Advisory Committees
Public Library Advisory Committee
The NN/LM SCR recognizes the crucial role public librarians play in assisting the public in locating health information. The Public Library Council will assist the NN/LM SCR in enhancing its health information programming for public libraries, in particular with regard to:
- Training topics and methods
- Improvements to funding opportunities offered by the NN/LM SCR
- Collaboration possibilities between public librarians and hospitals, health science libraries, emergency responders, and health-related community-based organizations
- Support of public libraries’ technology needs to improve access to online health information
Hospital Library Advisory Committee
The Hospital Library Advisory Committee is comprised of 10 hospital librarians in the NN/LM SCR and meets 4 times a year. The committee will meet once in-person at the SCC/MLA Annual Meeting. The other 3 meetings will be held via web conference.
Charter
The committee will assist the NN/LM SCR in improving services to hospital librarians in the Region. It is a formal venue for networking and providing feedback on how to increase visibility of hospital libraries in the SCR. This committee will also provide guidance on potential pilot programs for the Region’s hospital libraries.
Goals
- Advise the NN/LM SCR on ways to develop and implement outreach programs to hospital libraries;
- Advise the NN/LM SCR in establishing regional priorities, policies and procedures, including the development and implementation of a regional emergency preparedness plan, and reviewing regional programs as they pertain to hospital libraries; and
- Develop plans to encourage hospital librarians to participate actively in regional and national programs affecting the delivery of health information.
