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N.J. Medical Librarians' Resources from NJHA
Health Sciences Libraries Group Licensing Initiative
Revised: June 16, 2008 Contents: Fifth Year of Group Licensing a Success; Year Six Underway
Introduction:The Group Licensing Initiative for New Jersey medical libraries is now in its fifth year. Beginning July 1, this service expanded and was enhanced for 2007-2008 to include thousands of full-text electronic journals, online books, bibliographic databases and point-of-care resources and tools from six vendors: Ovid Technologies, EBSCO Information Services, McGraw Hill's AccessMedicine and AccessSurgery, Teton Data System's STAT!Ref, New England Journal of Medicine's site licensingand Elsevier resources. Participants realize a savings of 5 to 55 percent.
Seventy nonprofit hospital and health sciences libraries are currently participating from New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware consortia. The four Pennsylvania library consortia include DEVIC Delaware Valley Information Consortium, CPHSLA Central Pennsylvania Health Sciences Library Association, HILNNEP Health Information Libraries Network of Northeast Pennsylvania and the CHL Cooperating Hospital Libraries in Lancaster. Delaware includes DelMIRA, the Delaware Medical Information Resource Alliance administered by the Delaware Academy of Medicine.
This initiative is offered by the Health Sciences Library Association of New Jersey and led by the NJHA Library and the University Libraries of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
Licensing of Ovid resources and New England Journal of Medicine are available throughout the year at a pro-rated basis. All other licenses are concluded for this license term, July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008. Information for the next licensing period will be available in the spring of 2008.
A total of 70 current libray participants are from the following facilities. (Unless otherwise indicated, all hospitals are in New Jersey.)
- AI duPont Hospital for Children, DE
- Atlantic Health System - Morristown Memorial Hospital
- Atlantic Health System – Overlook Hospital
- Bayhealth Medical Center (includes Kent General Hospital and Milford Memorial Hospital), DE
- Bayshore Community Hospital
- Beebe Medical Center, DE
- Capital Health System - Mercer Campus
- Capital Health System – Fuld Campus
- CentraState Medical Center
- Chambersburg Hospital, PA
- Chestnut Hill Hospital, PA
- Children's Specialized Hospital
- Chilton Memorial Hospital
- Christiana Care Health System – Christiana Hospital, DE
- Christiana Care Health System – Wilmington Hospital, DE
- Clara Maas Medical Center
- Deborah Heart & Lung
- Delaware Academy of Medicine, DE
- Delaware Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health, DE
- Delaware Division of Public Health, DE
- Doylestown Hospital, Doylestown, PA
- ECRI, Plymouth Meeting, PA
- Fox Chase Cancer Center, PA
- Hackensack University Medical Center
- Hackettstown Regional Medical Center
- Hazelton General Hospital, PA
- Henrietta Johnson Health Center, DE
- Holy Name Hospital
- Hunterdon Medical Center
- Kessler Med. Rehab. Res. & Ed. Corp (KMRREC)
- Lancaster General Hospital, PA
- Liberty Health - Jersey City Medical Center.
- Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County
- Memorial Medical Center – Conemaugh Health System, PA
- Mercy Hospital, PA
- Meridian - Jersey Shore University Hospital
- Meridian - Ocean Medical Center
- Meridian - Riverview Medical Center
- Moses Taylor Hospital, PA
- The Mountainside Hospital
- Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, DE
- New Jersey Hospital Association
- Newton Memorial Hospital
- Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center
- Pinnacle Health System, PA
- Princeton Healthcare System
- Raritan Bay Medical Center
- Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Rahway
- Saint Barnabas Medical Center
- Saint Clare's Hospital
- St. Mary Medical Center, PA
- St. Francis Medical Center
- St. Prancis Hospital, DE
- Saint Michael's Medical Center
- St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center
- Saint Peter's University Hospital
- Shore Memorial Hospital
- Solaris - Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center
- Somerset Medical Center
- Underwood Memorial Hospital
- The Valley Hospital
- Virtua Health - Mt. Holly
- Virtua Health - Voorhees
- Westside Health Center, DE
- Williamsport Hospital, PA
- Wyoming Valley Health Care, PA
- York Hospital - Wellspan Health, PA
2007-2008 Joint Group Licensing Committee Members: Michelle Volesko Brewer, chair, New Jersey Hospital Association; Judith Cohn, UMDNJ; Kerry O'Rourke, UMDNJ; Cathy Boss, Jersey Shore University Hospital; Jeannine Creazzo, Saint Peter's University Hospital; Robin Siegel, CentraState Healthcare System; Judith Wilkinson, Liberty Health - Jersey City Medical Center; P.J Grier, Delaware Academy of Medicine; Robert T. Mackes, Delaware Academy of Medicine; Tom Cummiskey, Doylestown Hospital; Sharon Hrabina, Pocono Medical Center and Allison Gross, ECRI Institute Headquarters.
Other Activities and Accomplishments of the Joint Group Licensing Committee:- Michelle Volesko Brewer and Kerry O'Rourke gave a presentation titled "Group Licensing of Electronic Resources: Putting It Together," to the E-resources Planning Council of DelMIRA (Delaware Medical Information Resource Alliance) at Christiana Hospital, DE, March 30, 2007.
- Michelle Volesko Brewer and Kerry O'Rourke gave a presentation titled "Group Licensing of Electronic Resources: Putting It Together," to the CHL - Cooperating Hospital Libraries, HILNNEP - Health Information Library Network of Northeastern Pennsylvania and CPHSLA – Central Pennsylvania Health Sciences Library Association at Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster PA., October 28, 2005.
- Michelle Volesko Brewer and Kerry O'Rourke gave a presentation "Group Purchasing of Electronic Resources: Discover the Value," to the DEVIC - Delaware Valley Information Consortium at Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, PA., May 7, 2004.
- Judy Cohn and Kerry O'Rourke presented a contributed paper at the MLA Annual Meeting May 4, 2003, San Diego, titled: "Virtual Academic Library Environment (VALE): Benefits and Outcomes of Participation in a Statewide Consortium for Licensing Electronic Resources."
- Michelle Volesko, Kerry O'Rourke and Judy Cohn presented a contributed poster, accepted for presentation at the Collaborations Partnerships and Solutions: The QUINTEssestial Conference, a joint meeting of: The Mid-Atlantic Chapter of MLA, The New York-New Jersey Chapter of MLA, the Philadelphia Regional Chapter of MLA, the Philadelphia Chapter of SLA and the Pittsburgh Regional Chapter of MLA on October 27, 2003, titled: "Cheaper by the Dozen: New Jersey's Statewide Group Licensing Initiative Blends Consortia Need, Cooperative Tradition and Purchasing Value"
- Judith Cohn, Kerry O'Rourke, Michelle Volesko co-authored "Transferring Group Licensing Skills From an Academic Consortial Model to a Statewide Association of Hospital Libraries," JERML (Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries) v. 1, issue 2, 2004.
Background:The Joint Group Licensing Initiative for N.J. Health Sciences Libraries, an Task Force of the Health Sciences Library Association of New Jersey (HSLANJ) and led by the NJHA Library and the University Libraries of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey presented the first group licensing offer on March 19 2002 at the HSLANJ Annual Meeting.
The initiative initially used a survey to determine the interest level in joining a group licensing initiative that would be open to nonprofit health sciences libraries. A standing Committee of the Health Sciences Library Association serves as an advisory group providing expertise for both large and small hospital libraries and helps select resources for group licensing, coordinates vendor product trials and arranges for resource training.
For more information please contact Michelle Volesko Brewer, 609-275-4230, webadmin@njha.com.
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