NN/LM MCR Past and Future ▪NN/LM bingo card in hand? ▪5 in a row - diagonal, horizontal, vertical ▪Write your name in the chat box ▪Eligible for 1 of 8 gift boxes Claire Hamasu

Looking Back: Past 5 Years The NN/LM MidContinental Region addresses the biomedical information needs and supports collaboration among 300+ member libraries and information centers in the states of Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Utah, and Wyoming Jean Shipman

▪Health Literacy Advisor project – 2012 – 14 sites participate d ▪Health Literacy Nebraska ▪Health Literacy Colorado ▪CHIS Opportunity – 224 enrolled students Health Information Literacy Dana Abbey

▪HCEA Collaboration ▪K-12 School Partnership Funding “These materials will be useful for years to come and for not only our Health but our Science curriculum as well” “Our participation in this grant has sparked a lot of interest among other schools and libraries, and several of them have also applied for the next round of awards.” Health Information Literacy Dana Abbey

Mobile Technology Initiative ▪iTest iPad Project – 2012 – 46 Network members ▪Under Connected CBO – 2012, 2013, 2015 – Ipad – Training on NLM resources ▪Mobile App Sharing – 2014, 2015 – 11, 19 participants – Share app reviews Alicia Lillich

Gamification ▪Mission I’mPossible (2013) ▪Librarians in the Wonderful Land of Oz ( ) Christian Minter

Trailer John Bramble

Assessment and Evaluation ▪Network Member Questionnaire ▪Spring Surveys ▪BHIC Evaluation ▪Calculators Betsy Kelly

Collaboration ▪BHIC Blog – Worked with PNR, PSR, MAR, SE/A – 572 subscribers + website views, RSS, etc. – 30,000+ clicks last year ▪DOCLINE Series – PNR, GMR, MAR – 3 Series/Year Jim Honour

Collaboration ▪Research Lifecycle: Partnering for Success –3 broadcasting and receiving sites –Tools supporting research –Librarians and researchers attended ▪Disaster Communication Summit –Communication strategies and planning for disasters –Funding to support attendance by members ▪Community College Task Force –All regions Claire Hamasu

Looking Forward: Next 5 Years Claire Hamasu

Big Data ▪Biomedical Big Data Specialization ▪Cross Regional Symposium ▪Funding: organization and findability role of librarian John Bramble

▪Reimbursement: information therapy ▪Implementation: librarian cost impact ▪Funding: outcome of information intervention ▪Funding: health sciences library environmental scan Importance of the Librarian Barb Jones

Funding ▪Professional Development Funding ▪Technology improvement ▪K-12 Expansion ▪Multi-Year Project Christian Minter

This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, under Contract No. HHSN C with the University of Utah Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library. Thank you! Your NN/LM MCR Team Claire Hamasu