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2015

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Health Literacy Promotion: Contemporary Conceptualizations And Current Implementations In Canadian Health Librarianship, Nicole Dalmer Nov 2015

Health Literacy Promotion: Contemporary Conceptualizations And Current Implementations In Canadian Health Librarianship, Nicole Dalmer

Nicole K Dalmer

Research questions: What are the current conceptualizations of health literacy, and what strategies are Canadian health librarians in public, academic, and hospital libraries enacting to put health literacy promotion into practice? Data sources: Serving as the basis of this scoping review, library and information science, health sciences, and interdisciplinary databases were searched using key terms relating to health literacy promotion as it relates to services, programming, or resources used in a variety of library settings. A web searched allowed for the inclusion of grey literature sources. Study selection: Data sources were searched using a combination of subject headings and keywords …

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Medical Home Work: Providing Social Media For Community Partners, Margot G. Malachowski Sep 2015

Medical Home Work: Providing Social Media For Community Partners, Margot G. Malachowski

Margot G Malachowski, MLS, AHIP

In 2011, the Health Sciences Library at Baystate Health began participating in the monthly meetings of the Medical Home Work Group for families with special needs children in Western MA. The Community Outreach Librarian sat at the table for a few months before offering to do social media outreach for this group. This lightning presentation describes the evolution from tentative first steps to the routine use of Wordpress, Facebook and Twitter. This is an imperfect journey, with lots of stops and starts, which lead to a feeling of goodwill toward the Health Sciences Library as well as the sharing of …

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Stealth Reference: Reaching Non-Library Users, Margot G. Malachowski May 2015

Stealth Reference: Reaching Non-Library Users, Margot G. Malachowski

Margot G Malachowski, MLS, AHIP

Stealth /stelTH/ noun 3. Being amazingly slick or smooth (Urban Dictionary, accessed 10/08/2014). In May 2015, librarians Margot Malachowski, Anne Gancarz and John Walsh shared their experiences with doing outreach to folks who don't use the library. This presentation attracted 80 attendees at the Massachusetts Library Association Annual Meeting.

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