1. Jesuit Medical School Conference
“What a Library Can Do
for You Today”
Patrick McCarthy
Library Director
Logan Ludwig, PhD
Assoc. Dean, Library Services
Jett McCann
Associate Dean for Knowledge Management
Director Dahlgren Memorial Library
James Bothmer
Asst. VP for Health Science
April 6, 2011
Maywood, Il
Jesuit Medical School Conference

2. Jesuit Health Sciences
Information Institute [JHSII]

3. Best Practices
Value of Library & Information Services in Patient Care – Logan Ludwig
Library Services ROI – Jim Bothmer
Space Evaluation, Research Support Specialty Training –Jett McCann
Faculty Publications –Logan Ludwig
The Future of Digital Literacy
EBM Skills for Residency –Patrick McCarthy

8. Program Premise
Reference librarians with formal science education and experience develop stronger, more effective relationships with users
Better understanding of issues, methods, and terminology of users served
Viewed as peers and colleagues

9. Liaison Expertise School of Medicine library liaisons have
formal science education and credentials
- Assako Holyoke, MD, PhD
- Gregg Clark, PhD
Improved engagement with users
Understanding of disciplines
Develop faculty partnerships

10. Early Success
Health Information Resources (HIR) Course required for all 1st year medical students becomes the 3rd highest rated course in medical school curriculum
Spawns 4th Year Elective on information seeking skills for residency

12. New Relationships
Instruction and orientation to hundreds of resident physicians in different specialty programs
In-depth and complex clinical information queries received as liaison relationship with faculty physicians and residents grows and develops

13. Value of Library & Information Services in Patient Care

14. Faculty Publications

15. Faculty Publications

16. Faculty Publications

17. Faculty Publications

18. Faculty Publications

19. The Future of Digital Literacy: Challenges & Opportunities
Using Social Media to Engage, Educate, Empower, Exemplify & Explore
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Vivo, Meebo, MySpace, SecondLife, LibraryThing, Blog, PBWiki, Netvibes
Sharing Resources & Services within Health System Networks
Resources & Budget Management
Services Management
Instruction
Leverage collective intelligence
Integration of Bibliographic Information into the EHR