - not everything is full text
I will run a second set of sessions in the same format in the coming months Even when
people did not make it to the sessions they saw all of the advertising and came to the library
to ask about it Now that the handout is on the intranet site people around the region are
referred there and for many that will be enough
I used these sessions to advertise what we have purchased how to get to it how to do basic
research how to contact the library for more information and help I also used it as a venue
to remind people of the great serv ices we offer
Barbara Trip is Librarian at the Patient amp Family Learning Centre (PFLC) Vancouver General
Hospital (VGH)
As librarian in the Patient amp Family Learning Centre I have been involved in end user
education in severa l ways On a roughly monthly basis I teach a class entitled E-Library Tour
This class looks at the UBC Library web site and some of the resources that are available for
VGH staff Specifically it covers how to access journals BooksOVID M D Consult Health
Reference Centre and the great subject resources pages developed by the UBC librarians
This class is one of several that are organized by the Vancouver Coastal Health Research
Institute It is held in a computer lab so there is hands-on participation
In the past year the PFLC also offered its own end-user education sessions From January to
May we offered monthly classes on resources that are available to staff from the Vancouver
Hospital Intranet This included looking at the Patient Care Guidelines BooksOVID MD
Consult and Health Reference Centre These classes were held in computer labs at both
VGH and UBC Hospital
As an outcome of these classes we produced a small booklet with the instructions for using
these resources as well as instructions for searching with OVID and PubMed We offered
these to the units as a resource that they could have handy at their computer stations
Another outcome of offering these classes was a request from the Intensive Care Unit to
come and do classes on the unit because it was difficult for their staff to get away to attend
the classes Some of these sessions were held right at the nursing station with 3 or 4 people
gathered around 1 terminal At tim es this was a b it chaotic as people would com e and go if
they were needed on the unit
The ICU also had another project to help the staff become more com puter literate For th is
project they used a train-the-trainer approach Again I covered with these trainers the
resources available on the Intranet The trainers then held their own classes in the ICU for
their staff
We did evaluations of the classes and those seemed well received I did not do evaluations
of the ICU sessions but I have had feedback that the train -the-trainer project worked well
I would hope to do more unit specific tra ining and really like the idea of tra ining the trainer
However I think we are fortunate at VGH to be able to provide a variety of methods of end
user education
HLABC FORUM Page 19
SEEN ON THE WEB
FROM David S Crawford
TO CANM EDLIB
Subject
Margaret Charlton
Date sent
Tue 2 Sep 2003
Dear Colleagues
It gives me great pleasureto announce that theCanadian government hasjustdesignated Margaret RidleyCharlton as a person ofnational significanceMiss Charlton was the firstreal librarian at theMcGill University Medical(now Health Sciences)Library (1895-1914) Shewas also one of thefounders of the MedicalLibrary Association(1898) with Osler andGould
The proposal wassupported by the CHLAand the ACMC - though ittook such a long time thatPatrick (who was CHLAPresident at the time) maynot remember
Further information isavailable athttpwwwhealthlibrarymcgillcaoslercharltonindexhtm
CheersDavid S Crawford FCLIPEmeritus Librarian McGillUniversity
WEB SURVEY END USER EDUCATION
Report by Krista Clem ent
I hope you find these quick snapshots of how we all practice both inspiring and reassuring -
oh and maybe spark a debate or two We had 24 respondents this time up from 16 on
the first survey All were HLABC mem bers (the website is not closed to non-mem bers)
More than half of us do end-user training less than once per week 62 Only 17 do such
training three or more times per week I didnrsquot include ldquoneverrdquo as an option (oops) and
nobody wrote it in so I guess we are all doing something
I admit to being surprised at the high level of formal instruction we do I was also surprised
that none of those responding are teaching courses or course components with a graded
component I thought maybe some of the academic wing m ight
Searching databases and answering questions may be thought of as ldquoreal librarianshiprdquo
along with cataloguing and collection development However sober second thought made
me agree with the majority of you that in the long term teaching our patrons to use
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 20
information and tools to access it is also essential By increasing our users abilities we free them and we also free up our
own time for other things like tricky reference
HLABC FORUM Page 21
On the other hand as Ruth Rochlin points out in her art icle (this issue) training can consume
your time Nearly a third of you would not give instruction too high a priority lest it displace
other work Debate anyone
You may want to spend a few minutes contemplating question 5 - a sneaky omnibus number
which is really 9 separate questions
Highlights The most frequent sort of training is certainly searching journal indices (you know
Medline etc) The next most common topics are ldquocirculationrdquo and ldquoother high level info
skillsrdquo - by which I hoped to capture something more than the location of the restrooms
Circulation is also the most likely not to be offered at all I suspect that the split reflects a
difference in our libraries - perhaps larger versus smaller the type of circulation system or
policy or even the presence of regular circ staff The use of computer hardware and non-
computer equipment is also thankfully not a large part of our instructional duties
Looking at the middle columns we do steady training about the Internet and other software
No matter how much of our information migrates to web or CD-Rom based formats our
assistance continues to be needed in learning how to access and apply the knowledge
Thanks once again to every librarian who participated Keep your eyes open for the next
survey in 2004
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 22
SEEN ON THE WEB
gt -----Original Message-----gt From CHLAABSC gt Sent 2003 December 18 gt To tracyhavlincvihrbccagt Subject ImportantInformation on the next issue ofBMC
ldquoStarting volume 25 issue 1the JCHLAJABSC (Journalof the Canadian HealthLibraries AssociationJournal de lAssociation desbibliothegraveques de la santeacute duCanada) will be available inan electronic only (PDF)format
You can access the Journalin two ways either throughthe publisher NRC ResearchPress under AffiliatedJournals lthttppubsnrc-cnrcgccagt or through the associationwebsite lthttpwwwchla-absccagt
ldquo
NOTES FROM THE AFTERLIFE
RETIREMENT IT TAKES GETTING USED TO
David No ble retired as Chief Librarian at the BC Cancer Agency in 2002
I know its hard to believe but being retired does take getting used to
For the first few months you feel you are on vacation your mind cant fully accept the fact
that after 46 years of summer and career jobs through the years this is it You are now
retired Your m ind is sort of in a state of shock which only time will cure
After the vacation stage comes the guilt stage where you feel a little guilty that you are no
longer nose to the grindstone You hear from colleagues of developm ents since youve left
work but its no longer your concern and many of your long-time friends are still working
hence the guilty twinge For me the tiny feeling of guilt lasted 2 or 3 months until my mind
accepted the fact that I really did deserve to be retired after working a fifty five hour week
for 26 years
Then comes the Its time I started doing a ll those things I have put off until retirement
stage Youve sort of taken it easy added a few pounds even watched a little daytime TV
until you are thoroughly sick of it and now are ready for some self improvement You sign up
for courses have your piano tuned haul out your old water colour set and old Chopin
preludes build an improved sea wall do some landscaping of the yard and painting of the
house and generally get more organized and productive There is time also to improve your
golf pitch and chip shots It seemed I had to go through the vacation stage and the guiltnon-
productive stages to feel thoroughly ready for the self improvement stage and really get
down to the true retirem ent stage The true retirement stage is when you have little tim e it
seem s to laze about as your calendar is fully booked w ith all your activities just like before
you retired except its on your own terms
No complaints this true retirement stage is the fun part and how wonderful it is for us to be
free of the daily work grind even though I was one of the lucky ones as I really loved my job
I think we librarians are truly fortunate to be doing what we do We tend to get thanked a lot
for our services and its interesting to boot We may not get paid as much as we like but our
occupation is supposed to be second from the top on the list of best occupations in terms
of job satisfaction That makes up for a lot
This is my sense of experience since my retirement Yours will be different but then again
may be a little s imilar It does take time to get used to
I send my best wishes to you all Drop in and see us here in Qualicum Beach next time youre
passing by
David
_____________________________________________________________________
Notes From The A fterlife is a continuing feature We welcome your ideas Phone
ElsieWollaston at (604) 684-3036 fax (604) 685-9335 or e-mail elbruijninterchangeubcca
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HLABC FORUM Page 7
WEBSITE UPDATE
In case yoursquove forgottenthe website is athttpwwwhlabcbcca
(But you know that because
yoursquore reading the Forum
online now)
The mockup of the newdesign has been athttpwwwbedlamhotelcom114html
TREASURERrsquoS REPORT Health Libraries Association of BC
Finances
Mutal Fund $156965 (as of September 30 2003)
Checking Account $673038 (balance on November 7 2003)
Total $830003
Me mbersh ip
79 regular (6 new)
1 student
6 lifetime
2 unpaid
Total of 88
Welcom e to new m em bers
Lisa Jane Watson EBSCO
Christine Martin SLAIS Instructor
Patricia Whittaker VPL
Robyn Ingvallsen BCCA Surrey
Bette Reimer Information Research Consultant
Sue Kurucz Former member just back from 6 years in Dubai
Report submitted by Marcia Bilinsky
The redesign of the HLABC web site was completed over the summer and the executive
committee selected the final look at the November 22nd executive meeting At the HLABC
general meeting December 6th those involved in the website redesign met briefly to discuss
the next steps We all agreed that Chris from Bedlamhotel has done a great job on giving our
page a new look
In early January the website committee will meet to discuss transferring the content of the
old site to the new site We will be collaborating with Chris to obtain training for the
committee and to establish user ID and passw ords for site security Once training in
complete the content will be transferred from the old site to our new site
The Centre for Health Services and Policy Research will continue to host the HLABC website
The new site will be running on the contents management system Tyop3 which will allow
remote access for comm ittee members
Teresa Lee left the website committee this fall as she returned to university We welcomed
aboard two new members Robyn Ingvallsen from the BC Cancer Agency (Surrey) and Joyce
Constantine from the Vancouver Island Health Authority (Victoria) Please contact any of the
members of the committee with your ideas for content for the new website
Current members are Mary-Doug Wright (mdwrightchsprubcca) Robert Melrose
(Melrosedsrforg) Robyn Ingvallsen (ringvallsenbccancerbcca) and Joyce Constantine
(joyceconstantinecaphealthorg)
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 8
Report submitted by Robert Melrose
Page 9HLABC FORUM
CHLAABSCMembership infohttpwwwchla-absccaassocchlamemhtml
CHLAABSC REPORT
Cathy Rayment craymentinterchangeubcca
Hamber Library University of British Columbia Childrens amp Womens Health Centre of BC
New Push E-Mail Service
CHLAABSC has started a new e -mail newslette r for mem bers-only It uses a push-email
delivery and will be used to ensure that all members receive timely notice of association
news In addition to the E-News well be using it to send out Nomination forms
membership renewals notice of journal issue availability etc
Transition to Calendar Year Mem bership
The Board has decided to proceed with changing the Associationrsquos membership year (We
had started to do this last year but hadnt considered all the financial im plications)
Currently members join from June 1 to May 31 each year The fiscal year however is the
calendar year This has caused needless complications for our Treasurer and the budget
process and also confusion at conference registrations where people are unsure of which
yearrsquos membership counts towards the member conference rate
In order to achieve the change for one renewal only we are go ing to ask members to
renew their membership for a year and a half The renewals will be sent out for June 1 as
usual next year but you will renew through December 31 2005 For regular members the
one tim e renewal cost will be $12000 ndash one and a half times the usual $8000 fee
Similarly all other categories of membership (except sustaining) will be renewed at one
and a half times their regular fees
Membership
In conjunction with this transition CHLAABSC is undertaking a mem bership drive To
attract new members we are offering a half-price membership for the 2004 calendar
year New mem bers (individuals who have NOT held a CHLAABSC membership in the
past 5 years) can join for $4000 Information can be found on the Association web site
under ldquoWhatrsquos Newrdquo and on the mem bership page
BMC Transition to the Journal of the CHLA
For those of you who may have missed the news beginning in 2004 the Journal of the
Canadian Health Libraries AssociationJournal de lrsquoAssociation des bibliothegraveques de la
santeacute du Canada will be published by the NRC Research Press exclusively online The
tables of contents will be freely available and will be sent to mem bers via the new push
em ail service when each issue is published
There was strong support particularly from BC members to publish the journal as Open-
Access and the Board studied this idea A task group was formed and surveyed the
mem bership Up to 10 of existing mem bers fe lt that they would not renew their
memberships if the journal were freely available to them (in other words they maintained
membership because they felt the BMC was a significant benefit) This would amount to a
significant enough drop in membership revenues that it is not a viable option So for at
least the first year the new Journal CHLA wil continue to be available for mem bers-only
The Board is investigating new ways to improve membership benefits in the hopes of
retaining m em bership levels should we move to an open-access m odel
Upcoming CE Survey
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 10
Continuing Education is one of the prime areas of focus for CHLAABSC Members have said they need and want a wide array
of CE opportunities both at the annual conference and locally CE Coordinator Judy Inglis is planning a survey of members
regarding their
HLABC FORUM Page 11
2004 CHLAABSCConference Website
http w ww medmuncachla
2004
Editorrsquos Note Ask Anne about ldquootherdetails such as gettingsoaked in the rain andlosing a glove and havingto buy new ones and notknowing which bus totakerdquo
BC Academic HealthCouncil eHLbc
httpwwwbcahccaBCAHC
_pageasppageid=700
WINTER MEETING REPORT
professional development needs The survey w ill help pinpoint subjects for which mem bers
would like courses to be available as well as preferred methods of course delivery The
survey will arrive via e-mail so watch for it and make your opinions known
CHLAABSC Conferences
The upcoming 2004 conference is in St Johns Newfoundland and will undoubtedly be
another memorable conference (The opening reception alone looks like it will be worth the
registration fee)
Conference 2005 will be hosted by the Toronto chapter And Conference 2006 will be
back here in BC A call for
volunteers went out after the HLABC December brunch and many of the sub-committee
chair positions have already been filled There are a few spots left though and most of the
committees can use extra hands to he lp with the organizing so please contact me if youre
interested in taking part in the planning Taking part in a planning committee is a great way
to get involved with your professional association
Anne Allgaier Librarian for the Northern Health Authority
REPORT OF A M EET ING OF THE H LABC December 6 2003 hosted by Pat Boileau at the
GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre
I was very pleased to have been able to attend a Christmas meeting of the HLABC and would like
to thank those responsible for putting in place a po licy to provide financial support to out-of-
towners such as myself making it possible to travel from the HeartLand to LotusLand in order to
partake of intellectually stimulating interactions with co lleagues as well as gourmet delights
George Eisler CEO of the BC Academic Health Council and Sandra Morris Senior Project
Manager of the BC Academic Health Council were the guest speakers who brought us up to date
on the BC Academic Health Councilrsquos initiative for an electronic health library for British
Columbia health professionals and students in the health sciences
The complete information sheet about the Electronic Health Library for BC (eHLbc) is listed on
the website of the B C Academic Health Council Please feel free to make copies and distribute to
staff at your work place - it is important for this initiative to have broad grass-roots support
The eHLbc is one of several initiatives being undertaken by the BCAHC which is a fortuitous
amalgamation of health care facilities and educational institutions (and a successor of COUT H)
that are responsible for training health professionals in BC The eHLbc may have a greater chance
of success than other efforts because of this
The staff of the BCAHC and the W orking Group consisting of various educators administrators
and librarians from universities colleges and health authorities have been working very hard to
develop a list of electronic resources that could be licensed for ALL health professionals and
students in BC regardless of location Other models for licensing are being examined and the
knowledge gained will help make informed decisions about the final licensing model
News about the eHLbc will be posted on the HLABC website in the New Year so check there to
monitor progress
AA
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 12
SEEN ON THE WEB
-----Original Message-----Forwarded FromAlannaAiko Moore InternationalRelations Office InternAmerican LibraryAssociationSent Thursday December11 2003 922 AMTo CANMEDLIBSubject FellowshipDeadline Approaching
The US IFLA 2001National OrganizingCommittee is pleased toannounce that it willsupport the participation of20 librarians from theAmericas (South AmericaCentral America NorthAmerica and theCaribbean) to IFLAsWorld Library andInformation ConferenceAugust 22-272004 in Buenos Aires
The fellowship will coverair travel sharedaccommodation a per diemfood allowance andconference registrationfees
The deadline forapplications is January 152004 Applications inSpanish and English can befound at httpscsalaorgifla2004
INTERNET CLASSES amp UNEXPECTED EVENTS
Marjory Jardine writes from the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (VCHA) Com munity
Library She and Pat Young job-share the Librarian position and Paula Ludwig works 8 as a
Library Technician
Our library at VCHA offers introduction to finding health inform ation on the internet a
refresher course for those who have taken the introduction and we have just introduced
internet searching for beginners
We started offering demonstrations about 2-3 years ago We went to various sites armed
with a laptop and an enormous lcd projector and gave demonstrations of Pubmed
Medlineplus plus other consumer health databases More recently we have offered
regular hands-on sessions for groups the internet for beginners class is the newest
offering and it seems to be very popular
We are very fortunate to belong to a team of excellent educators and support staff Our
classes are advertised in the education services calendar (online and in print) in addition
one of the support staff sends out workshop reminders to all staff every week Registration
is required and again support staff look after this
The classes are 2-3 hours and are held in a computer lab where each person has their own
computer Class size ranges from 5-12 people Classes are generally offered every 2
weeks In addition we add extra classes for a group training session on request For
example speech- language pathologists addictions counsellors
The bulk of a hands-on internet session is spent on Pubmed with lots of time for practice
Medlineplus and other consum er health sites are also covered We use the opportunity to
let staff know about the available library services (eg document delivery e-mail tables of
contents services online library catalogue how to request material from the library etc etc)
We definitely had to learn new skills for this course particularly the use of technology -
lcdlaptoppc connections And how to teach We do use lots of both computer
technology for the hands-on classes but also paper materials - lots of fluorescent-coloured
how to hand-outs
This is most definitely a collaborative effort -- library staff together and in conjunction with
education services support staff For a group of 6 or more we try to have two librarians on
hand (a definite advantage of job-sharing - one person splits into two) One to demoteach
and the other to be available to help participants
The biggest challenge could be described as unexpected eventsrdquo ndash usually technology-
driven but sometimes weather-related Each session brings its own challenges A bent or
broken plug a missing cable a dripping ceiling a code blue announcement over the PA
system the internet is down city-wide Pubmed is experiencing technical d ifficulties old
computers teeny tiny font
Another challenge is teaching a hands-on class to people with varying degrees of
computer-comfort - we have tried sending out a pre -assessm ent questionnaire but th is
does not always work
Page 13HLABC FORUM
An education services evaluation form is included in each hand-out package Participants rate several aspects of the
session on a scale of 1 (poor) to 4 (excellent) For exam ple overa ll rating of workshop learning needs were met
usefulness of hand-outs
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 14
SEEN ON THE WEB
If you visit no other links inthis issue go to
httpwwwpubmedcentralgovpicrenderfcgiaction=streamampblobtype=pdfampartid=234463
The whole URL is requiredto find the articleAlternately search PubMedCentral for ldquoMedicalLibrarianrdquo[TITLE] and lookfor the Jan 1929 article
INTRODUCING THE 20TH CENTURY TO THE 21ST
usefulness to work etc etc There are also several questions which allow participants to
make further comm ents
These sessions are very well received Staff leave the sessions knowing that they have the
skills to do basic literature searches Andthey also know that they can ca ll us for help
before during or after a search They also know that the librarians are on deck to do
literature searches Equally importantly staff now know of resources to show or to
recomm end to their clients (in particular consumer health resources such as medlineplus
merck manuals etc)
One way we know that staff members are using what they learn is that they sometimes send
in requests for articles via the e-mail feature in pubmed And in addition they do call us for
help and reminders about things they learnedThe library is busier than ever doing literature
searches and filling document delivery requests
Has it been worth the effort Do we plan to continue these classes Would I recomm end it to
colleagues Yes yes and yes
Ruth Roch lin is librarian at Kelowna General Hospital Along with Francine Renaud in
Vernon and Anita Skinner their clerk they serve the Okanagan Service area within the
Interior Health Authority Teresa Prior is their third colleague librarian at Royal Inland
Hospital in Kamloops
With the advent of our new Ebsco online library package I have begun regular education
sessions Rather than doing in-depth research skills training in our computer lab with 6 or 7
people per class which I have done in the past I have been holding open sessions in our
conference room I use a live dem o with projection and provide handouts All staff are
welcom e no registration only 45 m inutes People with pagers sit at the back and run out if
they need to Free cheery come on in
The intention of all of the teaching strategies is to disseminate not only search skills but the
scope and practice of library services Within Interior Health we are working hard towards
regional collaboration The librarians in both Kamloops and Vernon are similarly presenting
the new online library package while letting people know of our regional aspirations
Promoting and advertising were taken on aggressively in all sites In Kelowna General and
the Kelowna Health Unit our internal information system Meditech was used to reach all
staff with a brief ad about 2 weeks prior Reminders were sent around by this method as
well Posters were put up in strategic places including the elevators which catch just about
everyone Managers were contacted separately and a CME event for the docs was
advertised separately I made good use of the CME admin assistant and the Education
department to disseminate information about the sessions
In Penticton Regional Hospital Meditech is not universally used so I made more use of
posters and flyers and engaged the help of the staff development educator and the
physic iansrsquo secretary to spread the word
The biggest challenge remains the electronic equipment I book the space a laptop an LCD
projector leave an hour for set-up What can go wrong Well for example
1)The laptop I booked had no port for an internet connection (they still make those No -
this one is obsolete)
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ROCHLIN CONT
No problem I will get a long cord and hook the projector into the PC in the room It will be fine (run itrsquos 5 floors and 6
corridors away but I have time)
2) Somehow the PC and the LCD projector are incompatible Screen will not project
No problem I will find another projector Only one left on short notice is the oldest one in the building - Irsquoll take it (run 5
floors 6 corridors barely enough time)
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 16
ODD Internet Addressesamp other references go inthe margin
Garamond 12 pt - notSmall Cap
SEEN ON THE WEB
Library Humour Online
Library The Musicalhttpwwwprangstgrupco
mlmlmhtm
Library Song (UK)httpwwwcheekybeefcou
klibraryhtml
Librarian T-Shirtgraphics (also make goodwallpaper)
httpis2dalca~mdeliatee
sindexhtm l
HLABC FORUM Page 17
All is set up and ready with 3 minutes to spare Only a little perspiration on my brow
3) Audience com plains of poor b lurry projection quality
Resist the urge to tell them to suck it up
Other issues on other days but you get the general picture
The strategy described above is more cost effectivetime effective and reaches a larger audience than my traditional
approach of 1-2 hour small group sessions in a computer lab I have had a few requests that I run the small research classes
but I have decided not to do that until everyone has had a chance to come to the brief introductory sessions Interfaces are
getting easier and the users are becoming more computer savvy and I have great faith in most of them figuring it out as they
go along Theyrsquove had an introduction they have instructional handouts they have the library contact information - ldquoOff you go
now yoursquoll be finerdquo is my attitude
With the increase in access to PCs we in Interior Health have been able to put a link to the e-library package on our library
intranet page as well as the instructional handout This is light years from handing out paper As well Krista has come up
with a clever little bookmark small and handy with access and searching instructions The librarians needed to do the initial
instructional sessions to introduce the new services and to remind users of all of the wonderful things we do Once they have
had the intro they can try out the system and use the link to the online handout on their own
This project has definitely been a collaboration among the 3 libraries We each planned and promoted our own areas but we
shared experiences handouts and workload to get the information out to as much of the population as possible in the same
time frame
There was a fairly big learning curve involved for all of us to learn the Ebsco system well enough to teach it and to learn the
administrative side and handle security issues This was made more difficult when Ebsco changed the administrative
software after about 6 weeks We were warned it was going to happen but it was discouraging to have learned the
procedures to set th ings up then not to recognize the screen one day
Previously I have only attempted small group education sessions This was my first foray into mass education Itrsquos been fun
and easy and everybody can find 45 minutes to get to an info session Because of the number of clients the library now
serves I will use this format again
For the sessions I ran in KGH my home base I used the standard education evaluations All surveyed thought it was fun and
interesting except those w ho attended the session with the bad projector who com plained en m asse about the blurry
projection
I did not have the other sites evaluate the sessions
Response has been overwhelmingly positive that our sleepy little valley has finally entered the 20th century (I havenrsquot pointed
out that it is too late) Most users were well pleased with the introductory sessions and went off with their usernames and
passwords to try it on their own However there are still some who want small in-depth sessions which I will not be offering
anytime soon It is far better for me to teach 30 people in 1 hour than 6 people in 2 hours
I am finding now that in spite of the sessions and the handouts som e people still think that we have purchased electronic
access to everything indexed in Medline and CINAHL They fight the good fight with Ebsco then call me in frustration that
they cannot get to the full text and canrsquot understand what they are doing wrong Ah well itrsquos a learning curve for everyone
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 18
TRAIN THE TRAINER
After the sessions library use in general has gone up Interlibrary loan use soared in the
months following - as people discovered that hey - not everything is full text
I will run a second set of sessions in the same format in the coming months Even when
people did not make it to the sessions they saw all of the advertising and came to the library
to ask about it Now that the handout is on the intranet site people around the region are
referred there and for many that will be enough
I used these sessions to advertise what we have purchased how to get to it how to do basic
research how to contact the library for more information and help I also used it as a venue
to remind people of the great serv ices we offer
Barbara Trip is Librarian at the Patient amp Family Learning Centre (PFLC) Vancouver General
Hospital (VGH)
As librarian in the Patient amp Family Learning Centre I have been involved in end user
education in severa l ways On a roughly monthly basis I teach a class entitled E-Library Tour
This class looks at the UBC Library web site and some of the resources that are available for
VGH staff Specifically it covers how to access journals BooksOVID M D Consult Health
Reference Centre and the great subject resources pages developed by the UBC librarians
This class is one of several that are organized by the Vancouver Coastal Health Research
Institute It is held in a computer lab so there is hands-on participation
In the past year the PFLC also offered its own end-user education sessions From January to
May we offered monthly classes on resources that are available to staff from the Vancouver
Hospital Intranet This included looking at the Patient Care Guidelines BooksOVID MD
Consult and Health Reference Centre These classes were held in computer labs at both
VGH and UBC Hospital
As an outcome of these classes we produced a small booklet with the instructions for using
these resources as well as instructions for searching with OVID and PubMed We offered
these to the units as a resource that they could have handy at their computer stations
Another outcome of offering these classes was a request from the Intensive Care Unit to
come and do classes on the unit because it was difficult for their staff to get away to attend
the classes Some of these sessions were held right at the nursing station with 3 or 4 people
gathered around 1 terminal At tim es this was a b it chaotic as people would com e and go if
they were needed on the unit
The ICU also had another project to help the staff become more com puter literate For th is
project they used a train-the-trainer approach Again I covered with these trainers the
resources available on the Intranet The trainers then held their own classes in the ICU for
their staff
We did evaluations of the classes and those seemed well received I did not do evaluations
of the ICU sessions but I have had feedback that the train -the-trainer project worked well
I would hope to do more unit specific tra ining and really like the idea of tra ining the trainer
However I think we are fortunate at VGH to be able to provide a variety of methods of end
user education
HLABC FORUM Page 19
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FROM David S Crawford
TO CANM EDLIB
Subject
Margaret Charlton
Date sent
Tue 2 Sep 2003
Dear Colleagues
It gives me great pleasureto announce that theCanadian government hasjustdesignated Margaret RidleyCharlton as a person ofnational significanceMiss Charlton was the firstreal librarian at theMcGill University Medical(now Health Sciences)Library (1895-1914) Shewas also one of thefounders of the MedicalLibrary Association(1898) with Osler andGould
The proposal wassupported by the CHLAand the ACMC - though ittook such a long time thatPatrick (who was CHLAPresident at the time) maynot remember
Further information isavailable athttpwwwhealthlibrarymcgillcaoslercharltonindexhtm
CheersDavid S Crawford FCLIPEmeritus Librarian McGillUniversity
WEB SURVEY END USER EDUCATION
Report by Krista Clem ent
I hope you find these quick snapshots of how we all practice both inspiring and reassuring -
oh and maybe spark a debate or two We had 24 respondents this time up from 16 on
the first survey All were HLABC mem bers (the website is not closed to non-mem bers)
More than half of us do end-user training less than once per week 62 Only 17 do such
training three or more times per week I didnrsquot include ldquoneverrdquo as an option (oops) and
nobody wrote it in so I guess we are all doing something
I admit to being surprised at the high level of formal instruction we do I was also surprised
that none of those responding are teaching courses or course components with a graded
component I thought maybe some of the academic wing m ight
Searching databases and answering questions may be thought of as ldquoreal librarianshiprdquo
along with cataloguing and collection development However sober second thought made
me agree with the majority of you that in the long term teaching our patrons to use
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 20
information and tools to access it is also essential By increasing our users abilities we free them and we also free up our
own time for other things like tricky reference
HLABC FORUM Page 21
On the other hand as Ruth Rochlin points out in her art icle (this issue) training can consume
your time Nearly a third of you would not give instruction too high a priority lest it displace
other work Debate anyone
You may want to spend a few minutes contemplating question 5 - a sneaky omnibus number
which is really 9 separate questions
Highlights The most frequent sort of training is certainly searching journal indices (you know
Medline etc) The next most common topics are ldquocirculationrdquo and ldquoother high level info
skillsrdquo - by which I hoped to capture something more than the location of the restrooms
Circulation is also the most likely not to be offered at all I suspect that the split reflects a
difference in our libraries - perhaps larger versus smaller the type of circulation system or
policy or even the presence of regular circ staff The use of computer hardware and non-
computer equipment is also thankfully not a large part of our instructional duties
Looking at the middle columns we do steady training about the Internet and other software
No matter how much of our information migrates to web or CD-Rom based formats our
assistance continues to be needed in learning how to access and apply the knowledge
Thanks once again to every librarian who participated Keep your eyes open for the next
survey in 2004
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 22
SEEN ON THE WEB
gt -----Original Message-----gt From CHLAABSC gt Sent 2003 December 18 gt To tracyhavlincvihrbccagt Subject ImportantInformation on the next issue ofBMC
ldquoStarting volume 25 issue 1the JCHLAJABSC (Journalof the Canadian HealthLibraries AssociationJournal de lAssociation desbibliothegraveques de la santeacute duCanada) will be available inan electronic only (PDF)format
You can access the Journalin two ways either throughthe publisher NRC ResearchPress under AffiliatedJournals lthttppubsnrc-cnrcgccagt or through the associationwebsite lthttpwwwchla-absccagt
ldquo
NOTES FROM THE AFTERLIFE
RETIREMENT IT TAKES GETTING USED TO
David No ble retired as Chief Librarian at the BC Cancer Agency in 2002
I know its hard to believe but being retired does take getting used to
For the first few months you feel you are on vacation your mind cant fully accept the fact
that after 46 years of summer and career jobs through the years this is it You are now
retired Your m ind is sort of in a state of shock which only time will cure
After the vacation stage comes the guilt stage where you feel a little guilty that you are no
longer nose to the grindstone You hear from colleagues of developm ents since youve left
work but its no longer your concern and many of your long-time friends are still working
hence the guilty twinge For me the tiny feeling of guilt lasted 2 or 3 months until my mind
accepted the fact that I really did deserve to be retired after working a fifty five hour week
for 26 years
Then comes the Its time I started doing a ll those things I have put off until retirement
stage Youve sort of taken it easy added a few pounds even watched a little daytime TV
until you are thoroughly sick of it and now are ready for some self improvement You sign up
for courses have your piano tuned haul out your old water colour set and old Chopin
preludes build an improved sea wall do some landscaping of the yard and painting of the
house and generally get more organized and productive There is time also to improve your
golf pitch and chip shots It seemed I had to go through the vacation stage and the guiltnon-
productive stages to feel thoroughly ready for the self improvement stage and really get
down to the true retirem ent stage The true retirement stage is when you have little tim e it
seem s to laze about as your calendar is fully booked w ith all your activities just like before
you retired except its on your own terms
No complaints this true retirement stage is the fun part and how wonderful it is for us to be
free of the daily work grind even though I was one of the lucky ones as I really loved my job
I think we librarians are truly fortunate to be doing what we do We tend to get thanked a lot
for our services and its interesting to boot We may not get paid as much as we like but our
occupation is supposed to be second from the top on the list of best occupations in terms
of job satisfaction That makes up for a lot
This is my sense of experience since my retirement Yours will be different but then again
may be a little s imilar It does take time to get used to
I send my best wishes to you all Drop in and see us here in Qualicum Beach next time youre
passing by
David
_____________________________________________________________________
Notes From The A fterlife is a continuing feature We welcome your ideas Phone
ElsieWollaston at (604) 684-3036 fax (604) 685-9335 or e-mail elbruijninterchangeubcca
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HLABC FORUM Page 7
WEBSITE UPDATE
In case yoursquove forgottenthe website is athttpwwwhlabcbcca
(But you know that because
yoursquore reading the Forum
online now)
The mockup of the newdesign has been athttpwwwbedlamhotelcom114html
TREASURERrsquoS REPORT Health Libraries Association of BC
Finances
Mutal Fund $156965 (as of September 30 2003)
Checking Account $673038 (balance on November 7 2003)
Total $830003
Me mbersh ip
79 regular (6 new)
1 student
6 lifetime
2 unpaid
Total of 88
Welcom e to new m em bers
Lisa Jane Watson EBSCO
Christine Martin SLAIS Instructor
Patricia Whittaker VPL
Robyn Ingvallsen BCCA Surrey
Bette Reimer Information Research Consultant
Sue Kurucz Former member just back from 6 years in Dubai
Report submitted by Marcia Bilinsky
The redesign of the HLABC web site was completed over the summer and the executive
committee selected the final look at the November 22nd executive meeting At the HLABC
general meeting December 6th those involved in the website redesign met briefly to discuss
the next steps We all agreed that Chris from Bedlamhotel has done a great job on giving our
page a new look
In early January the website committee will meet to discuss transferring the content of the
old site to the new site We will be collaborating with Chris to obtain training for the
committee and to establish user ID and passw ords for site security Once training in
complete the content will be transferred from the old site to our new site
The Centre for Health Services and Policy Research will continue to host the HLABC website
The new site will be running on the contents management system Tyop3 which will allow
remote access for comm ittee members
Teresa Lee left the website committee this fall as she returned to university We welcomed
aboard two new members Robyn Ingvallsen from the BC Cancer Agency (Surrey) and Joyce
Constantine from the Vancouver Island Health Authority (Victoria) Please contact any of the
members of the committee with your ideas for content for the new website
Current members are Mary-Doug Wright (mdwrightchsprubcca) Robert Melrose
(Melrosedsrforg) Robyn Ingvallsen (ringvallsenbccancerbcca) and Joyce Constantine
(joyceconstantinecaphealthorg)
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 8
Report submitted by Robert Melrose
Page 9HLABC FORUM
CHLAABSCMembership infohttpwwwchla-absccaassocchlamemhtml
CHLAABSC REPORT
Cathy Rayment craymentinterchangeubcca
Hamber Library University of British Columbia Childrens amp Womens Health Centre of BC
New Push E-Mail Service
CHLAABSC has started a new e -mail newslette r for mem bers-only It uses a push-email
delivery and will be used to ensure that all members receive timely notice of association
news In addition to the E-News well be using it to send out Nomination forms
membership renewals notice of journal issue availability etc
Transition to Calendar Year Mem bership
The Board has decided to proceed with changing the Associationrsquos membership year (We
had started to do this last year but hadnt considered all the financial im plications)
Currently members join from June 1 to May 31 each year The fiscal year however is the
calendar year This has caused needless complications for our Treasurer and the budget
process and also confusion at conference registrations where people are unsure of which
yearrsquos membership counts towards the member conference rate
In order to achieve the change for one renewal only we are go ing to ask members to
renew their membership for a year and a half The renewals will be sent out for June 1 as
usual next year but you will renew through December 31 2005 For regular members the
one tim e renewal cost will be $12000 ndash one and a half times the usual $8000 fee
Similarly all other categories of membership (except sustaining) will be renewed at one
and a half times their regular fees
Membership
In conjunction with this transition CHLAABSC is undertaking a mem bership drive To
attract new members we are offering a half-price membership for the 2004 calendar
year New mem bers (individuals who have NOT held a CHLAABSC membership in the
past 5 years) can join for $4000 Information can be found on the Association web site
under ldquoWhatrsquos Newrdquo and on the mem bership page
BMC Transition to the Journal of the CHLA
For those of you who may have missed the news beginning in 2004 the Journal of the
Canadian Health Libraries AssociationJournal de lrsquoAssociation des bibliothegraveques de la
santeacute du Canada will be published by the NRC Research Press exclusively online The
tables of contents will be freely available and will be sent to mem bers via the new push
em ail service when each issue is published
There was strong support particularly from BC members to publish the journal as Open-
Access and the Board studied this idea A task group was formed and surveyed the
mem bership Up to 10 of existing mem bers fe lt that they would not renew their
memberships if the journal were freely available to them (in other words they maintained
membership because they felt the BMC was a significant benefit) This would amount to a
significant enough drop in membership revenues that it is not a viable option So for at
least the first year the new Journal CHLA wil continue to be available for mem bers-only
The Board is investigating new ways to improve membership benefits in the hopes of
retaining m em bership levels should we move to an open-access m odel
Upcoming CE Survey
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 10
Continuing Education is one of the prime areas of focus for CHLAABSC Members have said they need and want a wide array
of CE opportunities both at the annual conference and locally CE Coordinator Judy Inglis is planning a survey of members
regarding their
HLABC FORUM Page 11
2004 CHLAABSCConference Website
http w ww medmuncachla
2004
Editorrsquos Note Ask Anne about ldquootherdetails such as gettingsoaked in the rain andlosing a glove and havingto buy new ones and notknowing which bus totakerdquo
BC Academic HealthCouncil eHLbc
httpwwwbcahccaBCAHC
_pageasppageid=700
WINTER MEETING REPORT
professional development needs The survey w ill help pinpoint subjects for which mem bers
would like courses to be available as well as preferred methods of course delivery The
survey will arrive via e-mail so watch for it and make your opinions known
CHLAABSC Conferences
The upcoming 2004 conference is in St Johns Newfoundland and will undoubtedly be
another memorable conference (The opening reception alone looks like it will be worth the
registration fee)
Conference 2005 will be hosted by the Toronto chapter And Conference 2006 will be
back here in BC A call for
volunteers went out after the HLABC December brunch and many of the sub-committee
chair positions have already been filled There are a few spots left though and most of the
committees can use extra hands to he lp with the organizing so please contact me if youre
interested in taking part in the planning Taking part in a planning committee is a great way
to get involved with your professional association
Anne Allgaier Librarian for the Northern Health Authority
REPORT OF A M EET ING OF THE H LABC December 6 2003 hosted by Pat Boileau at the
GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre
I was very pleased to have been able to attend a Christmas meeting of the HLABC and would like
to thank those responsible for putting in place a po licy to provide financial support to out-of-
towners such as myself making it possible to travel from the HeartLand to LotusLand in order to
partake of intellectually stimulating interactions with co lleagues as well as gourmet delights
George Eisler CEO of the BC Academic Health Council and Sandra Morris Senior Project
Manager of the BC Academic Health Council were the guest speakers who brought us up to date
on the BC Academic Health Councilrsquos initiative for an electronic health library for British
Columbia health professionals and students in the health sciences
The complete information sheet about the Electronic Health Library for BC (eHLbc) is listed on
the website of the B C Academic Health Council Please feel free to make copies and distribute to
staff at your work place - it is important for this initiative to have broad grass-roots support
The eHLbc is one of several initiatives being undertaken by the BCAHC which is a fortuitous
amalgamation of health care facilities and educational institutions (and a successor of COUT H)
that are responsible for training health professionals in BC The eHLbc may have a greater chance
of success than other efforts because of this
The staff of the BCAHC and the W orking Group consisting of various educators administrators
and librarians from universities colleges and health authorities have been working very hard to
develop a list of electronic resources that could be licensed for ALL health professionals and
students in BC regardless of location Other models for licensing are being examined and the
knowledge gained will help make informed decisions about the final licensing model
News about the eHLbc will be posted on the HLABC website in the New Year so check there to
monitor progress
AA
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 12
SEEN ON THE WEB
-----Original Message-----Forwarded FromAlannaAiko Moore InternationalRelations Office InternAmerican LibraryAssociationSent Thursday December11 2003 922 AMTo CANMEDLIBSubject FellowshipDeadline Approaching
The US IFLA 2001National OrganizingCommittee is pleased toannounce that it willsupport the participation of20 librarians from theAmericas (South AmericaCentral America NorthAmerica and theCaribbean) to IFLAsWorld Library andInformation ConferenceAugust 22-272004 in Buenos Aires
The fellowship will coverair travel sharedaccommodation a per diemfood allowance andconference registrationfees
The deadline forapplications is January 152004 Applications inSpanish and English can befound at httpscsalaorgifla2004
INTERNET CLASSES amp UNEXPECTED EVENTS
Marjory Jardine writes from the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (VCHA) Com munity
Library She and Pat Young job-share the Librarian position and Paula Ludwig works 8 as a
Library Technician
Our library at VCHA offers introduction to finding health inform ation on the internet a
refresher course for those who have taken the introduction and we have just introduced
internet searching for beginners
We started offering demonstrations about 2-3 years ago We went to various sites armed
with a laptop and an enormous lcd projector and gave demonstrations of Pubmed
Medlineplus plus other consumer health databases More recently we have offered
regular hands-on sessions for groups the internet for beginners class is the newest
offering and it seems to be very popular
We are very fortunate to belong to a team of excellent educators and support staff Our
classes are advertised in the education services calendar (online and in print) in addition
one of the support staff sends out workshop reminders to all staff every week Registration
is required and again support staff look after this
The classes are 2-3 hours and are held in a computer lab where each person has their own
computer Class size ranges from 5-12 people Classes are generally offered every 2
weeks In addition we add extra classes for a group training session on request For
example speech- language pathologists addictions counsellors
The bulk of a hands-on internet session is spent on Pubmed with lots of time for practice
Medlineplus and other consum er health sites are also covered We use the opportunity to
let staff know about the available library services (eg document delivery e-mail tables of
contents services online library catalogue how to request material from the library etc etc)
We definitely had to learn new skills for this course particularly the use of technology -
lcdlaptoppc connections And how to teach We do use lots of both computer
technology for the hands-on classes but also paper materials - lots of fluorescent-coloured
how to hand-outs
This is most definitely a collaborative effort -- library staff together and in conjunction with
education services support staff For a group of 6 or more we try to have two librarians on
hand (a definite advantage of job-sharing - one person splits into two) One to demoteach
and the other to be available to help participants
The biggest challenge could be described as unexpected eventsrdquo ndash usually technology-
driven but sometimes weather-related Each session brings its own challenges A bent or
broken plug a missing cable a dripping ceiling a code blue announcement over the PA
system the internet is down city-wide Pubmed is experiencing technical d ifficulties old
computers teeny tiny font
Another challenge is teaching a hands-on class to people with varying degrees of
computer-comfort - we have tried sending out a pre -assessm ent questionnaire but th is
does not always work
Page 13HLABC FORUM
An education services evaluation form is included in each hand-out package Participants rate several aspects of the
session on a scale of 1 (poor) to 4 (excellent) For exam ple overa ll rating of workshop learning needs were met
usefulness of hand-outs
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 14
SEEN ON THE WEB
If you visit no other links inthis issue go to
httpwwwpubmedcentralgovpicrenderfcgiaction=streamampblobtype=pdfampartid=234463
The whole URL is requiredto find the articleAlternately search PubMedCentral for ldquoMedicalLibrarianrdquo[TITLE] and lookfor the Jan 1929 article
INTRODUCING THE 20TH CENTURY TO THE 21ST
usefulness to work etc etc There are also several questions which allow participants to
make further comm ents
These sessions are very well received Staff leave the sessions knowing that they have the
skills to do basic literature searches Andthey also know that they can ca ll us for help
before during or after a search They also know that the librarians are on deck to do
literature searches Equally importantly staff now know of resources to show or to
recomm end to their clients (in particular consumer health resources such as medlineplus
merck manuals etc)
One way we know that staff members are using what they learn is that they sometimes send
in requests for articles via the e-mail feature in pubmed And in addition they do call us for
help and reminders about things they learnedThe library is busier than ever doing literature
searches and filling document delivery requests
Has it been worth the effort Do we plan to continue these classes Would I recomm end it to
colleagues Yes yes and yes
Ruth Roch lin is librarian at Kelowna General Hospital Along with Francine Renaud in
Vernon and Anita Skinner their clerk they serve the Okanagan Service area within the
Interior Health Authority Teresa Prior is their third colleague librarian at Royal Inland
Hospital in Kamloops
With the advent of our new Ebsco online library package I have begun regular education
sessions Rather than doing in-depth research skills training in our computer lab with 6 or 7
people per class which I have done in the past I have been holding open sessions in our
conference room I use a live dem o with projection and provide handouts All staff are
welcom e no registration only 45 m inutes People with pagers sit at the back and run out if
they need to Free cheery come on in
The intention of all of the teaching strategies is to disseminate not only search skills but the
scope and practice of library services Within Interior Health we are working hard towards
regional collaboration The librarians in both Kamloops and Vernon are similarly presenting
the new online library package while letting people know of our regional aspirations
Promoting and advertising were taken on aggressively in all sites In Kelowna General and
the Kelowna Health Unit our internal information system Meditech was used to reach all
staff with a brief ad about 2 weeks prior Reminders were sent around by this method as
well Posters were put up in strategic places including the elevators which catch just about
everyone Managers were contacted separately and a CME event for the docs was
advertised separately I made good use of the CME admin assistant and the Education
department to disseminate information about the sessions
In Penticton Regional Hospital Meditech is not universally used so I made more use of
posters and flyers and engaged the help of the staff development educator and the
physic iansrsquo secretary to spread the word
The biggest challenge remains the electronic equipment I book the space a laptop an LCD
projector leave an hour for set-up What can go wrong Well for example
1)The laptop I booked had no port for an internet connection (they still make those No -
this one is obsolete)
Page 15HLABC FORUM
ROCHLIN CONT
No problem I will get a long cord and hook the projector into the PC in the room It will be fine (run itrsquos 5 floors and 6
corridors away but I have time)
2) Somehow the PC and the LCD projector are incompatible Screen will not project
No problem I will find another projector Only one left on short notice is the oldest one in the building - Irsquoll take it (run 5
floors 6 corridors barely enough time)
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 16
ODD Internet Addressesamp other references go inthe margin
Garamond 12 pt - notSmall Cap
SEEN ON THE WEB
Library Humour Online
Library The Musicalhttpwwwprangstgrupco
mlmlmhtm
Library Song (UK)httpwwwcheekybeefcou
klibraryhtml
Librarian T-Shirtgraphics (also make goodwallpaper)
httpis2dalca~mdeliatee
sindexhtm l
HLABC FORUM Page 17
All is set up and ready with 3 minutes to spare Only a little perspiration on my brow
3) Audience com plains of poor b lurry projection quality
Resist the urge to tell them to suck it up
Other issues on other days but you get the general picture
The strategy described above is more cost effectivetime effective and reaches a larger audience than my traditional
approach of 1-2 hour small group sessions in a computer lab I have had a few requests that I run the small research classes
but I have decided not to do that until everyone has had a chance to come to the brief introductory sessions Interfaces are
getting easier and the users are becoming more computer savvy and I have great faith in most of them figuring it out as they
go along Theyrsquove had an introduction they have instructional handouts they have the library contact information - ldquoOff you go
now yoursquoll be finerdquo is my attitude
With the increase in access to PCs we in Interior Health have been able to put a link to the e-library package on our library
intranet page as well as the instructional handout This is light years from handing out paper As well Krista has come up
with a clever little bookmark small and handy with access and searching instructions The librarians needed to do the initial
instructional sessions to introduce the new services and to remind users of all of the wonderful things we do Once they have
had the intro they can try out the system and use the link to the online handout on their own
This project has definitely been a collaboration among the 3 libraries We each planned and promoted our own areas but we
shared experiences handouts and workload to get the information out to as much of the population as possible in the same
time frame
There was a fairly big learning curve involved for all of us to learn the Ebsco system well enough to teach it and to learn the
administrative side and handle security issues This was made more difficult when Ebsco changed the administrative
software after about 6 weeks We were warned it was going to happen but it was discouraging to have learned the
procedures to set th ings up then not to recognize the screen one day
Previously I have only attempted small group education sessions This was my first foray into mass education Itrsquos been fun
and easy and everybody can find 45 minutes to get to an info session Because of the number of clients the library now
serves I will use this format again
For the sessions I ran in KGH my home base I used the standard education evaluations All surveyed thought it was fun and
interesting except those w ho attended the session with the bad projector who com plained en m asse about the blurry
projection
I did not have the other sites evaluate the sessions
Response has been overwhelmingly positive that our sleepy little valley has finally entered the 20th century (I havenrsquot pointed
out that it is too late) Most users were well pleased with the introductory sessions and went off with their usernames and
passwords to try it on their own However there are still some who want small in-depth sessions which I will not be offering
anytime soon It is far better for me to teach 30 people in 1 hour than 6 people in 2 hours
I am finding now that in spite of the sessions and the handouts som e people still think that we have purchased electronic
access to everything indexed in Medline and CINAHL They fight the good fight with Ebsco then call me in frustration that
they cannot get to the full text and canrsquot understand what they are doing wrong Ah well itrsquos a learning curve for everyone
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 18
TRAIN THE TRAINER
After the sessions library use in general has gone up Interlibrary loan use soared in the
months following - as people discovered that hey - not everything is full text
I will run a second set of sessions in the same format in the coming months Even when
people did not make it to the sessions they saw all of the advertising and came to the library
to ask about it Now that the handout is on the intranet site people around the region are
referred there and for many that will be enough
I used these sessions to advertise what we have purchased how to get to it how to do basic
research how to contact the library for more information and help I also used it as a venue
to remind people of the great serv ices we offer
Barbara Trip is Librarian at the Patient amp Family Learning Centre (PFLC) Vancouver General
Hospital (VGH)
As librarian in the Patient amp Family Learning Centre I have been involved in end user
education in severa l ways On a roughly monthly basis I teach a class entitled E-Library Tour
This class looks at the UBC Library web site and some of the resources that are available for
VGH staff Specifically it covers how to access journals BooksOVID M D Consult Health
Reference Centre and the great subject resources pages developed by the UBC librarians
This class is one of several that are organized by the Vancouver Coastal Health Research
Institute It is held in a computer lab so there is hands-on participation
In the past year the PFLC also offered its own end-user education sessions From January to
May we offered monthly classes on resources that are available to staff from the Vancouver
Hospital Intranet This included looking at the Patient Care Guidelines BooksOVID MD
Consult and Health Reference Centre These classes were held in computer labs at both
VGH and UBC Hospital
As an outcome of these classes we produced a small booklet with the instructions for using
these resources as well as instructions for searching with OVID and PubMed We offered
these to the units as a resource that they could have handy at their computer stations
Another outcome of offering these classes was a request from the Intensive Care Unit to
come and do classes on the unit because it was difficult for their staff to get away to attend
the classes Some of these sessions were held right at the nursing station with 3 or 4 people
gathered around 1 terminal At tim es this was a b it chaotic as people would com e and go if
they were needed on the unit
The ICU also had another project to help the staff become more com puter literate For th is
project they used a train-the-trainer approach Again I covered with these trainers the
resources available on the Intranet The trainers then held their own classes in the ICU for
their staff
We did evaluations of the classes and those seemed well received I did not do evaluations
of the ICU sessions but I have had feedback that the train -the-trainer project worked well
I would hope to do more unit specific tra ining and really like the idea of tra ining the trainer
However I think we are fortunate at VGH to be able to provide a variety of methods of end
user education
HLABC FORUM Page 19
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FROM David S Crawford
TO CANM EDLIB
Subject
Margaret Charlton
Date sent
Tue 2 Sep 2003
Dear Colleagues
It gives me great pleasureto announce that theCanadian government hasjustdesignated Margaret RidleyCharlton as a person ofnational significanceMiss Charlton was the firstreal librarian at theMcGill University Medical(now Health Sciences)Library (1895-1914) Shewas also one of thefounders of the MedicalLibrary Association(1898) with Osler andGould
The proposal wassupported by the CHLAand the ACMC - though ittook such a long time thatPatrick (who was CHLAPresident at the time) maynot remember
Further information isavailable athttpwwwhealthlibrarymcgillcaoslercharltonindexhtm
CheersDavid S Crawford FCLIPEmeritus Librarian McGillUniversity
WEB SURVEY END USER EDUCATION
Report by Krista Clem ent
I hope you find these quick snapshots of how we all practice both inspiring and reassuring -
oh and maybe spark a debate or two We had 24 respondents this time up from 16 on
the first survey All were HLABC mem bers (the website is not closed to non-mem bers)
More than half of us do end-user training less than once per week 62 Only 17 do such
training three or more times per week I didnrsquot include ldquoneverrdquo as an option (oops) and
nobody wrote it in so I guess we are all doing something
I admit to being surprised at the high level of formal instruction we do I was also surprised
that none of those responding are teaching courses or course components with a graded
component I thought maybe some of the academic wing m ight
Searching databases and answering questions may be thought of as ldquoreal librarianshiprdquo
along with cataloguing and collection development However sober second thought made
me agree with the majority of you that in the long term teaching our patrons to use
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 20
information and tools to access it is also essential By increasing our users abilities we free them and we also free up our
own time for other things like tricky reference
HLABC FORUM Page 21
On the other hand as Ruth Rochlin points out in her art icle (this issue) training can consume
your time Nearly a third of you would not give instruction too high a priority lest it displace
other work Debate anyone
You may want to spend a few minutes contemplating question 5 - a sneaky omnibus number
which is really 9 separate questions
Highlights The most frequent sort of training is certainly searching journal indices (you know
Medline etc) The next most common topics are ldquocirculationrdquo and ldquoother high level info
skillsrdquo - by which I hoped to capture something more than the location of the restrooms
Circulation is also the most likely not to be offered at all I suspect that the split reflects a
difference in our libraries - perhaps larger versus smaller the type of circulation system or
policy or even the presence of regular circ staff The use of computer hardware and non-
computer equipment is also thankfully not a large part of our instructional duties
Looking at the middle columns we do steady training about the Internet and other software
No matter how much of our information migrates to web or CD-Rom based formats our
assistance continues to be needed in learning how to access and apply the knowledge
Thanks once again to every librarian who participated Keep your eyes open for the next
survey in 2004
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 22
SEEN ON THE WEB
gt -----Original Message-----gt From CHLAABSC gt Sent 2003 December 18 gt To tracyhavlincvihrbccagt Subject ImportantInformation on the next issue ofBMC
ldquoStarting volume 25 issue 1the JCHLAJABSC (Journalof the Canadian HealthLibraries AssociationJournal de lAssociation desbibliothegraveques de la santeacute duCanada) will be available inan electronic only (PDF)format
You can access the Journalin two ways either throughthe publisher NRC ResearchPress under AffiliatedJournals lthttppubsnrc-cnrcgccagt or through the associationwebsite lthttpwwwchla-absccagt
ldquo
NOTES FROM THE AFTERLIFE
RETIREMENT IT TAKES GETTING USED TO
David No ble retired as Chief Librarian at the BC Cancer Agency in 2002
I know its hard to believe but being retired does take getting used to
For the first few months you feel you are on vacation your mind cant fully accept the fact
that after 46 years of summer and career jobs through the years this is it You are now
retired Your m ind is sort of in a state of shock which only time will cure
After the vacation stage comes the guilt stage where you feel a little guilty that you are no
longer nose to the grindstone You hear from colleagues of developm ents since youve left
work but its no longer your concern and many of your long-time friends are still working
hence the guilty twinge For me the tiny feeling of guilt lasted 2 or 3 months until my mind
accepted the fact that I really did deserve to be retired after working a fifty five hour week
for 26 years
Then comes the Its time I started doing a ll those things I have put off until retirement
stage Youve sort of taken it easy added a few pounds even watched a little daytime TV
until you are thoroughly sick of it and now are ready for some self improvement You sign up
for courses have your piano tuned haul out your old water colour set and old Chopin
preludes build an improved sea wall do some landscaping of the yard and painting of the
house and generally get more organized and productive There is time also to improve your
golf pitch and chip shots It seemed I had to go through the vacation stage and the guiltnon-
productive stages to feel thoroughly ready for the self improvement stage and really get
down to the true retirem ent stage The true retirement stage is when you have little tim e it
seem s to laze about as your calendar is fully booked w ith all your activities just like before
you retired except its on your own terms
No complaints this true retirement stage is the fun part and how wonderful it is for us to be
free of the daily work grind even though I was one of the lucky ones as I really loved my job
I think we librarians are truly fortunate to be doing what we do We tend to get thanked a lot
for our services and its interesting to boot We may not get paid as much as we like but our
occupation is supposed to be second from the top on the list of best occupations in terms
of job satisfaction That makes up for a lot
This is my sense of experience since my retirement Yours will be different but then again
may be a little s imilar It does take time to get used to
I send my best wishes to you all Drop in and see us here in Qualicum Beach next time youre
passing by
David
_____________________________________________________________________
Notes From The A fterlife is a continuing feature We welcome your ideas Phone
ElsieWollaston at (604) 684-3036 fax (604) 685-9335 or e-mail elbruijninterchangeubcca
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Report submitted by Robert Melrose
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CHLAABSCMembership infohttpwwwchla-absccaassocchlamemhtml
CHLAABSC REPORT
Cathy Rayment craymentinterchangeubcca
Hamber Library University of British Columbia Childrens amp Womens Health Centre of BC
New Push E-Mail Service
CHLAABSC has started a new e -mail newslette r for mem bers-only It uses a push-email
delivery and will be used to ensure that all members receive timely notice of association
news In addition to the E-News well be using it to send out Nomination forms
membership renewals notice of journal issue availability etc
Transition to Calendar Year Mem bership
The Board has decided to proceed with changing the Associationrsquos membership year (We
had started to do this last year but hadnt considered all the financial im plications)
Currently members join from June 1 to May 31 each year The fiscal year however is the
calendar year This has caused needless complications for our Treasurer and the budget
process and also confusion at conference registrations where people are unsure of which
yearrsquos membership counts towards the member conference rate
In order to achieve the change for one renewal only we are go ing to ask members to
renew their membership for a year and a half The renewals will be sent out for June 1 as
usual next year but you will renew through December 31 2005 For regular members the
one tim e renewal cost will be $12000 ndash one and a half times the usual $8000 fee
Similarly all other categories of membership (except sustaining) will be renewed at one
and a half times their regular fees
Membership
In conjunction with this transition CHLAABSC is undertaking a mem bership drive To
attract new members we are offering a half-price membership for the 2004 calendar
year New mem bers (individuals who have NOT held a CHLAABSC membership in the
past 5 years) can join for $4000 Information can be found on the Association web site
under ldquoWhatrsquos Newrdquo and on the mem bership page
BMC Transition to the Journal of the CHLA
For those of you who may have missed the news beginning in 2004 the Journal of the
Canadian Health Libraries AssociationJournal de lrsquoAssociation des bibliothegraveques de la
santeacute du Canada will be published by the NRC Research Press exclusively online The
tables of contents will be freely available and will be sent to mem bers via the new push
em ail service when each issue is published
There was strong support particularly from BC members to publish the journal as Open-
Access and the Board studied this idea A task group was formed and surveyed the
mem bership Up to 10 of existing mem bers fe lt that they would not renew their
memberships if the journal were freely available to them (in other words they maintained
membership because they felt the BMC was a significant benefit) This would amount to a
significant enough drop in membership revenues that it is not a viable option So for at
least the first year the new Journal CHLA wil continue to be available for mem bers-only
The Board is investigating new ways to improve membership benefits in the hopes of
retaining m em bership levels should we move to an open-access m odel
Upcoming CE Survey
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 10
Continuing Education is one of the prime areas of focus for CHLAABSC Members have said they need and want a wide array
of CE opportunities both at the annual conference and locally CE Coordinator Judy Inglis is planning a survey of members
regarding their
HLABC FORUM Page 11
2004 CHLAABSCConference Website
http w ww medmuncachla
2004
Editorrsquos Note Ask Anne about ldquootherdetails such as gettingsoaked in the rain andlosing a glove and havingto buy new ones and notknowing which bus totakerdquo
BC Academic HealthCouncil eHLbc
httpwwwbcahccaBCAHC
_pageasppageid=700
WINTER MEETING REPORT
professional development needs The survey w ill help pinpoint subjects for which mem bers
would like courses to be available as well as preferred methods of course delivery The
survey will arrive via e-mail so watch for it and make your opinions known
CHLAABSC Conferences
The upcoming 2004 conference is in St Johns Newfoundland and will undoubtedly be
another memorable conference (The opening reception alone looks like it will be worth the
registration fee)
Conference 2005 will be hosted by the Toronto chapter And Conference 2006 will be
back here in BC A call for
volunteers went out after the HLABC December brunch and many of the sub-committee
chair positions have already been filled There are a few spots left though and most of the
committees can use extra hands to he lp with the organizing so please contact me if youre
interested in taking part in the planning Taking part in a planning committee is a great way
to get involved with your professional association
Anne Allgaier Librarian for the Northern Health Authority
REPORT OF A M EET ING OF THE H LABC December 6 2003 hosted by Pat Boileau at the
GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre
I was very pleased to have been able to attend a Christmas meeting of the HLABC and would like
to thank those responsible for putting in place a po licy to provide financial support to out-of-
towners such as myself making it possible to travel from the HeartLand to LotusLand in order to
partake of intellectually stimulating interactions with co lleagues as well as gourmet delights
George Eisler CEO of the BC Academic Health Council and Sandra Morris Senior Project
Manager of the BC Academic Health Council were the guest speakers who brought us up to date
on the BC Academic Health Councilrsquos initiative for an electronic health library for British
Columbia health professionals and students in the health sciences
The complete information sheet about the Electronic Health Library for BC (eHLbc) is listed on
the website of the B C Academic Health Council Please feel free to make copies and distribute to
staff at your work place - it is important for this initiative to have broad grass-roots support
The eHLbc is one of several initiatives being undertaken by the BCAHC which is a fortuitous
amalgamation of health care facilities and educational institutions (and a successor of COUT H)
that are responsible for training health professionals in BC The eHLbc may have a greater chance
of success than other efforts because of this
The staff of the BCAHC and the W orking Group consisting of various educators administrators
and librarians from universities colleges and health authorities have been working very hard to
develop a list of electronic resources that could be licensed for ALL health professionals and
students in BC regardless of location Other models for licensing are being examined and the
knowledge gained will help make informed decisions about the final licensing model
News about the eHLbc will be posted on the HLABC website in the New Year so check there to
monitor progress
AA
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 12
SEEN ON THE WEB
-----Original Message-----Forwarded FromAlannaAiko Moore InternationalRelations Office InternAmerican LibraryAssociationSent Thursday December11 2003 922 AMTo CANMEDLIBSubject FellowshipDeadline Approaching
The US IFLA 2001National OrganizingCommittee is pleased toannounce that it willsupport the participation of20 librarians from theAmericas (South AmericaCentral America NorthAmerica and theCaribbean) to IFLAsWorld Library andInformation ConferenceAugust 22-272004 in Buenos Aires
The fellowship will coverair travel sharedaccommodation a per diemfood allowance andconference registrationfees
The deadline forapplications is January 152004 Applications inSpanish and English can befound at httpscsalaorgifla2004
INTERNET CLASSES amp UNEXPECTED EVENTS
Marjory Jardine writes from the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (VCHA) Com munity
Library She and Pat Young job-share the Librarian position and Paula Ludwig works 8 as a
Library Technician
Our library at VCHA offers introduction to finding health inform ation on the internet a
refresher course for those who have taken the introduction and we have just introduced
internet searching for beginners
We started offering demonstrations about 2-3 years ago We went to various sites armed
with a laptop and an enormous lcd projector and gave demonstrations of Pubmed
Medlineplus plus other consumer health databases More recently we have offered
regular hands-on sessions for groups the internet for beginners class is the newest
offering and it seems to be very popular
We are very fortunate to belong to a team of excellent educators and support staff Our
classes are advertised in the education services calendar (online and in print) in addition
one of the support staff sends out workshop reminders to all staff every week Registration
is required and again support staff look after this
The classes are 2-3 hours and are held in a computer lab where each person has their own
computer Class size ranges from 5-12 people Classes are generally offered every 2
weeks In addition we add extra classes for a group training session on request For
example speech- language pathologists addictions counsellors
The bulk of a hands-on internet session is spent on Pubmed with lots of time for practice
Medlineplus and other consum er health sites are also covered We use the opportunity to
let staff know about the available library services (eg document delivery e-mail tables of
contents services online library catalogue how to request material from the library etc etc)
We definitely had to learn new skills for this course particularly the use of technology -
lcdlaptoppc connections And how to teach We do use lots of both computer
technology for the hands-on classes but also paper materials - lots of fluorescent-coloured
how to hand-outs
This is most definitely a collaborative effort -- library staff together and in conjunction with
education services support staff For a group of 6 or more we try to have two librarians on
hand (a definite advantage of job-sharing - one person splits into two) One to demoteach
and the other to be available to help participants
The biggest challenge could be described as unexpected eventsrdquo ndash usually technology-
driven but sometimes weather-related Each session brings its own challenges A bent or
broken plug a missing cable a dripping ceiling a code blue announcement over the PA
system the internet is down city-wide Pubmed is experiencing technical d ifficulties old
computers teeny tiny font
Another challenge is teaching a hands-on class to people with varying degrees of
computer-comfort - we have tried sending out a pre -assessm ent questionnaire but th is
does not always work
Page 13HLABC FORUM
An education services evaluation form is included in each hand-out package Participants rate several aspects of the
session on a scale of 1 (poor) to 4 (excellent) For exam ple overa ll rating of workshop learning needs were met
usefulness of hand-outs
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 14
SEEN ON THE WEB
If you visit no other links inthis issue go to
httpwwwpubmedcentralgovpicrenderfcgiaction=streamampblobtype=pdfampartid=234463
The whole URL is requiredto find the articleAlternately search PubMedCentral for ldquoMedicalLibrarianrdquo[TITLE] and lookfor the Jan 1929 article
INTRODUCING THE 20TH CENTURY TO THE 21ST
usefulness to work etc etc There are also several questions which allow participants to
make further comm ents
These sessions are very well received Staff leave the sessions knowing that they have the
skills to do basic literature searches Andthey also know that they can ca ll us for help
before during or after a search They also know that the librarians are on deck to do
literature searches Equally importantly staff now know of resources to show or to
recomm end to their clients (in particular consumer health resources such as medlineplus
merck manuals etc)
One way we know that staff members are using what they learn is that they sometimes send
in requests for articles via the e-mail feature in pubmed And in addition they do call us for
help and reminders about things they learnedThe library is busier than ever doing literature
searches and filling document delivery requests
Has it been worth the effort Do we plan to continue these classes Would I recomm end it to
colleagues Yes yes and yes
Ruth Roch lin is librarian at Kelowna General Hospital Along with Francine Renaud in
Vernon and Anita Skinner their clerk they serve the Okanagan Service area within the
Interior Health Authority Teresa Prior is their third colleague librarian at Royal Inland
Hospital in Kamloops
With the advent of our new Ebsco online library package I have begun regular education
sessions Rather than doing in-depth research skills training in our computer lab with 6 or 7
people per class which I have done in the past I have been holding open sessions in our
conference room I use a live dem o with projection and provide handouts All staff are
welcom e no registration only 45 m inutes People with pagers sit at the back and run out if
they need to Free cheery come on in
The intention of all of the teaching strategies is to disseminate not only search skills but the
scope and practice of library services Within Interior Health we are working hard towards
regional collaboration The librarians in both Kamloops and Vernon are similarly presenting
the new online library package while letting people know of our regional aspirations
Promoting and advertising were taken on aggressively in all sites In Kelowna General and
the Kelowna Health Unit our internal information system Meditech was used to reach all
staff with a brief ad about 2 weeks prior Reminders were sent around by this method as
well Posters were put up in strategic places including the elevators which catch just about
everyone Managers were contacted separately and a CME event for the docs was
advertised separately I made good use of the CME admin assistant and the Education
department to disseminate information about the sessions
In Penticton Regional Hospital Meditech is not universally used so I made more use of
posters and flyers and engaged the help of the staff development educator and the
physic iansrsquo secretary to spread the word
The biggest challenge remains the electronic equipment I book the space a laptop an LCD
projector leave an hour for set-up What can go wrong Well for example
1)The laptop I booked had no port for an internet connection (they still make those No -
this one is obsolete)
Page 15HLABC FORUM
ROCHLIN CONT
No problem I will get a long cord and hook the projector into the PC in the room It will be fine (run itrsquos 5 floors and 6
corridors away but I have time)
2) Somehow the PC and the LCD projector are incompatible Screen will not project
No problem I will find another projector Only one left on short notice is the oldest one in the building - Irsquoll take it (run 5
floors 6 corridors barely enough time)
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 16
ODD Internet Addressesamp other references go inthe margin
Garamond 12 pt - notSmall Cap
SEEN ON THE WEB
Library Humour Online
Library The Musicalhttpwwwprangstgrupco
mlmlmhtm
Library Song (UK)httpwwwcheekybeefcou
klibraryhtml
Librarian T-Shirtgraphics (also make goodwallpaper)
httpis2dalca~mdeliatee
sindexhtm l
HLABC FORUM Page 17
All is set up and ready with 3 minutes to spare Only a little perspiration on my brow
3) Audience com plains of poor b lurry projection quality
Resist the urge to tell them to suck it up
Other issues on other days but you get the general picture
The strategy described above is more cost effectivetime effective and reaches a larger audience than my traditional
approach of 1-2 hour small group sessions in a computer lab I have had a few requests that I run the small research classes
but I have decided not to do that until everyone has had a chance to come to the brief introductory sessions Interfaces are
getting easier and the users are becoming more computer savvy and I have great faith in most of them figuring it out as they
go along Theyrsquove had an introduction they have instructional handouts they have the library contact information - ldquoOff you go
now yoursquoll be finerdquo is my attitude
With the increase in access to PCs we in Interior Health have been able to put a link to the e-library package on our library
intranet page as well as the instructional handout This is light years from handing out paper As well Krista has come up
with a clever little bookmark small and handy with access and searching instructions The librarians needed to do the initial
instructional sessions to introduce the new services and to remind users of all of the wonderful things we do Once they have
had the intro they can try out the system and use the link to the online handout on their own
This project has definitely been a collaboration among the 3 libraries We each planned and promoted our own areas but we
shared experiences handouts and workload to get the information out to as much of the population as possible in the same
time frame
There was a fairly big learning curve involved for all of us to learn the Ebsco system well enough to teach it and to learn the
administrative side and handle security issues This was made more difficult when Ebsco changed the administrative
software after about 6 weeks We were warned it was going to happen but it was discouraging to have learned the
procedures to set th ings up then not to recognize the screen one day
Previously I have only attempted small group education sessions This was my first foray into mass education Itrsquos been fun
and easy and everybody can find 45 minutes to get to an info session Because of the number of clients the library now
serves I will use this format again
For the sessions I ran in KGH my home base I used the standard education evaluations All surveyed thought it was fun and
interesting except those w ho attended the session with the bad projector who com plained en m asse about the blurry
projection
I did not have the other sites evaluate the sessions
Response has been overwhelmingly positive that our sleepy little valley has finally entered the 20th century (I havenrsquot pointed
out that it is too late) Most users were well pleased with the introductory sessions and went off with their usernames and
passwords to try it on their own However there are still some who want small in-depth sessions which I will not be offering
anytime soon It is far better for me to teach 30 people in 1 hour than 6 people in 2 hours
I am finding now that in spite of the sessions and the handouts som e people still think that we have purchased electronic
access to everything indexed in Medline and CINAHL They fight the good fight with Ebsco then call me in frustration that
they cannot get to the full text and canrsquot understand what they are doing wrong Ah well itrsquos a learning curve for everyone
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 18
TRAIN THE TRAINER
After the sessions library use in general has gone up Interlibrary loan use soared in the
months following - as people discovered that hey - not everything is full text
I will run a second set of sessions in the same format in the coming months Even when
people did not make it to the sessions they saw all of the advertising and came to the library
to ask about it Now that the handout is on the intranet site people around the region are
referred there and for many that will be enough
I used these sessions to advertise what we have purchased how to get to it how to do basic
research how to contact the library for more information and help I also used it as a venue
to remind people of the great serv ices we offer
Barbara Trip is Librarian at the Patient amp Family Learning Centre (PFLC) Vancouver General
Hospital (VGH)
As librarian in the Patient amp Family Learning Centre I have been involved in end user
education in severa l ways On a roughly monthly basis I teach a class entitled E-Library Tour
This class looks at the UBC Library web site and some of the resources that are available for
VGH staff Specifically it covers how to access journals BooksOVID M D Consult Health
Reference Centre and the great subject resources pages developed by the UBC librarians
This class is one of several that are organized by the Vancouver Coastal Health Research
Institute It is held in a computer lab so there is hands-on participation
In the past year the PFLC also offered its own end-user education sessions From January to
May we offered monthly classes on resources that are available to staff from the Vancouver
Hospital Intranet This included looking at the Patient Care Guidelines BooksOVID MD
Consult and Health Reference Centre These classes were held in computer labs at both
VGH and UBC Hospital
As an outcome of these classes we produced a small booklet with the instructions for using
these resources as well as instructions for searching with OVID and PubMed We offered
these to the units as a resource that they could have handy at their computer stations
Another outcome of offering these classes was a request from the Intensive Care Unit to
come and do classes on the unit because it was difficult for their staff to get away to attend
the classes Some of these sessions were held right at the nursing station with 3 or 4 people
gathered around 1 terminal At tim es this was a b it chaotic as people would com e and go if
they were needed on the unit
The ICU also had another project to help the staff become more com puter literate For th is
project they used a train-the-trainer approach Again I covered with these trainers the
resources available on the Intranet The trainers then held their own classes in the ICU for
their staff
We did evaluations of the classes and those seemed well received I did not do evaluations
of the ICU sessions but I have had feedback that the train -the-trainer project worked well
I would hope to do more unit specific tra ining and really like the idea of tra ining the trainer
However I think we are fortunate at VGH to be able to provide a variety of methods of end
user education
HLABC FORUM Page 19
SEEN ON THE WEB
FROM David S Crawford
TO CANM EDLIB
Subject
Margaret Charlton
Date sent
Tue 2 Sep 2003
Dear Colleagues
It gives me great pleasureto announce that theCanadian government hasjustdesignated Margaret RidleyCharlton as a person ofnational significanceMiss Charlton was the firstreal librarian at theMcGill University Medical(now Health Sciences)Library (1895-1914) Shewas also one of thefounders of the MedicalLibrary Association(1898) with Osler andGould
The proposal wassupported by the CHLAand the ACMC - though ittook such a long time thatPatrick (who was CHLAPresident at the time) maynot remember
Further information isavailable athttpwwwhealthlibrarymcgillcaoslercharltonindexhtm
CheersDavid S Crawford FCLIPEmeritus Librarian McGillUniversity
WEB SURVEY END USER EDUCATION
Report by Krista Clem ent
I hope you find these quick snapshots of how we all practice both inspiring and reassuring -
oh and maybe spark a debate or two We had 24 respondents this time up from 16 on
the first survey All were HLABC mem bers (the website is not closed to non-mem bers)
More than half of us do end-user training less than once per week 62 Only 17 do such
training three or more times per week I didnrsquot include ldquoneverrdquo as an option (oops) and
nobody wrote it in so I guess we are all doing something
I admit to being surprised at the high level of formal instruction we do I was also surprised
that none of those responding are teaching courses or course components with a graded
component I thought maybe some of the academic wing m ight
Searching databases and answering questions may be thought of as ldquoreal librarianshiprdquo
along with cataloguing and collection development However sober second thought made
me agree with the majority of you that in the long term teaching our patrons to use
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 20
information and tools to access it is also essential By increasing our users abilities we free them and we also free up our
own time for other things like tricky reference
HLABC FORUM Page 21
On the other hand as Ruth Rochlin points out in her art icle (this issue) training can consume
your time Nearly a third of you would not give instruction too high a priority lest it displace
other work Debate anyone
You may want to spend a few minutes contemplating question 5 - a sneaky omnibus number
which is really 9 separate questions
Highlights The most frequent sort of training is certainly searching journal indices (you know
Medline etc) The next most common topics are ldquocirculationrdquo and ldquoother high level info
skillsrdquo - by which I hoped to capture something more than the location of the restrooms
Circulation is also the most likely not to be offered at all I suspect that the split reflects a
difference in our libraries - perhaps larger versus smaller the type of circulation system or
policy or even the presence of regular circ staff The use of computer hardware and non-
computer equipment is also thankfully not a large part of our instructional duties
Looking at the middle columns we do steady training about the Internet and other software
No matter how much of our information migrates to web or CD-Rom based formats our
assistance continues to be needed in learning how to access and apply the knowledge
Thanks once again to every librarian who participated Keep your eyes open for the next
survey in 2004
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 22
SEEN ON THE WEB
gt -----Original Message-----gt From CHLAABSC gt Sent 2003 December 18 gt To tracyhavlincvihrbccagt Subject ImportantInformation on the next issue ofBMC
ldquoStarting volume 25 issue 1the JCHLAJABSC (Journalof the Canadian HealthLibraries AssociationJournal de lAssociation desbibliothegraveques de la santeacute duCanada) will be available inan electronic only (PDF)format
You can access the Journalin two ways either throughthe publisher NRC ResearchPress under AffiliatedJournals lthttppubsnrc-cnrcgccagt or through the associationwebsite lthttpwwwchla-absccagt
ldquo
NOTES FROM THE AFTERLIFE
RETIREMENT IT TAKES GETTING USED TO
David No ble retired as Chief Librarian at the BC Cancer Agency in 2002
I know its hard to believe but being retired does take getting used to
For the first few months you feel you are on vacation your mind cant fully accept the fact
that after 46 years of summer and career jobs through the years this is it You are now
retired Your m ind is sort of in a state of shock which only time will cure
After the vacation stage comes the guilt stage where you feel a little guilty that you are no
longer nose to the grindstone You hear from colleagues of developm ents since youve left
work but its no longer your concern and many of your long-time friends are still working
hence the guilty twinge For me the tiny feeling of guilt lasted 2 or 3 months until my mind
accepted the fact that I really did deserve to be retired after working a fifty five hour week
for 26 years
Then comes the Its time I started doing a ll those things I have put off until retirement
stage Youve sort of taken it easy added a few pounds even watched a little daytime TV
until you are thoroughly sick of it and now are ready for some self improvement You sign up
for courses have your piano tuned haul out your old water colour set and old Chopin
preludes build an improved sea wall do some landscaping of the yard and painting of the
house and generally get more organized and productive There is time also to improve your
golf pitch and chip shots It seemed I had to go through the vacation stage and the guiltnon-
productive stages to feel thoroughly ready for the self improvement stage and really get
down to the true retirem ent stage The true retirement stage is when you have little tim e it
seem s to laze about as your calendar is fully booked w ith all your activities just like before
you retired except its on your own terms
No complaints this true retirement stage is the fun part and how wonderful it is for us to be
free of the daily work grind even though I was one of the lucky ones as I really loved my job
I think we librarians are truly fortunate to be doing what we do We tend to get thanked a lot
for our services and its interesting to boot We may not get paid as much as we like but our
occupation is supposed to be second from the top on the list of best occupations in terms
of job satisfaction That makes up for a lot
This is my sense of experience since my retirement Yours will be different but then again
may be a little s imilar It does take time to get used to
I send my best wishes to you all Drop in and see us here in Qualicum Beach next time youre
passing by
David
_____________________________________________________________________
Notes From The A fterlife is a continuing feature We welcome your ideas Phone
ElsieWollaston at (604) 684-3036 fax (604) 685-9335 or e-mail elbruijninterchangeubcca
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Page 9HLABC FORUM
CHLAABSCMembership infohttpwwwchla-absccaassocchlamemhtml
CHLAABSC REPORT
Cathy Rayment craymentinterchangeubcca
Hamber Library University of British Columbia Childrens amp Womens Health Centre of BC
New Push E-Mail Service
CHLAABSC has started a new e -mail newslette r for mem bers-only It uses a push-email
delivery and will be used to ensure that all members receive timely notice of association
news In addition to the E-News well be using it to send out Nomination forms
membership renewals notice of journal issue availability etc
Transition to Calendar Year Mem bership
The Board has decided to proceed with changing the Associationrsquos membership year (We
had started to do this last year but hadnt considered all the financial im plications)
Currently members join from June 1 to May 31 each year The fiscal year however is the
calendar year This has caused needless complications for our Treasurer and the budget
process and also confusion at conference registrations where people are unsure of which
yearrsquos membership counts towards the member conference rate
In order to achieve the change for one renewal only we are go ing to ask members to
renew their membership for a year and a half The renewals will be sent out for June 1 as
usual next year but you will renew through December 31 2005 For regular members the
one tim e renewal cost will be $12000 ndash one and a half times the usual $8000 fee
Similarly all other categories of membership (except sustaining) will be renewed at one
and a half times their regular fees
Membership
In conjunction with this transition CHLAABSC is undertaking a mem bership drive To
attract new members we are offering a half-price membership for the 2004 calendar
year New mem bers (individuals who have NOT held a CHLAABSC membership in the
past 5 years) can join for $4000 Information can be found on the Association web site
under ldquoWhatrsquos Newrdquo and on the mem bership page
BMC Transition to the Journal of the CHLA
For those of you who may have missed the news beginning in 2004 the Journal of the
Canadian Health Libraries AssociationJournal de lrsquoAssociation des bibliothegraveques de la
santeacute du Canada will be published by the NRC Research Press exclusively online The
tables of contents will be freely available and will be sent to mem bers via the new push
em ail service when each issue is published
There was strong support particularly from BC members to publish the journal as Open-
Access and the Board studied this idea A task group was formed and surveyed the
mem bership Up to 10 of existing mem bers fe lt that they would not renew their
memberships if the journal were freely available to them (in other words they maintained
membership because they felt the BMC was a significant benefit) This would amount to a
significant enough drop in membership revenues that it is not a viable option So for at
least the first year the new Journal CHLA wil continue to be available for mem bers-only
The Board is investigating new ways to improve membership benefits in the hopes of
retaining m em bership levels should we move to an open-access m odel
Upcoming CE Survey
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 10
Continuing Education is one of the prime areas of focus for CHLAABSC Members have said they need and want a wide array
of CE opportunities both at the annual conference and locally CE Coordinator Judy Inglis is planning a survey of members
regarding their
HLABC FORUM Page 11
2004 CHLAABSCConference Website
http w ww medmuncachla
2004
Editorrsquos Note Ask Anne about ldquootherdetails such as gettingsoaked in the rain andlosing a glove and havingto buy new ones and notknowing which bus totakerdquo
BC Academic HealthCouncil eHLbc
httpwwwbcahccaBCAHC
_pageasppageid=700
WINTER MEETING REPORT
professional development needs The survey w ill help pinpoint subjects for which mem bers
would like courses to be available as well as preferred methods of course delivery The
survey will arrive via e-mail so watch for it and make your opinions known
CHLAABSC Conferences
The upcoming 2004 conference is in St Johns Newfoundland and will undoubtedly be
another memorable conference (The opening reception alone looks like it will be worth the
registration fee)
Conference 2005 will be hosted by the Toronto chapter And Conference 2006 will be
back here in BC A call for
volunteers went out after the HLABC December brunch and many of the sub-committee
chair positions have already been filled There are a few spots left though and most of the
committees can use extra hands to he lp with the organizing so please contact me if youre
interested in taking part in the planning Taking part in a planning committee is a great way
to get involved with your professional association
Anne Allgaier Librarian for the Northern Health Authority
REPORT OF A M EET ING OF THE H LABC December 6 2003 hosted by Pat Boileau at the
GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre
I was very pleased to have been able to attend a Christmas meeting of the HLABC and would like
to thank those responsible for putting in place a po licy to provide financial support to out-of-
towners such as myself making it possible to travel from the HeartLand to LotusLand in order to
partake of intellectually stimulating interactions with co lleagues as well as gourmet delights
George Eisler CEO of the BC Academic Health Council and Sandra Morris Senior Project
Manager of the BC Academic Health Council were the guest speakers who brought us up to date
on the BC Academic Health Councilrsquos initiative for an electronic health library for British
Columbia health professionals and students in the health sciences
The complete information sheet about the Electronic Health Library for BC (eHLbc) is listed on
the website of the B C Academic Health Council Please feel free to make copies and distribute to
staff at your work place - it is important for this initiative to have broad grass-roots support
The eHLbc is one of several initiatives being undertaken by the BCAHC which is a fortuitous
amalgamation of health care facilities and educational institutions (and a successor of COUT H)
that are responsible for training health professionals in BC The eHLbc may have a greater chance
of success than other efforts because of this
The staff of the BCAHC and the W orking Group consisting of various educators administrators
and librarians from universities colleges and health authorities have been working very hard to
develop a list of electronic resources that could be licensed for ALL health professionals and
students in BC regardless of location Other models for licensing are being examined and the
knowledge gained will help make informed decisions about the final licensing model
News about the eHLbc will be posted on the HLABC website in the New Year so check there to
monitor progress
AA
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 12
SEEN ON THE WEB
-----Original Message-----Forwarded FromAlannaAiko Moore InternationalRelations Office InternAmerican LibraryAssociationSent Thursday December11 2003 922 AMTo CANMEDLIBSubject FellowshipDeadline Approaching
The US IFLA 2001National OrganizingCommittee is pleased toannounce that it willsupport the participation of20 librarians from theAmericas (South AmericaCentral America NorthAmerica and theCaribbean) to IFLAsWorld Library andInformation ConferenceAugust 22-272004 in Buenos Aires
The fellowship will coverair travel sharedaccommodation a per diemfood allowance andconference registrationfees
The deadline forapplications is January 152004 Applications inSpanish and English can befound at httpscsalaorgifla2004
INTERNET CLASSES amp UNEXPECTED EVENTS
Marjory Jardine writes from the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (VCHA) Com munity
Library She and Pat Young job-share the Librarian position and Paula Ludwig works 8 as a
Library Technician
Our library at VCHA offers introduction to finding health inform ation on the internet a
refresher course for those who have taken the introduction and we have just introduced
internet searching for beginners
We started offering demonstrations about 2-3 years ago We went to various sites armed
with a laptop and an enormous lcd projector and gave demonstrations of Pubmed
Medlineplus plus other consumer health databases More recently we have offered
regular hands-on sessions for groups the internet for beginners class is the newest
offering and it seems to be very popular
We are very fortunate to belong to a team of excellent educators and support staff Our
classes are advertised in the education services calendar (online and in print) in addition
one of the support staff sends out workshop reminders to all staff every week Registration
is required and again support staff look after this
The classes are 2-3 hours and are held in a computer lab where each person has their own
computer Class size ranges from 5-12 people Classes are generally offered every 2
weeks In addition we add extra classes for a group training session on request For
example speech- language pathologists addictions counsellors
The bulk of a hands-on internet session is spent on Pubmed with lots of time for practice
Medlineplus and other consum er health sites are also covered We use the opportunity to
let staff know about the available library services (eg document delivery e-mail tables of
contents services online library catalogue how to request material from the library etc etc)
We definitely had to learn new skills for this course particularly the use of technology -
lcdlaptoppc connections And how to teach We do use lots of both computer
technology for the hands-on classes but also paper materials - lots of fluorescent-coloured
how to hand-outs
This is most definitely a collaborative effort -- library staff together and in conjunction with
education services support staff For a group of 6 or more we try to have two librarians on
hand (a definite advantage of job-sharing - one person splits into two) One to demoteach
and the other to be available to help participants
The biggest challenge could be described as unexpected eventsrdquo ndash usually technology-
driven but sometimes weather-related Each session brings its own challenges A bent or
broken plug a missing cable a dripping ceiling a code blue announcement over the PA
system the internet is down city-wide Pubmed is experiencing technical d ifficulties old
computers teeny tiny font
Another challenge is teaching a hands-on class to people with varying degrees of
computer-comfort - we have tried sending out a pre -assessm ent questionnaire but th is
does not always work
Page 13HLABC FORUM
An education services evaluation form is included in each hand-out package Participants rate several aspects of the
session on a scale of 1 (poor) to 4 (excellent) For exam ple overa ll rating of workshop learning needs were met
usefulness of hand-outs
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 14
SEEN ON THE WEB
If you visit no other links inthis issue go to
httpwwwpubmedcentralgovpicrenderfcgiaction=streamampblobtype=pdfampartid=234463
The whole URL is requiredto find the articleAlternately search PubMedCentral for ldquoMedicalLibrarianrdquo[TITLE] and lookfor the Jan 1929 article
INTRODUCING THE 20TH CENTURY TO THE 21ST
usefulness to work etc etc There are also several questions which allow participants to
make further comm ents
These sessions are very well received Staff leave the sessions knowing that they have the
skills to do basic literature searches Andthey also know that they can ca ll us for help
before during or after a search They also know that the librarians are on deck to do
literature searches Equally importantly staff now know of resources to show or to
recomm end to their clients (in particular consumer health resources such as medlineplus
merck manuals etc)
One way we know that staff members are using what they learn is that they sometimes send
in requests for articles via the e-mail feature in pubmed And in addition they do call us for
help and reminders about things they learnedThe library is busier than ever doing literature
searches and filling document delivery requests
Has it been worth the effort Do we plan to continue these classes Would I recomm end it to
colleagues Yes yes and yes
Ruth Roch lin is librarian at Kelowna General Hospital Along with Francine Renaud in
Vernon and Anita Skinner their clerk they serve the Okanagan Service area within the
Interior Health Authority Teresa Prior is their third colleague librarian at Royal Inland
Hospital in Kamloops
With the advent of our new Ebsco online library package I have begun regular education
sessions Rather than doing in-depth research skills training in our computer lab with 6 or 7
people per class which I have done in the past I have been holding open sessions in our
conference room I use a live dem o with projection and provide handouts All staff are
welcom e no registration only 45 m inutes People with pagers sit at the back and run out if
they need to Free cheery come on in
The intention of all of the teaching strategies is to disseminate not only search skills but the
scope and practice of library services Within Interior Health we are working hard towards
regional collaboration The librarians in both Kamloops and Vernon are similarly presenting
the new online library package while letting people know of our regional aspirations
Promoting and advertising were taken on aggressively in all sites In Kelowna General and
the Kelowna Health Unit our internal information system Meditech was used to reach all
staff with a brief ad about 2 weeks prior Reminders were sent around by this method as
well Posters were put up in strategic places including the elevators which catch just about
everyone Managers were contacted separately and a CME event for the docs was
advertised separately I made good use of the CME admin assistant and the Education
department to disseminate information about the sessions
In Penticton Regional Hospital Meditech is not universally used so I made more use of
posters and flyers and engaged the help of the staff development educator and the
physic iansrsquo secretary to spread the word
The biggest challenge remains the electronic equipment I book the space a laptop an LCD
projector leave an hour for set-up What can go wrong Well for example
1)The laptop I booked had no port for an internet connection (they still make those No -
this one is obsolete)
Page 15HLABC FORUM
ROCHLIN CONT
No problem I will get a long cord and hook the projector into the PC in the room It will be fine (run itrsquos 5 floors and 6
corridors away but I have time)
2) Somehow the PC and the LCD projector are incompatible Screen will not project
No problem I will find another projector Only one left on short notice is the oldest one in the building - Irsquoll take it (run 5
floors 6 corridors barely enough time)
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 16
ODD Internet Addressesamp other references go inthe margin
Garamond 12 pt - notSmall Cap
SEEN ON THE WEB
Library Humour Online
Library The Musicalhttpwwwprangstgrupco
mlmlmhtm
Library Song (UK)httpwwwcheekybeefcou
klibraryhtml
Librarian T-Shirtgraphics (also make goodwallpaper)
httpis2dalca~mdeliatee
sindexhtm l
HLABC FORUM Page 17
All is set up and ready with 3 minutes to spare Only a little perspiration on my brow
3) Audience com plains of poor b lurry projection quality
Resist the urge to tell them to suck it up
Other issues on other days but you get the general picture
The strategy described above is more cost effectivetime effective and reaches a larger audience than my traditional
approach of 1-2 hour small group sessions in a computer lab I have had a few requests that I run the small research classes
but I have decided not to do that until everyone has had a chance to come to the brief introductory sessions Interfaces are
getting easier and the users are becoming more computer savvy and I have great faith in most of them figuring it out as they
go along Theyrsquove had an introduction they have instructional handouts they have the library contact information - ldquoOff you go
now yoursquoll be finerdquo is my attitude
With the increase in access to PCs we in Interior Health have been able to put a link to the e-library package on our library
intranet page as well as the instructional handout This is light years from handing out paper As well Krista has come up
with a clever little bookmark small and handy with access and searching instructions The librarians needed to do the initial
instructional sessions to introduce the new services and to remind users of all of the wonderful things we do Once they have
had the intro they can try out the system and use the link to the online handout on their own
This project has definitely been a collaboration among the 3 libraries We each planned and promoted our own areas but we
shared experiences handouts and workload to get the information out to as much of the population as possible in the same
time frame
There was a fairly big learning curve involved for all of us to learn the Ebsco system well enough to teach it and to learn the
administrative side and handle security issues This was made more difficult when Ebsco changed the administrative
software after about 6 weeks We were warned it was going to happen but it was discouraging to have learned the
procedures to set th ings up then not to recognize the screen one day
Previously I have only attempted small group education sessions This was my first foray into mass education Itrsquos been fun
and easy and everybody can find 45 minutes to get to an info session Because of the number of clients the library now
serves I will use this format again
For the sessions I ran in KGH my home base I used the standard education evaluations All surveyed thought it was fun and
interesting except those w ho attended the session with the bad projector who com plained en m asse about the blurry
projection
I did not have the other sites evaluate the sessions
Response has been overwhelmingly positive that our sleepy little valley has finally entered the 20th century (I havenrsquot pointed
out that it is too late) Most users were well pleased with the introductory sessions and went off with their usernames and
passwords to try it on their own However there are still some who want small in-depth sessions which I will not be offering
anytime soon It is far better for me to teach 30 people in 1 hour than 6 people in 2 hours
I am finding now that in spite of the sessions and the handouts som e people still think that we have purchased electronic
access to everything indexed in Medline and CINAHL They fight the good fight with Ebsco then call me in frustration that
they cannot get to the full text and canrsquot understand what they are doing wrong Ah well itrsquos a learning curve for everyone
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 18
TRAIN THE TRAINER
After the sessions library use in general has gone up Interlibrary loan use soared in the
months following - as people discovered that hey - not everything is full text
I will run a second set of sessions in the same format in the coming months Even when
people did not make it to the sessions they saw all of the advertising and came to the library
to ask about it Now that the handout is on the intranet site people around the region are
referred there and for many that will be enough
I used these sessions to advertise what we have purchased how to get to it how to do basic
research how to contact the library for more information and help I also used it as a venue
to remind people of the great serv ices we offer
Barbara Trip is Librarian at the Patient amp Family Learning Centre (PFLC) Vancouver General
Hospital (VGH)
As librarian in the Patient amp Family Learning Centre I have been involved in end user
education in severa l ways On a roughly monthly basis I teach a class entitled E-Library Tour
This class looks at the UBC Library web site and some of the resources that are available for
VGH staff Specifically it covers how to access journals BooksOVID M D Consult Health
Reference Centre and the great subject resources pages developed by the UBC librarians
This class is one of several that are organized by the Vancouver Coastal Health Research
Institute It is held in a computer lab so there is hands-on participation
In the past year the PFLC also offered its own end-user education sessions From January to
May we offered monthly classes on resources that are available to staff from the Vancouver
Hospital Intranet This included looking at the Patient Care Guidelines BooksOVID MD
Consult and Health Reference Centre These classes were held in computer labs at both
VGH and UBC Hospital
As an outcome of these classes we produced a small booklet with the instructions for using
these resources as well as instructions for searching with OVID and PubMed We offered
these to the units as a resource that they could have handy at their computer stations
Another outcome of offering these classes was a request from the Intensive Care Unit to
come and do classes on the unit because it was difficult for their staff to get away to attend
the classes Some of these sessions were held right at the nursing station with 3 or 4 people
gathered around 1 terminal At tim es this was a b it chaotic as people would com e and go if
they were needed on the unit
The ICU also had another project to help the staff become more com puter literate For th is
project they used a train-the-trainer approach Again I covered with these trainers the
resources available on the Intranet The trainers then held their own classes in the ICU for
their staff
We did evaluations of the classes and those seemed well received I did not do evaluations
of the ICU sessions but I have had feedback that the train -the-trainer project worked well
I would hope to do more unit specific tra ining and really like the idea of tra ining the trainer
However I think we are fortunate at VGH to be able to provide a variety of methods of end
user education
HLABC FORUM Page 19
SEEN ON THE WEB
FROM David S Crawford
TO CANM EDLIB
Subject
Margaret Charlton
Date sent
Tue 2 Sep 2003
Dear Colleagues
It gives me great pleasureto announce that theCanadian government hasjustdesignated Margaret RidleyCharlton as a person ofnational significanceMiss Charlton was the firstreal librarian at theMcGill University Medical(now Health Sciences)Library (1895-1914) Shewas also one of thefounders of the MedicalLibrary Association(1898) with Osler andGould
The proposal wassupported by the CHLAand the ACMC - though ittook such a long time thatPatrick (who was CHLAPresident at the time) maynot remember
Further information isavailable athttpwwwhealthlibrarymcgillcaoslercharltonindexhtm
CheersDavid S Crawford FCLIPEmeritus Librarian McGillUniversity
WEB SURVEY END USER EDUCATION
Report by Krista Clem ent
I hope you find these quick snapshots of how we all practice both inspiring and reassuring -
oh and maybe spark a debate or two We had 24 respondents this time up from 16 on
the first survey All were HLABC mem bers (the website is not closed to non-mem bers)
More than half of us do end-user training less than once per week 62 Only 17 do such
training three or more times per week I didnrsquot include ldquoneverrdquo as an option (oops) and
nobody wrote it in so I guess we are all doing something
I admit to being surprised at the high level of formal instruction we do I was also surprised
that none of those responding are teaching courses or course components with a graded
component I thought maybe some of the academic wing m ight
Searching databases and answering questions may be thought of as ldquoreal librarianshiprdquo
along with cataloguing and collection development However sober second thought made
me agree with the majority of you that in the long term teaching our patrons to use
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 20
information and tools to access it is also essential By increasing our users abilities we free them and we also free up our
own time for other things like tricky reference
HLABC FORUM Page 21
On the other hand as Ruth Rochlin points out in her art icle (this issue) training can consume
your time Nearly a third of you would not give instruction too high a priority lest it displace
other work Debate anyone
You may want to spend a few minutes contemplating question 5 - a sneaky omnibus number
which is really 9 separate questions
Highlights The most frequent sort of training is certainly searching journal indices (you know
Medline etc) The next most common topics are ldquocirculationrdquo and ldquoother high level info
skillsrdquo - by which I hoped to capture something more than the location of the restrooms
Circulation is also the most likely not to be offered at all I suspect that the split reflects a
difference in our libraries - perhaps larger versus smaller the type of circulation system or
policy or even the presence of regular circ staff The use of computer hardware and non-
computer equipment is also thankfully not a large part of our instructional duties
Looking at the middle columns we do steady training about the Internet and other software
No matter how much of our information migrates to web or CD-Rom based formats our
assistance continues to be needed in learning how to access and apply the knowledge
Thanks once again to every librarian who participated Keep your eyes open for the next
survey in 2004
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 22
SEEN ON THE WEB
gt -----Original Message-----gt From CHLAABSC gt Sent 2003 December 18 gt To tracyhavlincvihrbccagt Subject ImportantInformation on the next issue ofBMC
ldquoStarting volume 25 issue 1the JCHLAJABSC (Journalof the Canadian HealthLibraries AssociationJournal de lAssociation desbibliothegraveques de la santeacute duCanada) will be available inan electronic only (PDF)format
You can access the Journalin two ways either throughthe publisher NRC ResearchPress under AffiliatedJournals lthttppubsnrc-cnrcgccagt or through the associationwebsite lthttpwwwchla-absccagt
ldquo
NOTES FROM THE AFTERLIFE
RETIREMENT IT TAKES GETTING USED TO
David No ble retired as Chief Librarian at the BC Cancer Agency in 2002
I know its hard to believe but being retired does take getting used to
For the first few months you feel you are on vacation your mind cant fully accept the fact
that after 46 years of summer and career jobs through the years this is it You are now
retired Your m ind is sort of in a state of shock which only time will cure
After the vacation stage comes the guilt stage where you feel a little guilty that you are no
longer nose to the grindstone You hear from colleagues of developm ents since youve left
work but its no longer your concern and many of your long-time friends are still working
hence the guilty twinge For me the tiny feeling of guilt lasted 2 or 3 months until my mind
accepted the fact that I really did deserve to be retired after working a fifty five hour week
for 26 years
Then comes the Its time I started doing a ll those things I have put off until retirement
stage Youve sort of taken it easy added a few pounds even watched a little daytime TV
until you are thoroughly sick of it and now are ready for some self improvement You sign up
for courses have your piano tuned haul out your old water colour set and old Chopin
preludes build an improved sea wall do some landscaping of the yard and painting of the
house and generally get more organized and productive There is time also to improve your
golf pitch and chip shots It seemed I had to go through the vacation stage and the guiltnon-
productive stages to feel thoroughly ready for the self improvement stage and really get
down to the true retirem ent stage The true retirement stage is when you have little tim e it
seem s to laze about as your calendar is fully booked w ith all your activities just like before
you retired except its on your own terms
No complaints this true retirement stage is the fun part and how wonderful it is for us to be
free of the daily work grind even though I was one of the lucky ones as I really loved my job
I think we librarians are truly fortunate to be doing what we do We tend to get thanked a lot
for our services and its interesting to boot We may not get paid as much as we like but our
occupation is supposed to be second from the top on the list of best occupations in terms
of job satisfaction That makes up for a lot
This is my sense of experience since my retirement Yours will be different but then again
may be a little s imilar It does take time to get used to
I send my best wishes to you all Drop in and see us here in Qualicum Beach next time youre
passing by
David
_____________________________________________________________________
Notes From The A fterlife is a continuing feature We welcome your ideas Phone
ElsieWollaston at (604) 684-3036 fax (604) 685-9335 or e-mail elbruijninterchangeubcca
Page 23HLABC FORUM
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Continuing Education is one of the prime areas of focus for CHLAABSC Members have said they need and want a wide array
of CE opportunities both at the annual conference and locally CE Coordinator Judy Inglis is planning a survey of members
regarding their
HLABC FORUM Page 11
2004 CHLAABSCConference Website
http w ww medmuncachla
2004
Editorrsquos Note Ask Anne about ldquootherdetails such as gettingsoaked in the rain andlosing a glove and havingto buy new ones and notknowing which bus totakerdquo
BC Academic HealthCouncil eHLbc
httpwwwbcahccaBCAHC
_pageasppageid=700
WINTER MEETING REPORT
professional development needs The survey w ill help pinpoint subjects for which mem bers
would like courses to be available as well as preferred methods of course delivery The
survey will arrive via e-mail so watch for it and make your opinions known
CHLAABSC Conferences
The upcoming 2004 conference is in St Johns Newfoundland and will undoubtedly be
another memorable conference (The opening reception alone looks like it will be worth the
registration fee)
Conference 2005 will be hosted by the Toronto chapter And Conference 2006 will be
back here in BC A call for
volunteers went out after the HLABC December brunch and many of the sub-committee
chair positions have already been filled There are a few spots left though and most of the
committees can use extra hands to he lp with the organizing so please contact me if youre
interested in taking part in the planning Taking part in a planning committee is a great way
to get involved with your professional association
Anne Allgaier Librarian for the Northern Health Authority
REPORT OF A M EET ING OF THE H LABC December 6 2003 hosted by Pat Boileau at the
GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre
I was very pleased to have been able to attend a Christmas meeting of the HLABC and would like
to thank those responsible for putting in place a po licy to provide financial support to out-of-
towners such as myself making it possible to travel from the HeartLand to LotusLand in order to
partake of intellectually stimulating interactions with co lleagues as well as gourmet delights
George Eisler CEO of the BC Academic Health Council and Sandra Morris Senior Project
Manager of the BC Academic Health Council were the guest speakers who brought us up to date
on the BC Academic Health Councilrsquos initiative for an electronic health library for British
Columbia health professionals and students in the health sciences
The complete information sheet about the Electronic Health Library for BC (eHLbc) is listed on
the website of the B C Academic Health Council Please feel free to make copies and distribute to
staff at your work place - it is important for this initiative to have broad grass-roots support
The eHLbc is one of several initiatives being undertaken by the BCAHC which is a fortuitous
amalgamation of health care facilities and educational institutions (and a successor of COUT H)
that are responsible for training health professionals in BC The eHLbc may have a greater chance
of success than other efforts because of this
The staff of the BCAHC and the W orking Group consisting of various educators administrators
and librarians from universities colleges and health authorities have been working very hard to
develop a list of electronic resources that could be licensed for ALL health professionals and
students in BC regardless of location Other models for licensing are being examined and the
knowledge gained will help make informed decisions about the final licensing model
News about the eHLbc will be posted on the HLABC website in the New Year so check there to
monitor progress
AA
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 12
SEEN ON THE WEB
-----Original Message-----Forwarded FromAlannaAiko Moore InternationalRelations Office InternAmerican LibraryAssociationSent Thursday December11 2003 922 AMTo CANMEDLIBSubject FellowshipDeadline Approaching
The US IFLA 2001National OrganizingCommittee is pleased toannounce that it willsupport the participation of20 librarians from theAmericas (South AmericaCentral America NorthAmerica and theCaribbean) to IFLAsWorld Library andInformation ConferenceAugust 22-272004 in Buenos Aires
The fellowship will coverair travel sharedaccommodation a per diemfood allowance andconference registrationfees
The deadline forapplications is January 152004 Applications inSpanish and English can befound at httpscsalaorgifla2004
INTERNET CLASSES amp UNEXPECTED EVENTS
Marjory Jardine writes from the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (VCHA) Com munity
Library She and Pat Young job-share the Librarian position and Paula Ludwig works 8 as a
Library Technician
Our library at VCHA offers introduction to finding health inform ation on the internet a
refresher course for those who have taken the introduction and we have just introduced
internet searching for beginners
We started offering demonstrations about 2-3 years ago We went to various sites armed
with a laptop and an enormous lcd projector and gave demonstrations of Pubmed
Medlineplus plus other consumer health databases More recently we have offered
regular hands-on sessions for groups the internet for beginners class is the newest
offering and it seems to be very popular
We are very fortunate to belong to a team of excellent educators and support staff Our
classes are advertised in the education services calendar (online and in print) in addition
one of the support staff sends out workshop reminders to all staff every week Registration
is required and again support staff look after this
The classes are 2-3 hours and are held in a computer lab where each person has their own
computer Class size ranges from 5-12 people Classes are generally offered every 2
weeks In addition we add extra classes for a group training session on request For
example speech- language pathologists addictions counsellors
The bulk of a hands-on internet session is spent on Pubmed with lots of time for practice
Medlineplus and other consum er health sites are also covered We use the opportunity to
let staff know about the available library services (eg document delivery e-mail tables of
contents services online library catalogue how to request material from the library etc etc)
We definitely had to learn new skills for this course particularly the use of technology -
lcdlaptoppc connections And how to teach We do use lots of both computer
technology for the hands-on classes but also paper materials - lots of fluorescent-coloured
how to hand-outs
This is most definitely a collaborative effort -- library staff together and in conjunction with
education services support staff For a group of 6 or more we try to have two librarians on
hand (a definite advantage of job-sharing - one person splits into two) One to demoteach
and the other to be available to help participants
The biggest challenge could be described as unexpected eventsrdquo ndash usually technology-
driven but sometimes weather-related Each session brings its own challenges A bent or
broken plug a missing cable a dripping ceiling a code blue announcement over the PA
system the internet is down city-wide Pubmed is experiencing technical d ifficulties old
computers teeny tiny font
Another challenge is teaching a hands-on class to people with varying degrees of
computer-comfort - we have tried sending out a pre -assessm ent questionnaire but th is
does not always work
Page 13HLABC FORUM
An education services evaluation form is included in each hand-out package Participants rate several aspects of the
session on a scale of 1 (poor) to 4 (excellent) For exam ple overa ll rating of workshop learning needs were met
usefulness of hand-outs
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 14
SEEN ON THE WEB
If you visit no other links inthis issue go to
httpwwwpubmedcentralgovpicrenderfcgiaction=streamampblobtype=pdfampartid=234463
The whole URL is requiredto find the articleAlternately search PubMedCentral for ldquoMedicalLibrarianrdquo[TITLE] and lookfor the Jan 1929 article
INTRODUCING THE 20TH CENTURY TO THE 21ST
usefulness to work etc etc There are also several questions which allow participants to
make further comm ents
These sessions are very well received Staff leave the sessions knowing that they have the
skills to do basic literature searches Andthey also know that they can ca ll us for help
before during or after a search They also know that the librarians are on deck to do
literature searches Equally importantly staff now know of resources to show or to
recomm end to their clients (in particular consumer health resources such as medlineplus
merck manuals etc)
One way we know that staff members are using what they learn is that they sometimes send
in requests for articles via the e-mail feature in pubmed And in addition they do call us for
help and reminders about things they learnedThe library is busier than ever doing literature
searches and filling document delivery requests
Has it been worth the effort Do we plan to continue these classes Would I recomm end it to
colleagues Yes yes and yes
Ruth Roch lin is librarian at Kelowna General Hospital Along with Francine Renaud in
Vernon and Anita Skinner their clerk they serve the Okanagan Service area within the
Interior Health Authority Teresa Prior is their third colleague librarian at Royal Inland
Hospital in Kamloops
With the advent of our new Ebsco online library package I have begun regular education
sessions Rather than doing in-depth research skills training in our computer lab with 6 or 7
people per class which I have done in the past I have been holding open sessions in our
conference room I use a live dem o with projection and provide handouts All staff are
welcom e no registration only 45 m inutes People with pagers sit at the back and run out if
they need to Free cheery come on in
The intention of all of the teaching strategies is to disseminate not only search skills but the
scope and practice of library services Within Interior Health we are working hard towards
regional collaboration The librarians in both Kamloops and Vernon are similarly presenting
the new online library package while letting people know of our regional aspirations
Promoting and advertising were taken on aggressively in all sites In Kelowna General and
the Kelowna Health Unit our internal information system Meditech was used to reach all
staff with a brief ad about 2 weeks prior Reminders were sent around by this method as
well Posters were put up in strategic places including the elevators which catch just about
everyone Managers were contacted separately and a CME event for the docs was
advertised separately I made good use of the CME admin assistant and the Education
department to disseminate information about the sessions
In Penticton Regional Hospital Meditech is not universally used so I made more use of
posters and flyers and engaged the help of the staff development educator and the
physic iansrsquo secretary to spread the word
The biggest challenge remains the electronic equipment I book the space a laptop an LCD
projector leave an hour for set-up What can go wrong Well for example
1)The laptop I booked had no port for an internet connection (they still make those No -
this one is obsolete)
Page 15HLABC FORUM
ROCHLIN CONT
No problem I will get a long cord and hook the projector into the PC in the room It will be fine (run itrsquos 5 floors and 6
corridors away but I have time)
2) Somehow the PC and the LCD projector are incompatible Screen will not project
No problem I will find another projector Only one left on short notice is the oldest one in the building - Irsquoll take it (run 5
floors 6 corridors barely enough time)
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 16
ODD Internet Addressesamp other references go inthe margin
Garamond 12 pt - notSmall Cap
SEEN ON THE WEB
Library Humour Online
Library The Musicalhttpwwwprangstgrupco
mlmlmhtm
Library Song (UK)httpwwwcheekybeefcou
klibraryhtml
Librarian T-Shirtgraphics (also make goodwallpaper)
httpis2dalca~mdeliatee
sindexhtm l
HLABC FORUM Page 17
All is set up and ready with 3 minutes to spare Only a little perspiration on my brow
3) Audience com plains of poor b lurry projection quality
Resist the urge to tell them to suck it up
Other issues on other days but you get the general picture
The strategy described above is more cost effectivetime effective and reaches a larger audience than my traditional
approach of 1-2 hour small group sessions in a computer lab I have had a few requests that I run the small research classes
but I have decided not to do that until everyone has had a chance to come to the brief introductory sessions Interfaces are
getting easier and the users are becoming more computer savvy and I have great faith in most of them figuring it out as they
go along Theyrsquove had an introduction they have instructional handouts they have the library contact information - ldquoOff you go
now yoursquoll be finerdquo is my attitude
With the increase in access to PCs we in Interior Health have been able to put a link to the e-library package on our library
intranet page as well as the instructional handout This is light years from handing out paper As well Krista has come up
with a clever little bookmark small and handy with access and searching instructions The librarians needed to do the initial
instructional sessions to introduce the new services and to remind users of all of the wonderful things we do Once they have
had the intro they can try out the system and use the link to the online handout on their own
This project has definitely been a collaboration among the 3 libraries We each planned and promoted our own areas but we
shared experiences handouts and workload to get the information out to as much of the population as possible in the same
time frame
There was a fairly big learning curve involved for all of us to learn the Ebsco system well enough to teach it and to learn the
administrative side and handle security issues This was made more difficult when Ebsco changed the administrative
software after about 6 weeks We were warned it was going to happen but it was discouraging to have learned the
procedures to set th ings up then not to recognize the screen one day
Previously I have only attempted small group education sessions This was my first foray into mass education Itrsquos been fun
and easy and everybody can find 45 minutes to get to an info session Because of the number of clients the library now
serves I will use this format again
For the sessions I ran in KGH my home base I used the standard education evaluations All surveyed thought it was fun and
interesting except those w ho attended the session with the bad projector who com plained en m asse about the blurry
projection
I did not have the other sites evaluate the sessions
Response has been overwhelmingly positive that our sleepy little valley has finally entered the 20th century (I havenrsquot pointed
out that it is too late) Most users were well pleased with the introductory sessions and went off with their usernames and
passwords to try it on their own However there are still some who want small in-depth sessions which I will not be offering
anytime soon It is far better for me to teach 30 people in 1 hour than 6 people in 2 hours
I am finding now that in spite of the sessions and the handouts som e people still think that we have purchased electronic
access to everything indexed in Medline and CINAHL They fight the good fight with Ebsco then call me in frustration that
they cannot get to the full text and canrsquot understand what they are doing wrong Ah well itrsquos a learning curve for everyone
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 18
TRAIN THE TRAINER
After the sessions library use in general has gone up Interlibrary loan use soared in the
months following - as people discovered that hey - not everything is full text
I will run a second set of sessions in the same format in the coming months Even when
people did not make it to the sessions they saw all of the advertising and came to the library
to ask about it Now that the handout is on the intranet site people around the region are
referred there and for many that will be enough
I used these sessions to advertise what we have purchased how to get to it how to do basic
research how to contact the library for more information and help I also used it as a venue
to remind people of the great serv ices we offer
Barbara Trip is Librarian at the Patient amp Family Learning Centre (PFLC) Vancouver General
Hospital (VGH)
As librarian in the Patient amp Family Learning Centre I have been involved in end user
education in severa l ways On a roughly monthly basis I teach a class entitled E-Library Tour
This class looks at the UBC Library web site and some of the resources that are available for
VGH staff Specifically it covers how to access journals BooksOVID M D Consult Health
Reference Centre and the great subject resources pages developed by the UBC librarians
This class is one of several that are organized by the Vancouver Coastal Health Research
Institute It is held in a computer lab so there is hands-on participation
In the past year the PFLC also offered its own end-user education sessions From January to
May we offered monthly classes on resources that are available to staff from the Vancouver
Hospital Intranet This included looking at the Patient Care Guidelines BooksOVID MD
Consult and Health Reference Centre These classes were held in computer labs at both
VGH and UBC Hospital
As an outcome of these classes we produced a small booklet with the instructions for using
these resources as well as instructions for searching with OVID and PubMed We offered
these to the units as a resource that they could have handy at their computer stations
Another outcome of offering these classes was a request from the Intensive Care Unit to
come and do classes on the unit because it was difficult for their staff to get away to attend
the classes Some of these sessions were held right at the nursing station with 3 or 4 people
gathered around 1 terminal At tim es this was a b it chaotic as people would com e and go if
they were needed on the unit
The ICU also had another project to help the staff become more com puter literate For th is
project they used a train-the-trainer approach Again I covered with these trainers the
resources available on the Intranet The trainers then held their own classes in the ICU for
their staff
We did evaluations of the classes and those seemed well received I did not do evaluations
of the ICU sessions but I have had feedback that the train -the-trainer project worked well
I would hope to do more unit specific tra ining and really like the idea of tra ining the trainer
However I think we are fortunate at VGH to be able to provide a variety of methods of end
user education
HLABC FORUM Page 19
SEEN ON THE WEB
FROM David S Crawford
TO CANM EDLIB
Subject
Margaret Charlton
Date sent
Tue 2 Sep 2003
Dear Colleagues
It gives me great pleasureto announce that theCanadian government hasjustdesignated Margaret RidleyCharlton as a person ofnational significanceMiss Charlton was the firstreal librarian at theMcGill University Medical(now Health Sciences)Library (1895-1914) Shewas also one of thefounders of the MedicalLibrary Association(1898) with Osler andGould
The proposal wassupported by the CHLAand the ACMC - though ittook such a long time thatPatrick (who was CHLAPresident at the time) maynot remember
Further information isavailable athttpwwwhealthlibrarymcgillcaoslercharltonindexhtm
CheersDavid S Crawford FCLIPEmeritus Librarian McGillUniversity
WEB SURVEY END USER EDUCATION
Report by Krista Clem ent
I hope you find these quick snapshots of how we all practice both inspiring and reassuring -
oh and maybe spark a debate or two We had 24 respondents this time up from 16 on
the first survey All were HLABC mem bers (the website is not closed to non-mem bers)
More than half of us do end-user training less than once per week 62 Only 17 do such
training three or more times per week I didnrsquot include ldquoneverrdquo as an option (oops) and
nobody wrote it in so I guess we are all doing something
I admit to being surprised at the high level of formal instruction we do I was also surprised
that none of those responding are teaching courses or course components with a graded
component I thought maybe some of the academic wing m ight
Searching databases and answering questions may be thought of as ldquoreal librarianshiprdquo
along with cataloguing and collection development However sober second thought made
me agree with the majority of you that in the long term teaching our patrons to use
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 20
information and tools to access it is also essential By increasing our users abilities we free them and we also free up our
own time for other things like tricky reference
HLABC FORUM Page 21
On the other hand as Ruth Rochlin points out in her art icle (this issue) training can consume
your time Nearly a third of you would not give instruction too high a priority lest it displace
other work Debate anyone
You may want to spend a few minutes contemplating question 5 - a sneaky omnibus number
which is really 9 separate questions
Highlights The most frequent sort of training is certainly searching journal indices (you know
Medline etc) The next most common topics are ldquocirculationrdquo and ldquoother high level info
skillsrdquo - by which I hoped to capture something more than the location of the restrooms
Circulation is also the most likely not to be offered at all I suspect that the split reflects a
difference in our libraries - perhaps larger versus smaller the type of circulation system or
policy or even the presence of regular circ staff The use of computer hardware and non-
computer equipment is also thankfully not a large part of our instructional duties
Looking at the middle columns we do steady training about the Internet and other software
No matter how much of our information migrates to web or CD-Rom based formats our
assistance continues to be needed in learning how to access and apply the knowledge
Thanks once again to every librarian who participated Keep your eyes open for the next
survey in 2004
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 22
SEEN ON THE WEB
gt -----Original Message-----gt From CHLAABSC gt Sent 2003 December 18 gt To tracyhavlincvihrbccagt Subject ImportantInformation on the next issue ofBMC
ldquoStarting volume 25 issue 1the JCHLAJABSC (Journalof the Canadian HealthLibraries AssociationJournal de lAssociation desbibliothegraveques de la santeacute duCanada) will be available inan electronic only (PDF)format
You can access the Journalin two ways either throughthe publisher NRC ResearchPress under AffiliatedJournals lthttppubsnrc-cnrcgccagt or through the associationwebsite lthttpwwwchla-absccagt
ldquo
NOTES FROM THE AFTERLIFE
RETIREMENT IT TAKES GETTING USED TO
David No ble retired as Chief Librarian at the BC Cancer Agency in 2002
I know its hard to believe but being retired does take getting used to
For the first few months you feel you are on vacation your mind cant fully accept the fact
that after 46 years of summer and career jobs through the years this is it You are now
retired Your m ind is sort of in a state of shock which only time will cure
After the vacation stage comes the guilt stage where you feel a little guilty that you are no
longer nose to the grindstone You hear from colleagues of developm ents since youve left
work but its no longer your concern and many of your long-time friends are still working
hence the guilty twinge For me the tiny feeling of guilt lasted 2 or 3 months until my mind
accepted the fact that I really did deserve to be retired after working a fifty five hour week
for 26 years
Then comes the Its time I started doing a ll those things I have put off until retirement
stage Youve sort of taken it easy added a few pounds even watched a little daytime TV
until you are thoroughly sick of it and now are ready for some self improvement You sign up
for courses have your piano tuned haul out your old water colour set and old Chopin
preludes build an improved sea wall do some landscaping of the yard and painting of the
house and generally get more organized and productive There is time also to improve your
golf pitch and chip shots It seemed I had to go through the vacation stage and the guiltnon-
productive stages to feel thoroughly ready for the self improvement stage and really get
down to the true retirem ent stage The true retirement stage is when you have little tim e it
seem s to laze about as your calendar is fully booked w ith all your activities just like before
you retired except its on your own terms
No complaints this true retirement stage is the fun part and how wonderful it is for us to be
free of the daily work grind even though I was one of the lucky ones as I really loved my job
I think we librarians are truly fortunate to be doing what we do We tend to get thanked a lot
for our services and its interesting to boot We may not get paid as much as we like but our
occupation is supposed to be second from the top on the list of best occupations in terms
of job satisfaction That makes up for a lot
This is my sense of experience since my retirement Yours will be different but then again
may be a little s imilar It does take time to get used to
I send my best wishes to you all Drop in and see us here in Qualicum Beach next time youre
passing by
David
_____________________________________________________________________
Notes From The A fterlife is a continuing feature We welcome your ideas Phone
ElsieWollaston at (604) 684-3036 fax (604) 685-9335 or e-mail elbruijninterchangeubcca
Page 23HLABC FORUM
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HLABC FORUM Page 11
2004 CHLAABSCConference Website
http w ww medmuncachla
2004
Editorrsquos Note Ask Anne about ldquootherdetails such as gettingsoaked in the rain andlosing a glove and havingto buy new ones and notknowing which bus totakerdquo
BC Academic HealthCouncil eHLbc
httpwwwbcahccaBCAHC
_pageasppageid=700
WINTER MEETING REPORT
professional development needs The survey w ill help pinpoint subjects for which mem bers
would like courses to be available as well as preferred methods of course delivery The
survey will arrive via e-mail so watch for it and make your opinions known
CHLAABSC Conferences
The upcoming 2004 conference is in St Johns Newfoundland and will undoubtedly be
another memorable conference (The opening reception alone looks like it will be worth the
registration fee)
Conference 2005 will be hosted by the Toronto chapter And Conference 2006 will be
back here in BC A call for
volunteers went out after the HLABC December brunch and many of the sub-committee
chair positions have already been filled There are a few spots left though and most of the
committees can use extra hands to he lp with the organizing so please contact me if youre
interested in taking part in the planning Taking part in a planning committee is a great way
to get involved with your professional association
Anne Allgaier Librarian for the Northern Health Authority
REPORT OF A M EET ING OF THE H LABC December 6 2003 hosted by Pat Boileau at the
GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre
I was very pleased to have been able to attend a Christmas meeting of the HLABC and would like
to thank those responsible for putting in place a po licy to provide financial support to out-of-
towners such as myself making it possible to travel from the HeartLand to LotusLand in order to
partake of intellectually stimulating interactions with co lleagues as well as gourmet delights
George Eisler CEO of the BC Academic Health Council and Sandra Morris Senior Project
Manager of the BC Academic Health Council were the guest speakers who brought us up to date
on the BC Academic Health Councilrsquos initiative for an electronic health library for British
Columbia health professionals and students in the health sciences
The complete information sheet about the Electronic Health Library for BC (eHLbc) is listed on
the website of the B C Academic Health Council Please feel free to make copies and distribute to
staff at your work place - it is important for this initiative to have broad grass-roots support
The eHLbc is one of several initiatives being undertaken by the BCAHC which is a fortuitous
amalgamation of health care facilities and educational institutions (and a successor of COUT H)
that are responsible for training health professionals in BC The eHLbc may have a greater chance
of success than other efforts because of this
The staff of the BCAHC and the W orking Group consisting of various educators administrators
and librarians from universities colleges and health authorities have been working very hard to
develop a list of electronic resources that could be licensed for ALL health professionals and
students in BC regardless of location Other models for licensing are being examined and the
knowledge gained will help make informed decisions about the final licensing model
News about the eHLbc will be posted on the HLABC website in the New Year so check there to
monitor progress
AA
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 12
SEEN ON THE WEB
-----Original Message-----Forwarded FromAlannaAiko Moore InternationalRelations Office InternAmerican LibraryAssociationSent Thursday December11 2003 922 AMTo CANMEDLIBSubject FellowshipDeadline Approaching
The US IFLA 2001National OrganizingCommittee is pleased toannounce that it willsupport the participation of20 librarians from theAmericas (South AmericaCentral America NorthAmerica and theCaribbean) to IFLAsWorld Library andInformation ConferenceAugust 22-272004 in Buenos Aires
The fellowship will coverair travel sharedaccommodation a per diemfood allowance andconference registrationfees
The deadline forapplications is January 152004 Applications inSpanish and English can befound at httpscsalaorgifla2004
INTERNET CLASSES amp UNEXPECTED EVENTS
Marjory Jardine writes from the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (VCHA) Com munity
Library She and Pat Young job-share the Librarian position and Paula Ludwig works 8 as a
Library Technician
Our library at VCHA offers introduction to finding health inform ation on the internet a
refresher course for those who have taken the introduction and we have just introduced
internet searching for beginners
We started offering demonstrations about 2-3 years ago We went to various sites armed
with a laptop and an enormous lcd projector and gave demonstrations of Pubmed
Medlineplus plus other consumer health databases More recently we have offered
regular hands-on sessions for groups the internet for beginners class is the newest
offering and it seems to be very popular
We are very fortunate to belong to a team of excellent educators and support staff Our
classes are advertised in the education services calendar (online and in print) in addition
one of the support staff sends out workshop reminders to all staff every week Registration
is required and again support staff look after this
The classes are 2-3 hours and are held in a computer lab where each person has their own
computer Class size ranges from 5-12 people Classes are generally offered every 2
weeks In addition we add extra classes for a group training session on request For
example speech- language pathologists addictions counsellors
The bulk of a hands-on internet session is spent on Pubmed with lots of time for practice
Medlineplus and other consum er health sites are also covered We use the opportunity to
let staff know about the available library services (eg document delivery e-mail tables of
contents services online library catalogue how to request material from the library etc etc)
We definitely had to learn new skills for this course particularly the use of technology -
lcdlaptoppc connections And how to teach We do use lots of both computer
technology for the hands-on classes but also paper materials - lots of fluorescent-coloured
how to hand-outs
This is most definitely a collaborative effort -- library staff together and in conjunction with
education services support staff For a group of 6 or more we try to have two librarians on
hand (a definite advantage of job-sharing - one person splits into two) One to demoteach
and the other to be available to help participants
The biggest challenge could be described as unexpected eventsrdquo ndash usually technology-
driven but sometimes weather-related Each session brings its own challenges A bent or
broken plug a missing cable a dripping ceiling a code blue announcement over the PA
system the internet is down city-wide Pubmed is experiencing technical d ifficulties old
computers teeny tiny font
Another challenge is teaching a hands-on class to people with varying degrees of
computer-comfort - we have tried sending out a pre -assessm ent questionnaire but th is
does not always work
Page 13HLABC FORUM
An education services evaluation form is included in each hand-out package Participants rate several aspects of the
session on a scale of 1 (poor) to 4 (excellent) For exam ple overa ll rating of workshop learning needs were met
usefulness of hand-outs
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 14
SEEN ON THE WEB
If you visit no other links inthis issue go to
httpwwwpubmedcentralgovpicrenderfcgiaction=streamampblobtype=pdfampartid=234463
The whole URL is requiredto find the articleAlternately search PubMedCentral for ldquoMedicalLibrarianrdquo[TITLE] and lookfor the Jan 1929 article
INTRODUCING THE 20TH CENTURY TO THE 21ST
usefulness to work etc etc There are also several questions which allow participants to
make further comm ents
These sessions are very well received Staff leave the sessions knowing that they have the
skills to do basic literature searches Andthey also know that they can ca ll us for help
before during or after a search They also know that the librarians are on deck to do
literature searches Equally importantly staff now know of resources to show or to
recomm end to their clients (in particular consumer health resources such as medlineplus
merck manuals etc)
One way we know that staff members are using what they learn is that they sometimes send
in requests for articles via the e-mail feature in pubmed And in addition they do call us for
help and reminders about things they learnedThe library is busier than ever doing literature
searches and filling document delivery requests
Has it been worth the effort Do we plan to continue these classes Would I recomm end it to
colleagues Yes yes and yes
Ruth Roch lin is librarian at Kelowna General Hospital Along with Francine Renaud in
Vernon and Anita Skinner their clerk they serve the Okanagan Service area within the
Interior Health Authority Teresa Prior is their third colleague librarian at Royal Inland
Hospital in Kamloops
With the advent of our new Ebsco online library package I have begun regular education
sessions Rather than doing in-depth research skills training in our computer lab with 6 or 7
people per class which I have done in the past I have been holding open sessions in our
conference room I use a live dem o with projection and provide handouts All staff are
welcom e no registration only 45 m inutes People with pagers sit at the back and run out if
they need to Free cheery come on in
The intention of all of the teaching strategies is to disseminate not only search skills but the
scope and practice of library services Within Interior Health we are working hard towards
regional collaboration The librarians in both Kamloops and Vernon are similarly presenting
the new online library package while letting people know of our regional aspirations
Promoting and advertising were taken on aggressively in all sites In Kelowna General and
the Kelowna Health Unit our internal information system Meditech was used to reach all
staff with a brief ad about 2 weeks prior Reminders were sent around by this method as
well Posters were put up in strategic places including the elevators which catch just about
everyone Managers were contacted separately and a CME event for the docs was
advertised separately I made good use of the CME admin assistant and the Education
department to disseminate information about the sessions
In Penticton Regional Hospital Meditech is not universally used so I made more use of
posters and flyers and engaged the help of the staff development educator and the
physic iansrsquo secretary to spread the word
The biggest challenge remains the electronic equipment I book the space a laptop an LCD
projector leave an hour for set-up What can go wrong Well for example
1)The laptop I booked had no port for an internet connection (they still make those No -
this one is obsolete)
Page 15HLABC FORUM
ROCHLIN CONT
No problem I will get a long cord and hook the projector into the PC in the room It will be fine (run itrsquos 5 floors and 6
corridors away but I have time)
2) Somehow the PC and the LCD projector are incompatible Screen will not project
No problem I will find another projector Only one left on short notice is the oldest one in the building - Irsquoll take it (run 5
floors 6 corridors barely enough time)
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 16
ODD Internet Addressesamp other references go inthe margin
Garamond 12 pt - notSmall Cap
SEEN ON THE WEB
Library Humour Online
Library The Musicalhttpwwwprangstgrupco
mlmlmhtm
Library Song (UK)httpwwwcheekybeefcou
klibraryhtml
Librarian T-Shirtgraphics (also make goodwallpaper)
httpis2dalca~mdeliatee
sindexhtm l
HLABC FORUM Page 17
All is set up and ready with 3 minutes to spare Only a little perspiration on my brow
3) Audience com plains of poor b lurry projection quality
Resist the urge to tell them to suck it up
Other issues on other days but you get the general picture
The strategy described above is more cost effectivetime effective and reaches a larger audience than my traditional
approach of 1-2 hour small group sessions in a computer lab I have had a few requests that I run the small research classes
but I have decided not to do that until everyone has had a chance to come to the brief introductory sessions Interfaces are
getting easier and the users are becoming more computer savvy and I have great faith in most of them figuring it out as they
go along Theyrsquove had an introduction they have instructional handouts they have the library contact information - ldquoOff you go
now yoursquoll be finerdquo is my attitude
With the increase in access to PCs we in Interior Health have been able to put a link to the e-library package on our library
intranet page as well as the instructional handout This is light years from handing out paper As well Krista has come up
with a clever little bookmark small and handy with access and searching instructions The librarians needed to do the initial
instructional sessions to introduce the new services and to remind users of all of the wonderful things we do Once they have
had the intro they can try out the system and use the link to the online handout on their own
This project has definitely been a collaboration among the 3 libraries We each planned and promoted our own areas but we
shared experiences handouts and workload to get the information out to as much of the population as possible in the same
time frame
There was a fairly big learning curve involved for all of us to learn the Ebsco system well enough to teach it and to learn the
administrative side and handle security issues This was made more difficult when Ebsco changed the administrative
software after about 6 weeks We were warned it was going to happen but it was discouraging to have learned the
procedures to set th ings up then not to recognize the screen one day
Previously I have only attempted small group education sessions This was my first foray into mass education Itrsquos been fun
and easy and everybody can find 45 minutes to get to an info session Because of the number of clients the library now
serves I will use this format again
For the sessions I ran in KGH my home base I used the standard education evaluations All surveyed thought it was fun and
interesting except those w ho attended the session with the bad projector who com plained en m asse about the blurry
projection
I did not have the other sites evaluate the sessions
Response has been overwhelmingly positive that our sleepy little valley has finally entered the 20th century (I havenrsquot pointed
out that it is too late) Most users were well pleased with the introductory sessions and went off with their usernames and
passwords to try it on their own However there are still some who want small in-depth sessions which I will not be offering
anytime soon It is far better for me to teach 30 people in 1 hour than 6 people in 2 hours
I am finding now that in spite of the sessions and the handouts som e people still think that we have purchased electronic
access to everything indexed in Medline and CINAHL They fight the good fight with Ebsco then call me in frustration that
they cannot get to the full text and canrsquot understand what they are doing wrong Ah well itrsquos a learning curve for everyone
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 18
TRAIN THE TRAINER
After the sessions library use in general has gone up Interlibrary loan use soared in the
months following - as people discovered that hey - not everything is full text
I will run a second set of sessions in the same format in the coming months Even when
people did not make it to the sessions they saw all of the advertising and came to the library
to ask about it Now that the handout is on the intranet site people around the region are
referred there and for many that will be enough
I used these sessions to advertise what we have purchased how to get to it how to do basic
research how to contact the library for more information and help I also used it as a venue
to remind people of the great serv ices we offer
Barbara Trip is Librarian at the Patient amp Family Learning Centre (PFLC) Vancouver General
Hospital (VGH)
As librarian in the Patient amp Family Learning Centre I have been involved in end user
education in severa l ways On a roughly monthly basis I teach a class entitled E-Library Tour
This class looks at the UBC Library web site and some of the resources that are available for
VGH staff Specifically it covers how to access journals BooksOVID M D Consult Health
Reference Centre and the great subject resources pages developed by the UBC librarians
This class is one of several that are organized by the Vancouver Coastal Health Research
Institute It is held in a computer lab so there is hands-on participation
In the past year the PFLC also offered its own end-user education sessions From January to
May we offered monthly classes on resources that are available to staff from the Vancouver
Hospital Intranet This included looking at the Patient Care Guidelines BooksOVID MD
Consult and Health Reference Centre These classes were held in computer labs at both
VGH and UBC Hospital
As an outcome of these classes we produced a small booklet with the instructions for using
these resources as well as instructions for searching with OVID and PubMed We offered
these to the units as a resource that they could have handy at their computer stations
Another outcome of offering these classes was a request from the Intensive Care Unit to
come and do classes on the unit because it was difficult for their staff to get away to attend
the classes Some of these sessions were held right at the nursing station with 3 or 4 people
gathered around 1 terminal At tim es this was a b it chaotic as people would com e and go if
they were needed on the unit
The ICU also had another project to help the staff become more com puter literate For th is
project they used a train-the-trainer approach Again I covered with these trainers the
resources available on the Intranet The trainers then held their own classes in the ICU for
their staff
We did evaluations of the classes and those seemed well received I did not do evaluations
of the ICU sessions but I have had feedback that the train -the-trainer project worked well
I would hope to do more unit specific tra ining and really like the idea of tra ining the trainer
However I think we are fortunate at VGH to be able to provide a variety of methods of end
user education
HLABC FORUM Page 19
SEEN ON THE WEB
FROM David S Crawford
TO CANM EDLIB
Subject
Margaret Charlton
Date sent
Tue 2 Sep 2003
Dear Colleagues
It gives me great pleasureto announce that theCanadian government hasjustdesignated Margaret RidleyCharlton as a person ofnational significanceMiss Charlton was the firstreal librarian at theMcGill University Medical(now Health Sciences)Library (1895-1914) Shewas also one of thefounders of the MedicalLibrary Association(1898) with Osler andGould
The proposal wassupported by the CHLAand the ACMC - though ittook such a long time thatPatrick (who was CHLAPresident at the time) maynot remember
Further information isavailable athttpwwwhealthlibrarymcgillcaoslercharltonindexhtm
CheersDavid S Crawford FCLIPEmeritus Librarian McGillUniversity
WEB SURVEY END USER EDUCATION
Report by Krista Clem ent
I hope you find these quick snapshots of how we all practice both inspiring and reassuring -
oh and maybe spark a debate or two We had 24 respondents this time up from 16 on
the first survey All were HLABC mem bers (the website is not closed to non-mem bers)
More than half of us do end-user training less than once per week 62 Only 17 do such
training three or more times per week I didnrsquot include ldquoneverrdquo as an option (oops) and
nobody wrote it in so I guess we are all doing something
I admit to being surprised at the high level of formal instruction we do I was also surprised
that none of those responding are teaching courses or course components with a graded
component I thought maybe some of the academic wing m ight
Searching databases and answering questions may be thought of as ldquoreal librarianshiprdquo
along with cataloguing and collection development However sober second thought made
me agree with the majority of you that in the long term teaching our patrons to use
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 20
information and tools to access it is also essential By increasing our users abilities we free them and we also free up our
own time for other things like tricky reference
HLABC FORUM Page 21
On the other hand as Ruth Rochlin points out in her art icle (this issue) training can consume
your time Nearly a third of you would not give instruction too high a priority lest it displace
other work Debate anyone
You may want to spend a few minutes contemplating question 5 - a sneaky omnibus number
which is really 9 separate questions
Highlights The most frequent sort of training is certainly searching journal indices (you know
Medline etc) The next most common topics are ldquocirculationrdquo and ldquoother high level info
skillsrdquo - by which I hoped to capture something more than the location of the restrooms
Circulation is also the most likely not to be offered at all I suspect that the split reflects a
difference in our libraries - perhaps larger versus smaller the type of circulation system or
policy or even the presence of regular circ staff The use of computer hardware and non-
computer equipment is also thankfully not a large part of our instructional duties
Looking at the middle columns we do steady training about the Internet and other software
No matter how much of our information migrates to web or CD-Rom based formats our
assistance continues to be needed in learning how to access and apply the knowledge
Thanks once again to every librarian who participated Keep your eyes open for the next
survey in 2004
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 22
SEEN ON THE WEB
gt -----Original Message-----gt From CHLAABSC gt Sent 2003 December 18 gt To tracyhavlincvihrbccagt Subject ImportantInformation on the next issue ofBMC
ldquoStarting volume 25 issue 1the JCHLAJABSC (Journalof the Canadian HealthLibraries AssociationJournal de lAssociation desbibliothegraveques de la santeacute duCanada) will be available inan electronic only (PDF)format
You can access the Journalin two ways either throughthe publisher NRC ResearchPress under AffiliatedJournals lthttppubsnrc-cnrcgccagt or through the associationwebsite lthttpwwwchla-absccagt
ldquo
NOTES FROM THE AFTERLIFE
RETIREMENT IT TAKES GETTING USED TO
David No ble retired as Chief Librarian at the BC Cancer Agency in 2002
I know its hard to believe but being retired does take getting used to
For the first few months you feel you are on vacation your mind cant fully accept the fact
that after 46 years of summer and career jobs through the years this is it You are now
retired Your m ind is sort of in a state of shock which only time will cure
After the vacation stage comes the guilt stage where you feel a little guilty that you are no
longer nose to the grindstone You hear from colleagues of developm ents since youve left
work but its no longer your concern and many of your long-time friends are still working
hence the guilty twinge For me the tiny feeling of guilt lasted 2 or 3 months until my mind
accepted the fact that I really did deserve to be retired after working a fifty five hour week
for 26 years
Then comes the Its time I started doing a ll those things I have put off until retirement
stage Youve sort of taken it easy added a few pounds even watched a little daytime TV
until you are thoroughly sick of it and now are ready for some self improvement You sign up
for courses have your piano tuned haul out your old water colour set and old Chopin
preludes build an improved sea wall do some landscaping of the yard and painting of the
house and generally get more organized and productive There is time also to improve your
golf pitch and chip shots It seemed I had to go through the vacation stage and the guiltnon-
productive stages to feel thoroughly ready for the self improvement stage and really get
down to the true retirem ent stage The true retirement stage is when you have little tim e it
seem s to laze about as your calendar is fully booked w ith all your activities just like before
you retired except its on your own terms
No complaints this true retirement stage is the fun part and how wonderful it is for us to be
free of the daily work grind even though I was one of the lucky ones as I really loved my job
I think we librarians are truly fortunate to be doing what we do We tend to get thanked a lot
for our services and its interesting to boot We may not get paid as much as we like but our
occupation is supposed to be second from the top on the list of best occupations in terms
of job satisfaction That makes up for a lot
This is my sense of experience since my retirement Yours will be different but then again
may be a little s imilar It does take time to get used to
I send my best wishes to you all Drop in and see us here in Qualicum Beach next time youre
passing by
David
_____________________________________________________________________
Notes From The A fterlife is a continuing feature We welcome your ideas Phone
ElsieWollaston at (604) 684-3036 fax (604) 685-9335 or e-mail elbruijninterchangeubcca
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SEEN ON THE WEB
-----Original Message-----Forwarded FromAlannaAiko Moore InternationalRelations Office InternAmerican LibraryAssociationSent Thursday December11 2003 922 AMTo CANMEDLIBSubject FellowshipDeadline Approaching
The US IFLA 2001National OrganizingCommittee is pleased toannounce that it willsupport the participation of20 librarians from theAmericas (South AmericaCentral America NorthAmerica and theCaribbean) to IFLAsWorld Library andInformation ConferenceAugust 22-272004 in Buenos Aires
The fellowship will coverair travel sharedaccommodation a per diemfood allowance andconference registrationfees
The deadline forapplications is January 152004 Applications inSpanish and English can befound at httpscsalaorgifla2004
INTERNET CLASSES amp UNEXPECTED EVENTS
Marjory Jardine writes from the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (VCHA) Com munity
Library She and Pat Young job-share the Librarian position and Paula Ludwig works 8 as a
Library Technician
Our library at VCHA offers introduction to finding health inform ation on the internet a
refresher course for those who have taken the introduction and we have just introduced
internet searching for beginners
We started offering demonstrations about 2-3 years ago We went to various sites armed
with a laptop and an enormous lcd projector and gave demonstrations of Pubmed
Medlineplus plus other consumer health databases More recently we have offered
regular hands-on sessions for groups the internet for beginners class is the newest
offering and it seems to be very popular
We are very fortunate to belong to a team of excellent educators and support staff Our
classes are advertised in the education services calendar (online and in print) in addition
one of the support staff sends out workshop reminders to all staff every week Registration
is required and again support staff look after this
The classes are 2-3 hours and are held in a computer lab where each person has their own
computer Class size ranges from 5-12 people Classes are generally offered every 2
weeks In addition we add extra classes for a group training session on request For
example speech- language pathologists addictions counsellors
The bulk of a hands-on internet session is spent on Pubmed with lots of time for practice
Medlineplus and other consum er health sites are also covered We use the opportunity to
let staff know about the available library services (eg document delivery e-mail tables of
contents services online library catalogue how to request material from the library etc etc)
We definitely had to learn new skills for this course particularly the use of technology -
lcdlaptoppc connections And how to teach We do use lots of both computer
technology for the hands-on classes but also paper materials - lots of fluorescent-coloured
how to hand-outs
This is most definitely a collaborative effort -- library staff together and in conjunction with
education services support staff For a group of 6 or more we try to have two librarians on
hand (a definite advantage of job-sharing - one person splits into two) One to demoteach
and the other to be available to help participants
The biggest challenge could be described as unexpected eventsrdquo ndash usually technology-
driven but sometimes weather-related Each session brings its own challenges A bent or
broken plug a missing cable a dripping ceiling a code blue announcement over the PA
system the internet is down city-wide Pubmed is experiencing technical d ifficulties old
computers teeny tiny font
Another challenge is teaching a hands-on class to people with varying degrees of
computer-comfort - we have tried sending out a pre -assessm ent questionnaire but th is
does not always work
Page 13HLABC FORUM
An education services evaluation form is included in each hand-out package Participants rate several aspects of the
session on a scale of 1 (poor) to 4 (excellent) For exam ple overa ll rating of workshop learning needs were met
usefulness of hand-outs
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 14
SEEN ON THE WEB
If you visit no other links inthis issue go to
httpwwwpubmedcentralgovpicrenderfcgiaction=streamampblobtype=pdfampartid=234463
The whole URL is requiredto find the articleAlternately search PubMedCentral for ldquoMedicalLibrarianrdquo[TITLE] and lookfor the Jan 1929 article
INTRODUCING THE 20TH CENTURY TO THE 21ST
usefulness to work etc etc There are also several questions which allow participants to
make further comm ents
These sessions are very well received Staff leave the sessions knowing that they have the
skills to do basic literature searches Andthey also know that they can ca ll us for help
before during or after a search They also know that the librarians are on deck to do
literature searches Equally importantly staff now know of resources to show or to
recomm end to their clients (in particular consumer health resources such as medlineplus
merck manuals etc)
One way we know that staff members are using what they learn is that they sometimes send
in requests for articles via the e-mail feature in pubmed And in addition they do call us for
help and reminders about things they learnedThe library is busier than ever doing literature
searches and filling document delivery requests
Has it been worth the effort Do we plan to continue these classes Would I recomm end it to
colleagues Yes yes and yes
Ruth Roch lin is librarian at Kelowna General Hospital Along with Francine Renaud in
Vernon and Anita Skinner their clerk they serve the Okanagan Service area within the
Interior Health Authority Teresa Prior is their third colleague librarian at Royal Inland
Hospital in Kamloops
With the advent of our new Ebsco online library package I have begun regular education
sessions Rather than doing in-depth research skills training in our computer lab with 6 or 7
people per class which I have done in the past I have been holding open sessions in our
conference room I use a live dem o with projection and provide handouts All staff are
welcom e no registration only 45 m inutes People with pagers sit at the back and run out if
they need to Free cheery come on in
The intention of all of the teaching strategies is to disseminate not only search skills but the
scope and practice of library services Within Interior Health we are working hard towards
regional collaboration The librarians in both Kamloops and Vernon are similarly presenting
the new online library package while letting people know of our regional aspirations
Promoting and advertising were taken on aggressively in all sites In Kelowna General and
the Kelowna Health Unit our internal information system Meditech was used to reach all
staff with a brief ad about 2 weeks prior Reminders were sent around by this method as
well Posters were put up in strategic places including the elevators which catch just about
everyone Managers were contacted separately and a CME event for the docs was
advertised separately I made good use of the CME admin assistant and the Education
department to disseminate information about the sessions
In Penticton Regional Hospital Meditech is not universally used so I made more use of
posters and flyers and engaged the help of the staff development educator and the
physic iansrsquo secretary to spread the word
The biggest challenge remains the electronic equipment I book the space a laptop an LCD
projector leave an hour for set-up What can go wrong Well for example
1)The laptop I booked had no port for an internet connection (they still make those No -
this one is obsolete)
Page 15HLABC FORUM
ROCHLIN CONT
No problem I will get a long cord and hook the projector into the PC in the room It will be fine (run itrsquos 5 floors and 6
corridors away but I have time)
2) Somehow the PC and the LCD projector are incompatible Screen will not project
No problem I will find another projector Only one left on short notice is the oldest one in the building - Irsquoll take it (run 5
floors 6 corridors barely enough time)
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 16
ODD Internet Addressesamp other references go inthe margin
Garamond 12 pt - notSmall Cap
SEEN ON THE WEB
Library Humour Online
Library The Musicalhttpwwwprangstgrupco
mlmlmhtm
Library Song (UK)httpwwwcheekybeefcou
klibraryhtml
Librarian T-Shirtgraphics (also make goodwallpaper)
httpis2dalca~mdeliatee
sindexhtm l
HLABC FORUM Page 17
All is set up and ready with 3 minutes to spare Only a little perspiration on my brow
3) Audience com plains of poor b lurry projection quality
Resist the urge to tell them to suck it up
Other issues on other days but you get the general picture
The strategy described above is more cost effectivetime effective and reaches a larger audience than my traditional
approach of 1-2 hour small group sessions in a computer lab I have had a few requests that I run the small research classes
but I have decided not to do that until everyone has had a chance to come to the brief introductory sessions Interfaces are
getting easier and the users are becoming more computer savvy and I have great faith in most of them figuring it out as they
go along Theyrsquove had an introduction they have instructional handouts they have the library contact information - ldquoOff you go
now yoursquoll be finerdquo is my attitude
With the increase in access to PCs we in Interior Health have been able to put a link to the e-library package on our library
intranet page as well as the instructional handout This is light years from handing out paper As well Krista has come up
with a clever little bookmark small and handy with access and searching instructions The librarians needed to do the initial
instructional sessions to introduce the new services and to remind users of all of the wonderful things we do Once they have
had the intro they can try out the system and use the link to the online handout on their own
This project has definitely been a collaboration among the 3 libraries We each planned and promoted our own areas but we
shared experiences handouts and workload to get the information out to as much of the population as possible in the same
time frame
There was a fairly big learning curve involved for all of us to learn the Ebsco system well enough to teach it and to learn the
administrative side and handle security issues This was made more difficult when Ebsco changed the administrative
software after about 6 weeks We were warned it was going to happen but it was discouraging to have learned the
procedures to set th ings up then not to recognize the screen one day
Previously I have only attempted small group education sessions This was my first foray into mass education Itrsquos been fun
and easy and everybody can find 45 minutes to get to an info session Because of the number of clients the library now
serves I will use this format again
For the sessions I ran in KGH my home base I used the standard education evaluations All surveyed thought it was fun and
interesting except those w ho attended the session with the bad projector who com plained en m asse about the blurry
projection
I did not have the other sites evaluate the sessions
Response has been overwhelmingly positive that our sleepy little valley has finally entered the 20th century (I havenrsquot pointed
out that it is too late) Most users were well pleased with the introductory sessions and went off with their usernames and
passwords to try it on their own However there are still some who want small in-depth sessions which I will not be offering
anytime soon It is far better for me to teach 30 people in 1 hour than 6 people in 2 hours
I am finding now that in spite of the sessions and the handouts som e people still think that we have purchased electronic
access to everything indexed in Medline and CINAHL They fight the good fight with Ebsco then call me in frustration that
they cannot get to the full text and canrsquot understand what they are doing wrong Ah well itrsquos a learning curve for everyone
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 18
TRAIN THE TRAINER
After the sessions library use in general has gone up Interlibrary loan use soared in the
months following - as people discovered that hey - not everything is full text
I will run a second set of sessions in the same format in the coming months Even when
people did not make it to the sessions they saw all of the advertising and came to the library
to ask about it Now that the handout is on the intranet site people around the region are
referred there and for many that will be enough
I used these sessions to advertise what we have purchased how to get to it how to do basic
research how to contact the library for more information and help I also used it as a venue
to remind people of the great serv ices we offer
Barbara Trip is Librarian at the Patient amp Family Learning Centre (PFLC) Vancouver General
Hospital (VGH)
As librarian in the Patient amp Family Learning Centre I have been involved in end user
education in severa l ways On a roughly monthly basis I teach a class entitled E-Library Tour
This class looks at the UBC Library web site and some of the resources that are available for
VGH staff Specifically it covers how to access journals BooksOVID M D Consult Health
Reference Centre and the great subject resources pages developed by the UBC librarians
This class is one of several that are organized by the Vancouver Coastal Health Research
Institute It is held in a computer lab so there is hands-on participation
In the past year the PFLC also offered its own end-user education sessions From January to
May we offered monthly classes on resources that are available to staff from the Vancouver
Hospital Intranet This included looking at the Patient Care Guidelines BooksOVID MD
Consult and Health Reference Centre These classes were held in computer labs at both
VGH and UBC Hospital
As an outcome of these classes we produced a small booklet with the instructions for using
these resources as well as instructions for searching with OVID and PubMed We offered
these to the units as a resource that they could have handy at their computer stations
Another outcome of offering these classes was a request from the Intensive Care Unit to
come and do classes on the unit because it was difficult for their staff to get away to attend
the classes Some of these sessions were held right at the nursing station with 3 or 4 people
gathered around 1 terminal At tim es this was a b it chaotic as people would com e and go if
they were needed on the unit
The ICU also had another project to help the staff become more com puter literate For th is
project they used a train-the-trainer approach Again I covered with these trainers the
resources available on the Intranet The trainers then held their own classes in the ICU for
their staff
We did evaluations of the classes and those seemed well received I did not do evaluations
of the ICU sessions but I have had feedback that the train -the-trainer project worked well
I would hope to do more unit specific tra ining and really like the idea of tra ining the trainer
However I think we are fortunate at VGH to be able to provide a variety of methods of end
user education
HLABC FORUM Page 19
SEEN ON THE WEB
FROM David S Crawford
TO CANM EDLIB
Subject
Margaret Charlton
Date sent
Tue 2 Sep 2003
Dear Colleagues
It gives me great pleasureto announce that theCanadian government hasjustdesignated Margaret RidleyCharlton as a person ofnational significanceMiss Charlton was the firstreal librarian at theMcGill University Medical(now Health Sciences)Library (1895-1914) Shewas also one of thefounders of the MedicalLibrary Association(1898) with Osler andGould
The proposal wassupported by the CHLAand the ACMC - though ittook such a long time thatPatrick (who was CHLAPresident at the time) maynot remember
Further information isavailable athttpwwwhealthlibrarymcgillcaoslercharltonindexhtm
CheersDavid S Crawford FCLIPEmeritus Librarian McGillUniversity
WEB SURVEY END USER EDUCATION
Report by Krista Clem ent
I hope you find these quick snapshots of how we all practice both inspiring and reassuring -
oh and maybe spark a debate or two We had 24 respondents this time up from 16 on
the first survey All were HLABC mem bers (the website is not closed to non-mem bers)
More than half of us do end-user training less than once per week 62 Only 17 do such
training three or more times per week I didnrsquot include ldquoneverrdquo as an option (oops) and
nobody wrote it in so I guess we are all doing something
I admit to being surprised at the high level of formal instruction we do I was also surprised
that none of those responding are teaching courses or course components with a graded
component I thought maybe some of the academic wing m ight
Searching databases and answering questions may be thought of as ldquoreal librarianshiprdquo
along with cataloguing and collection development However sober second thought made
me agree with the majority of you that in the long term teaching our patrons to use
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 20
information and tools to access it is also essential By increasing our users abilities we free them and we also free up our
own time for other things like tricky reference
HLABC FORUM Page 21
On the other hand as Ruth Rochlin points out in her art icle (this issue) training can consume
your time Nearly a third of you would not give instruction too high a priority lest it displace
other work Debate anyone
You may want to spend a few minutes contemplating question 5 - a sneaky omnibus number
which is really 9 separate questions
Highlights The most frequent sort of training is certainly searching journal indices (you know
Medline etc) The next most common topics are ldquocirculationrdquo and ldquoother high level info
skillsrdquo - by which I hoped to capture something more than the location of the restrooms
Circulation is also the most likely not to be offered at all I suspect that the split reflects a
difference in our libraries - perhaps larger versus smaller the type of circulation system or
policy or even the presence of regular circ staff The use of computer hardware and non-
computer equipment is also thankfully not a large part of our instructional duties
Looking at the middle columns we do steady training about the Internet and other software
No matter how much of our information migrates to web or CD-Rom based formats our
assistance continues to be needed in learning how to access and apply the knowledge
Thanks once again to every librarian who participated Keep your eyes open for the next
survey in 2004
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 22
SEEN ON THE WEB
gt -----Original Message-----gt From CHLAABSC gt Sent 2003 December 18 gt To tracyhavlincvihrbccagt Subject ImportantInformation on the next issue ofBMC
ldquoStarting volume 25 issue 1the JCHLAJABSC (Journalof the Canadian HealthLibraries AssociationJournal de lAssociation desbibliothegraveques de la santeacute duCanada) will be available inan electronic only (PDF)format
You can access the Journalin two ways either throughthe publisher NRC ResearchPress under AffiliatedJournals lthttppubsnrc-cnrcgccagt or through the associationwebsite lthttpwwwchla-absccagt
ldquo
NOTES FROM THE AFTERLIFE
RETIREMENT IT TAKES GETTING USED TO
David No ble retired as Chief Librarian at the BC Cancer Agency in 2002
I know its hard to believe but being retired does take getting used to
For the first few months you feel you are on vacation your mind cant fully accept the fact
that after 46 years of summer and career jobs through the years this is it You are now
retired Your m ind is sort of in a state of shock which only time will cure
After the vacation stage comes the guilt stage where you feel a little guilty that you are no
longer nose to the grindstone You hear from colleagues of developm ents since youve left
work but its no longer your concern and many of your long-time friends are still working
hence the guilty twinge For me the tiny feeling of guilt lasted 2 or 3 months until my mind
accepted the fact that I really did deserve to be retired after working a fifty five hour week
for 26 years
Then comes the Its time I started doing a ll those things I have put off until retirement
stage Youve sort of taken it easy added a few pounds even watched a little daytime TV
until you are thoroughly sick of it and now are ready for some self improvement You sign up
for courses have your piano tuned haul out your old water colour set and old Chopin
preludes build an improved sea wall do some landscaping of the yard and painting of the
house and generally get more organized and productive There is time also to improve your
golf pitch and chip shots It seemed I had to go through the vacation stage and the guiltnon-
productive stages to feel thoroughly ready for the self improvement stage and really get
down to the true retirem ent stage The true retirement stage is when you have little tim e it
seem s to laze about as your calendar is fully booked w ith all your activities just like before
you retired except its on your own terms
No complaints this true retirement stage is the fun part and how wonderful it is for us to be
free of the daily work grind even though I was one of the lucky ones as I really loved my job
I think we librarians are truly fortunate to be doing what we do We tend to get thanked a lot
for our services and its interesting to boot We may not get paid as much as we like but our
occupation is supposed to be second from the top on the list of best occupations in terms
of job satisfaction That makes up for a lot
This is my sense of experience since my retirement Yours will be different but then again
may be a little s imilar It does take time to get used to
I send my best wishes to you all Drop in and see us here in Qualicum Beach next time youre
passing by
David
_____________________________________________________________________
Notes From The A fterlife is a continuing feature We welcome your ideas Phone
ElsieWollaston at (604) 684-3036 fax (604) 685-9335 or e-mail elbruijninterchangeubcca
Page 23HLABC FORUM
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An education services evaluation form is included in each hand-out package Participants rate several aspects of the
session on a scale of 1 (poor) to 4 (excellent) For exam ple overa ll rating of workshop learning needs were met
usefulness of hand-outs
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 14
SEEN ON THE WEB
If you visit no other links inthis issue go to
httpwwwpubmedcentralgovpicrenderfcgiaction=streamampblobtype=pdfampartid=234463
The whole URL is requiredto find the articleAlternately search PubMedCentral for ldquoMedicalLibrarianrdquo[TITLE] and lookfor the Jan 1929 article
INTRODUCING THE 20TH CENTURY TO THE 21ST
usefulness to work etc etc There are also several questions which allow participants to
make further comm ents
These sessions are very well received Staff leave the sessions knowing that they have the
skills to do basic literature searches Andthey also know that they can ca ll us for help
before during or after a search They also know that the librarians are on deck to do
literature searches Equally importantly staff now know of resources to show or to
recomm end to their clients (in particular consumer health resources such as medlineplus
merck manuals etc)
One way we know that staff members are using what they learn is that they sometimes send
in requests for articles via the e-mail feature in pubmed And in addition they do call us for
help and reminders about things they learnedThe library is busier than ever doing literature
searches and filling document delivery requests
Has it been worth the effort Do we plan to continue these classes Would I recomm end it to
colleagues Yes yes and yes
Ruth Roch lin is librarian at Kelowna General Hospital Along with Francine Renaud in
Vernon and Anita Skinner their clerk they serve the Okanagan Service area within the
Interior Health Authority Teresa Prior is their third colleague librarian at Royal Inland
Hospital in Kamloops
With the advent of our new Ebsco online library package I have begun regular education
sessions Rather than doing in-depth research skills training in our computer lab with 6 or 7
people per class which I have done in the past I have been holding open sessions in our
conference room I use a live dem o with projection and provide handouts All staff are
welcom e no registration only 45 m inutes People with pagers sit at the back and run out if
they need to Free cheery come on in
The intention of all of the teaching strategies is to disseminate not only search skills but the
scope and practice of library services Within Interior Health we are working hard towards
regional collaboration The librarians in both Kamloops and Vernon are similarly presenting
the new online library package while letting people know of our regional aspirations
Promoting and advertising were taken on aggressively in all sites In Kelowna General and
the Kelowna Health Unit our internal information system Meditech was used to reach all
staff with a brief ad about 2 weeks prior Reminders were sent around by this method as
well Posters were put up in strategic places including the elevators which catch just about
everyone Managers were contacted separately and a CME event for the docs was
advertised separately I made good use of the CME admin assistant and the Education
department to disseminate information about the sessions
In Penticton Regional Hospital Meditech is not universally used so I made more use of
posters and flyers and engaged the help of the staff development educator and the
physic iansrsquo secretary to spread the word
The biggest challenge remains the electronic equipment I book the space a laptop an LCD
projector leave an hour for set-up What can go wrong Well for example
1)The laptop I booked had no port for an internet connection (they still make those No -
this one is obsolete)
Page 15HLABC FORUM
ROCHLIN CONT
No problem I will get a long cord and hook the projector into the PC in the room It will be fine (run itrsquos 5 floors and 6
corridors away but I have time)
2) Somehow the PC and the LCD projector are incompatible Screen will not project
No problem I will find another projector Only one left on short notice is the oldest one in the building - Irsquoll take it (run 5
floors 6 corridors barely enough time)
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 16
ODD Internet Addressesamp other references go inthe margin
Garamond 12 pt - notSmall Cap
SEEN ON THE WEB
Library Humour Online
Library The Musicalhttpwwwprangstgrupco
mlmlmhtm
Library Song (UK)httpwwwcheekybeefcou
klibraryhtml
Librarian T-Shirtgraphics (also make goodwallpaper)
httpis2dalca~mdeliatee
sindexhtm l
HLABC FORUM Page 17
All is set up and ready with 3 minutes to spare Only a little perspiration on my brow
3) Audience com plains of poor b lurry projection quality
Resist the urge to tell them to suck it up
Other issues on other days but you get the general picture
The strategy described above is more cost effectivetime effective and reaches a larger audience than my traditional
approach of 1-2 hour small group sessions in a computer lab I have had a few requests that I run the small research classes
but I have decided not to do that until everyone has had a chance to come to the brief introductory sessions Interfaces are
getting easier and the users are becoming more computer savvy and I have great faith in most of them figuring it out as they
go along Theyrsquove had an introduction they have instructional handouts they have the library contact information - ldquoOff you go
now yoursquoll be finerdquo is my attitude
With the increase in access to PCs we in Interior Health have been able to put a link to the e-library package on our library
intranet page as well as the instructional handout This is light years from handing out paper As well Krista has come up
with a clever little bookmark small and handy with access and searching instructions The librarians needed to do the initial
instructional sessions to introduce the new services and to remind users of all of the wonderful things we do Once they have
had the intro they can try out the system and use the link to the online handout on their own
This project has definitely been a collaboration among the 3 libraries We each planned and promoted our own areas but we
shared experiences handouts and workload to get the information out to as much of the population as possible in the same
time frame
There was a fairly big learning curve involved for all of us to learn the Ebsco system well enough to teach it and to learn the
administrative side and handle security issues This was made more difficult when Ebsco changed the administrative
software after about 6 weeks We were warned it was going to happen but it was discouraging to have learned the
procedures to set th ings up then not to recognize the screen one day
Previously I have only attempted small group education sessions This was my first foray into mass education Itrsquos been fun
and easy and everybody can find 45 minutes to get to an info session Because of the number of clients the library now
serves I will use this format again
For the sessions I ran in KGH my home base I used the standard education evaluations All surveyed thought it was fun and
interesting except those w ho attended the session with the bad projector who com plained en m asse about the blurry
projection
I did not have the other sites evaluate the sessions
Response has been overwhelmingly positive that our sleepy little valley has finally entered the 20th century (I havenrsquot pointed
out that it is too late) Most users were well pleased with the introductory sessions and went off with their usernames and
passwords to try it on their own However there are still some who want small in-depth sessions which I will not be offering
anytime soon It is far better for me to teach 30 people in 1 hour than 6 people in 2 hours
I am finding now that in spite of the sessions and the handouts som e people still think that we have purchased electronic
access to everything indexed in Medline and CINAHL They fight the good fight with Ebsco then call me in frustration that
they cannot get to the full text and canrsquot understand what they are doing wrong Ah well itrsquos a learning curve for everyone
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 18
TRAIN THE TRAINER
After the sessions library use in general has gone up Interlibrary loan use soared in the
months following - as people discovered that hey - not everything is full text
I will run a second set of sessions in the same format in the coming months Even when
people did not make it to the sessions they saw all of the advertising and came to the library
to ask about it Now that the handout is on the intranet site people around the region are
referred there and for many that will be enough
I used these sessions to advertise what we have purchased how to get to it how to do basic
research how to contact the library for more information and help I also used it as a venue
to remind people of the great serv ices we offer
Barbara Trip is Librarian at the Patient amp Family Learning Centre (PFLC) Vancouver General
Hospital (VGH)
As librarian in the Patient amp Family Learning Centre I have been involved in end user
education in severa l ways On a roughly monthly basis I teach a class entitled E-Library Tour
This class looks at the UBC Library web site and some of the resources that are available for
VGH staff Specifically it covers how to access journals BooksOVID M D Consult Health
Reference Centre and the great subject resources pages developed by the UBC librarians
This class is one of several that are organized by the Vancouver Coastal Health Research
Institute It is held in a computer lab so there is hands-on participation
In the past year the PFLC also offered its own end-user education sessions From January to
May we offered monthly classes on resources that are available to staff from the Vancouver
Hospital Intranet This included looking at the Patient Care Guidelines BooksOVID MD
Consult and Health Reference Centre These classes were held in computer labs at both
VGH and UBC Hospital
As an outcome of these classes we produced a small booklet with the instructions for using
these resources as well as instructions for searching with OVID and PubMed We offered
these to the units as a resource that they could have handy at their computer stations
Another outcome of offering these classes was a request from the Intensive Care Unit to
come and do classes on the unit because it was difficult for their staff to get away to attend
the classes Some of these sessions were held right at the nursing station with 3 or 4 people
gathered around 1 terminal At tim es this was a b it chaotic as people would com e and go if
they were needed on the unit
The ICU also had another project to help the staff become more com puter literate For th is
project they used a train-the-trainer approach Again I covered with these trainers the
resources available on the Intranet The trainers then held their own classes in the ICU for
their staff
We did evaluations of the classes and those seemed well received I did not do evaluations
of the ICU sessions but I have had feedback that the train -the-trainer project worked well
I would hope to do more unit specific tra ining and really like the idea of tra ining the trainer
However I think we are fortunate at VGH to be able to provide a variety of methods of end
user education
HLABC FORUM Page 19
SEEN ON THE WEB
FROM David S Crawford
TO CANM EDLIB
Subject
Margaret Charlton
Date sent
Tue 2 Sep 2003
Dear Colleagues
It gives me great pleasureto announce that theCanadian government hasjustdesignated Margaret RidleyCharlton as a person ofnational significanceMiss Charlton was the firstreal librarian at theMcGill University Medical(now Health Sciences)Library (1895-1914) Shewas also one of thefounders of the MedicalLibrary Association(1898) with Osler andGould
The proposal wassupported by the CHLAand the ACMC - though ittook such a long time thatPatrick (who was CHLAPresident at the time) maynot remember
Further information isavailable athttpwwwhealthlibrarymcgillcaoslercharltonindexhtm
CheersDavid S Crawford FCLIPEmeritus Librarian McGillUniversity
WEB SURVEY END USER EDUCATION
Report by Krista Clem ent
I hope you find these quick snapshots of how we all practice both inspiring and reassuring -
oh and maybe spark a debate or two We had 24 respondents this time up from 16 on
the first survey All were HLABC mem bers (the website is not closed to non-mem bers)
More than half of us do end-user training less than once per week 62 Only 17 do such
training three or more times per week I didnrsquot include ldquoneverrdquo as an option (oops) and
nobody wrote it in so I guess we are all doing something
I admit to being surprised at the high level of formal instruction we do I was also surprised
that none of those responding are teaching courses or course components with a graded
component I thought maybe some of the academic wing m ight
Searching databases and answering questions may be thought of as ldquoreal librarianshiprdquo
along with cataloguing and collection development However sober second thought made
me agree with the majority of you that in the long term teaching our patrons to use
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 20
information and tools to access it is also essential By increasing our users abilities we free them and we also free up our
own time for other things like tricky reference
HLABC FORUM Page 21
On the other hand as Ruth Rochlin points out in her art icle (this issue) training can consume
your time Nearly a third of you would not give instruction too high a priority lest it displace
other work Debate anyone
You may want to spend a few minutes contemplating question 5 - a sneaky omnibus number
which is really 9 separate questions
Highlights The most frequent sort of training is certainly searching journal indices (you know
Medline etc) The next most common topics are ldquocirculationrdquo and ldquoother high level info
skillsrdquo - by which I hoped to capture something more than the location of the restrooms
Circulation is also the most likely not to be offered at all I suspect that the split reflects a
difference in our libraries - perhaps larger versus smaller the type of circulation system or
policy or even the presence of regular circ staff The use of computer hardware and non-
computer equipment is also thankfully not a large part of our instructional duties
Looking at the middle columns we do steady training about the Internet and other software
No matter how much of our information migrates to web or CD-Rom based formats our
assistance continues to be needed in learning how to access and apply the knowledge
Thanks once again to every librarian who participated Keep your eyes open for the next
survey in 2004
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 22
SEEN ON THE WEB
gt -----Original Message-----gt From CHLAABSC gt Sent 2003 December 18 gt To tracyhavlincvihrbccagt Subject ImportantInformation on the next issue ofBMC
ldquoStarting volume 25 issue 1the JCHLAJABSC (Journalof the Canadian HealthLibraries AssociationJournal de lAssociation desbibliothegraveques de la santeacute duCanada) will be available inan electronic only (PDF)format
You can access the Journalin two ways either throughthe publisher NRC ResearchPress under AffiliatedJournals lthttppubsnrc-cnrcgccagt or through the associationwebsite lthttpwwwchla-absccagt
ldquo
NOTES FROM THE AFTERLIFE
RETIREMENT IT TAKES GETTING USED TO
David No ble retired as Chief Librarian at the BC Cancer Agency in 2002
I know its hard to believe but being retired does take getting used to
For the first few months you feel you are on vacation your mind cant fully accept the fact
that after 46 years of summer and career jobs through the years this is it You are now
retired Your m ind is sort of in a state of shock which only time will cure
After the vacation stage comes the guilt stage where you feel a little guilty that you are no
longer nose to the grindstone You hear from colleagues of developm ents since youve left
work but its no longer your concern and many of your long-time friends are still working
hence the guilty twinge For me the tiny feeling of guilt lasted 2 or 3 months until my mind
accepted the fact that I really did deserve to be retired after working a fifty five hour week
for 26 years
Then comes the Its time I started doing a ll those things I have put off until retirement
stage Youve sort of taken it easy added a few pounds even watched a little daytime TV
until you are thoroughly sick of it and now are ready for some self improvement You sign up
for courses have your piano tuned haul out your old water colour set and old Chopin
preludes build an improved sea wall do some landscaping of the yard and painting of the
house and generally get more organized and productive There is time also to improve your
golf pitch and chip shots It seemed I had to go through the vacation stage and the guiltnon-
productive stages to feel thoroughly ready for the self improvement stage and really get
down to the true retirem ent stage The true retirement stage is when you have little tim e it
seem s to laze about as your calendar is fully booked w ith all your activities just like before
you retired except its on your own terms
No complaints this true retirement stage is the fun part and how wonderful it is for us to be
free of the daily work grind even though I was one of the lucky ones as I really loved my job
I think we librarians are truly fortunate to be doing what we do We tend to get thanked a lot
for our services and its interesting to boot We may not get paid as much as we like but our
occupation is supposed to be second from the top on the list of best occupations in terms
of job satisfaction That makes up for a lot
This is my sense of experience since my retirement Yours will be different but then again
may be a little s imilar It does take time to get used to
I send my best wishes to you all Drop in and see us here in Qualicum Beach next time youre
passing by
David
_____________________________________________________________________
Notes From The A fterlife is a continuing feature We welcome your ideas Phone
ElsieWollaston at (604) 684-3036 fax (604) 685-9335 or e-mail elbruijninterchangeubcca
Page 23HLABC FORUM
- Page 1
- Page 2
- Page 3
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-
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 14
SEEN ON THE WEB
If you visit no other links inthis issue go to
httpwwwpubmedcentralgovpicrenderfcgiaction=streamampblobtype=pdfampartid=234463
The whole URL is requiredto find the articleAlternately search PubMedCentral for ldquoMedicalLibrarianrdquo[TITLE] and lookfor the Jan 1929 article
INTRODUCING THE 20TH CENTURY TO THE 21ST
usefulness to work etc etc There are also several questions which allow participants to
make further comm ents
These sessions are very well received Staff leave the sessions knowing that they have the
skills to do basic literature searches Andthey also know that they can ca ll us for help
before during or after a search They also know that the librarians are on deck to do
literature searches Equally importantly staff now know of resources to show or to
recomm end to their clients (in particular consumer health resources such as medlineplus
merck manuals etc)
One way we know that staff members are using what they learn is that they sometimes send
in requests for articles via the e-mail feature in pubmed And in addition they do call us for
help and reminders about things they learnedThe library is busier than ever doing literature
searches and filling document delivery requests
Has it been worth the effort Do we plan to continue these classes Would I recomm end it to
colleagues Yes yes and yes
Ruth Roch lin is librarian at Kelowna General Hospital Along with Francine Renaud in
Vernon and Anita Skinner their clerk they serve the Okanagan Service area within the
Interior Health Authority Teresa Prior is their third colleague librarian at Royal Inland
Hospital in Kamloops
With the advent of our new Ebsco online library package I have begun regular education
sessions Rather than doing in-depth research skills training in our computer lab with 6 or 7
people per class which I have done in the past I have been holding open sessions in our
conference room I use a live dem o with projection and provide handouts All staff are
welcom e no registration only 45 m inutes People with pagers sit at the back and run out if
they need to Free cheery come on in
The intention of all of the teaching strategies is to disseminate not only search skills but the
scope and practice of library services Within Interior Health we are working hard towards
regional collaboration The librarians in both Kamloops and Vernon are similarly presenting
the new online library package while letting people know of our regional aspirations
Promoting and advertising were taken on aggressively in all sites In Kelowna General and
the Kelowna Health Unit our internal information system Meditech was used to reach all
staff with a brief ad about 2 weeks prior Reminders were sent around by this method as
well Posters were put up in strategic places including the elevators which catch just about
everyone Managers were contacted separately and a CME event for the docs was
advertised separately I made good use of the CME admin assistant and the Education
department to disseminate information about the sessions
In Penticton Regional Hospital Meditech is not universally used so I made more use of
posters and flyers and engaged the help of the staff development educator and the
physic iansrsquo secretary to spread the word
The biggest challenge remains the electronic equipment I book the space a laptop an LCD
projector leave an hour for set-up What can go wrong Well for example
1)The laptop I booked had no port for an internet connection (they still make those No -
this one is obsolete)
Page 15HLABC FORUM
ROCHLIN CONT
No problem I will get a long cord and hook the projector into the PC in the room It will be fine (run itrsquos 5 floors and 6
corridors away but I have time)
2) Somehow the PC and the LCD projector are incompatible Screen will not project
No problem I will find another projector Only one left on short notice is the oldest one in the building - Irsquoll take it (run 5
floors 6 corridors barely enough time)
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 16
ODD Internet Addressesamp other references go inthe margin
Garamond 12 pt - notSmall Cap
SEEN ON THE WEB
Library Humour Online
Library The Musicalhttpwwwprangstgrupco
mlmlmhtm
Library Song (UK)httpwwwcheekybeefcou
klibraryhtml
Librarian T-Shirtgraphics (also make goodwallpaper)
httpis2dalca~mdeliatee
sindexhtm l
HLABC FORUM Page 17
All is set up and ready with 3 minutes to spare Only a little perspiration on my brow
3) Audience com plains of poor b lurry projection quality
Resist the urge to tell them to suck it up
Other issues on other days but you get the general picture
The strategy described above is more cost effectivetime effective and reaches a larger audience than my traditional
approach of 1-2 hour small group sessions in a computer lab I have had a few requests that I run the small research classes
but I have decided not to do that until everyone has had a chance to come to the brief introductory sessions Interfaces are
getting easier and the users are becoming more computer savvy and I have great faith in most of them figuring it out as they
go along Theyrsquove had an introduction they have instructional handouts they have the library contact information - ldquoOff you go
now yoursquoll be finerdquo is my attitude
With the increase in access to PCs we in Interior Health have been able to put a link to the e-library package on our library
intranet page as well as the instructional handout This is light years from handing out paper As well Krista has come up
with a clever little bookmark small and handy with access and searching instructions The librarians needed to do the initial
instructional sessions to introduce the new services and to remind users of all of the wonderful things we do Once they have
had the intro they can try out the system and use the link to the online handout on their own
This project has definitely been a collaboration among the 3 libraries We each planned and promoted our own areas but we
shared experiences handouts and workload to get the information out to as much of the population as possible in the same
time frame
There was a fairly big learning curve involved for all of us to learn the Ebsco system well enough to teach it and to learn the
administrative side and handle security issues This was made more difficult when Ebsco changed the administrative
software after about 6 weeks We were warned it was going to happen but it was discouraging to have learned the
procedures to set th ings up then not to recognize the screen one day
Previously I have only attempted small group education sessions This was my first foray into mass education Itrsquos been fun
and easy and everybody can find 45 minutes to get to an info session Because of the number of clients the library now
serves I will use this format again
For the sessions I ran in KGH my home base I used the standard education evaluations All surveyed thought it was fun and
interesting except those w ho attended the session with the bad projector who com plained en m asse about the blurry
projection
I did not have the other sites evaluate the sessions
Response has been overwhelmingly positive that our sleepy little valley has finally entered the 20th century (I havenrsquot pointed
out that it is too late) Most users were well pleased with the introductory sessions and went off with their usernames and
passwords to try it on their own However there are still some who want small in-depth sessions which I will not be offering
anytime soon It is far better for me to teach 30 people in 1 hour than 6 people in 2 hours
I am finding now that in spite of the sessions and the handouts som e people still think that we have purchased electronic
access to everything indexed in Medline and CINAHL They fight the good fight with Ebsco then call me in frustration that
they cannot get to the full text and canrsquot understand what they are doing wrong Ah well itrsquos a learning curve for everyone
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 18
TRAIN THE TRAINER
After the sessions library use in general has gone up Interlibrary loan use soared in the
months following - as people discovered that hey - not everything is full text
I will run a second set of sessions in the same format in the coming months Even when
people did not make it to the sessions they saw all of the advertising and came to the library
to ask about it Now that the handout is on the intranet site people around the region are
referred there and for many that will be enough
I used these sessions to advertise what we have purchased how to get to it how to do basic
research how to contact the library for more information and help I also used it as a venue
to remind people of the great serv ices we offer
Barbara Trip is Librarian at the Patient amp Family Learning Centre (PFLC) Vancouver General
Hospital (VGH)
As librarian in the Patient amp Family Learning Centre I have been involved in end user
education in severa l ways On a roughly monthly basis I teach a class entitled E-Library Tour
This class looks at the UBC Library web site and some of the resources that are available for
VGH staff Specifically it covers how to access journals BooksOVID M D Consult Health
Reference Centre and the great subject resources pages developed by the UBC librarians
This class is one of several that are organized by the Vancouver Coastal Health Research
Institute It is held in a computer lab so there is hands-on participation
In the past year the PFLC also offered its own end-user education sessions From January to
May we offered monthly classes on resources that are available to staff from the Vancouver
Hospital Intranet This included looking at the Patient Care Guidelines BooksOVID MD
Consult and Health Reference Centre These classes were held in computer labs at both
VGH and UBC Hospital
As an outcome of these classes we produced a small booklet with the instructions for using
these resources as well as instructions for searching with OVID and PubMed We offered
these to the units as a resource that they could have handy at their computer stations
Another outcome of offering these classes was a request from the Intensive Care Unit to
come and do classes on the unit because it was difficult for their staff to get away to attend
the classes Some of these sessions were held right at the nursing station with 3 or 4 people
gathered around 1 terminal At tim es this was a b it chaotic as people would com e and go if
they were needed on the unit
The ICU also had another project to help the staff become more com puter literate For th is
project they used a train-the-trainer approach Again I covered with these trainers the
resources available on the Intranet The trainers then held their own classes in the ICU for
their staff
We did evaluations of the classes and those seemed well received I did not do evaluations
of the ICU sessions but I have had feedback that the train -the-trainer project worked well
I would hope to do more unit specific tra ining and really like the idea of tra ining the trainer
However I think we are fortunate at VGH to be able to provide a variety of methods of end
user education
HLABC FORUM Page 19
SEEN ON THE WEB
FROM David S Crawford
TO CANM EDLIB
Subject
Margaret Charlton
Date sent
Tue 2 Sep 2003
Dear Colleagues
It gives me great pleasureto announce that theCanadian government hasjustdesignated Margaret RidleyCharlton as a person ofnational significanceMiss Charlton was the firstreal librarian at theMcGill University Medical(now Health Sciences)Library (1895-1914) Shewas also one of thefounders of the MedicalLibrary Association(1898) with Osler andGould
The proposal wassupported by the CHLAand the ACMC - though ittook such a long time thatPatrick (who was CHLAPresident at the time) maynot remember
Further information isavailable athttpwwwhealthlibrarymcgillcaoslercharltonindexhtm
CheersDavid S Crawford FCLIPEmeritus Librarian McGillUniversity
WEB SURVEY END USER EDUCATION
Report by Krista Clem ent
I hope you find these quick snapshots of how we all practice both inspiring and reassuring -
oh and maybe spark a debate or two We had 24 respondents this time up from 16 on
the first survey All were HLABC mem bers (the website is not closed to non-mem bers)
More than half of us do end-user training less than once per week 62 Only 17 do such
training three or more times per week I didnrsquot include ldquoneverrdquo as an option (oops) and
nobody wrote it in so I guess we are all doing something
I admit to being surprised at the high level of formal instruction we do I was also surprised
that none of those responding are teaching courses or course components with a graded
component I thought maybe some of the academic wing m ight
Searching databases and answering questions may be thought of as ldquoreal librarianshiprdquo
along with cataloguing and collection development However sober second thought made
me agree with the majority of you that in the long term teaching our patrons to use
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 20
information and tools to access it is also essential By increasing our users abilities we free them and we also free up our
own time for other things like tricky reference
HLABC FORUM Page 21
On the other hand as Ruth Rochlin points out in her art icle (this issue) training can consume
your time Nearly a third of you would not give instruction too high a priority lest it displace
other work Debate anyone
You may want to spend a few minutes contemplating question 5 - a sneaky omnibus number
which is really 9 separate questions
Highlights The most frequent sort of training is certainly searching journal indices (you know
Medline etc) The next most common topics are ldquocirculationrdquo and ldquoother high level info
skillsrdquo - by which I hoped to capture something more than the location of the restrooms
Circulation is also the most likely not to be offered at all I suspect that the split reflects a
difference in our libraries - perhaps larger versus smaller the type of circulation system or
policy or even the presence of regular circ staff The use of computer hardware and non-
computer equipment is also thankfully not a large part of our instructional duties
Looking at the middle columns we do steady training about the Internet and other software
No matter how much of our information migrates to web or CD-Rom based formats our
assistance continues to be needed in learning how to access and apply the knowledge
Thanks once again to every librarian who participated Keep your eyes open for the next
survey in 2004
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 22
SEEN ON THE WEB
gt -----Original Message-----gt From CHLAABSC gt Sent 2003 December 18 gt To tracyhavlincvihrbccagt Subject ImportantInformation on the next issue ofBMC
ldquoStarting volume 25 issue 1the JCHLAJABSC (Journalof the Canadian HealthLibraries AssociationJournal de lAssociation desbibliothegraveques de la santeacute duCanada) will be available inan electronic only (PDF)format
You can access the Journalin two ways either throughthe publisher NRC ResearchPress under AffiliatedJournals lthttppubsnrc-cnrcgccagt or through the associationwebsite lthttpwwwchla-absccagt
ldquo
NOTES FROM THE AFTERLIFE
RETIREMENT IT TAKES GETTING USED TO
David No ble retired as Chief Librarian at the BC Cancer Agency in 2002
I know its hard to believe but being retired does take getting used to
For the first few months you feel you are on vacation your mind cant fully accept the fact
that after 46 years of summer and career jobs through the years this is it You are now
retired Your m ind is sort of in a state of shock which only time will cure
After the vacation stage comes the guilt stage where you feel a little guilty that you are no
longer nose to the grindstone You hear from colleagues of developm ents since youve left
work but its no longer your concern and many of your long-time friends are still working
hence the guilty twinge For me the tiny feeling of guilt lasted 2 or 3 months until my mind
accepted the fact that I really did deserve to be retired after working a fifty five hour week
for 26 years
Then comes the Its time I started doing a ll those things I have put off until retirement
stage Youve sort of taken it easy added a few pounds even watched a little daytime TV
until you are thoroughly sick of it and now are ready for some self improvement You sign up
for courses have your piano tuned haul out your old water colour set and old Chopin
preludes build an improved sea wall do some landscaping of the yard and painting of the
house and generally get more organized and productive There is time also to improve your
golf pitch and chip shots It seemed I had to go through the vacation stage and the guiltnon-
productive stages to feel thoroughly ready for the self improvement stage and really get
down to the true retirem ent stage The true retirement stage is when you have little tim e it
seem s to laze about as your calendar is fully booked w ith all your activities just like before
you retired except its on your own terms
No complaints this true retirement stage is the fun part and how wonderful it is for us to be
free of the daily work grind even though I was one of the lucky ones as I really loved my job
I think we librarians are truly fortunate to be doing what we do We tend to get thanked a lot
for our services and its interesting to boot We may not get paid as much as we like but our
occupation is supposed to be second from the top on the list of best occupations in terms
of job satisfaction That makes up for a lot
This is my sense of experience since my retirement Yours will be different but then again
may be a little s imilar It does take time to get used to
I send my best wishes to you all Drop in and see us here in Qualicum Beach next time youre
passing by
David
_____________________________________________________________________
Notes From The A fterlife is a continuing feature We welcome your ideas Phone
ElsieWollaston at (604) 684-3036 fax (604) 685-9335 or e-mail elbruijninterchangeubcca
Page 23HLABC FORUM
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Page 15HLABC FORUM
ROCHLIN CONT
No problem I will get a long cord and hook the projector into the PC in the room It will be fine (run itrsquos 5 floors and 6
corridors away but I have time)
2) Somehow the PC and the LCD projector are incompatible Screen will not project
No problem I will find another projector Only one left on short notice is the oldest one in the building - Irsquoll take it (run 5
floors 6 corridors barely enough time)
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 16
ODD Internet Addressesamp other references go inthe margin
Garamond 12 pt - notSmall Cap
SEEN ON THE WEB
Library Humour Online
Library The Musicalhttpwwwprangstgrupco
mlmlmhtm
Library Song (UK)httpwwwcheekybeefcou
klibraryhtml
Librarian T-Shirtgraphics (also make goodwallpaper)
httpis2dalca~mdeliatee
sindexhtm l
HLABC FORUM Page 17
All is set up and ready with 3 minutes to spare Only a little perspiration on my brow
3) Audience com plains of poor b lurry projection quality
Resist the urge to tell them to suck it up
Other issues on other days but you get the general picture
The strategy described above is more cost effectivetime effective and reaches a larger audience than my traditional
approach of 1-2 hour small group sessions in a computer lab I have had a few requests that I run the small research classes
but I have decided not to do that until everyone has had a chance to come to the brief introductory sessions Interfaces are
getting easier and the users are becoming more computer savvy and I have great faith in most of them figuring it out as they
go along Theyrsquove had an introduction they have instructional handouts they have the library contact information - ldquoOff you go
now yoursquoll be finerdquo is my attitude
With the increase in access to PCs we in Interior Health have been able to put a link to the e-library package on our library
intranet page as well as the instructional handout This is light years from handing out paper As well Krista has come up
with a clever little bookmark small and handy with access and searching instructions The librarians needed to do the initial
instructional sessions to introduce the new services and to remind users of all of the wonderful things we do Once they have
had the intro they can try out the system and use the link to the online handout on their own
This project has definitely been a collaboration among the 3 libraries We each planned and promoted our own areas but we
shared experiences handouts and workload to get the information out to as much of the population as possible in the same
time frame
There was a fairly big learning curve involved for all of us to learn the Ebsco system well enough to teach it and to learn the
administrative side and handle security issues This was made more difficult when Ebsco changed the administrative
software after about 6 weeks We were warned it was going to happen but it was discouraging to have learned the
procedures to set th ings up then not to recognize the screen one day
Previously I have only attempted small group education sessions This was my first foray into mass education Itrsquos been fun
and easy and everybody can find 45 minutes to get to an info session Because of the number of clients the library now
serves I will use this format again
For the sessions I ran in KGH my home base I used the standard education evaluations All surveyed thought it was fun and
interesting except those w ho attended the session with the bad projector who com plained en m asse about the blurry
projection
I did not have the other sites evaluate the sessions
Response has been overwhelmingly positive that our sleepy little valley has finally entered the 20th century (I havenrsquot pointed
out that it is too late) Most users were well pleased with the introductory sessions and went off with their usernames and
passwords to try it on their own However there are still some who want small in-depth sessions which I will not be offering
anytime soon It is far better for me to teach 30 people in 1 hour than 6 people in 2 hours
I am finding now that in spite of the sessions and the handouts som e people still think that we have purchased electronic
access to everything indexed in Medline and CINAHL They fight the good fight with Ebsco then call me in frustration that
they cannot get to the full text and canrsquot understand what they are doing wrong Ah well itrsquos a learning curve for everyone
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 18
TRAIN THE TRAINER
After the sessions library use in general has gone up Interlibrary loan use soared in the
months following - as people discovered that hey - not everything is full text
I will run a second set of sessions in the same format in the coming months Even when
people did not make it to the sessions they saw all of the advertising and came to the library
to ask about it Now that the handout is on the intranet site people around the region are
referred there and for many that will be enough
I used these sessions to advertise what we have purchased how to get to it how to do basic
research how to contact the library for more information and help I also used it as a venue
to remind people of the great serv ices we offer
Barbara Trip is Librarian at the Patient amp Family Learning Centre (PFLC) Vancouver General
Hospital (VGH)
As librarian in the Patient amp Family Learning Centre I have been involved in end user
education in severa l ways On a roughly monthly basis I teach a class entitled E-Library Tour
This class looks at the UBC Library web site and some of the resources that are available for
VGH staff Specifically it covers how to access journals BooksOVID M D Consult Health
Reference Centre and the great subject resources pages developed by the UBC librarians
This class is one of several that are organized by the Vancouver Coastal Health Research
Institute It is held in a computer lab so there is hands-on participation
In the past year the PFLC also offered its own end-user education sessions From January to
May we offered monthly classes on resources that are available to staff from the Vancouver
Hospital Intranet This included looking at the Patient Care Guidelines BooksOVID MD
Consult and Health Reference Centre These classes were held in computer labs at both
VGH and UBC Hospital
As an outcome of these classes we produced a small booklet with the instructions for using
these resources as well as instructions for searching with OVID and PubMed We offered
these to the units as a resource that they could have handy at their computer stations
Another outcome of offering these classes was a request from the Intensive Care Unit to
come and do classes on the unit because it was difficult for their staff to get away to attend
the classes Some of these sessions were held right at the nursing station with 3 or 4 people
gathered around 1 terminal At tim es this was a b it chaotic as people would com e and go if
they were needed on the unit
The ICU also had another project to help the staff become more com puter literate For th is
project they used a train-the-trainer approach Again I covered with these trainers the
resources available on the Intranet The trainers then held their own classes in the ICU for
their staff
We did evaluations of the classes and those seemed well received I did not do evaluations
of the ICU sessions but I have had feedback that the train -the-trainer project worked well
I would hope to do more unit specific tra ining and really like the idea of tra ining the trainer
However I think we are fortunate at VGH to be able to provide a variety of methods of end
user education
HLABC FORUM Page 19
SEEN ON THE WEB
FROM David S Crawford
TO CANM EDLIB
Subject
Margaret Charlton
Date sent
Tue 2 Sep 2003
Dear Colleagues
It gives me great pleasureto announce that theCanadian government hasjustdesignated Margaret RidleyCharlton as a person ofnational significanceMiss Charlton was the firstreal librarian at theMcGill University Medical(now Health Sciences)Library (1895-1914) Shewas also one of thefounders of the MedicalLibrary Association(1898) with Osler andGould
The proposal wassupported by the CHLAand the ACMC - though ittook such a long time thatPatrick (who was CHLAPresident at the time) maynot remember
Further information isavailable athttpwwwhealthlibrarymcgillcaoslercharltonindexhtm
CheersDavid S Crawford FCLIPEmeritus Librarian McGillUniversity
WEB SURVEY END USER EDUCATION
Report by Krista Clem ent
I hope you find these quick snapshots of how we all practice both inspiring and reassuring -
oh and maybe spark a debate or two We had 24 respondents this time up from 16 on
the first survey All were HLABC mem bers (the website is not closed to non-mem bers)
More than half of us do end-user training less than once per week 62 Only 17 do such
training three or more times per week I didnrsquot include ldquoneverrdquo as an option (oops) and
nobody wrote it in so I guess we are all doing something
I admit to being surprised at the high level of formal instruction we do I was also surprised
that none of those responding are teaching courses or course components with a graded
component I thought maybe some of the academic wing m ight
Searching databases and answering questions may be thought of as ldquoreal librarianshiprdquo
along with cataloguing and collection development However sober second thought made
me agree with the majority of you that in the long term teaching our patrons to use
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 20
information and tools to access it is also essential By increasing our users abilities we free them and we also free up our
own time for other things like tricky reference
HLABC FORUM Page 21
On the other hand as Ruth Rochlin points out in her art icle (this issue) training can consume
your time Nearly a third of you would not give instruction too high a priority lest it displace
other work Debate anyone
You may want to spend a few minutes contemplating question 5 - a sneaky omnibus number
which is really 9 separate questions
Highlights The most frequent sort of training is certainly searching journal indices (you know
Medline etc) The next most common topics are ldquocirculationrdquo and ldquoother high level info
skillsrdquo - by which I hoped to capture something more than the location of the restrooms
Circulation is also the most likely not to be offered at all I suspect that the split reflects a
difference in our libraries - perhaps larger versus smaller the type of circulation system or
policy or even the presence of regular circ staff The use of computer hardware and non-
computer equipment is also thankfully not a large part of our instructional duties
Looking at the middle columns we do steady training about the Internet and other software
No matter how much of our information migrates to web or CD-Rom based formats our
assistance continues to be needed in learning how to access and apply the knowledge
Thanks once again to every librarian who participated Keep your eyes open for the next
survey in 2004
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 22
SEEN ON THE WEB
gt -----Original Message-----gt From CHLAABSC gt Sent 2003 December 18 gt To tracyhavlincvihrbccagt Subject ImportantInformation on the next issue ofBMC
ldquoStarting volume 25 issue 1the JCHLAJABSC (Journalof the Canadian HealthLibraries AssociationJournal de lAssociation desbibliothegraveques de la santeacute duCanada) will be available inan electronic only (PDF)format
You can access the Journalin two ways either throughthe publisher NRC ResearchPress under AffiliatedJournals lthttppubsnrc-cnrcgccagt or through the associationwebsite lthttpwwwchla-absccagt
ldquo
NOTES FROM THE AFTERLIFE
RETIREMENT IT TAKES GETTING USED TO
David No ble retired as Chief Librarian at the BC Cancer Agency in 2002
I know its hard to believe but being retired does take getting used to
For the first few months you feel you are on vacation your mind cant fully accept the fact
that after 46 years of summer and career jobs through the years this is it You are now
retired Your m ind is sort of in a state of shock which only time will cure
After the vacation stage comes the guilt stage where you feel a little guilty that you are no
longer nose to the grindstone You hear from colleagues of developm ents since youve left
work but its no longer your concern and many of your long-time friends are still working
hence the guilty twinge For me the tiny feeling of guilt lasted 2 or 3 months until my mind
accepted the fact that I really did deserve to be retired after working a fifty five hour week
for 26 years
Then comes the Its time I started doing a ll those things I have put off until retirement
stage Youve sort of taken it easy added a few pounds even watched a little daytime TV
until you are thoroughly sick of it and now are ready for some self improvement You sign up
for courses have your piano tuned haul out your old water colour set and old Chopin
preludes build an improved sea wall do some landscaping of the yard and painting of the
house and generally get more organized and productive There is time also to improve your
golf pitch and chip shots It seemed I had to go through the vacation stage and the guiltnon-
productive stages to feel thoroughly ready for the self improvement stage and really get
down to the true retirem ent stage The true retirement stage is when you have little tim e it
seem s to laze about as your calendar is fully booked w ith all your activities just like before
you retired except its on your own terms
No complaints this true retirement stage is the fun part and how wonderful it is for us to be
free of the daily work grind even though I was one of the lucky ones as I really loved my job
I think we librarians are truly fortunate to be doing what we do We tend to get thanked a lot
for our services and its interesting to boot We may not get paid as much as we like but our
occupation is supposed to be second from the top on the list of best occupations in terms
of job satisfaction That makes up for a lot
This is my sense of experience since my retirement Yours will be different but then again
may be a little s imilar It does take time to get used to
I send my best wishes to you all Drop in and see us here in Qualicum Beach next time youre
passing by
David
_____________________________________________________________________
Notes From The A fterlife is a continuing feature We welcome your ideas Phone
ElsieWollaston at (604) 684-3036 fax (604) 685-9335 or e-mail elbruijninterchangeubcca
Page 23HLABC FORUM
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- Page 2
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VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 16
ODD Internet Addressesamp other references go inthe margin
Garamond 12 pt - notSmall Cap
SEEN ON THE WEB
Library Humour Online
Library The Musicalhttpwwwprangstgrupco
mlmlmhtm
Library Song (UK)httpwwwcheekybeefcou
klibraryhtml
Librarian T-Shirtgraphics (also make goodwallpaper)
httpis2dalca~mdeliatee
sindexhtm l
HLABC FORUM Page 17
All is set up and ready with 3 minutes to spare Only a little perspiration on my brow
3) Audience com plains of poor b lurry projection quality
Resist the urge to tell them to suck it up
Other issues on other days but you get the general picture
The strategy described above is more cost effectivetime effective and reaches a larger audience than my traditional
approach of 1-2 hour small group sessions in a computer lab I have had a few requests that I run the small research classes
but I have decided not to do that until everyone has had a chance to come to the brief introductory sessions Interfaces are
getting easier and the users are becoming more computer savvy and I have great faith in most of them figuring it out as they
go along Theyrsquove had an introduction they have instructional handouts they have the library contact information - ldquoOff you go
now yoursquoll be finerdquo is my attitude
With the increase in access to PCs we in Interior Health have been able to put a link to the e-library package on our library
intranet page as well as the instructional handout This is light years from handing out paper As well Krista has come up
with a clever little bookmark small and handy with access and searching instructions The librarians needed to do the initial
instructional sessions to introduce the new services and to remind users of all of the wonderful things we do Once they have
had the intro they can try out the system and use the link to the online handout on their own
This project has definitely been a collaboration among the 3 libraries We each planned and promoted our own areas but we
shared experiences handouts and workload to get the information out to as much of the population as possible in the same
time frame
There was a fairly big learning curve involved for all of us to learn the Ebsco system well enough to teach it and to learn the
administrative side and handle security issues This was made more difficult when Ebsco changed the administrative
software after about 6 weeks We were warned it was going to happen but it was discouraging to have learned the
procedures to set th ings up then not to recognize the screen one day
Previously I have only attempted small group education sessions This was my first foray into mass education Itrsquos been fun
and easy and everybody can find 45 minutes to get to an info session Because of the number of clients the library now
serves I will use this format again
For the sessions I ran in KGH my home base I used the standard education evaluations All surveyed thought it was fun and
interesting except those w ho attended the session with the bad projector who com plained en m asse about the blurry
projection
I did not have the other sites evaluate the sessions
Response has been overwhelmingly positive that our sleepy little valley has finally entered the 20th century (I havenrsquot pointed
out that it is too late) Most users were well pleased with the introductory sessions and went off with their usernames and
passwords to try it on their own However there are still some who want small in-depth sessions which I will not be offering
anytime soon It is far better for me to teach 30 people in 1 hour than 6 people in 2 hours
I am finding now that in spite of the sessions and the handouts som e people still think that we have purchased electronic
access to everything indexed in Medline and CINAHL They fight the good fight with Ebsco then call me in frustration that
they cannot get to the full text and canrsquot understand what they are doing wrong Ah well itrsquos a learning curve for everyone
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 18
TRAIN THE TRAINER
After the sessions library use in general has gone up Interlibrary loan use soared in the
months following - as people discovered that hey - not everything is full text
I will run a second set of sessions in the same format in the coming months Even when
people did not make it to the sessions they saw all of the advertising and came to the library
to ask about it Now that the handout is on the intranet site people around the region are
referred there and for many that will be enough
I used these sessions to advertise what we have purchased how to get to it how to do basic
research how to contact the library for more information and help I also used it as a venue
to remind people of the great serv ices we offer
Barbara Trip is Librarian at the Patient amp Family Learning Centre (PFLC) Vancouver General
Hospital (VGH)
As librarian in the Patient amp Family Learning Centre I have been involved in end user
education in severa l ways On a roughly monthly basis I teach a class entitled E-Library Tour
This class looks at the UBC Library web site and some of the resources that are available for
VGH staff Specifically it covers how to access journals BooksOVID M D Consult Health
Reference Centre and the great subject resources pages developed by the UBC librarians
This class is one of several that are organized by the Vancouver Coastal Health Research
Institute It is held in a computer lab so there is hands-on participation
In the past year the PFLC also offered its own end-user education sessions From January to
May we offered monthly classes on resources that are available to staff from the Vancouver
Hospital Intranet This included looking at the Patient Care Guidelines BooksOVID MD
Consult and Health Reference Centre These classes were held in computer labs at both
VGH and UBC Hospital
As an outcome of these classes we produced a small booklet with the instructions for using
these resources as well as instructions for searching with OVID and PubMed We offered
these to the units as a resource that they could have handy at their computer stations
Another outcome of offering these classes was a request from the Intensive Care Unit to
come and do classes on the unit because it was difficult for their staff to get away to attend
the classes Some of these sessions were held right at the nursing station with 3 or 4 people
gathered around 1 terminal At tim es this was a b it chaotic as people would com e and go if
they were needed on the unit
The ICU also had another project to help the staff become more com puter literate For th is
project they used a train-the-trainer approach Again I covered with these trainers the
resources available on the Intranet The trainers then held their own classes in the ICU for
their staff
We did evaluations of the classes and those seemed well received I did not do evaluations
of the ICU sessions but I have had feedback that the train -the-trainer project worked well
I would hope to do more unit specific tra ining and really like the idea of tra ining the trainer
However I think we are fortunate at VGH to be able to provide a variety of methods of end
user education
HLABC FORUM Page 19
SEEN ON THE WEB
FROM David S Crawford
TO CANM EDLIB
Subject
Margaret Charlton
Date sent
Tue 2 Sep 2003
Dear Colleagues
It gives me great pleasureto announce that theCanadian government hasjustdesignated Margaret RidleyCharlton as a person ofnational significanceMiss Charlton was the firstreal librarian at theMcGill University Medical(now Health Sciences)Library (1895-1914) Shewas also one of thefounders of the MedicalLibrary Association(1898) with Osler andGould
The proposal wassupported by the CHLAand the ACMC - though ittook such a long time thatPatrick (who was CHLAPresident at the time) maynot remember
Further information isavailable athttpwwwhealthlibrarymcgillcaoslercharltonindexhtm
CheersDavid S Crawford FCLIPEmeritus Librarian McGillUniversity
WEB SURVEY END USER EDUCATION
Report by Krista Clem ent
I hope you find these quick snapshots of how we all practice both inspiring and reassuring -
oh and maybe spark a debate or two We had 24 respondents this time up from 16 on
the first survey All were HLABC mem bers (the website is not closed to non-mem bers)
More than half of us do end-user training less than once per week 62 Only 17 do such
training three or more times per week I didnrsquot include ldquoneverrdquo as an option (oops) and
nobody wrote it in so I guess we are all doing something
I admit to being surprised at the high level of formal instruction we do I was also surprised
that none of those responding are teaching courses or course components with a graded
component I thought maybe some of the academic wing m ight
Searching databases and answering questions may be thought of as ldquoreal librarianshiprdquo
along with cataloguing and collection development However sober second thought made
me agree with the majority of you that in the long term teaching our patrons to use
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 20
information and tools to access it is also essential By increasing our users abilities we free them and we also free up our
own time for other things like tricky reference
HLABC FORUM Page 21
On the other hand as Ruth Rochlin points out in her art icle (this issue) training can consume
your time Nearly a third of you would not give instruction too high a priority lest it displace
other work Debate anyone
You may want to spend a few minutes contemplating question 5 - a sneaky omnibus number
which is really 9 separate questions
Highlights The most frequent sort of training is certainly searching journal indices (you know
Medline etc) The next most common topics are ldquocirculationrdquo and ldquoother high level info
skillsrdquo - by which I hoped to capture something more than the location of the restrooms
Circulation is also the most likely not to be offered at all I suspect that the split reflects a
difference in our libraries - perhaps larger versus smaller the type of circulation system or
policy or even the presence of regular circ staff The use of computer hardware and non-
computer equipment is also thankfully not a large part of our instructional duties
Looking at the middle columns we do steady training about the Internet and other software
No matter how much of our information migrates to web or CD-Rom based formats our
assistance continues to be needed in learning how to access and apply the knowledge
Thanks once again to every librarian who participated Keep your eyes open for the next
survey in 2004
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 22
SEEN ON THE WEB
gt -----Original Message-----gt From CHLAABSC gt Sent 2003 December 18 gt To tracyhavlincvihrbccagt Subject ImportantInformation on the next issue ofBMC
ldquoStarting volume 25 issue 1the JCHLAJABSC (Journalof the Canadian HealthLibraries AssociationJournal de lAssociation desbibliothegraveques de la santeacute duCanada) will be available inan electronic only (PDF)format
You can access the Journalin two ways either throughthe publisher NRC ResearchPress under AffiliatedJournals lthttppubsnrc-cnrcgccagt or through the associationwebsite lthttpwwwchla-absccagt
ldquo
NOTES FROM THE AFTERLIFE
RETIREMENT IT TAKES GETTING USED TO
David No ble retired as Chief Librarian at the BC Cancer Agency in 2002
I know its hard to believe but being retired does take getting used to
For the first few months you feel you are on vacation your mind cant fully accept the fact
that after 46 years of summer and career jobs through the years this is it You are now
retired Your m ind is sort of in a state of shock which only time will cure
After the vacation stage comes the guilt stage where you feel a little guilty that you are no
longer nose to the grindstone You hear from colleagues of developm ents since youve left
work but its no longer your concern and many of your long-time friends are still working
hence the guilty twinge For me the tiny feeling of guilt lasted 2 or 3 months until my mind
accepted the fact that I really did deserve to be retired after working a fifty five hour week
for 26 years
Then comes the Its time I started doing a ll those things I have put off until retirement
stage Youve sort of taken it easy added a few pounds even watched a little daytime TV
until you are thoroughly sick of it and now are ready for some self improvement You sign up
for courses have your piano tuned haul out your old water colour set and old Chopin
preludes build an improved sea wall do some landscaping of the yard and painting of the
house and generally get more organized and productive There is time also to improve your
golf pitch and chip shots It seemed I had to go through the vacation stage and the guiltnon-
productive stages to feel thoroughly ready for the self improvement stage and really get
down to the true retirem ent stage The true retirement stage is when you have little tim e it
seem s to laze about as your calendar is fully booked w ith all your activities just like before
you retired except its on your own terms
No complaints this true retirement stage is the fun part and how wonderful it is for us to be
free of the daily work grind even though I was one of the lucky ones as I really loved my job
I think we librarians are truly fortunate to be doing what we do We tend to get thanked a lot
for our services and its interesting to boot We may not get paid as much as we like but our
occupation is supposed to be second from the top on the list of best occupations in terms
of job satisfaction That makes up for a lot
This is my sense of experience since my retirement Yours will be different but then again
may be a little s imilar It does take time to get used to
I send my best wishes to you all Drop in and see us here in Qualicum Beach next time youre
passing by
David
_____________________________________________________________________
Notes From The A fterlife is a continuing feature We welcome your ideas Phone
ElsieWollaston at (604) 684-3036 fax (604) 685-9335 or e-mail elbruijninterchangeubcca
Page 23HLABC FORUM
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All is set up and ready with 3 minutes to spare Only a little perspiration on my brow
3) Audience com plains of poor b lurry projection quality
Resist the urge to tell them to suck it up
Other issues on other days but you get the general picture
The strategy described above is more cost effectivetime effective and reaches a larger audience than my traditional
approach of 1-2 hour small group sessions in a computer lab I have had a few requests that I run the small research classes
but I have decided not to do that until everyone has had a chance to come to the brief introductory sessions Interfaces are
getting easier and the users are becoming more computer savvy and I have great faith in most of them figuring it out as they
go along Theyrsquove had an introduction they have instructional handouts they have the library contact information - ldquoOff you go
now yoursquoll be finerdquo is my attitude
With the increase in access to PCs we in Interior Health have been able to put a link to the e-library package on our library
intranet page as well as the instructional handout This is light years from handing out paper As well Krista has come up
with a clever little bookmark small and handy with access and searching instructions The librarians needed to do the initial
instructional sessions to introduce the new services and to remind users of all of the wonderful things we do Once they have
had the intro they can try out the system and use the link to the online handout on their own
This project has definitely been a collaboration among the 3 libraries We each planned and promoted our own areas but we
shared experiences handouts and workload to get the information out to as much of the population as possible in the same
time frame
There was a fairly big learning curve involved for all of us to learn the Ebsco system well enough to teach it and to learn the
administrative side and handle security issues This was made more difficult when Ebsco changed the administrative
software after about 6 weeks We were warned it was going to happen but it was discouraging to have learned the
procedures to set th ings up then not to recognize the screen one day
Previously I have only attempted small group education sessions This was my first foray into mass education Itrsquos been fun
and easy and everybody can find 45 minutes to get to an info session Because of the number of clients the library now
serves I will use this format again
For the sessions I ran in KGH my home base I used the standard education evaluations All surveyed thought it was fun and
interesting except those w ho attended the session with the bad projector who com plained en m asse about the blurry
projection
I did not have the other sites evaluate the sessions
Response has been overwhelmingly positive that our sleepy little valley has finally entered the 20th century (I havenrsquot pointed
out that it is too late) Most users were well pleased with the introductory sessions and went off with their usernames and
passwords to try it on their own However there are still some who want small in-depth sessions which I will not be offering
anytime soon It is far better for me to teach 30 people in 1 hour than 6 people in 2 hours
I am finding now that in spite of the sessions and the handouts som e people still think that we have purchased electronic
access to everything indexed in Medline and CINAHL They fight the good fight with Ebsco then call me in frustration that
they cannot get to the full text and canrsquot understand what they are doing wrong Ah well itrsquos a learning curve for everyone
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 18
TRAIN THE TRAINER
After the sessions library use in general has gone up Interlibrary loan use soared in the
months following - as people discovered that hey - not everything is full text
I will run a second set of sessions in the same format in the coming months Even when
people did not make it to the sessions they saw all of the advertising and came to the library
to ask about it Now that the handout is on the intranet site people around the region are
referred there and for many that will be enough
I used these sessions to advertise what we have purchased how to get to it how to do basic
research how to contact the library for more information and help I also used it as a venue
to remind people of the great serv ices we offer
Barbara Trip is Librarian at the Patient amp Family Learning Centre (PFLC) Vancouver General
Hospital (VGH)
As librarian in the Patient amp Family Learning Centre I have been involved in end user
education in severa l ways On a roughly monthly basis I teach a class entitled E-Library Tour
This class looks at the UBC Library web site and some of the resources that are available for
VGH staff Specifically it covers how to access journals BooksOVID M D Consult Health
Reference Centre and the great subject resources pages developed by the UBC librarians
This class is one of several that are organized by the Vancouver Coastal Health Research
Institute It is held in a computer lab so there is hands-on participation
In the past year the PFLC also offered its own end-user education sessions From January to
May we offered monthly classes on resources that are available to staff from the Vancouver
Hospital Intranet This included looking at the Patient Care Guidelines BooksOVID MD
Consult and Health Reference Centre These classes were held in computer labs at both
VGH and UBC Hospital
As an outcome of these classes we produced a small booklet with the instructions for using
these resources as well as instructions for searching with OVID and PubMed We offered
these to the units as a resource that they could have handy at their computer stations
Another outcome of offering these classes was a request from the Intensive Care Unit to
come and do classes on the unit because it was difficult for their staff to get away to attend
the classes Some of these sessions were held right at the nursing station with 3 or 4 people
gathered around 1 terminal At tim es this was a b it chaotic as people would com e and go if
they were needed on the unit
The ICU also had another project to help the staff become more com puter literate For th is
project they used a train-the-trainer approach Again I covered with these trainers the
resources available on the Intranet The trainers then held their own classes in the ICU for
their staff
We did evaluations of the classes and those seemed well received I did not do evaluations
of the ICU sessions but I have had feedback that the train -the-trainer project worked well
I would hope to do more unit specific tra ining and really like the idea of tra ining the trainer
However I think we are fortunate at VGH to be able to provide a variety of methods of end
user education
HLABC FORUM Page 19
SEEN ON THE WEB
FROM David S Crawford
TO CANM EDLIB
Subject
Margaret Charlton
Date sent
Tue 2 Sep 2003
Dear Colleagues
It gives me great pleasureto announce that theCanadian government hasjustdesignated Margaret RidleyCharlton as a person ofnational significanceMiss Charlton was the firstreal librarian at theMcGill University Medical(now Health Sciences)Library (1895-1914) Shewas also one of thefounders of the MedicalLibrary Association(1898) with Osler andGould
The proposal wassupported by the CHLAand the ACMC - though ittook such a long time thatPatrick (who was CHLAPresident at the time) maynot remember
Further information isavailable athttpwwwhealthlibrarymcgillcaoslercharltonindexhtm
CheersDavid S Crawford FCLIPEmeritus Librarian McGillUniversity
WEB SURVEY END USER EDUCATION
Report by Krista Clem ent
I hope you find these quick snapshots of how we all practice both inspiring and reassuring -
oh and maybe spark a debate or two We had 24 respondents this time up from 16 on
the first survey All were HLABC mem bers (the website is not closed to non-mem bers)
More than half of us do end-user training less than once per week 62 Only 17 do such
training three or more times per week I didnrsquot include ldquoneverrdquo as an option (oops) and
nobody wrote it in so I guess we are all doing something
I admit to being surprised at the high level of formal instruction we do I was also surprised
that none of those responding are teaching courses or course components with a graded
component I thought maybe some of the academic wing m ight
Searching databases and answering questions may be thought of as ldquoreal librarianshiprdquo
along with cataloguing and collection development However sober second thought made
me agree with the majority of you that in the long term teaching our patrons to use
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 20
information and tools to access it is also essential By increasing our users abilities we free them and we also free up our
own time for other things like tricky reference
HLABC FORUM Page 21
On the other hand as Ruth Rochlin points out in her art icle (this issue) training can consume
your time Nearly a third of you would not give instruction too high a priority lest it displace
other work Debate anyone
You may want to spend a few minutes contemplating question 5 - a sneaky omnibus number
which is really 9 separate questions
Highlights The most frequent sort of training is certainly searching journal indices (you know
Medline etc) The next most common topics are ldquocirculationrdquo and ldquoother high level info
skillsrdquo - by which I hoped to capture something more than the location of the restrooms
Circulation is also the most likely not to be offered at all I suspect that the split reflects a
difference in our libraries - perhaps larger versus smaller the type of circulation system or
policy or even the presence of regular circ staff The use of computer hardware and non-
computer equipment is also thankfully not a large part of our instructional duties
Looking at the middle columns we do steady training about the Internet and other software
No matter how much of our information migrates to web or CD-Rom based formats our
assistance continues to be needed in learning how to access and apply the knowledge
Thanks once again to every librarian who participated Keep your eyes open for the next
survey in 2004
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 22
SEEN ON THE WEB
gt -----Original Message-----gt From CHLAABSC gt Sent 2003 December 18 gt To tracyhavlincvihrbccagt Subject ImportantInformation on the next issue ofBMC
ldquoStarting volume 25 issue 1the JCHLAJABSC (Journalof the Canadian HealthLibraries AssociationJournal de lAssociation desbibliothegraveques de la santeacute duCanada) will be available inan electronic only (PDF)format
You can access the Journalin two ways either throughthe publisher NRC ResearchPress under AffiliatedJournals lthttppubsnrc-cnrcgccagt or through the associationwebsite lthttpwwwchla-absccagt
ldquo
NOTES FROM THE AFTERLIFE
RETIREMENT IT TAKES GETTING USED TO
David No ble retired as Chief Librarian at the BC Cancer Agency in 2002
I know its hard to believe but being retired does take getting used to
For the first few months you feel you are on vacation your mind cant fully accept the fact
that after 46 years of summer and career jobs through the years this is it You are now
retired Your m ind is sort of in a state of shock which only time will cure
After the vacation stage comes the guilt stage where you feel a little guilty that you are no
longer nose to the grindstone You hear from colleagues of developm ents since youve left
work but its no longer your concern and many of your long-time friends are still working
hence the guilty twinge For me the tiny feeling of guilt lasted 2 or 3 months until my mind
accepted the fact that I really did deserve to be retired after working a fifty five hour week
for 26 years
Then comes the Its time I started doing a ll those things I have put off until retirement
stage Youve sort of taken it easy added a few pounds even watched a little daytime TV
until you are thoroughly sick of it and now are ready for some self improvement You sign up
for courses have your piano tuned haul out your old water colour set and old Chopin
preludes build an improved sea wall do some landscaping of the yard and painting of the
house and generally get more organized and productive There is time also to improve your
golf pitch and chip shots It seemed I had to go through the vacation stage and the guiltnon-
productive stages to feel thoroughly ready for the self improvement stage and really get
down to the true retirem ent stage The true retirement stage is when you have little tim e it
seem s to laze about as your calendar is fully booked w ith all your activities just like before
you retired except its on your own terms
No complaints this true retirement stage is the fun part and how wonderful it is for us to be
free of the daily work grind even though I was one of the lucky ones as I really loved my job
I think we librarians are truly fortunate to be doing what we do We tend to get thanked a lot
for our services and its interesting to boot We may not get paid as much as we like but our
occupation is supposed to be second from the top on the list of best occupations in terms
of job satisfaction That makes up for a lot
This is my sense of experience since my retirement Yours will be different but then again
may be a little s imilar It does take time to get used to
I send my best wishes to you all Drop in and see us here in Qualicum Beach next time youre
passing by
David
_____________________________________________________________________
Notes From The A fterlife is a continuing feature We welcome your ideas Phone
ElsieWollaston at (604) 684-3036 fax (604) 685-9335 or e-mail elbruijninterchangeubcca
Page 23HLABC FORUM
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VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 18
TRAIN THE TRAINER
After the sessions library use in general has gone up Interlibrary loan use soared in the
months following - as people discovered that hey - not everything is full text
I will run a second set of sessions in the same format in the coming months Even when
people did not make it to the sessions they saw all of the advertising and came to the library
to ask about it Now that the handout is on the intranet site people around the region are
referred there and for many that will be enough
I used these sessions to advertise what we have purchased how to get to it how to do basic
research how to contact the library for more information and help I also used it as a venue
to remind people of the great serv ices we offer
Barbara Trip is Librarian at the Patient amp Family Learning Centre (PFLC) Vancouver General
Hospital (VGH)
As librarian in the Patient amp Family Learning Centre I have been involved in end user
education in severa l ways On a roughly monthly basis I teach a class entitled E-Library Tour
This class looks at the UBC Library web site and some of the resources that are available for
VGH staff Specifically it covers how to access journals BooksOVID M D Consult Health
Reference Centre and the great subject resources pages developed by the UBC librarians
This class is one of several that are organized by the Vancouver Coastal Health Research
Institute It is held in a computer lab so there is hands-on participation
In the past year the PFLC also offered its own end-user education sessions From January to
May we offered monthly classes on resources that are available to staff from the Vancouver
Hospital Intranet This included looking at the Patient Care Guidelines BooksOVID MD
Consult and Health Reference Centre These classes were held in computer labs at both
VGH and UBC Hospital
As an outcome of these classes we produced a small booklet with the instructions for using
these resources as well as instructions for searching with OVID and PubMed We offered
these to the units as a resource that they could have handy at their computer stations
Another outcome of offering these classes was a request from the Intensive Care Unit to
come and do classes on the unit because it was difficult for their staff to get away to attend
the classes Some of these sessions were held right at the nursing station with 3 or 4 people
gathered around 1 terminal At tim es this was a b it chaotic as people would com e and go if
they were needed on the unit
The ICU also had another project to help the staff become more com puter literate For th is
project they used a train-the-trainer approach Again I covered with these trainers the
resources available on the Intranet The trainers then held their own classes in the ICU for
their staff
We did evaluations of the classes and those seemed well received I did not do evaluations
of the ICU sessions but I have had feedback that the train -the-trainer project worked well
I would hope to do more unit specific tra ining and really like the idea of tra ining the trainer
However I think we are fortunate at VGH to be able to provide a variety of methods of end
user education
HLABC FORUM Page 19
SEEN ON THE WEB
FROM David S Crawford
TO CANM EDLIB
Subject
Margaret Charlton
Date sent
Tue 2 Sep 2003
Dear Colleagues
It gives me great pleasureto announce that theCanadian government hasjustdesignated Margaret RidleyCharlton as a person ofnational significanceMiss Charlton was the firstreal librarian at theMcGill University Medical(now Health Sciences)Library (1895-1914) Shewas also one of thefounders of the MedicalLibrary Association(1898) with Osler andGould
The proposal wassupported by the CHLAand the ACMC - though ittook such a long time thatPatrick (who was CHLAPresident at the time) maynot remember
Further information isavailable athttpwwwhealthlibrarymcgillcaoslercharltonindexhtm
CheersDavid S Crawford FCLIPEmeritus Librarian McGillUniversity
WEB SURVEY END USER EDUCATION
Report by Krista Clem ent
I hope you find these quick snapshots of how we all practice both inspiring and reassuring -
oh and maybe spark a debate or two We had 24 respondents this time up from 16 on
the first survey All were HLABC mem bers (the website is not closed to non-mem bers)
More than half of us do end-user training less than once per week 62 Only 17 do such
training three or more times per week I didnrsquot include ldquoneverrdquo as an option (oops) and
nobody wrote it in so I guess we are all doing something
I admit to being surprised at the high level of formal instruction we do I was also surprised
that none of those responding are teaching courses or course components with a graded
component I thought maybe some of the academic wing m ight
Searching databases and answering questions may be thought of as ldquoreal librarianshiprdquo
along with cataloguing and collection development However sober second thought made
me agree with the majority of you that in the long term teaching our patrons to use
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 20
information and tools to access it is also essential By increasing our users abilities we free them and we also free up our
own time for other things like tricky reference
HLABC FORUM Page 21
On the other hand as Ruth Rochlin points out in her art icle (this issue) training can consume
your time Nearly a third of you would not give instruction too high a priority lest it displace
other work Debate anyone
You may want to spend a few minutes contemplating question 5 - a sneaky omnibus number
which is really 9 separate questions
Highlights The most frequent sort of training is certainly searching journal indices (you know
Medline etc) The next most common topics are ldquocirculationrdquo and ldquoother high level info
skillsrdquo - by which I hoped to capture something more than the location of the restrooms
Circulation is also the most likely not to be offered at all I suspect that the split reflects a
difference in our libraries - perhaps larger versus smaller the type of circulation system or
policy or even the presence of regular circ staff The use of computer hardware and non-
computer equipment is also thankfully not a large part of our instructional duties
Looking at the middle columns we do steady training about the Internet and other software
No matter how much of our information migrates to web or CD-Rom based formats our
assistance continues to be needed in learning how to access and apply the knowledge
Thanks once again to every librarian who participated Keep your eyes open for the next
survey in 2004
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 22
SEEN ON THE WEB
gt -----Original Message-----gt From CHLAABSC gt Sent 2003 December 18 gt To tracyhavlincvihrbccagt Subject ImportantInformation on the next issue ofBMC
ldquoStarting volume 25 issue 1the JCHLAJABSC (Journalof the Canadian HealthLibraries AssociationJournal de lAssociation desbibliothegraveques de la santeacute duCanada) will be available inan electronic only (PDF)format
You can access the Journalin two ways either throughthe publisher NRC ResearchPress under AffiliatedJournals lthttppubsnrc-cnrcgccagt or through the associationwebsite lthttpwwwchla-absccagt
ldquo
NOTES FROM THE AFTERLIFE
RETIREMENT IT TAKES GETTING USED TO
David No ble retired as Chief Librarian at the BC Cancer Agency in 2002
I know its hard to believe but being retired does take getting used to
For the first few months you feel you are on vacation your mind cant fully accept the fact
that after 46 years of summer and career jobs through the years this is it You are now
retired Your m ind is sort of in a state of shock which only time will cure
After the vacation stage comes the guilt stage where you feel a little guilty that you are no
longer nose to the grindstone You hear from colleagues of developm ents since youve left
work but its no longer your concern and many of your long-time friends are still working
hence the guilty twinge For me the tiny feeling of guilt lasted 2 or 3 months until my mind
accepted the fact that I really did deserve to be retired after working a fifty five hour week
for 26 years
Then comes the Its time I started doing a ll those things I have put off until retirement
stage Youve sort of taken it easy added a few pounds even watched a little daytime TV
until you are thoroughly sick of it and now are ready for some self improvement You sign up
for courses have your piano tuned haul out your old water colour set and old Chopin
preludes build an improved sea wall do some landscaping of the yard and painting of the
house and generally get more organized and productive There is time also to improve your
golf pitch and chip shots It seemed I had to go through the vacation stage and the guiltnon-
productive stages to feel thoroughly ready for the self improvement stage and really get
down to the true retirem ent stage The true retirement stage is when you have little tim e it
seem s to laze about as your calendar is fully booked w ith all your activities just like before
you retired except its on your own terms
No complaints this true retirement stage is the fun part and how wonderful it is for us to be
free of the daily work grind even though I was one of the lucky ones as I really loved my job
I think we librarians are truly fortunate to be doing what we do We tend to get thanked a lot
for our services and its interesting to boot We may not get paid as much as we like but our
occupation is supposed to be second from the top on the list of best occupations in terms
of job satisfaction That makes up for a lot
This is my sense of experience since my retirement Yours will be different but then again
may be a little s imilar It does take time to get used to
I send my best wishes to you all Drop in and see us here in Qualicum Beach next time youre
passing by
David
_____________________________________________________________________
Notes From The A fterlife is a continuing feature We welcome your ideas Phone
ElsieWollaston at (604) 684-3036 fax (604) 685-9335 or e-mail elbruijninterchangeubcca
Page 23HLABC FORUM
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- Page 2
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HLABC FORUM Page 19
SEEN ON THE WEB
FROM David S Crawford
TO CANM EDLIB
Subject
Margaret Charlton
Date sent
Tue 2 Sep 2003
Dear Colleagues
It gives me great pleasureto announce that theCanadian government hasjustdesignated Margaret RidleyCharlton as a person ofnational significanceMiss Charlton was the firstreal librarian at theMcGill University Medical(now Health Sciences)Library (1895-1914) Shewas also one of thefounders of the MedicalLibrary Association(1898) with Osler andGould
The proposal wassupported by the CHLAand the ACMC - though ittook such a long time thatPatrick (who was CHLAPresident at the time) maynot remember
Further information isavailable athttpwwwhealthlibrarymcgillcaoslercharltonindexhtm
CheersDavid S Crawford FCLIPEmeritus Librarian McGillUniversity
WEB SURVEY END USER EDUCATION
Report by Krista Clem ent
I hope you find these quick snapshots of how we all practice both inspiring and reassuring -
oh and maybe spark a debate or two We had 24 respondents this time up from 16 on
the first survey All were HLABC mem bers (the website is not closed to non-mem bers)
More than half of us do end-user training less than once per week 62 Only 17 do such
training three or more times per week I didnrsquot include ldquoneverrdquo as an option (oops) and
nobody wrote it in so I guess we are all doing something
I admit to being surprised at the high level of formal instruction we do I was also surprised
that none of those responding are teaching courses or course components with a graded
component I thought maybe some of the academic wing m ight
Searching databases and answering questions may be thought of as ldquoreal librarianshiprdquo
along with cataloguing and collection development However sober second thought made
me agree with the majority of you that in the long term teaching our patrons to use
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 20
information and tools to access it is also essential By increasing our users abilities we free them and we also free up our
own time for other things like tricky reference
HLABC FORUM Page 21
On the other hand as Ruth Rochlin points out in her art icle (this issue) training can consume
your time Nearly a third of you would not give instruction too high a priority lest it displace
other work Debate anyone
You may want to spend a few minutes contemplating question 5 - a sneaky omnibus number
which is really 9 separate questions
Highlights The most frequent sort of training is certainly searching journal indices (you know
Medline etc) The next most common topics are ldquocirculationrdquo and ldquoother high level info
skillsrdquo - by which I hoped to capture something more than the location of the restrooms
Circulation is also the most likely not to be offered at all I suspect that the split reflects a
difference in our libraries - perhaps larger versus smaller the type of circulation system or
policy or even the presence of regular circ staff The use of computer hardware and non-
computer equipment is also thankfully not a large part of our instructional duties
Looking at the middle columns we do steady training about the Internet and other software
No matter how much of our information migrates to web or CD-Rom based formats our
assistance continues to be needed in learning how to access and apply the knowledge
Thanks once again to every librarian who participated Keep your eyes open for the next
survey in 2004
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 22
SEEN ON THE WEB
gt -----Original Message-----gt From CHLAABSC gt Sent 2003 December 18 gt To tracyhavlincvihrbccagt Subject ImportantInformation on the next issue ofBMC
ldquoStarting volume 25 issue 1the JCHLAJABSC (Journalof the Canadian HealthLibraries AssociationJournal de lAssociation desbibliothegraveques de la santeacute duCanada) will be available inan electronic only (PDF)format
You can access the Journalin two ways either throughthe publisher NRC ResearchPress under AffiliatedJournals lthttppubsnrc-cnrcgccagt or through the associationwebsite lthttpwwwchla-absccagt
ldquo
NOTES FROM THE AFTERLIFE
RETIREMENT IT TAKES GETTING USED TO
David No ble retired as Chief Librarian at the BC Cancer Agency in 2002
I know its hard to believe but being retired does take getting used to
For the first few months you feel you are on vacation your mind cant fully accept the fact
that after 46 years of summer and career jobs through the years this is it You are now
retired Your m ind is sort of in a state of shock which only time will cure
After the vacation stage comes the guilt stage where you feel a little guilty that you are no
longer nose to the grindstone You hear from colleagues of developm ents since youve left
work but its no longer your concern and many of your long-time friends are still working
hence the guilty twinge For me the tiny feeling of guilt lasted 2 or 3 months until my mind
accepted the fact that I really did deserve to be retired after working a fifty five hour week
for 26 years
Then comes the Its time I started doing a ll those things I have put off until retirement
stage Youve sort of taken it easy added a few pounds even watched a little daytime TV
until you are thoroughly sick of it and now are ready for some self improvement You sign up
for courses have your piano tuned haul out your old water colour set and old Chopin
preludes build an improved sea wall do some landscaping of the yard and painting of the
house and generally get more organized and productive There is time also to improve your
golf pitch and chip shots It seemed I had to go through the vacation stage and the guiltnon-
productive stages to feel thoroughly ready for the self improvement stage and really get
down to the true retirem ent stage The true retirement stage is when you have little tim e it
seem s to laze about as your calendar is fully booked w ith all your activities just like before
you retired except its on your own terms
No complaints this true retirement stage is the fun part and how wonderful it is for us to be
free of the daily work grind even though I was one of the lucky ones as I really loved my job
I think we librarians are truly fortunate to be doing what we do We tend to get thanked a lot
for our services and its interesting to boot We may not get paid as much as we like but our
occupation is supposed to be second from the top on the list of best occupations in terms
of job satisfaction That makes up for a lot
This is my sense of experience since my retirement Yours will be different but then again
may be a little s imilar It does take time to get used to
I send my best wishes to you all Drop in and see us here in Qualicum Beach next time youre
passing by
David
_____________________________________________________________________
Notes From The A fterlife is a continuing feature We welcome your ideas Phone
ElsieWollaston at (604) 684-3036 fax (604) 685-9335 or e-mail elbruijninterchangeubcca
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information and tools to access it is also essential By increasing our users abilities we free them and we also free up our
own time for other things like tricky reference
HLABC FORUM Page 21
On the other hand as Ruth Rochlin points out in her art icle (this issue) training can consume
your time Nearly a third of you would not give instruction too high a priority lest it displace
other work Debate anyone
You may want to spend a few minutes contemplating question 5 - a sneaky omnibus number
which is really 9 separate questions
Highlights The most frequent sort of training is certainly searching journal indices (you know
Medline etc) The next most common topics are ldquocirculationrdquo and ldquoother high level info
skillsrdquo - by which I hoped to capture something more than the location of the restrooms
Circulation is also the most likely not to be offered at all I suspect that the split reflects a
difference in our libraries - perhaps larger versus smaller the type of circulation system or
policy or even the presence of regular circ staff The use of computer hardware and non-
computer equipment is also thankfully not a large part of our instructional duties
Looking at the middle columns we do steady training about the Internet and other software
No matter how much of our information migrates to web or CD-Rom based formats our
assistance continues to be needed in learning how to access and apply the knowledge
Thanks once again to every librarian who participated Keep your eyes open for the next
survey in 2004
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 22
SEEN ON THE WEB
gt -----Original Message-----gt From CHLAABSC gt Sent 2003 December 18 gt To tracyhavlincvihrbccagt Subject ImportantInformation on the next issue ofBMC
ldquoStarting volume 25 issue 1the JCHLAJABSC (Journalof the Canadian HealthLibraries AssociationJournal de lAssociation desbibliothegraveques de la santeacute duCanada) will be available inan electronic only (PDF)format
You can access the Journalin two ways either throughthe publisher NRC ResearchPress under AffiliatedJournals lthttppubsnrc-cnrcgccagt or through the associationwebsite lthttpwwwchla-absccagt
ldquo
NOTES FROM THE AFTERLIFE
RETIREMENT IT TAKES GETTING USED TO
David No ble retired as Chief Librarian at the BC Cancer Agency in 2002
I know its hard to believe but being retired does take getting used to
For the first few months you feel you are on vacation your mind cant fully accept the fact
that after 46 years of summer and career jobs through the years this is it You are now
retired Your m ind is sort of in a state of shock which only time will cure
After the vacation stage comes the guilt stage where you feel a little guilty that you are no
longer nose to the grindstone You hear from colleagues of developm ents since youve left
work but its no longer your concern and many of your long-time friends are still working
hence the guilty twinge For me the tiny feeling of guilt lasted 2 or 3 months until my mind
accepted the fact that I really did deserve to be retired after working a fifty five hour week
for 26 years
Then comes the Its time I started doing a ll those things I have put off until retirement
stage Youve sort of taken it easy added a few pounds even watched a little daytime TV
until you are thoroughly sick of it and now are ready for some self improvement You sign up
for courses have your piano tuned haul out your old water colour set and old Chopin
preludes build an improved sea wall do some landscaping of the yard and painting of the
house and generally get more organized and productive There is time also to improve your
golf pitch and chip shots It seemed I had to go through the vacation stage and the guiltnon-
productive stages to feel thoroughly ready for the self improvement stage and really get
down to the true retirem ent stage The true retirement stage is when you have little tim e it
seem s to laze about as your calendar is fully booked w ith all your activities just like before
you retired except its on your own terms
No complaints this true retirement stage is the fun part and how wonderful it is for us to be
free of the daily work grind even though I was one of the lucky ones as I really loved my job
I think we librarians are truly fortunate to be doing what we do We tend to get thanked a lot
for our services and its interesting to boot We may not get paid as much as we like but our
occupation is supposed to be second from the top on the list of best occupations in terms
of job satisfaction That makes up for a lot
This is my sense of experience since my retirement Yours will be different but then again
may be a little s imilar It does take time to get used to
I send my best wishes to you all Drop in and see us here in Qualicum Beach next time youre
passing by
David
_____________________________________________________________________
Notes From The A fterlife is a continuing feature We welcome your ideas Phone
ElsieWollaston at (604) 684-3036 fax (604) 685-9335 or e-mail elbruijninterchangeubcca
Page 23HLABC FORUM
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On the other hand as Ruth Rochlin points out in her art icle (this issue) training can consume
your time Nearly a third of you would not give instruction too high a priority lest it displace
other work Debate anyone
You may want to spend a few minutes contemplating question 5 - a sneaky omnibus number
which is really 9 separate questions
Highlights The most frequent sort of training is certainly searching journal indices (you know
Medline etc) The next most common topics are ldquocirculationrdquo and ldquoother high level info
skillsrdquo - by which I hoped to capture something more than the location of the restrooms
Circulation is also the most likely not to be offered at all I suspect that the split reflects a
difference in our libraries - perhaps larger versus smaller the type of circulation system or
policy or even the presence of regular circ staff The use of computer hardware and non-
computer equipment is also thankfully not a large part of our instructional duties
Looking at the middle columns we do steady training about the Internet and other software
No matter how much of our information migrates to web or CD-Rom based formats our
assistance continues to be needed in learning how to access and apply the knowledge
Thanks once again to every librarian who participated Keep your eyes open for the next
survey in 2004
VOLUME 27 ISSUE 2 Page 22
SEEN ON THE WEB
gt -----Original Message-----gt From CHLAABSC gt Sent 2003 December 18 gt To tracyhavlincvihrbccagt Subject ImportantInformation on the next issue ofBMC
ldquoStarting volume 25 issue 1the JCHLAJABSC (Journalof the Canadian HealthLibraries AssociationJournal de lAssociation desbibliothegraveques de la santeacute duCanada) will be available inan electronic only (PDF)format
You can access the Journalin two ways either throughthe publisher NRC ResearchPress under AffiliatedJournals lthttppubsnrc-cnrcgccagt or through the associationwebsite lthttpwwwchla-absccagt
ldquo
NOTES FROM THE AFTERLIFE
RETIREMENT IT TAKES GETTING USED TO
David No ble retired as Chief Librarian at the BC Cancer Agency in 2002
I know its hard to believe but being retired does take getting used to
For the first few months you feel you are on vacation your mind cant fully accept the fact
that after 46 years of summer and career jobs through the years this is it You are now
retired Your m ind is sort of in a state of shock which only time will cure
After the vacation stage comes the guilt stage where you feel a little guilty that you are no
longer nose to the grindstone You hear from colleagues of developm ents since youve left
work but its no longer your concern and many of your long-time friends are still working
hence the guilty twinge For me the tiny feeling of guilt lasted 2 or 3 months until my mind
accepted the fact that I really did deserve to be retired after working a fifty five hour week
for 26 years
Then comes the Its time I started doing a ll those things I have put off until retirement
stage Youve sort of taken it easy added a few pounds even watched a little daytime TV
until you are thoroughly sick of it and now are ready for some self improvement You sign up
for courses have your piano tuned haul out your old water colour set and old Chopin
preludes build an improved sea wall do some landscaping of the yard and painting of the
house and generally get more organized and productive There is time also to improve your
golf pitch and chip shots It seemed I had to go through the vacation stage and the guiltnon-
productive stages to feel thoroughly ready for the self improvement stage and really get
down to the true retirem ent stage The true retirement stage is when you have little tim e it
seem s to laze about as your calendar is fully booked w ith all your activities just like before
you retired except its on your own terms
No complaints this true retirement stage is the fun part and how wonderful it is for us to be
free of the daily work grind even though I was one of the lucky ones as I really loved my job
I think we librarians are truly fortunate to be doing what we do We tend to get thanked a lot
for our services and its interesting to boot We may not get paid as much as we like but our
occupation is supposed to be second from the top on the list of best occupations in terms
of job satisfaction That makes up for a lot
This is my sense of experience since my retirement Yours will be different but then again
may be a little s imilar It does take time to get used to
I send my best wishes to you all Drop in and see us here in Qualicum Beach next time youre
passing by
David
_____________________________________________________________________
Notes From The A fterlife is a continuing feature We welcome your ideas Phone
ElsieWollaston at (604) 684-3036 fax (604) 685-9335 or e-mail elbruijninterchangeubcca
Page 23HLABC FORUM
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SEEN ON THE WEB
gt -----Original Message-----gt From CHLAABSC gt Sent 2003 December 18 gt To tracyhavlincvihrbccagt Subject ImportantInformation on the next issue ofBMC
ldquoStarting volume 25 issue 1the JCHLAJABSC (Journalof the Canadian HealthLibraries AssociationJournal de lAssociation desbibliothegraveques de la santeacute duCanada) will be available inan electronic only (PDF)format
You can access the Journalin two ways either throughthe publisher NRC ResearchPress under AffiliatedJournals lthttppubsnrc-cnrcgccagt or through the associationwebsite lthttpwwwchla-absccagt
ldquo
NOTES FROM THE AFTERLIFE
RETIREMENT IT TAKES GETTING USED TO
David No ble retired as Chief Librarian at the BC Cancer Agency in 2002
I know its hard to believe but being retired does take getting used to
For the first few months you feel you are on vacation your mind cant fully accept the fact
that after 46 years of summer and career jobs through the years this is it You are now
retired Your m ind is sort of in a state of shock which only time will cure
After the vacation stage comes the guilt stage where you feel a little guilty that you are no
longer nose to the grindstone You hear from colleagues of developm ents since youve left
work but its no longer your concern and many of your long-time friends are still working
hence the guilty twinge For me the tiny feeling of guilt lasted 2 or 3 months until my mind
accepted the fact that I really did deserve to be retired after working a fifty five hour week
for 26 years
Then comes the Its time I started doing a ll those things I have put off until retirement
stage Youve sort of taken it easy added a few pounds even watched a little daytime TV
until you are thoroughly sick of it and now are ready for some self improvement You sign up
for courses have your piano tuned haul out your old water colour set and old Chopin
preludes build an improved sea wall do some landscaping of the yard and painting of the
house and generally get more organized and productive There is time also to improve your
golf pitch and chip shots It seemed I had to go through the vacation stage and the guiltnon-
productive stages to feel thoroughly ready for the self improvement stage and really get
down to the true retirem ent stage The true retirement stage is when you have little tim e it
seem s to laze about as your calendar is fully booked w ith all your activities just like before
you retired except its on your own terms
No complaints this true retirement stage is the fun part and how wonderful it is for us to be
free of the daily work grind even though I was one of the lucky ones as I really loved my job
I think we librarians are truly fortunate to be doing what we do We tend to get thanked a lot
for our services and its interesting to boot We may not get paid as much as we like but our
occupation is supposed to be second from the top on the list of best occupations in terms
of job satisfaction That makes up for a lot
This is my sense of experience since my retirement Yours will be different but then again
may be a little s imilar It does take time to get used to
I send my best wishes to you all Drop in and see us here in Qualicum Beach next time youre
passing by
David
_____________________________________________________________________
Notes From The A fterlife is a continuing feature We welcome your ideas Phone
ElsieWollaston at (604) 684-3036 fax (604) 685-9335 or e-mail elbruijninterchangeubcca
Page 23HLABC FORUM
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