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LibGuides for Instruction and Outreach

LibGuides for Instruction and Outreach. Emily Brennan, MLIS USC Norris Medical Library. Educational & Research Services (ERS) Division: 6.5 librarians I am liaison to USC students, residents, fellows, faculty, staff in : Keck School of Medicine (KSOM)

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LibGuides for Instruction and Outreach

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  1. LibGuides for Instruction and Outreach Emily Brennan, MLIS USC Norris Medical Library

  2. Educational & Research Services (ERS) Division: 6.5 librarians • I am liaison to USC students, residents, fellows, faculty, staff in: • Keck School of Medicine (KSOM) • USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center Hospital • USC University Hospital • LAC+USC Medical Center • Doheny Eye Institute Norris Medical Library

  3. Student Portals without Content Management System • Limitations: • Difficult to update • One dimensional…could not easily add media, layer pages • Could not track usage statistics • Users could not rate resources • Not aesthetically pleasing Before LibGuides

  4. 2009: Web Services Librarian created a skeleton guide for each academic discipline • Summer 2010: Migrated content of old student portals into LibGuides system • Added additional content to student portals •  Created system-specific LibGuides Timeline

  5. Academic departments • Anesthesiology, ophthalmology, preventive medicine • KSOM organ systems • Hematology, neuroscience, musculoskeletal • Divisions, programs • Division of Medical Education, Physician Assistant Program • Committee topics • Community-Based Education, Interprofessional Education • Misc • Health Statistics, Mobile Devices, Patient Education LibGuide Topics

  6. Academic Disciplines

  7. Curriculum Overview

  8. Before system: • Contact system co-chairs to ask for their input on the guides • Ask to present LibGuide to students on first day of system • Present appropriate system LibGuide at years 1 and 2 monthly ICM faculty meeting • Start of system: • Contact all system lecturers to make them aware of LibGuide and to ask for their input on the guides • Present LibGuide to students Outreach & Instruction for KSOM

  9. Instruction to hospital clinicians • Clinician’s Portal and subject-specific guides • Library’s Technology Lunch Series • Mobile Devices, Web 2.0 • Library workshops • Health Statistics • Campus outreach • Visions & Voices: Writing About Patients: Truth & Consequences • Lecture by Jay Baruch, MD Outreach & Instruction

  10. Outreach & Instruction

  11. Usage Statistics • Year 1 portal: August 2010 (orientation):4,250 hits • August 2010-present: 8,435 hits  • Year 2 portal: August 2010 (EBM instruction):3,495 hits •  August 2010-present: 6,730 hits • Renal system:  August to September  5 to165 hits • Year 3-4 portal: August 2010-present: 4,335 hits • Family Medicine: August 2010-present: 1,685 hits • Psychiatry: August 2010-present: 660 hits

  12. Centralized place for students to access relevant resources • Flexibility in content and format • Multi-dimensional…can easily add media, layer pages • Ability to gather usage statistics • Users can rate resources • Aesthetically pleasing • Provides a variety of means by which patrons can contact librarian • Improved communication and relations between the librarian, faculty and students LibGuide Benefits

  13. Questions? Emily Brennan ebrennan@usc.edu 323.442.1124

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