National
Network of Libraries for Health
Réseau national des bibliothèques pour la
santé
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Jessie McGowan and Patrick Ellis,
Task Force Co-Chairs
Transition Team (set up in May 2008)
| Patrick Ellis (co-chair) |
W.K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library Dalhousie University |
pellis@dal.ca |
| Jim Henderson | Health Sciences Library McGill University |
jim.henderson@mcgill.ca |
| Judy Inglis | Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health, Public Health Agency of Canada |
Judy_Inglis@phac-aspc.gc.ca |
| Jessie McGowan (co-chair) |
Institute of Population Health Ottawa Health Research Institute |
jmcgowan@uottawa.ca |
| Donna Meighan | CISTI | donna.meighan@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca |
| Susan Powelson | CHLA/ABSC Board Liaison Health Sciences Library University of Calgary |
past-president@chla-absc.ca |
| Wendy Stark | Consultant |
Task Force
Membership:
| Liz Bayley | Health Sciences
Library McMaster University |
bayleyl@mcmaster.ca |
| Charlotte Beck | Woodward Biomedical
Library University of British Columbia |
chbeck@interchange.ubc.ca |
| Patrick Ellis (co-chair) |
W.K. Kellogg Health Sciences
Library Dalhousie University |
pellis@dal.ca |
| Jim Henderson | Health Sciences Library McGill University |
jim.henderson@mcgill.ca |
| Judy Inglis | Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health, Public Health Agency of Canada | Judy_Inglis@phac-aspc.gc.ca |
| Micheline Jaworski | Senior Nurse Consultant, Knowledge Management Canadian Nurses Association |
mjaworski@cna-aiic.ca |
| Jessie McGowan (co-chair) |
Institute of Population
Health Ottawa Health Research Institute |
jmcgowan@uottawa.ca |
| Donna Meighen | CISTI | donna.meighan@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca |
| Susan Powelson | CHLA/ABSC Board Liaison Library Director Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region |
president@chla-absc.ca |
| Linda Slater | John W. Scott Health Sciences Library University of Alberta |
Linda.Slater@ualberta.ca |
Terms of Reference
The mandate of the Task Force was to advance the Canadian Health Libraries Associaiton (CHLA) / Association des bibliothèques de la santé (ABSC) vision for a National Network of Libraries for Health (NNLH).
The Task Force built upon the groundwork laid by the NNLH Steering Group (2000-2002). The Steering Group brought together representatives from Health Canada, CHLA, Association of Canadian Medical Colleges (ACMC), L'Association ASTED and CISTI under a Health Canada coordinator to begin to build a business case and develop the concept of NNLH.
It was recognized that developing and implementing NNLH will require commitment and sustained effort extending well beyond the Task Force mandate.
The Task Force:
- Developed and implemented a campaign to promote the proposed NNLH
- Identified and enlisted champions for the NNLH
- Positioned the NNLH proposal, or components thereof, with the appropriate government agency
- If successful in positioning NNLH, or components thereof, the task force was to help create a model for service delivery, organization and fit with existing library services
- If unsuccessful in positioning NNLH, or components thereof, the task
force was to:
- critically assess whether the impediments overwhelm the opportunities for implementing the proposal
- advise the association board on future options or strategies
- Sought to identify funding mechanisms to develop and sustain a NNLH
- Communicated regularly and effectively with the membership of CHLA/ABSC
Term:
The Task Force term concluded at the Annual General meeting of 2008.
Reporting:
The Task Force reported:
- through the co-chairs directly to the Board
- to the winter and pre-conference Board meetings
- to the Annual General Meetings, with reports which will be published in JCHLA/JABSC and on the Association website
- to the Association members through the Association's website and the listserv CANMEDLIB.