Beyond technology - the human factor: 1981 annual meeting of the Midcontinental chapter of the Medical Library Association

BEYOND TECHNOLOGY - THE HUMAN FACTOR

1981 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MIDCONTINENTAL CHAPTER OF THE MEDICAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

INTRODUCTION

On September 16-19, 1981, the Colorado Council of Medical Li­ brarians hosted the Annual Meeting of the Midcontinental Council of Medical Librarians at the Denver Hilton Hotel. Evaluations returned by conference participants indicated the success of the meeting.

The objectives of the conference were continuing education, current awareness and social interaction.

PUBLICITY-REGISTRATION

Information packets were sent to 475 potential conference atten­ dees.

Meeting information was released to local, state, regional and national newsletters.

Registration for the meeting totaled 134, of which 15 were late registrants.

PROGRAM

On Friday morning the keynote address was delivered by futurist Joel Barker, President of Infinity Limited, Inc. This proved to be an excellent choice as reflected in the extremely positive comments by attendees.

The panel discussion featured Anne Mathews (University of Denver Graduate School of Library and Information Management), Tamas Doszkocs

(NLM), Colin Mick (Decision Information Services, Ltd.), and Dick Pride (Midcontinental Regional Medical Library Program).

Friday afternoon workshops were offered, with each participant selecting two of the following l½ hour workshops to attend.

WORKSHOP INSTRUCTOR # ATTENDING

Implications Wheel Joel Barker 37

Strategy Matrix Joel Barker 40

MEDLARS III Tamas Doszkocs 21

Managing Change Anne Mathews 30

Microcomputers Colin Mick 34

Octanet Dick Pride 49

A total of 107 persons attended the first sessions� 104 attended the second sessions.

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AL A R M INSTAL LATION & - � .. re!.ume & )41MY tu�torv lo . M. will ope'l in early _{1981_ If vou are int}erview audition 431-1080 _ insura��t) Cherrv Creek area. 399·

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December in SW Denver location. xper . _{held ,n Medic}al Tr�nscnp110ms1. �ala_r v Secy ,tech. _{asst. needed for 011 co exoer1enced sak!s repre\ent}ative to l1'!(oln, 76, -7:.163 MO"l·Thuri. 9·

1--: _{AHlk:anl.s musl be dependabie and ind Aurora IOC tnttrvttw1 ••• their own tnnss>ortation. Lakewcod C111t 9'22·836l EO Call} commens. w, exper. Many benefits Msur rvpe Musi type 55 -wpm sofT\e sell h19h _technology serv,ces Mu\t be l l·JOa� Mm a oe 20, no exp Oororh" Seekell al 1·82,-94 1 1. PAP in u_eoPhvsical ctep_t stobotm_{o able 10 ,n1h}ale & manaoe a !oral _mar-nece�sory

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TRANSPORTATION PLANNER II

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No experience necessary, need hard worker

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SECRETARY

Mobil Uranium/Minerals is currently seek­

ing an experienced Secretary for our Finan• cial Analysis Department. This position requires good secretarial skills (typing and

shorthand) and administrative ability; word

processing experience is desirable.

, .. We �ffer an excellent compensation/ben­ efits package with ample opportunity for future career development. Qualified can­ didates should send resume to:

C.J. Little

MOBIL URANIUM/MINERALS P.O. Box 5444 Denver, Colorado 802 1 7

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An Eqval Opportwntfy Emplo.,..- M/f

2211 Ext. 2141 o, oPl>fy Downtown, at1,0omink!===ue,,. . .__ _____ �...,...,..1

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SECRETARY Exoerienc•d on th• 9.00. G o o 0

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corres1>0ndence for our sates division. X-RAY TECH.

i:.r:19 !?th -�xp� ... lo.'���� Hrfd«d for bus¥ pr;v. Lab. Trotngl Al>Plicatioos occePled at K o moc Str.ills • mu•l. Coll Nl_{Pain! I} -2"61, ask 1°'

Council Quotes

Bulletin of the Colorado Council of Medical Librarians

Vol. 4 no. 5 Sept. 1981

Union List u

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A ANNT Journa cont. of J. Arn. Assoc. Nephrol. Nurse Tech. AORN holds 8,198

1-ARN Journal 1,1975-5,1980 cont. as Rehabilitation Nursing AORN holds 1,1975-5,1980

Family Health Cont. as Health AORN holds 9,1977-13(6)1981

Health 13(7)1981-AORN holds 13(7), 1981

J. Arn. Assoc. Nephrol. Nurse Tech. Cont. as AANNT Journal AORN holds 6,1979-7,1980

J. Arn. Assoc. Nurse Anesth. delete all AORN holdings Lahey Clin. Found. Bull. delete all ROSE holdings

Mobius 1,1981-AORN holds 1,1981

Rehabilitation Nursing Cont. of ARN Journal-AORN holds 6,1981

-Today's Health delete all ROSE headings

Unlisted Drugs delete all ROSE holdings

July Library Statistics Survey Results. Participants are reminded to send their statistics to Helen-Ann Brown at NJH by the 9th of each month.

LIBRARY _IN OUT ACCESSION

July 81

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ANNUAL MEETING

MIDCONTINENTAL

CHAPTER OF THE

MEDICAL LIBRARY

ASSOCIATION

DENVER, COLORADO SEPTEMBER 16-19, 1981

FACILITIES

According to the hotel, only 29 persons registered at the hotel, although a check by our committee of the hotel register re­ vealed that several more people registered there, but did not use the card provided in the registration packet so we did not get

credit for it. Fortunately our contract with the hotel did not link our use of meeting rooms to registration, so we were able to use

the rooms without cost. CONTINUING EDUCATION

Three MLA CE courses and 3 non-MLA courses were held:

COURSE

Online Searching Workshop

INSTRliCTOR

Carolyn Anne Reid

NUMBER ATTENDING 35

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CE 51

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Online Search Optimization Tricia McKeown 22

CE 53 - Writing for Publication Gloria Werner 25

CE 62

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Serials Selection Cheryl Rueby 16

Systems Analysis Brigitte Kenney 25

Book Mending Dr. Frank Rogers 24

There were 112 in attendance at CE courses and 35 at the Online Searching Workshop.

HOSPITALITY

Eight companies sponsored morning and afternoon coffee breaks for all meetings, Wednesday through Saturday.

ENTERTAINMENT

Welcome reception

Wine and cheese reception and movie Buffet dinner Continental breakfast , EXHIBITS NUMBER ATTENDING 75 77 92 30

Letters were sent to 119 potential exhibitors, resulting in 17 exhibitors at $125.00 per table.

FINANCE

The program resulted in a substantial profit, although not in­ tended as a profit-making activity. The main reasons for this are probably that:

1) our planning was basea on a paid registration of 100, while in actuality there were l34; and

2} efforts to locate sponsors for events and materials were extremely successful.

After paying the $500.00 grant to MCMLA the profit will be di­ vided equally between MCMLA and CCML.

PARTICIPANT EVALUATION

51 participants returned evaluation sheets. Response was overwhelmingly positive.

NOTE:

In planning the conference we followed g�idlines set forth in:

Eapt_ �0�s.B.-a��

4

,

Th.e M�rci�

c.

Noyes

�arc,t

The Honors �nd AWqrds Committee

invites

the

�iation membership

to &ubmit nominations for the Marcia

C. Noyes Award, the highest profes­ sional distinction .given by the Medi­ cal Library A.qsociation It is awarded to a health sciences librarian whose career has resulted in lasting, out­ standing contribu\ions to the profes­ sion. The committee may recommend an award only to nominees, therefore widesprew:1 parti�ipation of the membership is encouraged. A name may be submitted in more than one year.

Marcia C. Noyes (1869-1946) was one of th'e eight founding members of the Medjcal library Association in 1898; she served for fifty years as Librarian of the Medical and Chirur­ gical Faculty of Maryland. In 1934 shfil was the first woman and the first non-physici<).n to be elected presi­ df3nt ol �he a�OCiEltion. In her meP'nory, \o demonstrate its gratitude for hf.Ir k,aderst,ip and its pride in her many contributions to the advance­ ment of the profel?5ion of medical librarianship, the a$50Ciation created, in 1947, the aWqrd which bears her name. Since its first presentation in 1949 to Eileen Cunningham, the

NQyes

Award

hq.s been made twenty

tim�s, rryost recently to Helen Vast during the 80th Annual Meeting in W�shingtpn, DC in 1980. A list of the recipient� of th� award may be found in the MLA Directory.

Names of those suggested for this honor, a,i::companied py justifying remarks, should be sent as soon as possible to: Julia G. Pfau, Chair, MLA Honors and Awards Commitee, Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences, University of Alabama in Birmingham, University Station, Birmingham, AL 3�294. Completed correspondence must reach the committee by Novem�r 1, 1981, to enable it to forward its recommendation to the

MLA Board

of

Directors in advance of

its Midwinter m�ting.

MLA l;��hange

The �xchange Committee would like to thank the 854 institutional mem­ bers who too� the time to complete the MLA Exchange List Survey last Maroh. Preliminary analysis of the survey responses indicates that a consc;>Uda�ed exchange list of all items in qne �lphabetic list is the most desired <;hange, with the provision of

* * * * *

U.S. libraries should request MLA Exchange items from non-U.S. librar­ ies only if they are able to reimburse by international postal coupon or in­ ternational money order. Institutional checks and U.& postage stamps cannot be used

Non-U.S. libraries should be aware that any U.S. library which has a part of its name or address, Army, Navy, Air Force, or Veterans Administration 0/A), is a government library and is unable to reimburse postage except by a U.S. Government franked label. This franked label can be used only in the U.S. and its possessions.

Health Sciences

Library Technicians

Report

The Health Sciences Library Tech­ nicians Committee has researched the possibility of certification by ex­ amination of health sciences librarJ technicians, and has concluded that development of a certification exam, while desirable, is not feasible at this time. This decision was based on the following findings:

1. There is no universally recognized definition of a health sciences library technician, therefore, a population for a certification program cannot be identified.

2. Development and administration

of a certification exam is costly in terms of money and time, which would be required of both the MLA staff and membership. This assertion is based on the experience of those involved in certification of medical librarians.

3. The incentives for participation in a Health Sciences Library Technician Certification Program by both health sciences library technicians and em­ ployers are not clearly defined.

These considerations outweighed the positive effects the committee perceived the potential technician certification examination to have. The committee has recommended that changes be made, by MLA member­ ship vote if necessary, in the 1974 Code for the Certification of Health Sciences Librarians and Library

Technicians to delete the provisions

related to health sciences library technicians.

The hospital library COASUltant role statement qualifications, functions/ process, and methods for document­ ing consultant visits were approved at the 1 981 pre-conference meeting of the MLA board in Montreal. This com­ pleted statement marks the comple­ tion of two years of work by an active committee comprised of hospital li­ brarians, extension (extramuraO li­ brarians, and practicing library con­ sultants. The final report which fol­ lows, reflects the many thought-out comments which the committee gratefully received following its call for interested respondents in the

MLA News, the Hospital Library Sec­

tion newsletter, and RML newsletters. Role Statement for Hospital Library Consultants

The hospital library consultant serves as advisor to the hospital administra­ tion, medical staff, library staff, and/or library committee in defining and de­ signing hospital library services and/ or facilities to meet the informational, educational, research, and patient care-related needs of the entire hos­ pital community including, where appropriate, the instructional needs of patients.

Consultation is provided on a con­ tractual basis.

Hiring a hospital library consultant is not a substitute for the employment of permanent library personnel.

Qualifications for Hospital Library Consultants

A hospital library consultant should have a master's degree in library/ information science from a program which is accredited by the American Library Association, should be certi­ fied as a medical librarian by the Medical Library Association, and should have at least three years of administrative hospital library experi­ ence. If the consultant does not have all of the above qualifications, he/she should have an equivalent combina­ tion of training and experience, such as eight years of progressively re­ sponsible health science library ex­ perience including at least five years of hospital library management, ad­ ministration of a medical center li­ brary, or working with hospital librar­ ies in a consultative capacity.

The consultant should have super­ visory and administrative experience with ability to provide assistance on personnel and fiscal issues. The hos­ pital library consultant must show evidence of regular participation in

continuing education courses in con­ sulting, management, health sci­ ences, and/or hospital librarianship such as those sponsored by the Medical Library Association.

The consultant must be familiar with existing nationa� state, and local li­ brary networks, and have a working knowledge of the National Library of

Medicine's Regional Medical Library Program. The consultant should also have a thorough working knowledge of the Joint Commission on Accred­ itation of Hospital's (JCAH) standards and other hospital library standards.

Membership in the Medical Library Association and its Hospital Library Section is preferred. Membership in other local, state, regional, and na­ tional professional library associa­ tions is desirable.

Note: Hospital library consultants for

certain types of facilities such as federal or psychiatric hospitals may require additional qualifications.

Functions/Process for Hospital Library Consultants

A Identify objectives with the hos­ pital administrator, library staff and/or library committee, and other approp­ riate hospital personnel.

B. Negotiate a contractual agree­ ment with the hospital administrator which would include:

• Consultant and client responsi­ bilities.

• Purpose of consultation. • Period of contract

• Number and frequency of visits or amount of time to be spent by con­ sultant during the contractual period. • Verbal and written reporting mechanisms.

• Fee for service.

• Terms of termination by either party.

C. Conduct a needs assessment for library services profiling all dis· ciplines in the total hospital environ­ ment Functional elements identified might include:

• Placement of library staff within the hospital organizational structure.

• Job descriptions for library staff. • Library staff recruitment, training, and development

• Budget

• Facility planning and/or space allocation.

• Policies and procedures.

• Availability of current materials for each discipline at the hospital

• Acquiring, cataloging, arranging, organizing, and evaluating library materials.

• Answering questions and providing other information.

• Circulation or control of materials. • Notifying hospital staff of new in­ formation in their area of interest

• Audiovisual services. • Patient education.

• Promoting library services.

• Cooperation with other libraries.

D. Provide specific written recom· mendations for administrator, library manager, and/or library committee.

E Develop a methodology for impJe­ mentation of recommendations by hospital employee(s) assigned to the library.

F. Evaluate and assess progress regularly during the contractual period

Recommendations for the Documentation of Consultative Visits

The hospital library consultant shall document each visit At minimum, such documentation should include:

• A record of the date and length of

each visit.

• An account of the consultant's activities during each visit

• Recommendations for action follows:

"(1) (A) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the Secretary shall notdirectly or indirectly, make ava.il· able or provide information products (including catalogs, indexes, ab­ stracts, citations, bibliographies, or associated document delivery), or copies thereof, which are maintained by or provided through the Library or any part of the Service, unless the users of such products are charged fees which recover the full cost, as described in paragraph (2), of such products.

"(B) The Secretary, with the concur· rence of the Director of the Office of. Management and Budget.shall pro­ mulgate rules, in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553, exempting, in whole or in part, from the requirements of sub­ paragraph (A)

-"(i) those non-profit organizations, described in paragraph (2), for which the Secretary and Director have de­ termined that full cost recovery would result in undue hardships;

"(ii) agencies or instrumentalities of federal, state and local governments; and

"(iii) foreign governments, and multi­ lateral organizations engaged in health assistance;

Provided, however, that such exemp­ tions from full cost recovery shall not apply to any organization, govern­ ment agency or instrumentality, or foreign government that provides or makes the information products available, dlrectly or indirectly, to any non-exempt entity.

"(2) For purposes of paragraph (1) of this

subsection-"(A) the term "full cost" includes the direct and indirect costs (including overhead), applying generally ac­ cepted cost accounting principles, to the United States, associated Wlth-"(i) the administrative ahd iritellectual preparation of information products;

"(ii) the creation and 'maintenance of

systems for the storage, retri�I and dissemination of tl"lese products;

"(iii) the storage at'ld retrieval of these products; and

"(iv) the disserriination of th"8 pro­ ducts in whatever fomi._{, ' �,} . _{. .} "(b) the term "non-profit orgahization" means an· org�l')i�tion r�dognized . by the Internal Revenue $el"del3 as exempt from taxatib0 un�e·r S�tion 501 (a) by reason of being de!.cribed in Section 501 (c) (3) of the lntertial Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, or corresponding provisions of prior internal revenue laws."

(b) This section shall take efr�tt ninety days after ttie date of enactment

At its post-conference meetin{1 in Montreal, the MLA B6atd of t>irec'tors passed the foOowi� posftiol"I state­ ment concerning this amendment

The Medical Libra� Assciciation is

deeply concerned about the.pr�

posed amendment tq Se�t� Bil\ aob

which requires that the Natidoal Li­

brary of Medicine clfarge foos which

recover the full cost

of

its intorttiaticm

products (including clitalogs, indexes,

abstracts, citations, bibliqgfapMie� or

associated document delivery). Al·

though the amendment W6ultj

ex­

empt non-profit organizations, govern­ ment agencies, Md foreign govern­ ments from this provision, It specifies that exempt organizations WiA not be permitted to provide information pro­

ducts, directly or indirettly, to any

non-exempt entity. This ame9dment would be difficult and costly to adrnin­ ister. Most importantly, lhe arrthnd­

rnent jeopardizes tM crittiaf'pnncipfe

of equal access to biortr'edtcaf itr

formation tor wl'tich hei:tlth

�cf��

·.

·

sionals and medical iibrarians have

worked so long to achieve: ..

The issues associated with th� role of

the federal government

and

tt'le pri­

vate sector in supply1n9 inf6rmatiori

based on the m�ed$ assessrf,;arit ·

• Progress reports. . · '

• Suggestions for follow-I.fl); A record bf documehffid � Sb?ll

be. maintaine9 on M�·t.�f t��_b'y_the·

appropriate revMwln� �r ttftv.eytr1:, agencies and fdr edntlr1JM reff'etiee

by the adr'ninisfraii9/\: libtery sta�1 ./

6

and/or library committee. Meetings with the administrator, library manager and library committee to discuss recommendations, questions, or concerns should be held as needed and followed by a formal written report.

Methods of Identifying Hospital Library Consultants

We recommend that the Medical Library Association:

1. Encourage the chapters of M LA to

foster the development of state and/ or local consultant registries utilizing the criteria to screen applicants. 2. Publicize the criteria in the MLA

News and/or the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association. other

professional library literature, and health related journals.

3. Develop a brochure which defines the criteria and sources for further information for institutions seeking consultants.

4. Distribute this brochure to all hospital associations for further dissemination.

5. Encourage the MLA headquarters staff to maintain a listing of chapter and sub-chapter registries with a cur· rent contact so that requests for in· formation on availability of local con· sultants are forwarded appropriately. Jud;th Messerle, Cha;rman

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Capital Notes

Edited by Ray Palmer

Cost Recovery Amendment to Senate Bill to Reauthorize MLAA

by Mary Harres

The Senate bill (S 800) to reauthorize the Medical Library Assistance Act (MLAA) was amended at mark-up to include an amendment sponsored by Senator Orrin Hatch (R·Utah, Chair· man of the Labor and Human Re­ sources Committee), which provides for full cost recovery by the National Library of Medicine in the delivery of

its information products. Although this legislation has not yet been re­ ported out of the Senate committee, and the future of the bill is still uncer· tain at this time, the introduction of this amendment in response to direct pressure from lobbying efforts by some segments of the commercial sector has grave implications for the medical library community in particu­ lar, and for federal information policy in general. (See "Library of Medicine versus Private Enterprise" in Science 212:1125-1126, June 5, 1981.)

The full text of this amendment follows:

Cost Recovery Amendment to Senate Bill 800

SEC. 218. (1) The second sentence of subsection (c) of Section 382 of the

Public Health Service Act, as amended, is amended to read as follows:

"(1) (A) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the Secretary shall no� directly or indirectly, make avail· able or provide information products (including catalogs, indexes, ab· stracts, citations, bibliographies, or associated document delivery), or copies thereof, which are maintained by or provided through the Library or any part of the Service, unless the users of such products are charged fees which recover the full cost, as described in paragraph (2), of such products.

"(B) The Secretary, with the concur· rence of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.shall pro­ mulgate rules, in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553, exempting, in whole or in part, from the requirements of sub· paragraph (A)

-"(i) those non-profit organizations, described in paragraph (2), for which the Secretary and Director have de­ termined that full cost recovery would result in undue hardships;

"(ii) agencies or instrumentalities of federal, state and local governments; and

"(iii) foreign governments, and multi· lateral organizations engaged in health assistance;

Provided, however, that such exemp­ tions from full cost recovery shall not apply to any organization, govern­ ment agency or instrumentality, or foreign government that provides or makes the information products available, directly or indirectly, to any non-exempt entity.

"(2) For purposes of paragraph ( 1) of this

subsection-"(A) the term "full cost" includes the direct and indirect costs (including overhead), applying generally ac·

cepted cost accounting principles, to the United States, associated with-"(i) the administrative and intellectual preparation of information products; "(ii) the creation and maintenance of systems for the storage, retrieval and dissemination of these products;

"(iii) the storage and retrieval of these products; and

"(iv) the dissemination of these pro­ ducts in whatever form.

"(b) the term "non-profit organization" meat1s an organization recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as exempt from taxation under Section 501 (a) by reason of being described in Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, or corresponding provisions of prior internal revenue laws."

(b) This section shall take effect ninety days after the date of enactment

At its post-conference meeting in Montreal, the MLA Board of Directors passed the following position state­ ment concerning this amendment:

The Medical Library Association is deeply concerned about the pro­ posed amendment to Senate Bill 800 which requires that the National Li· brary of Medicine charge fees which recover the full cost of its information products (including catalogs, indexes, abstracts, citations, bibliographies, or associated document delivery). Al· though the amendment would ex­ empt non-profit organizations, govern­ ment agencies, and foreign govern­ ments from this provision, it specifies that exempt organizations will not be permitted to provide information pro­ ducts, directly or indirectly, to any non-exempt entity. This amendment would be difficult and costly to admin­ ister. Most importantly, the amend­ ment jeopardizes the critical principle of equal access to biomedical in· formation for which health profes­ sionals and medical librarians have worked so long to achieve.

The issues associated with the role of the federal government and the pri· vate sector in supplying information services are extremely complex, and there are many federal agencies­ not only the National Library of Medicine-which are involved. Fed· era! information management is a major issue requiring thoughtful and deliberate examination, and it should not be addressed through piecemeal legislation focusing on one agency. The proposed amendment is too limited in scope and fails to consider the needs and interests of health care practitioners, educators, students,