563 Transactions

257 Items Borrowed for our users ↓36.5%

306 Items Loaned to other Libraries ↑3%

Connected the URL resolver with RACER; allows users to seamlessly request articles from the Library when there are no full-text options available.

Volume of article requests compared to previous year:  

Staff requests ↓ 54%      

Faculty ↓ 54%      

Residents ↑ 29%     

Learners ↑ 74%

Launched 2 new libguides:

The Library was engaged in a comprehensive NOSM faculty (approximately 2000 faculty) publications search and retrieval project. It covered the period 2003 until 2013. Moving forward, the Library will be responsible for conducting an annual faculty publications search and maintaining a citation database.

A final bibliography was submitted to the Associate Dean Research, and also to the Faculty Affairs unit.

77 Literature Searches 

   (47% Faculty / 1% Learners / 9% Residents / 4% Other / 39% Staff)

56 Research Consultations

   (2% Faculty / 23% Learners / 57% Residents / 18% Other)

1 Systematic Review underway

The Library provides a three-tier Search Assistance Service model that includes: literature search services, research consultations and systematic reviews and/or meta-analyses support. 

A Librarian-led copyright consultation service was launched that aids faculty, staff, and learners with their copyright questions. This service was announced in the Library’s newsletter and via Twitter/Facebook as follows: 

"The Health Sciences Library is pleased to provide a Copyright Consultation Service that will offer guidance and support with questions relating to copyright. A librarian can help you:

• Determine what you can or can’t do with a copyright protected item.
• Figure out if you need to request copyright permission.
• Determine who a copyright holder is so that you can request permission to use a particular resource/item.
• Craft a permission request to a copyright holder.

For assistance with your copyright queries send an email to askthelibrary@nosm.ca. In your email please include: Your name. Phone number. Description/explanation of your copyright issue. A librarian will be in touch with you to offer copyright assistance upon receipt of your request."

A few key items:

1. A Copyright LibGuide was launched: http://Libraryguides.nosm.ca/copyright. 
2. A regular copyright FAQ column for the Library’s newsletter. See page three of Library newsletter for first column contribution: http://tinyurl.com/m8fz8k7. 
3. Identified newly updated copyright-focused books that have since been added to the collection. See page two of Library newsletter for book descriptions: http://tinyurl.com/qb97sfk. 
4. Implemented a new process for managing copyrighted reserve items. 

A total of 18 requests were handled as part of this new copyright consultation service. 

As part of the Research Support Group, the Library offers the following services:

• Literature search services and assistance with systematic reviews and or meta-analyses
• Research consultations
• Assistance with: accessing the library’s online collections, citation management software, interlibrary loan and providing information retrieval training on-line or in person

To read more about these services visit the Library’s website: http://tinyurl.com/qeuccly