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Standing Committees, Resource Groups and Interest Groups
AFMC Resource Group on Libraries
The AFMC Resource Group on Libraries (RGL) is composed of the directors of the university health sciences libraries serving the 17 faculties of medicine in. Its goal is to work jointly to meet the needs of Canadian medical schools, in particular, to provide access to high quality resources and services to support the educational, clinical and research missions of the institutions they serve.
Major Objectives
- Monitor trends in Canadian medical education to ensure that their libraries respond to AFMC identified needs and priorities;
- Provide a national forum to discuss matters of common concern and interest and to share knowledge and best practices in curriculum and resources;
- Advocate for their patrons by alerting AFMC to major issues concerning access to information;
- Enhance access to evidence-based and other essential health information resources through joint projects, national licensing and resource sharing;
- Build strategic affiliations with other national and international groups sharing similar goals.
Executive (2011-2013)
Chair: Suzanne Maranda, Queen’s University (marandas@queensu.ca)
Alternate Chair: Sandra Langlands, University of Toronto (s.langlands.melvin@utoronto.ca)
Secretary: Susan Powelson, University of Calgary (susan.powelson@ucalgary.ca)
Affiliations
The NRC Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information Committee on Health Sciences Information:
The AFMC RGL contributes one member delegate to this committee.Canadian Health Libraries Association (CHLA):
Ex officio status is shared by the AFMC RGL chair or alternate and the CHLA president for meetings of the AFMC RGL or the CHLA Board of Directors.The AFMC Informatics Resource Group (IRG):
AFMC RGL provides a group designate to formally liaise with the IRG.
Activities
The Resource Group on Libraries meets at least once each year, normally in conjunction with the Canadian Conference on Medical Education. The chair of the RGL submits an annual report to the AFMC Board of Directors.
The RGL also hosts workshops open to all at the Canadian Conference on Medical Education:
2011: Health Informatics Competency: what does it really mean?
2010: What the Library can do for You and Your Students: The Faculty/Librarian Partnership
2009: eLearning: eLessons Learned
2008: Open Access: CIHR, PubMedCentral and Institutional Repositories
Important Documents
