Medicine also operates the Health Sciences Library (HSL), formerly known as the Northern Ontario Virtual Library (NOVL) to northern health-care professionals, and the Health Information Resource Centre (HIRC) to faculty, students and residents. The HSL aims to meet the traditional and expanding information needs of NOSM's learners and faculty, as well as registered health professionals throughout the region of Northern Ontario. It sponsors in-person and technologically mediated instruction on the latest health sciences resources and information technology, among other topics. The explicit aim is to further the practice of evidence-based medicine in the North, with special focus on the physicians, residents, nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and other health care professionals in northern and/or rural communities. See also Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research References External links Northern Ontario School of Medicine Northern Ontario School of Medicine Faculty & Staff Association & OPSEU Local 677 Northern Ontario School of Medicine Student Society NOSM's Health Sciences Library Educational institutions established in 2005 Medical schools in Canada Universities and colleges in Ontario 2005 establishments in Ontario