UIC Health Sciences Library Awarded $9 Million Contract
The University of Illinois at Chicago's Library of the Health Sciences
received a $9 million contract to continue serving as a regional medical
library in the National Network of Libraries of Medicine.
The five-year contract from the National Library of Medicine will provide
funding for network member libraries, resource exhibits at meetings of
health professionals, and instruction for library users seeking health
information.
The 5,700-library National Network of Libraries of Medicine promotes equal
access to biomedical information for health professionals and the general
public. Network members raise awareness of National Library of Medicine
resources such as Medline, PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov, and provide instruction on searching these databases.
As a Regional Medical Library, the UIC Library of the Health Sciences has
funded projects such as a website and nurses' training sessions at
neighborhood clinics to disseminate bilingual consumer health materials, and
a program to teach Native Americans at a North Dakota reservation how to
find good health care information.
"With the central library in Chicago and additional sites in Peoria,
Rockford and Urbana, UIC is well positioned to understand the needs of urban
and rural health professionals and the general public," said Susan Jacobson,
assistant university librarian for the UIC Library of the Health Sciences.
"We look forward to further collaboration with network libraries, community
organizations and others to resolve health disparities through access to
biomedical resources and health information in underserved areas."
The UIC library, one of the largest health sciences libraries in the
country, has served the network's 10-state Greater Midwest Region since
1979.
