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NJHA Library & Knowledge Management Services

• Provides resources and knowledge management services to enhance the creativity, critical thinking and independent problem solving of the NJHA membership
• Facilitates NJHA's vast array of information into Internet-based knowledge systems that fully exploit NJHA's knowledge resources;
• Manages qualitative, accessible and cost-effective knowledge resources and services;
• Sustains the historical record of the Association.

• The NJHA Library offers traditional and electronic services to the core membership of the New Jersey Hospital Association for professional, work related needs. It offers select services to non-core members and the general public. Consult our policies for specifics on access.
  
• We supplement the medical libraries of our core member hospitals and systems with our specialized library resources, services and expertise, after all resources are utilized at the local library level.
  
• Our specialized library resources focus on healthcare management or healthcare delivery, managed care, business, standards, statistics, legislative and regulatory information, N.J. hospitals and N.J. healthcare.
  
• Our specialized collections and association archive offer more than 20,000 physical titles, 1,000 electronic databases and 100 archival boxes.
  
• We have unsurpassed access to other libraries through two global interlibrary loan and resource sharing networks.
  
• Our services are customized to fit your specific needs and include ready reference, secondary research, referrals, consultations and interlibrary loan.
  
• We access or create text/databases that are bibliographic, full-text, numeric or graphical in nature. Our knowledge management resources are in all formats including: books, journals, newsletters, newspapers, microfiche, CD-ROM, electronic, web subscriptions, files, ephemera and realia.
  
• We encourage you to utilize our web offerings and to seek our assistance on the telephone. Working together we can help you:
  • Be Competitive with healthcare issues in your areas of responsibility. Let us help you be the best.
    
  • Analyze your queryand find your true information need.
    
  • Serve the community, patient or health professional by answering their important individual requests for information. We can research the request or help you do so.
    
  • Save time and money as we select and point you to the most appropriate, key resources from among the thousands available, often in a matter of minutes.
    
  • Find high quality knowledge-based information; use it efficiently and appropriately to develop and enhance
    • Presentations
    • Research, reports
    • Management
    • New or existing services
    • Issues
    • Advocacy
    • Decision making
    • Planning or analysis
      and much much more.