EXPLORE: Contributed Papers

Watch Me Pull an Exhibit Out of My Hat!
Presenters: Laura Davison, Assistant Director, Access Delivery Outreach & Mary Congleton, AHEC Librarian, University of Kentucky Medical Center Library

Creativity, compromise and a few magic tricks are all that it takes to produce a new library outreach display for exhibiting. Although a little wailing and gnashing of teeth may be necessary, developing your juggling skills will also get you far. This presentation will discuss the ups and downs, as well as the professional and amateur attempts the UK Medical Center Library went through in designing a new display. Thanks to the generous stipend provided by the NNLM/GMR office we were able to come up with three new displays which we intend to use for various audiences and to provide in-reach as well as improve our outreach efforts. We will also discuss tips and tricks for sprucing up your outreach display as a whole, including handouts, promotional giveaways, and conducting demonstrations in the exhibit area.

2:20 PM - 2:40 PM

Wanted, Teachtechmanagarian : Millennial Librarians Equip to Explore the Modern Job Market
Presenter: Emily Cullen, Galen College of Nursing, Cincinnati

The fast pace of today’s current technological trends intermingled with the multidisciplinary skills required of new librarians finds many recent library science graduates on a never- ending quest for professional development and education. The expectation for these graduates leaves them hoping to gain the growing list of skills needed in our current job market. As many libraries are facing budget cuts and downsizing, employers seek to combine multiple positions into one demanding job description. Enter the Millennial Librarian: a multitasking, fast- acting, hard worker adaptable to the challenges and multifaceted job descriptions frequenting current job postings in the library field.

The millennial generation has taken a lot of heat in recent years as they begin to enter higher education and professional careers. Their reputation for short attention spans and fast paced information seeking behavior has been attributed to the rapid flux of technology and access to copious amounts information.

One cannot refute the strong link between the above mentioned stereotypical millennial attributes and their frequent dependence on technology. However, the information seeking behavior, typical of millennials, may also be an advantage as they prepare for careers requiring a challenging set of skills.

This paper seeks to find a relationship between information seeking behaviors of the millennial librarian and the current library field’s demand for multidisciplinary library professionals. The information seeking behaviors of millennials uniquely prepares them for the challenges of the new job market.

2:40 PM - 3:00 PM

Copyright for the Rest of Us: Copyright Education for Clinicians and Others Who Work in the Health Sciences
Presenter: Anne Gilliland,Head, Health Sciences Copyright Management Office, Prior Health Sciences Library, The Ohio State University

When most people think of the need to know about copyright, they think of its usefulness for artists and musicians or for its importance in the world of publishing and scholarship; however, knowledge of copyright is also important for clinicians and others who work in the health sciences, such as nurses, nutritionists, and public health professionals. Under today’s laws, a copyrighted work exists whenever creative expression is fixed in tangible form. This means that most of us both own copyrights and want to use copyrighted work, and copyright issues arise whenever people communicate and create. Some of the scenarios where the need to know about copyright comes up in health sciences clinical settings include creating handouts for patients or creating informational posters; showing movies to staff or patient groups; doing public relations through web sites or printed literature; providing handouts and presentations for in-service meetings, for conferences, or for patients; or when doing research or communicating the results of research.

Medical librarians can fill this information need by learning some copyright basics and becoming familiar with sources for answering more advanced questions. The paper will conclude with a discussion of some common copyright dilemmas that arise and how to analyze and handle them.

3:00 PM - 3:20 PM

Critical Access Hospital Outreach Project
Authors: Chris Childs, Linda Walton & Pam Rees
Presenter: Chris Childs, University of Iowa's Hardin Library for the Health Sciences

Last year a request was made by the Director of Patient Care Services from one of the clinics in the University of Iowa's Critical Access Hospital Network. She wanted to know if it were possible to get additional access to Hardin Library's databases. Linda Walton, the director of the Hardin Library and I visited the hospital to find out which databases would best suit the information needs of the staff. They were interested in gaining access to CINAHL, ESBCO, and Cochrane databases. Our biggest concern was whether or not we could actually grant them access to these resources due to licensing restrictions. We quickly realized that we would not be able to do so and instead, offered free use of Loansome Doc to order articles from PubMed. While we couldn't offer access to these databases, the State Library of Iowa could. Working with Pam Rees, I created an electronic resource guide that we would use as the focus point for an hour long presentation that we gave to the staff at nine ofthe ten hospitals. I would introduce the guide; discuss how to find free electronic journal articles in PubMed and how to use Loansome Doc. Pam would go over the steps taken to acquire a State Library card and briefly go over databases of interest to the audience. Our presentation was well received, and we have seen an increase in interlibrary loan requests and reference questions since we visited the hospitals in the fall of last year.

3:20 PM - 3:40 PM

Library Leaders as Culture Shapers
Presenters: Pamela S. Bradigan, Assistant Vice President, Health Sciences Director, Prior Health Science Library, Ohio State University, & Jennifer Campbell, Leadership/Organizational Development Consultant, Ohio State University Medical Center, Medical Center Human Resources

For the past two decades organizational culture has become increasingly seen as tied to the bottom line of organizational success. There is a growing recognition that hiring and retaining top talent and sustaining strong customer satisfaction requires a healthy, high performing culture. Library leaders along with all organizational leaders cast a shadow that influences the culture. If leaders are self aware and cognizant of their influence, they are more likely to create and support a positive culture. This paper will explore the library leader’s role in shaping library culture. The definition of organizational culture and its relationship to the day to day behavior of organizational leaders will be addressed. An “inside-out” approach to culture will be examined including concepts of perceptions and filters, personal energy and the power of thought. The presentation will offer practical advice which will be of interest to all health science librarians who seek to further develop their leadership skills and organizational performance.