Reaching Out, Above, and Beyond: Designing a Collaborative Library Initiative to Develop Health Information Literacy Skills in Academic and Community Patrons

Type of Presentation

Individual paper/presentation (20 minute presentation)

Target Audience

Higher Education

Presenter Information

Liya Deng, Mercer University, GAFollow
Stan Trembach, Mercer University, GAFollow

Location

Room 212

Proposal

See presentation description.

Short Description

Having won the NN/LM State and Regional Exhibiting Award, Mercer Jack Tarver Library launched in April 2010 the “Tips for a Healthy U” outreach and instruction initiative. The presentation will share the experience of building a collaborative program to engage various units on and off-campus in promoting health information skills to academic and community users. Practical tips will be provided on developing proposal structure, curriculum design, implementation strategies, and a massive outreach effort that a project of such significance and complexity entails.

Keywords

Library outreach, Library instruction, Health information skills

Publication Type and Release Option

Presentation (Open Access)

Recommended Citation

Deng, Liya and Trembach, Stan, "Reaching Out, Above, and Beyond: Designing a Collaborative Library Initiative to Develop Health Information Literacy Skills in Academic and Community Patrons" (2010). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 60.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2010/2010/60