1.  Deep Commitment to Collaboration for Positive Change A Case Study of an Academic Health Sciences Library’s Engagement in a Community-Campus Partnership Gerald (Jerry) Perry, MLS, AHIP Director Health Sciences Library University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Aurora, CO 303-724-2133; jerry.perry@ucdenver.edu

2. Case Study Objectives:  Context for Community- Campus Partnership (C-C P) at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (CU AMC)  Role of the Library  How our commitment is contributing to the campus mission – and making a difference

3. Our Context:  CU AMC “one square mile of biosciences”  Schools of Medicine, Dental Medicine, and Pharmacy; College of Nursing; consolidated Graduate School; multi-institutional School of Public Health; 2 hospitals, soon to be a 3rd CU HSL

4. Context, AMC and HSL:  CU HSL supports “4 pillars” mission: teaching/learning, clinical enterprise, research, & outreach and community engagement  Traditional strength = support for teaching/learning  Since move to AMC, outreach activities redoubled

5. Context, Aurora:  Per “social determinants of health,” neighborhoods of North/Original Aurora experience some of greatest health disparities in all CO – adjacent to AMC  Aurora is gateway for international refugees to CO

6. Community-Campus Partnership (C-C P)  Goal: long-term partnerships for:  illness prevention  health improvement, and  economic development  Hub for building relationships/opportunities between AMC and community groups

7. C-C P Membership:  30+ community and campus groups, including:  City of Aurora  Aurora Public Schools  Denver Foundation  2040 Partners for Health  CO School of Public Health  Health Sciences Library  Governed by Authority Board  HSL Director (Perry) on Board

8. More about C-C P:  $1M+ funding from CU AMC, SOM Dept. of Family Medicine, Denver Foundation  Inclusive/participatory model for engagement based on democratic principals and group-affirmed norms  Meet at Aurora Strong Resilience Center

9. Why the Library?  Library as physical/virtual gateway to campus  Community engagement one of HSL’s 4 missions  Longstanding partner w/ APS in health info literacy curricula  Build on past successes

10. The Value Proposition  In marketing, VP is an innovation making an organization attractive to customers  While we see HSL as “natural” for the C-C P, others positively surprised that HSL:  Stages events and engagement programing  Provides literacy instruction  Welcomes community

11. C-C P Immediate Goal:  Working from social determinates of health model, jobs and workforce preparation are top priorities:  AMC as “Anchor Institution” for North/Original Aurora  Community wealth- building informed by Democracy Collaborative

12. HSL Contributions:  Leverage “library as place” to convene and welcome  Deploy library values (access, right to read, privacy, self- empowerment) while participating and leading by example  Ex. Perry as panelist at wealth-building conference

13. Our Ongoing Commitments:  10+ years’ deep engagement in pipeline/pathway programs  Introduce campus, health, information sciences to Aurora community, especially URM children  Information literacy instruction (smart Google searching)

14. Ideas for Transformational Change:  Procure locally  Hire locally  Leverage assets (access, meeting spaces, networks)  Share (unrestricted resources, our domain knowledge, knowledge of our workplaces)

15. Summary:  Always more to do but we are raising the bar while delivering on our missions  Challenge – commitment not always shared, not always understood  Library involvement sometimes a surprise but always an “easy sell”  Idea of Library has staying power!

16. Resources:  World Health Organization: Social Determinants of Health - http://www.who.int/social_determinants/en/ http://www.who.int/social_determinants/en/  Democracy Collaborative: http://democracycollaborative.org/http://democracycollaborative.org/  2014 Community Wealth-Building Conference: http://www.cwbconference.org/about-conference/about- community-wealth-building/ http://www.cwbconference.org/about-conference/about- community-wealth-building/

17. Gerald (Jerry) Perry, MLS, AHIP Director Health Sciences Library University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Aurora, CO 303-724-2133 jerry.perry@ucdenver.edu Case Study of Engagement in a Community-Campus Partnership Deep Commitment to Collaboration