SOUTH CENTRAL Region 5 01-NOV JAN-15 Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library HHS-N C RML Quarterly Report Date

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1 SOUTH CETRAL Region 5 01-OV JA-15 Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library HHS C RML Quarterly Report Date Submitted: 05-APR-2015

2 Table of Contents Executive Summary... 3 etwork Infrastructure... 4 Regional Advisory Committee (RAC) activities... 4 Evidence Based Health... 4 Assessment and evaluation activities/data... 4 Outreach... 5 Update of ongoing major projects (funded at >= $15,000)... 5 Information Technology and Transfer... 6 Other staff activities... 7 Attachment 1 Quarterly AR summary data: RML staff activities.. 9 Attachment 2 Quarterly AR summary data: RML staff activities.. 10 Attachment 3 /LM Project Reports... 11

3 Executive Summary On ovember 19 the we hosted a discussion on makerspaces by Tara Tadniecki, Engineering Librarian at the University of evada, Reno s DeLaMare Science & Engineering Library entitled Making & Innovating in Libraries: Thoughts from the Front Lines. The discussion was part of the /LM SCR s monthly webinar series SCR COECTions. Technology Coordinator Emily Hurst resigned her position October 2 to take a reference manager job at another health sciences library. Her last day was December 5. ovember 24, 2014 was Michelle Malizia s last day as the Associate Director of the /LM SCR and member of The Texas Medical Center Library staff. TMC Library Chief Operating Officer, Owen Ellard was appointed interim Associate Director. Consumer Health Coordinator Cheryl Rowan resigned December 15. Her Last day was January 15. TMC Library Liaison Adela Justice was appointed to serve as Consumer Health Coordinator in late December. Adela has the Medical Library Association Consumer Health specialization. Jon Goodell was appointed to Associate Director January 26, His previous role was Head of Information Systems and Library Computing at the TMC Library. On January 28 we submitted our option year 4 budget request. Outreach and Evaluation Coordinator Karen Vargas resigned January 23 to take a position at the /LM Outreach Evaluation Resource Center. Her last day was January 30. Lindsy Frazer, MLIS, MS, PhD, will join us in mid-february as our new Outreach and Evaluation Coordinator.

4 etwork Infrastructure Regional Advisory Committee (RAC) activities Our region funds the LM/AAHSL Leadership Fellows Program as a subcontract using LM /LM contract money. We received the corresponding reports this quarter. Consumer Health Coordinator Cheryl Rowan organized a new School Library Advisory Committee, consisting of K-12 school librarians from each state of the South Central Region. Plans have been made to bring these librarians to Houston for an in-person meeting on February 20, Evidence Based Health Outreach and Evaluation Coordinator Karen Vargas gave an SCR COECtions webinar on the ational Library of Medicine's environmental health resources Assessment and evaluation activities/data In January we began a systematic program review of all activities and services performed since the beginning of the funding cycle. This process is an essential step toward preparation for the funding cycle. Associate Director Jon Goodell holds weekly program review planning meetings with The TMC Library s Planning & Assessment Coordinator Ashlynn Kogut and Chief Operating Officer Owen Ellard as well as /LM SCR staff. We are continuously identifying ways to improve services in support of the /LM mission and those living and working in the South Central Region.

5 Outreach TABLE 1. All newly funded awards and projects Title Lead Organization City/State Professional Development UT Southwestern Medical Dallas, TX Award - Higa Center Professional Development Award - Caton University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Library Little Rock, AR Update of ongoing major projects (funded at >= $15,000) Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and Libraries continued this year s Outreach Project, Push4Health, with several professional exhibits and health fairs and with classes for school and hospital nurses and others. The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston continued this year s Outreach Project, Reaching Out to Galveston and Brazoria Counties. The Texas Medical Center Library continued this year s Outreach Project, Empowering Consumers and Public Librarians , by training and exhibiting. The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio continued this year s Outreach Project, Focus on Health Information Literacy: Impact of ACA. Texas A&M University is engaged with their current Outreach Award, Veterinary and One Health Outreach in Central Texas. Promovision Capacity Building Assistance Project is an Electronic Consumer Health Outreach Award with the Alliance for Border Collaboratives in El Paso, TX. Work toward completion of this award continues to be accomplished. TABLE 2. Presentations and training provided by RML staff Activity ame County/State Estimated # of Participants Activity Conducted Remotely Geeks Bearing Gifts: Orleans Parish, LA 11 unwrapping new technology trends ew Orleans Information Anywhere: Orleans Parish, LA 7 Mobile Technology, Libraries and mhealth ew Orleans CSI: Lessons from Harry Dallas, TX 33 Potter, Frankenstein ToxWorld: Free Harris, TX 12 Y Environmental Science Resources for Tribal College Libraries, Tribal Libraries Tablets and ereaders: Information at Your Fingertips Oklahoma, OK 9

6 Building Blocks of Website Usability: Making Content Easy to Find and Accessible Building Blocks of Website Usability: Making Content Easy to Find and Accessible Oklahoma, OK 7 Oklahoma, OK 16 Information Technology and Transfer

7 Other staff activities TABLE 3. Classes, Publications and resources developed by RML staff Title Medium Submitted to MLA Educational Clearinghouse ew Version of Chemical Blog post Hazards Emergency Medical Management (CHEMM) Available A Look Back at Internet Blog post Librarian 2014 Draw a Chemical Structure with Blog post LM ChemIDplus! Cloud Computing Security Blog post Comparing Wearables Blog post Updates and Important Dates Blog post Related to the Affordable Care Act December Issue of IH ews in Blog post Health ow Available Teleconference on ew Funding Blog post Mechanism for RML Award Cycle ovember Issue of IH ews in Blog post Health ow Available IH Director s Statement on Dr. Lindberg s Retirement Blog post October 20, 2014: aomi attended the quarterly TC4C teleconference ovember 1, 2014: Cheryl represented the /LM at the University of orth Texas SLIS All-School Day for Houston area students, held at the University of Houston MD Anderson Library ovember 16-19, 2014: aomi attended the American Public Health Association Conference in ew Orleans, LA ovember 19-22,2014: Cheryl served as the lead for the /LM SCR s exhibit at the Science Teachers Association of Texas Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching, held in Dallas, TX. She also gave a presentation during the conference entitled, CSI: Lessons from Harry Potter, Frankenstein, and the Blow Fly. January 13, 2015: Cheryl provided a webinar with Karen Vargas on, ToxWorld: Free Environmental Science Resources for Tribal College Libraries, Tribal Libraries, and American Indian Studies Program, targeted particularly to tribal colleges in the SCR and US as a whole January 30, 2015 February 2, 2015: aomi attended the American Library Midwinter Conference in Chicago, IL Cheryl continues to keep up-to-date and provide information as appropriate to the Region on the Affordable Care Act and the next Open Enrollment Period for the Health Insurance Marketplace which began on ovember 15, 2014 and continues through February 15, As part of this initiative, Cheryl served as host for a webinar provided

8 by CMS on ovember 18th using SCR s Adobe Connect meeting to inform etwork members about recent updates with the ACA and Enrollment Period. Ongoing: aomi contributed twice a month to the Bringing Health Information to the Community (BHIC) blog through December Ongoing: aomi began attending the monthly Web-STOC meetings this quarter. We hosted the ative Voices exhibit from the LM at the Texas Medical Center Library. ative Voices: ative Peoples Concepts of Health and Illness explores the interconnectedness of wellness, illness, and cultural life for ative Americans, Alaska atives, and ative Hawaiians. Visitors will discover how ative concepts of health and illness are closely tied to the concepts of community, spirit, and the land.

9 Attachment 1: Quarterly AR summary data: RML staff activities

10 Attachment 2: Quarterly AR summary data: Subcontractor activities

11 Attachment 3 - /LM Project Reports List of Project Quarterly Reports for this period: Report Institution ame Project Title ID 1137 UM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center Good Information for Good Health: Online Continuing Education for ew Mexico Health Professionals 1160 Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge Finding Health Information in a Digital World 1187 University of Oklahoma - Tulsa HIL: Social Work Students and Health Literacy Interventions in a Clinic Library 1188 LSU Health Shreveport HIL: Health Literacy with Comics Health Sciences Library 1195 The TMC Library RL Yr 4: HAM-TMC: Empowering Consumers and Public Librarians Univ. of TX Med. Branch- Moody Medical Library 1204 LSU Health Sciences Center - ew Orleans RL Yr 4 UTMB: Outreach Proposal : Reaching Out to Galveston and Brazoria Counties OY3 RL Outreach LA: Connecting LM With Community Colleges and Allied Health Professionals RL Yr 4 UTSW: Building Partnerships for Community Health: UT Southwestern Medical Library 1216 LSU Health Shreveport OY3 RL Outreach LA: Making Online Health and Insurance Resources Easy to Access 1230 Scott & White Healthcare Moulage 3-D Digitization and Preservation Project 1234 University of orth Texas Health Science Center 1235 University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 1237 Oklahoma State Univ Center for Health Sciences 1240 UM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center 1247 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center 1290 U of Arkansas for Medical Sciences RL Yr 4 UTHSC: Reaching Hispanic and Rural Communities: Fostering Health Literacy Among Underserved Populations RL Yr 4 UTHSCSA: Focus on Health Information Literacy: Impact of ACA RL OSU Yr4: Serving Health Information eeds of Various Underserved Target Groups in ortheast Oklahoma RL Yr 4: UMHSLIC: Collaborating to Improve Health Information Access Throughout ew Mexico RL Yr 4 TTUHSC: Push4Health RL Yr 4 UAMS: Promoting LM Resources to Arkansas Providers, Consumers, Libraries and Science Teachers List of Final Project reports for this period: Report ID Institution ame Project Title