Fall 2010 - Eastern Virginia Medical School

A look at theservices the libraryoffers and how itremains relevantin an era of easyaccess toinformationIt’s easy to get lost on the information superhighway.Luckily, the staff of the Edward E. Brickell MedicalSciences Library at Eastern Virginia Medical Schoolcan offer you a map.The librarians’ work goes far beyond helping students,faculty and staff. They also field questions from HamptonRoads residents on a daily basis, organize communitytraining sessions that help people locate reliable healthinformation online and assist Virginia legislators withhealth-care proposals that have the potential to toucheveryone in the state.“Our job from the very beginning has been to give backto this community,” says Judith Mercer, associate dean forlibrary and learning resources and director of educationaltechnology.“Back when we lived in more of a print world, mostpeople came in to us. Now it is our job to go out into thecommunity, to empower them and help them sift throughBooksLIBRARYwww.evms.edu FALL 2010 19