Combining resources, combining forces: regionalizing hospital library services in a large statewide health system.

Combining resources, combining forces: regionalizing hospital library services in a large statewide health system. J Med Libr Assoc. 2015 Jan;103(1):44-8 Authors: Martin HJ, Delawska-Elliott B Abstract After a reduction in full-time equivalents, 2 libraries in large teaching hospitals and 2 libraries in small community hospitals in a western US statewide health system saw opportunity for expansion through a regional reorganization. Despite a loss of 2/3 of the professional staff and a budgetary decrease of 27% over the previous 3 years, the libraries were able to grow business, usage, awareness, and collections through organizational innovation and improved efficiency. This paper describes the experience-including process, challenges, and lessons learned-of an organizational shift to regionalized services, collections, and staffing. Insights from this process may help similar organizations going through restructuring. PMID: 25552945 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA - Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: J Med Libr Assoc Source Type: research