ArticleJournal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA2015
Combining resources, combining forces: regionalizing hospital library services in a large statewide health system.
Article in Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- Expert-recommended tasks for hospital librarians during a healthcare system merger or acquisition: an e-Delphi consensus statement.Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA · 2026Article
- CHLA Standards for Library and Information Services in Canadian Health & Social Services Institutions 2020.The journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association · 2021Article
- Academic health sciences libraries and affiliated hospitals: a conversation about licensing electronic resources.Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA · 2020Article
- Translational Personas and Hospital Library Services.Journal of hospital librarianship · 2020Article
- Hospital library closures and consolidations: a case series.Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA · 2019Article
- Creating a library holding group: an approach to large system integration.Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA · 2016Article
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Abstract
After a reduction in full-time equivalents, 2 libraries in large teaching hospitals and 2 libraries in small community hospitals in a western US statewide health system saw opportunity for expansion through a regional reorganization. Despite a loss of 2/3 of the professional staff and a budgetary decrease of 27% over the previous 3 years, the libraries were able to grow business, usage, awareness, and collections through organizational innovation and improved efficiency. This paper describes the experience--including process, challenges, and lessons learned--of an organizational shift to regionalized services, collections, and staffing. Insights from this process may help similar organizations going through restructuring.
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