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Going It Alone: Successes And Failures Developing A Single-Staff Systematic Review Service, Jenessa Mcelfresh

Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Conference

Objective: The purpose of this study is to document the successes and failures of solely developing and supporting a systematic review consultation service. While these insights are specific to the systematic review service creation process, the tips can be applied to any service idea met with high demand and little resources.

Methods: The systematic review service described in this study was developed at a non-health sciences specific university library at a Carnegie-R1 research institution. The service has a multi-tiered approach created using best practices identified from systematic review services offered at other institutions, and the strengths and weaknesses of the …

Squircle: One Month To Renegotiate License Agreements And Pricing To Include New Hospital Acquisitions, Jean Gudenas

Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Conference

Objective: To develop an adhoc workflow for renegotiating license agreements and pricing to support the medical center’s acquisition of new hospitals.

Methods: In reaction to the acquisition of new hospitals, the Library had to develop an adhoc workflow to inform vendors of the newly acquired hospitals, update license agreements, renegotiate pricing, and negotiate a funding increase to a shared services agreement. Collaborating with the Health System Administration Planning Team (HSAPT), a timeline was established as to when the hospitals would receive access to various services, including all library-subscribed and purchased material.

Results: The project timeline had a go-live date of …

Any Shape Or Form: An Online Module For Teaching Medical Students Citation Management In Residency Settings, Erica Heasley, Robyn Rosasco

Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Conference

Objective: To describe how the library’s online tutorial for medical students, “Introduction to Citation Management Tools,” was created and integrated into the College of Medicine’s Residency Preparation Boot Camp. Implemented in 2017, passing the tutorial is still a requirement for completing the boot camp.

Methods: In 2017, the Maguire Medical Library was asked by undergraduate and graduate medical education faculty to create a citation management tutorial for 4th-year medical students preparing to commence their respective residency programs. As part of the College of Medicine’s Residency Preparation Boot Camp, the tutorial needed to provide students with an overview of citation management …

A Librarian's Perspective On Manually Tagging Curriculum For Lcme Accreditation, Melodie Gardner

Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Conference

Objective: The objective of this paper is to discuss and share some of the successes and challenges of manually tagging all first- and second-year (M1/M2) curriculum course sessions over the course of five academic years (2014 - 2019).

Methods: As part of the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) accreditation process, all US medical schools are required to maintain a curriculum database that tracks the number of course hours spent on a selected set of topics outlined in the LCME Functions and Structures of a Medical School; this is usually achieved by building a controlled vocabulary based on Standard 6 …

Shaping The Future Of Information Literacy Research By Health Sciences Librarians: A Bibliometric Study, Alexandria Quesenberry, Lin Wu

Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Conference

Objectives: Information literacy (IL) publications have been examined in many disciplines, but there is limited published literature to assess health sciences librarians’ productivity on IL research. This study aimed to examine the status and characteristics of IL research authored by health sciences librarians over the period of 2008 to 2018.

Methods: Bibliometrics, the statistical analysis of publications, was used to assess the indicators of productivity, collaboration, and visibility on IL research by health sciences librarians. Data was collected from Scopus and Web of Science. EndNote software was used to remove duplicates and Rayyan was used to systematically screen search results …

Thinking Outside The Box To Square The Circle: Realigning Library Services With Stakeholder Needs, David Petersen, Rebecca Harrington, Martha Earl

Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Conference

Objectives: In an age of electronic databases and Google, librarians must find ways to expand library services to meet the needs of patrons who no longer seek some traditional services. How do we identify needs in our organizations that are not being met, and market our abilities to fill those needs while maintaining our identity as librarians?

Methods: With the full support of the library director, whose priority was to update academic and clinical services, newly hired librarians took time to observe the initiatives and goals already established across their respective residency and nursing departments. Despite increased liaison activity, decreasing …

How To Stop Being A Librarian: Student-Centered Library Guide Design And Content Curation, Melodie Gardner

Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Conference

Objective: The objective of this paper is to discuss information seeking behavior of digital-native students verses librarians and how this affects the design, layout, and content of effective library guides. Topics covered will include effective content curation for guides, web-user’s behavior patterns, design consistency, and tips & tricks for integrating design and content best practices across a library guide system.

Methods: Springshare’s LibGuides is a platform that allows librarians to create and design topic-centered web pages called Library Guides which contain curated content; including library resources. While librarians generally follow webpage design best-practices in their library guides to increase their …

How One Library's Location Change Impacted Health Information Requests: Comparing Zip Codes And Health Disparities To Shape Library Services, David Petersen, Kelsey Grabeel, Cameron Watson

Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Conference

Objective In 2014, the Preston Medical Library underwent a radical change, moving from an academic office building to the main floor of a regional medical center. While the library previously served the public, health information requests have substantially increased in volume due to the new location. Each health information request is logged with the subject nature and patron contact information. The objective is: to analyze this data to see if our reach has expanded to counties that previously have not used the service, to see which counties request the most health information, and to ascertain whether more requests are from …

Braving Our Blindspots: Using A Virtual Book Discussion Group To Continue Conversations On Implicit Bias In Libraries, Shannon Jones, Kelsa Bartley

Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Conference

Diversifying librarianship has been a strategic priority for years yet statistically the profession remains largely white. A contributing factor to this homogeneity is likely implicit bias. An implicit bias occurs when an individual has attitudes toward a group of people or associate stereotypes with them without their conscious knowledge. Growing research indicates that implicit biases impact the decisions that we all make daily. In libraries, it impacts who gets hired, who gets supported, which programs get funded, and which services are offered. The authors planned and facilitated a virtual book discussion group using Mahzarin Banaji and Anthony Greenwald’s book, Blindspot: …

"We Try To Find Something For Whatever Obstacle Might Be In Our Way”: Understanding The Health Information Practices Of South Carolina Lgbtq+ Communities, Vanessa Kitzie, Travis Wagner, Nick Vera, Valerie Lookingbill

Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Conference

Objective: LGBTQ+ people experience health disparities compared to heterosexual, cisgender peers. Individual and systemic barriers produce these disparities. One barrier is informational, as LGBTQ+ people experience challenges when learning about their health needs, navigating the healthcare system, and overcoming obstacles to care. This paper investigates the future of libraries and the health sciences by exploring how they can address these informational barriers.

Methods: This paper reports on ~30 ongoing interviews with LGBTQ+ community leaders from South Carolina (SC) using a semi-structured protocol. The protocol asked participants to discuss their community’s health questions and concerns, how the community addresses them, and …

E Pluribus Unum: Using Google Classroom To Bring Together A Statewide Student And Faculty Cohort, Darra Ballance

Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Conference

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Designing A Poster-To-Publication Campaign For Medical Residents, Carrie Cullen, Stephanie Tomlinson

Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Conference

TITLE: Designing a Poster-to-Publication Campaign for Medical Residents

OBJECTIVE: To describe the development of a campaign to improve medical residents’ knowledge of the research and publication process while providing support in transforming poster presentations into peer-reviewed publications.

METHODS: Medical residents at a public research university complete poster presentation projects as part of the standard residency curriculum, but few go on to expand upon and publish this research in academic journals. This paper describes the development of a campaign intended to support residents as they expand poster research projects into publishable articles. A needs assessment will be developed to identify gaps …

Health Sciences Libraries: Supporting Public Libraries Supporting All Of Us, Leah Cordova, Alexandria Quesenberry, Hilary Jasmin

Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Conference

Title: Health Sciences Libraries: Supporting Public Libraries Supporting All of Us

Objective: Public libraries are known for being community-centered institutions providing equitable access to information and resources, playing an important role in improving individuals' access to health-related information. This project aimed to examine the perceived role and current practices of inner-city public librarians in delivering health-related information to members of their community.

Methods: An online survey was created using Qualtrics and distributed to branch libraries within a single library system serving diverse socioeconomic and demographic groups. The survey consisted of eighteen multiple choice and open-ended questions. Information was collected around …