Lane Medical Library

Where We Are Going

Implemented by the Resource Management Team
Maintains world class collection of resources to support research/patient care/education
Saves time and effort of SUMC community by effectively and efficiently managing access to information resources
Enhances discovery of and access to all digital, physical, and virtual resources

Implemented by the Access Services Team
Enhance access by providing researchers and clinicians with information with the greatest possible relevance to their specialties
Maximize value by developing communication networks that share information effectively

Implemented by the Research & Instruction Team
Establish Lane as an active education PARTNER integral to achieving SUMC's common goal of improved health
Contribute to the development and support of an INQUIRY AND DISCOVERY based culture at SUMC
Make Lane an exemplar of Information Literacy (IL) for the SUMC community

Implemented by the Knowledge Management Team
Establish Lane as a national leader in efforts to integrate biomedical literature resources into clinical system interfaces such as the EMR.
Create capability for individuals and groups to annotate biomedical literature and control sharing of their annotations.
Develop innovations for integrating Lane’s biomedical literature tools and services with informatics research to accelerate work in translating knowledge from labs to clinics.

Implemented by Lane Management Team
Communication: increase awareness and promote communication about Lane’s services, activities and initiatives throughout the Stanford community
Evaluation: establish a meaningful and ongoing system of evaluating our service to promote continual quality improvement of Lane services and initiatives
Financial: create a modern funding strategy to support expanding collection and services in an increasingly digital age