Emily Brennan, MLISUSC Norris Medical Library

LibGuides for Instruction and Outreach

• Educational & Research Services (ERS) Division: 6.5 librarianso I am liaison to USC students, residents, fellows, faculty,

staff in: Keck School of Medicine (KSOM)

USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center Hospital

USC University Hospital

LAC+USC Medical Center

Doheny Eye Institute

Norris Medical Library

Before LibGuides

• Student Portals without Content Management System• Limitations:

o Difficult to updateo One dimensional…could not easily add media, layer pageso Could not track usage statisticso Users could not rate resourceso Not aesthetically pleasing

Timeline

• 2009: Web Services Librarian created a skeleton guide for each academic discipline

• Summer 2010: Migrated content of old student portals into LibGuides system

Added additional content to student portals

Created system-specific LibGuides

LibGuide Topics

• Academic departmentso Anesthesiology, ophthalmology, preventive medicine

• KSOM organ systemso Hematology, neuroscience, musculoskeletal

• Divisions, programso Division of Medical Education, Physician Assistant

Program• Committee topics

o Community-Based Education, Interprofessional Education

• Misco Health Statistics, Mobile Devices, Patient Education

Academic Disciplines

Curriculum Overview

Outreach & Instruction for KSOM

• Before system: • Contact system co-chairs to ask for their input on the

guides• Ask to present LibGuide to students on first day of system• Present appropriate system LibGuide at years 1 and 2

monthly ICM faculty meeting• Start of system:

• Contact all system lecturers to make them aware of LibGuide and to ask for their input on the guides

• Present LibGuide to students

Outreach & Instruction

• Instruction to hospital clinicians• Clinician’s Portal and subject-specific guides

• Library’s Technology Lunch Series• Mobile Devices, Web 2.0

• Library workshops• Health Statistics

• Campus outreach• Visions & Voices: Writing About Patients: Truth & Consequences

• Lecture by Jay Baruch, MD

Outreach & Instruction

Usage Statistics

• Year 1 portal: August 2010 (orientation):4,250 hits

o August 2010-present: 8,435 hits 

• Year 2 portal: August 2010 (EBM instruction):3,495 hits

o  August 2010-present: 6,730 hits

o Renal system:  August to September 5 to165 hits

• Year 3-4 portal: August 2010-present: 4,335 hits

o Family Medicine: August 2010-present: 1,685 hits

o Psychiatry: August 2010-present: 660 hits

LibGuide Benefits

• Centralized place for students to access relevant resources• Flexibility in content and format • Multi-dimensional…can easily add media, layer pages• Ability to gather usage statistics• Users can rate resources• Aesthetically pleasing• Provides a variety of means by which patrons can contact

librarian• Improved communication and relations between the

librarian, faculty and students

Questions?

Emily Brennan

ebrennan@usc.edu

323.442.1124