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Expanding Your Orbit: Reaching Out to New User Groups. Gretchen Arnold Elaine Attridge Patricia Greenberg Karen Knight Kelly Near The Claude Moore Health Sciences Library University of Virginia.
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Expanding Your Orbit:Reaching Out to New User Groups Gretchen Arnold Elaine Attridge Patricia Greenberg Karen Knight Kelly Near The Claude Moore Health Sciences Library University of Virginia
Library Liaison Service in the context ofthe book:The Tipping Point:how little things can make a big differenceby Malcolm Gladwell
The Tipping Point • Explains social epidemics using principles from epidemiology • Looks at similarities between major changes in social behavior and disease epidemics
ORIGINAL AUDIENCES: Nurses Researchers Clinicians GOALS: Increase two-way communication Identify ways to make library services more user-friendly Library Liaisons
Reaching Out to Researchers • Housecalls • Email alerts • Series of NCBI training sessions • Researcher’s eGateway Web portal • UVa Grant Writing Toolkit
Reaching Out to Nurses • Imperative to make our services & training fit into their “orbit”! • Timing is everything • Often their needs for information go beyond traditional library information systems
Reaching Out to the Nursing School • Aggressively promoted library orientation sessions • Customized classes • More curriculum-based sessions • PDA support for graduate nurses • All these efforts have resulted in a more visible presence of the nursing students in the library doing research
Web Portal for Nursing Students
Expanding Our Orbit … through an Expanded Liaison Service that would focus on hospital-based departments
SOAP Note • S = Subjective information • O = Objective information • A = Assessment of needs • P = Plan to meet those needs
The 3 Rules of “The Tipping Point” • The Law of the Few • The Stickiness Factor • The Power of Context
Salesmen Connectors Mavens Who are “The Few” ? Three types of people or individuals who, with a particular role, are critical to an epidemic.
Who are “The Few” ?1. The Connectors • Specialists in knowing a lot of people • Consummate networkers
Who are “The Few” ?2. The Mavens • “Specialists” in knowing a lot of things! • They enjoy both the accumulation and sharing of information.
Who are “The Few” ?3. The Salesman • They possess a charisma about a topic that makes others want to participate I want to sign up!
The 3 Rules of “The Tipping Point” • The Law of the Few • The Stickiness Factor • The Power of Context
The 3 Rules of “The Tipping Point” • The Law of the Few • The Stickiness Factor • The Power of Context
Connectors = Liaisons? • Also includes others both in and out of the Library • Service desk staff • Library administrators • Community supporters
Mavens = Library Staff • All library staff with expertise
Stickiness Factor • The small thing that could make a real difference would be our proactive and personal touch approach
The Power of Context • Training and providing service at their location • Observing them at work and learning more about their needs
Hospital-Based Departments that have been approached to-date: • Audiology • Nutrition Services • Occupational Therapy • Orthopaedic Nursing • Physical Therapy • Pulmonary Function • Respiratory Therapy • Sleep Lab • Social Work • Speech Pathology • Patient Safety Committee
Liaison Services • Customized classes • Regular updates • Reference assistance • Online Searches & SDIs • Customized Web pages • Customized handouts • Library tours • Assistance with accreditation & CE
PULMONARY DIAGNOSTICS AND RESPIRATORY THERAPY EDUCATION 2004 LECTURE SERIESUniversity of Virginia Health System Charlottesville, VA Searching the Literature – Part 1 Library Resources to Assist Therapy Services Clinicians 1 CRCE Credit/1 Type 1 Contact Hour Provided Speakers: Kelly Near, RN UVA Health Sciences Library Dates. Times and Locations: Monday, March 15 0800-0900 Sleep Disorders Center Monday, March 22 1200-1300 Tolleson Classroom – HS Library Tuesday, March 23 0730-0830 NNICU Conference Room Tuesday, March 23 1400-1500 STICU Conference Room Tuesday, March 23 2200-2300 PICU Conference Room Sponsored By; University of Virginia Health System Respiratory Therapy and Pulmonary Diagnostics Services Target Audience: University of Virginia Health System Respiratory Therapy and Pulmonary Diagnostics Personnel Other UVA Healthcare Providers