There are 8 regional medical libraries in the National Network / Libraries
of Medicine. Libraries compete for the privilege of serving the National Library of Medicine, network member libraries and health professionals in each region. Since 1969, the Regional Medical Library for our region - Delaware , New Jersey , New York and Pennsylvania – has been the New York Academy of Medicine.

This year the health sciences libraries of New York University are competing to be the Regional Medical Library for 2006-2011.

Who are we?

New York University Medical Center
A private university in the public service

Ehrman Medical Library * Waldmann Dental Library * Bellevue Medical Library * Hospital for Joint Diseases Library * Ehrman Environmental Library * Patient and Family Resource Center * Cancer Health and Education Center * Child Health Education Center

• We are an academic health sciences library supporting a Medical School , the nation’s largest Dental School , a Nursing School and beginning Fall 2006 a Master’s in Public Health (emphasis on global health) and graduate programs in Biomedical and Environmental Sciences.
• We have a growing network of consumer health libraries staffed by librarians: Patient and Family Resource Center , Cancer Health and Education Center and the Child Health Education Center.
• We staff and support libraries in our affiliated hospitals of Hospital for Joint Diseases and the world-renowned public hospital, Bellevue.

Our Director

Karen Brewer, PhD Dr. Brewer has worked in health sciences libraries since 1961 and at NYU since 1988. Her management style at NYU is marked by a collaborative, team approach, involving staff from all parts of the libraries in decision-making and projects. Some of her achievements are: In 2002, a collaborative team of Document Delivery Staff and the Library Medical Informatics Group developed a free, shareable document delivery system called Simple Document Delivery System. Used in several libraries throughout the region, the SDDS offers its users an alternative to more expensive commercial ILL systems. In 2003, she chaired the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries task force, Charting the Future and produced the report, Building on Success: Charting the Future of Knowledge Management within the Academic Health Center. In 2004, she joined the Advisory Group of NYU’s Public Health master’s program led by the Oxford-recruited researcher Karen Day. The Public Health program will be interdisciplinary and focus on global health.

Why NYU?

• We share many of the same struggles that you – and other health sciences libraries – have
• Managing electronic resources
• Sharing of resources with affiliated libraries
• Grappling with the digital divide occurring in our hospitals among affiliated and non-affiliated staff
• Reaching remote users
• Proving our worth to administration
  
  
• We know how to listen and communicate and we work at it daily
• We use teams to manage our libraries and work constantly at communication
• Work with our own users takes us from Manhattan to Wyoming
  
  
• Working with you and others we can make a difference
  
  
• We are a private university in the public service
• Chinatown and at the Charles B. Wang Health Clinic
• Center for Immigrant Health
• NYU Oral Cancer RAAHP (Research for Adolescent and Adult Health Promotion) Center
• "Smiling Faces, Going Places" New York University College of Dentistry Dental Van: the NYU van is the first dental facility on wheels to travel throughout New York City and beyond to treat children and adults in areas where access to oral health care is poor
• Program for Survivors of Torture
• Center for the Study of Asian-American Health
• Institute for Global Health
• Urban Learning Academy / Center for Workplace Learning
  
  
• It’s time for a new perspective