The East Central Illinois Consortium met on February 27, 2015 at the Mills Breast Cancer Institute, Urbana, IL. Members present were Miranda Shake, consortium coordinator, Lakeview College of Nursing, Frances Drone-Silvers, host, Carle Foundation Hospital Library, Scott Drone-Silvers, Lake Land College, JJ Pionke, Social Sciences, Health, and Education Library (SSHEL) UIUC, Sarah Isaacs, Illinois Early…
Month: March 2015
Medical Heritage Library: Great Archival resource You’ve Likely Never Heard of
Sometimes massive digitization projects happen and it takes a while to notice. Virginia just tipped off Stacey to the existence of the Medical Heritage Library, http://www.medicalheritage.org/. Founded in 2010, the MHL has quietly grown on Archive.org to contain over 76,000 items, 3,000 of which are volumes out-of-copyright historical American medical journals published from 1797 to 1923. Unlike the…
“Hospital Libraries: Challenges and Opportunities” Webinar
The recording for this webinar is now available. During the question-and-answer session, the issue of increasing a medical or hospital library’s visibility among physicians, beyond having library staff serve on institutional committees, was raised. Attendees suggested the following approaches. -Ask physicians what their specific research needs are; particularly if an evidence-based approach is necessary, an “evidence-based toolkit”…
NN/LM (MAR) Symposium on the Affordable Care Act
For anyone who might be interested, the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region, will be holding a symposium on the role that libraries of all types (medical and hospital, public, and academic) can play in promoting awareness of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The full-day event, titled “The Affordable Care…
Impact of Proposed Cuts to Illinois Medicaid
The Governor’s proposed budget, which is intended to overcome a projected $6 billion budget deficit for FY 2016 (on top of a $1.6 billion deficit for the current fiscal year), includes $1.5 billion in cuts to Medicaid, making the program one of the main targets of the Governor’s cost-cutting efforts. The program currently covers more…
Update to Legislative Alert for Illinois HB2689 (Mandatory Filters)
Two weeks ago, House Bill 2689–the Internet Screening in Public Libraries Act–was introduced in the Illinois General Assembly. The Act would require that all public libraries in the state put into place a “technology protection measure”, such as a filter, that would prevent library users from viewing material that could be construed as obscene or…