Small Hospital Librarians:

Being a Jack-of-all-Trades with Determination

1. Deciding on what area you would like to work in as a librarian and then sticking to that dream.

· Possible part-time positions

a- get your ‘foot in the door’

b- experience

· Work on this job as if it is the ‘perfect’ job for you.

a- show them what you can do, build your reputation

· Patience – Determination

a- can take years

b- go on interviews for other positions - experience

c- do not get ‘stuck’ thinking there is only one position

2. Finding Euclid

· Job description

· Catalog: hand-typed, card

a- Title, Author, Subject, Union

b- Shelf list

c- Journal cards

· Electronic Catalog – becoming a Webmaster

a- Catalog up

b- Adding websites

c- Adding online full text journals and books

· Ordering books for hospital

· Copying articles

a- volunteers as staff

· Interlibrary loans

· Research for articles

· Bibliographies

3. CME – Continuing Medical Education

(Grand Rounds, Clinical Conferences)

· Committee – secretary

· Initial contact, by doctor – then it is all in your hands

· Activity Checklist

· Inspections (OSMA)

4. Programs – you as speaker to physicians and on floors to nurses

5. AV Person

6. Notary – optional, but a possibility at any place