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Mission Statement
Gale Medical Library provides its patrons with information services, instruction, and resources. It supports clinical excellence, medical and administrative decision-making, and ongoing education at Littleton Regional Hospital. It supports wellness in the community by providing access to reliable consumer health information.
Location
Gale Medical Library is located in the H. Taylor Caswell, Jr., Medical Office Building at Littleton Regional Hospital.
 Hours
The library is staffed 40 hours per week and open to authorized users 24 hours a day.
Gale Medical Library is open to the public during the Medical Librarian's regularly-scheduled hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30 to 4:30. Hours may vary, so it is best to call first before coming in to use the library.
Circulation Policy
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Books from our regular collection do not circulate. |
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Books from our consumer health collection, the Anna Connors Memorial Collection, circulate to registered borrowers for 3 weeks. |
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Consumer health videos circulate overnight. |
Confidentiality Policy
We adhere to the Medical Library Association Code of Ethics for Health Services Librarianship, respecting the privacy of patrons and protecting the confidentiality of the patron relationship.
What's New
· The 2006 NH Humanities Council Communities of Care book discussion group will meet from January through April. The five-part series is hosted by the Library and sponsored by the NH Humanities Council and Littleton Regional Hospital. Registration starts in November and is limited.
· A new American Library Association Born to Read program started at the Agnes Norris Birthing Center at LRH during National Library Week in April. Nurses provide parents of newborns with their baby’s first book. Born to Read at LEH is funded by the Verizon Foundation.
· New Assistive Technology: Open Book software is now available to convert printed text to spoken word for any of our patrons who are blind or vision-impaired, thanks to support from the Littleton Model Community Project. The library also owns CCTV equipment that enlarges text.
· The Reach Out and Read program, which started at LRH North Country Pediatrics in October 2004 with start-up funding from the national Reach Out and Read office, distributed over 700 books to children during their well-child checkups by in its first year. The program continues with support from the Littleton Regional Hospital Auxiliary and others.
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