National
Network of Libraries for Health
Réseau national des bibliothèques pour la
santé
Task Force [Français]
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 |
| Micheline Jaworski | Senior Nurse Consultant, Knowledge Management Canadian Nurses Association |
mjaworski@cna-aiic.ca |
| Mary Low | CISTI | Mary.Low@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca |
| Jessie McGowan (co-chair) |
Institute of Population
Health Ottawa Health Research Institute |
jmcgowan@uottawa.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 is 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 will build 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 is recognized that developing and implementing NNLH will require commitment and sustained effort extending well beyond the Task Force mandate.
The Task Force will:
- Develop and implement a campaign to promote the proposed NNLH
- Identify and enlist champions for the NNLH
- Position the NNLH proposal, or components thereof, with the appropriate government agency
- If successful in positioning NNLH, or components thereof, the task force will 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 will:
- critically assess whether the impediments overwhelm the opportunities for implementing the proposal
- advise the association board on future options or strategies
- Seek to identify funding mechanisms to develop and sustain a NNLH
- Communicate regularly and effectively with the membership of CHLA/ABSC
Term:
The Task Force term has been extended to the Annual General meeting of 2008.
Reporting:
The Task Force will report:
- 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.