Point of Care to Their Palms Medical Library PDA Grant Report Now Available on the web!

[Lori Bell]

The final report for the "Point of Care to Their
Palms: Medical Libraries Provide Critical
Knowledge-Based Resources, Technology and Training to
Medical Professionals" LSTA grant is now available at
http://pdagrant.osfsaintfrancis.org/shortfinal.htm.
The report chronicles a nine-month project (October
2001-May 2002) undertaken by the OSF Saint Francis
Medical Center Library & Resource Center and the
University of Illinois at Chicago Library of the
Health Sciences-Peoria. Through this project, the
library staffs were able to provide handheld
computers, associated peripheral equipment, general
and specialized software and applications, training,
technical support, e-content and various discussion
methods (websites, blogs, and email discussion groups)
to enable healthcare professionals to use and evaluate
the use of PDAs in real-life, real-work situations.
The grant also enabled the libraries to host a
conference for librarians on the use of PDAs in
libraries. In addition to the final report, there is
information at the project website at
http://pdagrant.osfsaintfrancis.org. Carol Galganski,
Manager, Library & Resource Center, OSF Saint Francis
Medical Center, served as Project Director for the
grant. The final report for the grant was written by
Tom Peters, Project Evaluator, Director of the Center
for Library Initiatives, Committee on Institutional
Cooperation. Other project team members included Jo
Dorsch, LHS; Lori Bell, OSF Saint Francis Medical
Center; and Peg Burnette, LHS. Funding for this LSTA
project was provided by the Illinois State Library, a
division of the Office of the Secretary of State.

Contact information:
Carol Galganski, carol.galganski at osfhealthcare.org
Tom Peters, tpeters at cic.uiuc.edu
Jo Dorsch, jod at uic.edu
Lori Bell, lbell927 at yahoo.com
Peg Burnette, phburn at uic.edu



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