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Emily Brennan, MLISUSC Norris Medical Library
LibGuides for Instruction and Outreach
• Educational & Research Services (ERS) Division: 6.5 librarianso 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
Before LibGuides
• Student Portals without Content Management System• Limitations:
o Difficult to updateo One dimensional…could not easily add media, layer pageso Could not track usage statisticso Users could not rate resourceso Not aesthetically pleasing
Timeline
• 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
LibGuide Topics
• Academic departmentso Anesthesiology, ophthalmology, preventive medicine
• KSOM organ systemso Hematology, neuroscience, musculoskeletal
• Divisions, programso Division of Medical Education, Physician Assistant
Program• Committee topics
o Community-Based Education, Interprofessional Education
• Misco Health Statistics, Mobile Devices, Patient Education
Academic Disciplines
Curriculum Overview
Outreach & Instruction for KSOM
• 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
• 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
Usage Statistics
• Year 1 portal: August 2010 (orientation):4,250 hits
o August 2010-present: 8,435 hits
• Year 2 portal: August 2010 (EBM instruction):3,495 hits
o August 2010-present: 6,730 hits
o Renal system: August to September 5 to165 hits
• Year 3-4 portal: August 2010-present: 4,335 hits
o Family Medicine: August 2010-present: 1,685 hits
o Psychiatry: August 2010-present: 660 hits
LibGuide Benefits
• 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
