Beyond an Apple a Day:
Providing Consumer Health Information at Your Library
Abstract
This hands-on class will cover the information seeking behaviors of consumers. It will also address the recommended core reference collection, as well as databases and newsletters/ periodicals. It will cover the reference interview, disclaimers, and privacy as well as networking with medical librarians. The class will introduce the students to the Medical Library Association and its local chapters. It will describe possible ways to market this service in a community.
Objectives
The objectives in this course are to cover some of the steps involved in providing patrons health information in a public library setting. The following steps will be covered:
- Background information on health-seeking behavior
- The Health Reference Interview
- Collection Development
- Networking and Marketing Ideas
Course Materials
- Beyond an Apple a Day Course Script
- Beyond an Apple a Day Course Handout
- Beyond an Apple a Day Course Powerpoint Presentation
- Beyond an Apple a Day Course Web Links
Continuing Education
This course has been approved for 2, 3 or 4 hours (depending on the class length) of Medical Library Association Continuing Education Units.
Samanthi Hewakapuge, Consumer Health Coordinator, samanthi@uic.edu, 312-996-7791
Jacqueline Leskovec, Outreach and Evaluation Coordinator, leskovec@uic.edu, 312-996-7634
Dana Abbey, Consumer Health and Colorado Liaison, dana.abbey@uchsc.edu, 303-315-4875
Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, Community Outreach Liaison, siobhan@creighton.edu, 402-280-4156
Barbara Jones, Network Membership and Missouri Liaison, jonesbarb@health.missouri.edu, 573-884-5042
Marty Magee, Nebraska and Education Liaison, mmagee@unmc.edu, 402-559-7076
Arpita Bose, Acting Associate Director; Outreach and Communications Coordinator, arpita.bose@med.nyu.edu, 212-263-4176
Sue Hunter, Planning & Evaluation Coordinator, sue.hunter@med.nyu.edu, 212-263-4179
Michelle Eberle, Consumer Health Information Coordinator, Michelle.Eberle@umassmed.edu, 508-856-2435
Maryanne Blake, Outreach/Evaluation Coordinator, blakema@u.washington.edu, 206-221-3405
Nikki Dettmar, Acting Education and Assessment Coordinator, snydern@u.washington.edu, 206-543-3409
Gail Kouame, Consumer Health Coordinator, gmarie@u.washington.edu, 206-221-3449
Linda Milgrom, Outreach Coordinator, lmilgrom@u.washington.edu, 206-221-3400
Kay Deeney, Education Coordinator, kdeeney@library.ucla.edu, 310-206-0525
Kelli Ham, Consumer Health Coordinator, kkham@library.ucla.edu, 310-825-1984
Karen Vargas, Consumer Health Outreach Coordinator, karen.vargas@exch.library.tmc.edu, 713-799-7198
Mandy Bayer Meloy, Community Outreach Coordinator, mbayerme@hshsl.umaryland.edu, 410-706-2855
Terri Ottosen, Consumer Health Coordinator, tottosen@hshsl.umaryland.edu, 410-706-2855
Sheila Snow-Croft, Outreach Education Coordinator, ssnowcro@hshsl.umaryland.edu, 410-706-2855
Beth Wescott, Network Access Coordinator, bwescott@hshsl.umaryland.edu, 410-706-2855
Toni Yancey, Outreach Exhibits Coordinator, tyancey@hshsl.umaryland.edu, 410-706-2855
Author
Jo-Ann Benedetti MA, MLS, AHIP, Manager of Information and Outreach Services at the Upper Hudson Library System in Albany, NY.
Editors: Michelle Eberle and Terri Ottosen