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The Southwest Wisconsin Area Health Education Center is now recruiting for an Outreach Librarian for its Southwest Wisconsin Information Access Project. This position is posted to several lists; please pardon the duplication. The position is available May 1, 2001. The Outreach Librarian functions as part of the Southwest Wisconsin Information Access project team, with primary responsibility for community-based services in the region. The librarian will serve as project co-director following the first year of grant funding. The position will be based at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. It will require travel within the region. Current project partners include health care and academic organizations in 18 communities. The Outreach Librarian will work with the AHEC Library Consultant, SWAHEC personnel, other Wisconsin AHEC librarians, the UW Madison Health Sciences Libraries, and the host library to meet project objectives. The mission of the Southwest Wisconsin Health Information Access Project is to improve access to health information resources for the health care agencies/providers, educational institutions, and people in the rural communities of southwestern Wisconsin, via appropriate technology and education. In order to improve patient/consumer health information access, this project focuses on the information needs of rural, migrant, and Native American health care consumers in this region. It also addresses the ability of their health providers to access these resources and teach consumers. Project goals are threefold: * Health care consumers in underserved rural and Native American communities in southwestern Wisconsin will access and use patient/consumer health information resources. * Health care providers at partner sites will access quality Internet based resources and current published health information at the time of need. * Wisconsin AHEC library/information technology projects will demonstrate a coordinated statewide approach to meeting the needs of target populations, including preceptors, health professionals and students in underserved communities, local health departments, and culturally diverse health care consumers. Qualifications: A) Education: Masters degree in library science and eligibility for membership in the Medical Library Association's Academy of Health Information Professionals B) Experience: Demonstrated competence in Internet and MEDLINE searching and web page authoring required. Experience in a health sciences environment and teaching experience preferred. Health sciences librarian with at least two years library or health practitioner experience (new MLS graduates will be considered if they have relevant professional experience). Salary: $35,000 with excellent benefits including retirement, health, dental and vision. Funding includes travel to national and regional meetings. Starting date May 1, 2001; negotiable to June. This project is funded by the National Library of Medicine for two years. Future funding will depend on the project's success. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. For first consideration, please apply by March 9, 2001. If interested, please submit a letter of application with resume and the names of three references to: Joel Davidson, Executive Director Southwest Wisconsin AHEC Room 212 Bradley Hall 1300 University Avenue Madison, WI 53706 Posted by AHEC Library Consultant: Margaret (Peg) Allen, MLS-AHIP mailto:[log in to unmask] Library Consultant, Northern and Southwest Wisconsin Area Health Education Centers, http://www.nahec-wi.org/ and http://www.medsch.wisc.edu/ahec/swahec/ PO Box 2, 308 Kann, Stratford, WI 54484-0002 (715)687-4976 Fax:(715)687-4976