It's Free - Become a Network Member!

The National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) has two categories of Network membership; Full and Affiliate member. Both are able to take advantage of the many benefits the NN/LM has to offer.

If you value having access to a wealth of resources and people along with access to tools that help keep you up to date on health information and health information access, consider having your organization become a Network member!

Benefits of BEING a Network Member

Network members receive a variety of benefits and services, including:

• Eligibility for funding for health information access projects.
• Access to a variety of training opportunities for librarians, health professionals, and consumers.
• The opportunity to partner with other health sciences libraries or health-related information centers.
• Access to DOCLINE®, the interlibrary loan system used by health sciences libraries (Full members only).
• The opportunity to provide input on regional NN/LM programs and services.
• Access to the latest health related news and information.
• A certificate recognizing your institution's NN/LM membership.

Network Member Requirements

Membership in the National Network of Libraries of Medicine is free but there are conditions to participate! Each NN/LM member institution, regardless of category, must agree to make basic contributions as follows:

1. To designate at least one local contact from the Network member institution to receive communiques from the NN/LM MCR (e.g. telephone calls, mail, direct email, the MCR-MCMLA listserv, etc.).
2. To be listed in the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Membership Directory.
3. To provide basic information on collections and services to NLM and RML by updating their DOCLINE Institutional record on a yearly basis.

Full Network Member Requirements

This category of membership is open to any health sciences library or health related information center that:

1. Is regularly staffed. Checking DOCLINE requests being sent to your library or information resource center daily (Monday-Friday) is required.
2. Has at least one local contact from the Network member institution to receive communiques from the NN/LM MCR (e.g., telephone calls, mail, direct email, the MCR/MCMLA listserv, etc.).
3. Has access to the Internet.
4. Has its own lendable collection of health sciences materials such as current biomedical journals, books, audiovisuals, and/or electronic databases.
5. Provides information services, including collection sharing through the DOCLINE® system* and provides information services to health professionals and/or the general public (e.g., answering or referring reference questions and performing information searches).

*Reciprocal borrowing though the DOCLINE® system is a key responsibility for Full Network members of the NN/LM MCR. Other responsibilities can be found in the NN/LM Resource Sharing Plan.

In order to maintain access to DOCLINE and maintain Full Network membership institutions must:

1. Have a minimum of 25 current biomedical journals that are accurately reflected in their Serial Holdings records and can be loaned to other Network members using DOCLINE®.
2. Promptly respond to DOCLINE® requests based on the time-triggered schedule from the requesting Network member.
3. Be lenders as well as borrowers and maintain a 75% or greater fill rate for loans requested of them.
4. Notify the NN/LM MCR when the Network member institution will be unable to respond to DOCLINE® requests for more than two consecutive days by requesting a temporary hold on their DOCLINE® account.
5. Maintain accurate Serial Holdings in the DOCLINE® System annually.
6. Maintain accurate Routing Tables in the DOCLINE® System annually.
7. Maintain accurate Institutional Record information in the DOCLINE® System annually.

Full Network Members are strongly encouraged to:

1. Provide at least one representative to participate/monitor the DOCLINE® Listserv.
2. Provide Loansome Doc service to their users and to unaffiliated healthcare professionals.
3. Use EFTS (Electronic Funds Transfer System) for DOCLINE® billing and payments.
4. Support Borrow Only Participants by becoming a Borrow Only Provider.

Affiliate Network Member Requirements

Affiliate Network membership is open to libraries or information resource centers providing health information services to its users but do not meet all the criteria of Full Network membership. Each Affiliate Network member is required to have at least one local contact from the Network member institution to receive communiques from the NN/LM MCR (e.g. telephone calls, mail, direct email, the MCR/MCMLA listserv, etc.).

Apply for Membership

Applying for Network membership is easy and takes only a few steps:

Step 1: Make sure you understand the responsibilities of the membership category you are applying for.

Step 2: Click here fill out your application and agreement form.

Step 3: Once your application and agreement form has been submitted, you will be contacted by your state coordinator to verify your membership acceptance. Find your State Coordinator

We look forward to working with you!

If you have questions or need additional information about Network membership, contact your state coordinator by calling 1-800-338-7657 or click on the state for the State coordinator you wish to contact.

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