Dear Andrew,

I have been reading this list serv for a few months now but haven't felt
compelled to post until I saw Andrew's post today. 

I just want to let you know about one aspect of our Health Literacy Missouri
initiative. Our group of librarians and researchers have been working on
putting together a resource inventory of all materials relating to health
literacy including those mentioned in your response below. We are working
diligently to locate, evaluate, catalog and make available complete holdings
linked to either the actual item or the closest library to request it from.
We even have a team which will be evaluating materials on a variety of
criteria such as evidence base, effectiveness and applicability. 

2008 has been filled with planning sessions on exactly the most manageable
or "best way" to make these items available to everyone. We have finally put
our plan into action, our database is set up, and resource collection is
ongoing. We expect to have our front end web presence available in 2009. We
are fortunate enough to have support from the Missouri Foundation for Health
and expect that we will continue to have the team members and manpower for
this undertaking. 

We would be pleased to work with you or to have individuals submit materials
directly to us.   

Susan Centner, Chair - Librarian Expert Group 
Resource Inventory Committee
Health Literacy Missouri


Susan Centner, Project Director
MAHEC Digital Library
1101 Duane Avenue
Rolla, Missouri 65401
(573) 368-6350 - cell
(573) 458-7282 - office
(573) 364-8972 - fax
www.maheclibrary.org


 





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From: healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Andrew Pleasant
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 1:41 PM
To: The Health and Literacy Discussion List
Subject: [HealthLiteracy 2568] Re: Online Library of Photo novels?

Hi - albeit a bit delayed ...

David Rosen some time ago asked a simple and very useful question (as 
always) which is below. In reply, I don't think there is currently an 
online collection of fotonovellas  - and no one seemed to respond to 
the question - so maybe there is not .. yet.

As I happen to have server space that is currently under-utilized, I 
am happy to post whatever fotonovellas (and related forms) that folks 
send me. This would be posted much like the current health literacy 
curricula collection at 
www.advancinghealthliteracy.com/curricula.html.  (anyone can always 
add to that just by sending me the info)

Along these lines, I also receive questions about tools for 
evaluation of health literacy projects - so this is a third area that 
I think may be useful to collect examples of and post online.  So, I 
am also willing to do the same for any evaluation tools that people 
are willing to share.

As (or IF ..) I receive them, it is likely that a 'best' or 'most 
manageable' way to post this will emerge .. so it may take a bit of 
time to sort it out especially if there is a deluge .. but then again 
it is free. :)

Best,

Andrew Pleasant




>Health Literacy Colleagues,

>

>Perhaps this has already been asked and answered, and if so, someone 

>just point me to the message. If not, however: is there a web site 

>that lists and categorizes photo novels suitable for adults, so that 

>a teacher or health educator who wants to integrate them into her/his 

>work with adult learners can easily find and order them?  I have no 

>idea how many or what kinds there may be, or if there are too few to 

>even bother.

>

>If this does not exist, and is needed, would someone be interested in 

>making such a web site?

>

>David J. Rosen

>DJRosen at theworld.com

>

>

>

>

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