a reminder about the LCAOM meeting  at the Asheville Renaissance Hotel in North
Carolina on Wednesday November 3rd from 6:30 to 9:30 pm.  Note evening time.

we hope to have telephone connection for off-site participation, which will mean
a relatively late evening for the West Coast.

Please submit agenda items through the Yahoo Group.  Subcommittees on
terminology and consortium issues should be prepared to present any efforts made
since the last meeting.

Two suggestions:

Discussion of the recent article from WHO on incorporating OM medical terms.
this document is available in the files section.

Is there a national directory of OM practitioners where one can verify
certification. or perhaps regional ones.  possibility of developing such
directories of practitioners such as exist for some western medical personnel. 
an effort for a consortium?

should the library committee have  liaison with the resaarch committee?

Recently someone from a Western Medical Library asked about checking
qualifications of OM practitioners.  Are there regional or national databases
which provide this?  The state of California has a directory for California
doctors.

I have found two sites to look at.  Please review these sites and recommend
other sources.  we will discuss this fully in Asheville in November
1)
http://omclinic.org/member-practitioner.php
Practitioner Member - OMclinic.org
Section of:OMclinic.org: Oriental Medicine Clinics

this site may offer information about certified practitioners of Oriental
Medicine in North America.
We help people find qualified acupuncture practitioners. Like Google® (but just
for acupuncturists). All qualified acupuncturists are listed in our public
directory FREE.

lists practitioners by area ( list only no links to names).  search for santa
cruz California netted several non santa cruz listings.
2)
NCAOM
http://www.nccaom.org/find/index.html


NCCAOM publishes contact information of practitioners who are nationally
certified in Oriental Medicine, Acupuncture, Chinese Herbology,and Asian
Bodywork Therapy.
Individuals certified in Oriental Medicine have met requirements for board
certification in both Acupuncture AND Chinese Herbology.
A search for a practitioner can be conducted via NCCAOM's Public Registry
(formally the Directory of Diplomates).

In preparation for the Asheville meeting in November, I am asking member
libraries to provide the following information:

1. library role in enhancing literature competency.
questions:
School
size of library
number of students
library activities which enhance liberature competency

example
Five Branches University
#students 400?
size of library: 6000 titles
activities: web based library orientation including search techniques; librarian
assists in teaching research class; librarian facilitates docline requests.

2. library liaison with non OM libraries.
Questions
School
size
students
liaison with nonOM libraries

example
Five Branches University
size, students as above (if answering both questions no need to repeat this)
activities: active liaison with Plane Tree Library in San Jose; exchange OM
materials for recend Westmed materials; provide link to Plane Tree web site; in
active communication with librarian there.
also librarian is active in local public library as part-time oncall.

the informaton gathered will be compiled and discussed in November

Thanks for your help.

Agenda LCAOM for Asheville NC, Wednesday, November 3rd, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

1. Review of April meeting notes and committee reports (if any) on terminology
and consortium.

2. Discussion of library role in student/practitioner literary competency.
examples from Five Branches University.

3. Discussion of databases for finding practitioners of OM, location and
qualifications.
Recently someone from a Western Medical Library asked about checking
qualifications of OM practitioners. Are there regional or national databases
which provide this? The state of California has a directory for California
doctors.

I have found two sites to look at. Please review these sites and recommend other
sources. we will discuss this fully in Asheville in November
1)
http://omclinic.org/member-practitioner.php
Practitioner Member - OMclinic.org
Section of:OMclinic.org: Oriental Medicine Clinics

This site may offer information about certified practitioners of Oriental
Medicine in North America.
We help people find qualified acupuncture practitioners. Like Google® (but just
for acupuncturists). All qualified acupuncturists are listed in our public
directory FREE.

lists practitioners by area ( list only no links to names). search for santa
cruz California netted several non santa cruz listings.
2)
NCCAOM
http://www.nccaom.org/find/index.html

NCCAOM publishes contact information of practitioners who are nationally
certified in Oriental Medicine, Acupuncture, Chinese Herbology,and Asian
Bodywork Therapy.
Individuals certified in Oriental Medicine have met requirements for board
certification in both Acupuncture AND Chinese Herbology.
A search for a practitioner can be conducted via NCCAOM's Public Registry
(formally the Directory of Diplomates).


4. Example of collaboration between OM and WestMed libraroes- Five Branches
University and Plane Tree

5. Evaluation of overall role of the Library Committee.  What relation does it
have to the Research Committee?  Should member of library committee sit in on
Research committee meeting?


We hope to have a telephone connection to facilitate participation from other
interested parties who cannot attend in person
Please add any addition items via email.

A copy of the agenda can be found in the files section.

School: Pacific College of Oriental Medicine

# of student,  1150

Size of library collection: 26,000 to 30,000
SD library  17458
NY library   4078
CHI librar   4701

Activities:  Teach Health Information literacy to 3 clasess. Clinical Research
and Design, Pathophysiology-Massage Therapy, and Doctoral Dissertation Research
class.  Also Community Outreach consumer health information classes.

Autoamted system: Cybertoolf for Libraries all 3 libraries
Web page www.pacificcollege.edu, then go to library
Databases: all NLM and DHHS health systems, EBSCO AltHealthWatch, Medline with
full text, and EJS Online journals.

Liaison:  UCSD, SDSU, UCLS, PSRMLS NN/LM, LCAOM (respond to ILL requests

Naomi C. Broering, MLS, MA, FACMI.  Dean of Libraries

School: Pacific College of Oriental Medicine

# of student, 1150

Size of library collection: 26,000 to 30,000
SD library 17458
NY library 4078
CHI librar 4701

Activities: Teach Health Information literacy to 3 clasess. Clinical Research
and Design, Pathophysiology-Massage Therapy, and Doctoral Dissertation Research
class. Also Community Outreach consumer health information classes.

Autoamted system: Cybertoolf for Libraries all 3 libraries
Web page www.pacificcollege.edu, then go to library
Databases: all NLM and DHHS health systems, EBSCO AltHealthWatch, Medline with
full text, and EJS Online journals.

Liaison: UCSD, SDSU, UCLS, PSRMLS NN/LM, LCAOM (respond to ILL requests

Naomi C. Broering, MLS, MA, FACMI. Dean of Libraries

Survey Results: Library role in  literacy and liaison with WestMed Libraries
10/25/2010
School: American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ACTCM)
size of library: 5,843 books; 66 journal titles
number of students: 283
library activities: working on the online journals as well as ACTCM Journal
Index
liaison with nonOM libraries: a member of San Francisco Biomedical Library
Network

Aileen Huang
Director of Learning Center
Shuji Goto Library, ACTCM
555 De Haro St. Suite 210
San Francisco, CA 94107
Tel. 415-355-1601 ext. 19


School: Pacific College of Oriental Medicine
# of student, 1150
Size of library collection: 26,000 to 30,000
SD library 17458
NY library 4078
CHI librar 4701

Activities: Teach Health Information literacy to 3 clasess. Clinical Research
and Design, Pathophysiology-Massage Therapy, and Doctoral Dissertation Research
class. Also Community Outreach consumer health information classes.

Autoamted system: Cybertoolf for Libraries all 3 libraries
Web page www.pacificcollege.edu, then go to library
Databases: all NLM and DHHS health systems, EBSCO AltHealthWatch, Medline with
full text, and EJS Online journals.
Liaison: UCSD, SDSU, UCLS, PSRMLS NN/LM, LCAOM (respond to ILL requests
Naomi C. Broering, MLS, MA, FACMI. Dean of Libraries

1. library role in enhancing literature competency.
questions:
School - Seattle Institute of Oriental Medicine
size of library - about 2500
number of students - 38
library activities which enhance liberature competency - Introductory library
class at the beginning of each year to introduce students to the library and its
resources, trip to the University of Washington Health Sciences Library to
familiarize students with the UW system and services, annual class on research
and using MedLine/PubMed.

School Bastyr University, University of Washington
size ? huge
students ? tens of thousands combined
liaison with nonOM libraries  - SIOM students can use both the Bastyr library
and any of the UW librarys. If students wish to check out books from these
institutions they need a special library card. The head Bastyr librarian, Jane
Saxton, visits SIOM annually to help teach the PubMed class.

Andrea Kurtz, LAc
Librarian
Seattle Institute of Oriental Medicine
916 NE 65th Street
Seattle, WA 98115
www.siom.edu
  i will also put this document in the files section.

Please research the topic of effects of WiFi on health and whether presence of
WiFi in the clinic is a problem.  Please email the group and we can also discuss
the issue in Asheville.  My research indicates that little research shows up in
PubMed.

Jim:

             Thank you for the agenda, which I received in a separate e-mail.
Also, yes, I have requested a speaker phone. I will be present at the beginning
of the committee meeting to call out from the phone to CCAOM's 800 number as the
moderator and then I will leave. Please contact the persons who wish to dial
into the meeting and tell them to do the following:



·        Dial 1-866-352-3799;

·        Enter the Meeting Number *8978346* (include the * key before and after
number);

·        Ignore Prompt for Moderator's Pin Number



Calls to the above number should be made at the following times:



·        6:30 pm Eastern Time

·        5:30 pm Central Time

·        4:30 pm Mountain Time

·        3:30 pm Pacific Time



Let me know if you need any further assistance. If you need to contact me during
the week of the meeting, my cell is 301.263.9779.



Thanks,

David





David M. Sale, J.D., LL.M.

Executive Director

Minutes of CCAOM LCAOM meeting on November 3rd, 2010.



  a Word document of these minutes will be posted today

Attendees:

Jim Emdy, Librarian, Five Branches University

Rachel Nowakowski, Admin. Dir. Daoist Traditionans 
rnowakowski@...

Bruce T Pagel,  Director Dragon Rises College, director@...

Jean Hardest-Praley, Dean of Admissions ASAOM Tuscon, admissions@...

Debbie Major, Academic Dean PIHMA, dmajor@...

Vladimir O'Brigida, Director CSTCM, director@...

Mahate Osborn, Librarian AIMC, mahateis@... (T)

Howard Magor, Librarian National library of Traditional Medicine,
hmagor@... (T)

Dan Kanaley, Library Director New York Chiropractic College Finger Lakes NY,
dkanaley@...(T)

Frank Yunasek, Chair, Chief clinician NVHS Chicago, fyurasek@...

Naomi Broering, Dean of Libraries PCOM nbroering@...(T)

Kenny Ebersole, Academic Dean Dragon Rising College,
academicdean@...

Michael Prater, President ASAOM, president@...



Special thanks to the Council for providing telephone support for this meeting.



Attendees who are not part of the LCAOM Yahoo group are invited to join. It is
easy and free:

--establish a free yahoo email account

--go to Yahoo, select groups, then LCAOM in the search window

--click on "join this group" and follow screen prompts.

--You will be notified soon when your application has been accepted.



Consortium Committee:

--Mahate Osborn replaces Teri Powers on the committee; Dan Kanaley continues.

Resolved to create a document for the spring meeting specifying an outline for
desired features and services of a possible cooperative consortium of OM
libraries.  Smaller libraries are in particular need for support in accessing
fee-based databases and interlibrary loan material.  Details of exact
organizational structure and legal matters will be worked on later.  We must
move forward on this issue.



Terminilogy Committee:

No activity to report.  Discussion of the WHO ICD project and the need for CAM
organizations to have input.  The committee urges the CCAOM to be involved in
this effort in concert with other OM organizations.

Two publications were cited as useful:

WHO stand acupuncture point locations in the Western Pacific Region.

WHO international standard terminology on Traditional Medicine in the Western
Pacific Region

A computer-oriented effort between a major Western university and Chinese
sources on ontology of medical terms was mentioned.



Library role in literature competency:

Various activities provided by libraries to enhance literature competency were
discussed. Efforts include providing adequate online research resources,
teaching students/faculty in the use of the library and its resources and
providing online orientation tools( e.g. Five Branches University PowerPoint
guide to the library and research techniques).  Libraries are involved with
faculty and research departments in varying ways.  In general, students seem
more up to speed than faculty.

One suggestion to enhance research capabilities is for more libraries to join
full text DocLine service and become part of the Oriental Library unit ("cell").
This, in addition to the Yahoo user group, is a way to be more linked with
libraries in our field.



WiFi in libraries and clinics.

Generally WiFi is widely available in OM libraries and clinics.  The effect of
WiFi on health has been researched, however a search on the topic in PubMed
yielded only 34 articles.  In a few peripheral cases students have left an OM
school because of WiFi.  A small number of people claim extreme sensitivity to
electromagnetic frequencies and WiFi in particular.  An informal Googl search on
the topic resulted in a number of articles, about evenly divided between
claiming no effect and anecdotally serious health consequences.



Library Committee and Research Committee

It was decided to pursue liaison between the Library and Research committee.  It
is suggested that the two committees are not scheduled for the same time and
that there be representation on the library committee from a research committee
member and vice versa.



Site Visit

A general discussion of site visits and problems libraries have had in the past.
The current guidelines are easier to work with than earlier versions, but some
questions always remain.  Michael Prater reported from the Accredidation
Committee will looking to the Commission to revise the standards for libraries
based on general standards for what OM schools should look like and what they
could provide.  Criteria would be have customer-service orientation and be
outcome-based.

If possible could you correct the information about our college.  It is the
Finger Lakes School of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine at New York Chiropractic
College, located in Seneca Falls, NY.  My email is dkanaley@... (not nacc).
Thanks!

I will be posting in the Files Section an article on EMF:
"The pulse, the electronic age and radiation: early detection" by Leon Hammer
adn Rose Rosen.

Hello,

This email message is a notification to let you know that
a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the ccaomlcaom
group.

   File        : /pulseelectronicageradiation.pdf
   Uploaded by : jamesemdy <librarian@...>
   Description :

You can access this file at the URL:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ccaomlcaom/files/pulseelectronicageradiation.pdf

To learn more about file sharing for your group, please visit:
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/groups/original/members/web/index.html
Regards,

jamesemdy <librarian@...>

Thanks to Bruce Pagel atDragon Rises College of Oriental Medicine
for providing the article on "The pulse, the electronic age..etc" recently
posted to the files section of the group.

AcuFinder.com provides a list of acupuncturists keyed by zip code location.  it
claims about 30,000 entries. Address, phone numbers,etc with pictures if
provided by the listee, etc.  There is no indication of quality of care provided
or past history.

http://www.acufinder.com

I am a brand-new member of the list, library coordinator for Academy for Five
Element Acupuncture in Gainesville, FL.

We are interested in offering medical research databases to our students but not
sure where to start. I have read the Overview of 45 published CAM databases
paper in the files area, which was a huge help. If you had to choose only five
databases to offer, which five would you choose? Which do your students get the
most use out of?

I appreciate any help you all are willing to offer.

Andi Houston
Academy for Five Element Acupuncture
acupuncturist.edu

Hello,

This email message is a notification to let you know that
a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the ccaomlcaom
group.

   File        : /WHO - BenchmarksTCM.pdf
   Uploaded by : jamesemdy <librarian@...>
   Description : WHO - Benchmarks for Training in Traditional Chinese Medicine
2010.pdf

You can access this file at the URL:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ccaomlcaom/files/WHO%20-%20BenchmarksTCM.pdf

To learn more about file sharing for your group, please visit:
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/groups/original/members/web/index.html
Regards,

jamesemdy <librarian@...>

a PDF file from WHO on benchmarks for training in Tuina has been placed in the
files section

An early reminder that the next LCAOM meeting is in Baltimore on May 11th,
Wednesday, from 6:30 to 9:30 pm
I would like to present for the friday general meeting a report on efforts to
form a library consortium, suggesting that we should move to actual formation,
continued discussion or outright abandonment of the project.

Please provide information on the following questions:

1. Does your library need consortium services?

2. Would your library join if the library incurred expenses?

3. What three things your library would want from the consortium?  You may add
more than three.

4. If a consortium is formed, could someone on your staff serve on a governing
board?

Thank you for your help.

We should, by the way,have telephone connection for the May meeting.

-----Original Message-----
From: ccaomlcaom@yahoogroups.com on behalf of maha
Sent: Tue 3/15/2011 8:12 AM
To: ccaomlcaom@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [ccaomlcaom] Consortium Considerations: Request for Information from
Libraries

LCCAOM Members,

As part of our preparation for the upcoming  meeting in Baltimore, we'd
like to get a sense of what the needs are of  smaller libraries (which
most of us are) and how we can integrate those  needs into a larger
consortium framework.

A consortium of  participating libraries has the potential to enhance
local access to a  wide variety of print and electronic resources and
services that would  otherwise be beyond their individual means. This
kind of sharing could  allow collaboration toward development and
standardization of many  programs and systems that currently may be
unwieldy, if offered at all,  by smaller libraries with limited
personnel.

Some possibilities for sharing include:

. Print resources sharing
. Electronic resources sharing and licensing
. Shared online catalogs
. Online services such as information literacy modules
. Enhanced interlibrary loan and document delivery systems
. Standardized (or at least cooperative) cataloging structures
. Eventual alliances with larger colleges and Universities with
specialized collections
. Mutual training programs

Some  issues that need to be addressed are how we will structure the
consortial systems, programs, and organization, how many libraries will
participate and how they will benefit,
what the mission of the  consortium will be, legal agreements, fee
structures, and how long  initial agreements will last. There are many
options for all of the  above, as to be determined by those libraries
wishing to take part. Also  to be determined will be most appropriate
method of communication,  decision making, and access to information
(i.e., websites, daily  e-lists, committees, etc). We also need to
ascertain whether there are  consortial options for small libraries that
will be sustainable over  time, both in human power and financial
resources.

Possibilities  include informal or formal arrangements, and local or
more extended  networks, depending on the needs of participating
libraries.

I am writing today to recruit ideas from all individual libraries about
the following four points:

1. How you think your library can benefit from a consortial arrangement,
2. What you think your library can offer a larger group and
institutions, and
3. How you see LCCAOM libraries participating together toward effective
resource and services sharing.
4. Please also include your thoughts on what challenges you see in
becoming part of a consortium.

I  will consolidate all responses into a document for use at the
meeting,  so a timely response (by the end of March) would be
appreciated.

Thank you,

Mahate Osborn, AIMC Berkeley Library Director