Abstract
Medical education requires clinical training in hospital and ambulatory settings. Medical schools enter arrangements with hospitals or health systems to establish clinical training sites. Such arrangements result in varying levels of affiliation and organizational structure between academic and clinical entities. In 2017 a nonprofit integrated health system with ten hospitals, 41 graduate medical programs, and a research institute, acquired a new, community-based medical school located within the health system's catchment area. Integration of departments was encouraged where it made sense. System and school leadership agreed that the libraries for the medical school and system would report under the school. This poster describes how the libraries of the health system and school integrated to meet the needs of the resulting organization and shares lessons learned. Outcomes o Collaboration among library staff across the libraries o Greater efficiency and effectiveness through consolidation of responsibilities and systems • Library technology • Purchasing • Financial tracking • Licensing • Administrative support • Updated website and systems provide a contemporary and user-friendly interface o Increased engagement with researchers o Updated website and systems provide a contemporary and user-friendly interface o Staff engagement continues to be high-88% in 2024 Challenges • Resource constraints: Covid • Responding to organizational change while integrating: divestitures, partnerships, internal improvement processes • Organization environments still separate • Managing access to separate library collections • Library staff feeling ownership for specific services or concern for additional responsibilities • Library patron and stakeholder expectations • Patrons wanted access to both libraries' collections • Expectation to save money through combined subscriptions and education discounts