(courtesy MEDLIB-L)
Do you have a scenario (story) about how your library has significantly helped the hospital financially or in other ways in one of the following areas.

• Research and Innovation -example: helped the hospital get a large grant (millions of dollars,) or integrate an innovative service
• Education -example: provided educational support services that saved a residency program
• Clinical Care -example: supported critical patient care, or provided information at the point of need
• Management of Operations -example: save a large amount of money, positively impacted the bottomline, or negotiated a great return-on-investment
• Service -example: contributed to customer service or patient safety in a significant way

The MLA Vital Pathways (Document Group) Task Force intends to include some of these scenarios in the Large Vital Pathways document. This is your chance to toot your own horn and let your colleagues know what a great job you are doing supporting your hospital. Please consider helping to identify supporting evidence to accompany the many skills and talents that we have identified in our document that substantiate the value of the hospital library and most importantly the hospital librarian. They are looking for stories about a paragraph or two in length.

Forward your stories to Rosalind Lett to share them with the group. If you will send your story by September 20th to mfprotts[at]yahoo[dot]com with the subject VPP Scenario, to send the collected works to the VPP group before their next meeting on Sept 24th.

Labels: Hospital Libraries, MLA