Barbara Swartzlander and Elizabeth Dyer present to medical librarians at Maine Health Science Libraries & Information Consortium fall meeting.

Barbara Swartzlander, UNE library services’ director of reference services, and Elizabeth Dyer, reference and instruction librarian, traveled to MaineGeneral Medical Center in Augusta on Friday, October 19, 2012, to present an educational program to the members of the Maine Health Science Libraries and Information Consortium (HSLIC) at their fall meeting.

Their presentation, titled “Finding Evidence-based Medicine Resources and Best Practices,” focused on the librarians’ role in aiding clinicians with finding evidence to support practice. Basics of evidence-based medicine were presented along with specific examples of high quality free resources, as well as various subscription resources.

Also discussed were ways to stay current with the evidence using customized email alerts and rss feeds. The audience included many librarians from clinical sites that support UNE students and preceptors.  Clinical affiliates are offered access to the excellent UNE Library Services’ resources, and the process by which to request access was explained.

During the business meeting prior to the educational program, Elizabeth Dyer was elected Area 1 Representative to the HSLIC Board of Directors for 2012-13.
 

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