Community Engagement at an Emerging Academic Medical Library: A Three-Pronged Outreach Model

Swanberg, Stephanie; Mi, Misa; Engwall, Keith; Bulgarelli, Nancy

doi:10.1080/02763869.2018.1477707

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“…However, in this study, universities were also not very often used to access information on dairy production ( Table 3 ). Possible reasons could be transportation issues on the part of the farmers, whereby it might be expensive to travel to universities for consultation [ 55 ]. On the part of universities, staff may be unable to organize outreach programs due to bureaucracy issues and underfunding.…”

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Influence of access to extension services on milk productivity among smallholder dairy farmers in Njoro Sub-County, Nakuru County, Kenya

Ogola,

Ngesa,

Makanji

2023

Heliyon

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Influence of access to extension services on milk productivity among smallholder dairy farmers in Njoro Sub-County, Nakuru County, Kenya

Ogola,

Ngesa,

Makanji

2023

Heliyon

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“…Previous studies of academic medical and public library partnerships fall into two main approaches: (1) medical librarians training public library staff in health information resources [ 14 , 15 ] and (2) collaborating to plan and offer health programming targeting library patrons [ 16 – 18 ]. Many attributes of successful library outreach previously reported in the literature were found in this project, including sharing mutual interests and goals, aligning with institutional missions, and addressing community interests and needs [ 1 , 20 , 29 , 30 ]. This project also revealed unique elements that could be adapted by other libraries seeking to implement similar programs.…”

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“…Sustainability is one of the most commonly reported challenges of outreach [ 1 , 20 , 29 , 30 ]. As institutional missions evolve, interests change, and staff turnover occurs, outreach projects are often the first to be affected.…”

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A health education outreach partnership between an academic medical library and public library: lessons learned before and during a pandemic

Swanberg

Bulgarelli

Jayakumar

et al. 2022

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Background: Public libraries serve as community centers for accessing free, trustworthy health information. As such, they provide an ideal setting to teach the local community about health and health literacy, particularly during public health crises like the COVID-19 pandemic. Since 2018, an outreach partnership between an academic medical library and public library has developed, delivered, and continuously evaluated a health education program targeting public library users. Case Presentation: Health education activities were integrated into three existing public library programs: adult workshops, child and family programming, and circulating family activity kits. Prior to COVID-19, events were held at the public library, which then pivoted online during the pandemic. An interprofessional team approach combined the expertise of academic medical and public librarians, medical school faculty and staff, and medical students in developing the educational programs. Twelve in-person and five virtual programs were offered, and five circulating health education family kits were launched. Activities were assessed using program evaluation surveys of the adult and children’s programs and circulation statistics of the kits. Conclusions: This case report showcases the lessons learned from implementing a longitudinal outreach partnership between an academic medical library and public library before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The interprofessional team approach and flexibility in program design and delivery in both the in-person and virtual environments proved critical to the success of the partnership. This partnership could serve as a model for other libraries interested in pursuing interprofessional collaborations in educating local communities on healthy behavior and health information–seeking practices.

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“…The next pain point is awareness of the information resources that their institutions license and how these resources are accessed by users [16]. Librarians could improve awareness by expanding and improving upon current methods of advertising and instruction, which could be supported by publisher-created marketing materials that allow libraries to brand resources and materials [17,18]. Collaboration between librarians and publishers on end-user marketing and training appeared to be key to alleviating this pain point.…”

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Why are they not accessing it? User barriers to clinical information access

Laera

Gutzman

Spencer

et al. 2021

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The Medical Library Association’s InSight Initiative provides an open and collaborative environment for library and industry partners to discuss vexing problems and find solutions to better serve their users. The initiative’s fifth summit, continuing work from the previous summit, focused on understanding how users discover and access information in the clinical environment. During the summit, participants were divided into working groups and encouraged to create a tangible product as a result of their discussions. At the end of the summit, participants established a framework for understanding users’ pain points, discussed possible solutions to those points, and received feedback on their work from an End User Advisory Board comprising physicians, clinical researchers, and clinical faculty in biomedicine. In addition to the pain point framework, participants are developing MLA InSight Initiative Learning content with modules to educate librarians and publishers about critical aspects of user behavior. The 2020 Insight Initiative Fall Forum will serve as a virtual home for constructive dialogue between health sciences librarians and publishers on improving discovery and access to information.

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Community Engagement at an Emerging Academic Medical Library: A Three-Pronged Outreach Model

Cited by 7 publications

References 6 publications

Influence of access to extension services on milk productivity among smallholder dairy farmers in Njoro Sub-County, Nakuru County, Kenya

Influence of access to extension services on milk productivity among smallholder dairy farmers in Njoro Sub-County, Nakuru County, Kenya

A health education outreach partnership between an academic medical library and public library: lessons learned before and during a pandemic

Why are they not accessing it? User barriers to clinical information access

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