Volume 1/October 2018
Hospital Library Services Program Newsletter
Welcome to the first of our newsletters for hospital library staff in our Hospital Library Services Program. We hope you find the information helpful and informative. Let us know of any events you are involved in, that we may share with other members!
Celebrate National Medical Librarians/Liaisons/Staff Month!
Celebrate National Medical Library Month this October and throughout the year, reminding your patrons that their medical librarian/liaison/staff are THE people to see when looking to "get reliable, trustworthy health information".

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The Value of the Work you do!
Medical Library Staff positively influence clinical decisions, improve quality of care, and help prevent adverse events in patient care:

  • by providing information that helps prevent and reduce adverse events.
  • by helping clinicians to deliver more rational, evidence-based care.
  • by improving the quality of research.
  • by helping to reduce health care costs.

Medical library staff are recognized experts in the field of health information and library services. They are highly educated and skilled experts in finding, evaluating, synthesizing, and delivering authoritative health information. Librarians are integral partners in improving health, education, and research outcomes.

DOCLINE 6.0 Preview Comin g!
For those of you directly using DOCLINE for Interlibrary Loan/Resource Sharing, here is information on the upcoming 6.0 implementation:
The preview period for the newly redesigned DOCLINE 6.0 will begin in November: 
  • During the preview please confirm your login and connection to your library. In order to provide support to each library that needs it, there will be phased login testing over multiple weeks. 
  • You will receive an email when your individual preview period begins. The existing system will be available until DOCLINE 6.0 is ready for borrowing and lending.
If you have any questions, please refer to the  documentation . If you do not currently use DOCLINE but feel it may be of interest to you, please email Molly Brown for information .
In other news of interest...
Remembering the ‘Mother of All Pandemics,’ 100 Years Later
A century after its onset, historians remember the 1918 Spanish flu as the “ mother of all pandemics .” In the months after the first wave, it went on to kill an estimated 50 million to 100 million people worldwide. That surpasses the 20 million deaths reported during World War I, which was just coming to an end, and the 35 million HIV-related deaths over the last 40 years. It remains one of the most overlooked medical events in history, though its lessons still inform how public health crises are handled today.

7 States Now Report Obesity at or Above 35%
The CDC released new data on self-reported adult obesity prevalence for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico. The  2017 Adult Obesity Prevalence Maps  show that adult obesity prevalence across the country remains high and differs by race, ethnicity, and education.
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