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	        U.VA. MEDICAL LIBRARY BRINGS OUTREACH PROGRAM TO DANVILLE

             CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Dec. 21 -- The University of Virginia 
Claude Moore Health Sciences Library has received a $150,000 grant from the 
E. Stuart James Grant Charitable Trust of Danville in support of a medical 
librarian to work with health professionals and citizens in south central 
Virginia. 
	The U.Va. librarian, who will be based in Danville, will plan and 
provide information services in partnership with Danville Regional Medical 
Center, the Pittsylvania/Danville Health District, the South-Central Area 
Health Education Center (AHEC) Program and public colleges and libraries in 
the area. New computer equipment and software, provided by the grant, will 
strengthen the medical information resources and services available at 
participating sites and help link area health professionals to community 
resources and to the Internet.
	"We're pleased that our medical center can assume a leadership role 
in expanding information services in this region in collaboration with the 
University of Virginia," said Larry DePriest, chief executive officer of the 
Danville Regional Medical Center. "We also hope to follow up with closer ties 
to U.Va. for such initiatives as continuing medical education and 
telemedicine."
	This is the Health Sciences Center's third community-based librarian 
working to identify and meet health care professionals' needs in rural areas 
of Virginia.
	For additional information, contact Linda Watson, director of the 
Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, at 804-924-0187.
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                                                      December 20, 1995