What Can the RML Do?

Suggestions generated from the forum evaluation question,
"What else can the RML do to help advocate for you and your library?"

• Generate and facilitate discussion on HLIB-NW for news and ideas re: demonstrating and enhancing a hospital library's value; ideas like branding, business plans, news scans, etc.
• Develop and maintain a hospital library advocacy page on the RML Web site. It can contain templates, ideas and resources.
• Collect and make available on the Web templates or examples that librarians are willing to share for: business plans, annual reports, branding and professionalizing library products, etc.
• Consortium-building assistance
• Do CEs around the topic of hospital library advocacy
• Have Martha Leredu develop and teach a class on how to do business plans
• Come up with a reason to do a site visit to a hospital library and have the RML be a part of a library program
• Send congratulatory letter to CEO when librarian wins an RML award
• Send letters to CEO and other administrators to advocate for hospital librarian.
• Have a follow-up forum to see what folks have done and what might be next steps.
• "Steal" ideas from other RMLs.
• Send/offer speakers that promote medical libraries to hospital association conferences.