SPRING 2022
Newsletter of the Hospital Library Services Program Long Island Library Resources Council
Healthline
Volume 35 Number 2 ISSN: 0887-3739
MLA '22: Reconnect, Renew, Reflect The 122nd Annual Meeting and Exhibition of the Medical Library Association will be held both in person in New Orleans, Louisiana, and virtually online beginning on April 27. Notable changes for this year include the option for in-person attendees to attend a collection development and resource sharing track, in addition to the traditional presentations, exhbilts, and networking/social events. For the virtual attendees, the meeting will still include more than 200 papers, lightning talks, and posters, all of which will be available on demand. There will also be virtual attendee only networking and game sessions in the evenings. Some programs will also be live-streamed from the New Orleans conference, including the Janet Doe Lecture by Michael Kronenfeld, AHIP, FMLA, the John P. McGovern Award Lectureship by Mona Hanna-Attisha, MD, MPH, FAAP and an NLM update provided by NLM staff. For LILRC Member Hospital Librarians, there was an option to register for the v'conference through LILRC, with LILRC purchasing a bulk license for attendance codes. Thirteen LILRC members were able to register for the conference this way. We hope that the conference proves to be an enriching experience for all!
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LILRC is pleased to announce that it is offering grants of up to $1,000 to its HLSP member libraries to support institutional technology needs. Up to 5 grants will be awarded in the 2022 calendar year. The application period opened March 1, 2022 and closes on April 30, 2022. Library Eligibility: Institution must be a current LILRC member. Only LILRC HLSP participant libraries are eligible to apply. For health systems with more than one library site that is a member of LILRC, each library may apply separately but preference will be given to distribution of grant funds among different institutions. No health system will be eligible to receive more than 2 grants, one for each library site, regardless of the number of grants awarded. Project Eligibility: This grant is intended to fund (up to $1,000 per grant) a technology purchase by or for each library that is a successful grant applicant. To support as many projects as possible, LILRC will consider both requests for direct grant funding and requests for gifts-in-kind. However, each application must indicate which type of funding is requested. Expenses that can be funded include: Technology supplies and materials, software, hardware, or equipment as deemed appropriate. Expenses that cannot be funded: Personnel salaries or benefits, conference attendance or travel expenses, training costs, consulting services, collaborative projects with other institutions (unless other institution is also a LILRC HLSP participant), outsourced services, project management or evaluation expenses, or any projects, purchases, or expenses that have taken place, in part or in whole, prior to the start of the grant period. No service expenses of any kind will be grant eligible. These include but are not limited to: telecommunications fees, wireless service fees, database subscription fees, or any fees to enable services for computers, tablets, or smartphone purchases. LILRC is not responsible for any costs associated with institutional acceptance of grants or gifts. Applications will be evaluated by the LILRC staff and/or other ESLN council staff, at LILRC’s discretion. For more information, email Sally Stieglitz at sstieglitz@lilrc.org
The LILRC HealthLine is published 4 times a year by the staff of the Hospital Library Services Program. Editor: Sally Stieglitz sstieglitz@lilrc.org
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LILRC HLSP Technology Grants 2022!!