Author Archives: barbara.gushrowski

Marilyn Pitzen, Learning Resource Center, Mayo Clinic Libraries For as long as I can remember I have decorated cakes. I was a self-taught; learn from your mistakes decorator Somewhere along the road it was decided that I should try to … Continue reading →

Melissa L. Rethlefsen, MLS, AHIP and Marilyn Pitzen, Learning Resource Center, Mayo Clinic Libraries In 2006, the Mayo Medical School introduced a new curriculum for its medical students. Due to this new curriculum, less face-to-face time with Learning Resource Center … Continue reading →

Ann M. Farrell, Melissa L. Rethlefsen, Wanda M. Elkharwily, Lois I. Peterson, Tona C. Keene, Becky J. Schneider, Shelby Jensen, Carolyn J. Wiebold, Mayo Clinic Libraries In August 2011, the Mayo Clinic Library purchased seven iPads for the library staff to … Continue reading →

Tara Brigham and Ann Farrell, Mayo Clinic Libraries A small community hospital and clinic joined our organization on May 1, 2012 becoming Mayo Clinic Health System in Waycross, GA (site). The library wanted to be involved with the new site’s … Continue reading →

Tara Brigham, Mayo Clinic Libraries The Nutritional Support Services department at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL offers an eight-month dietetics internship program. A librarian has always provided a short orientation of the library’s resources at the beginning of the … Continue reading →

Megan Barkelar, MLIS, Consumer Health Librarian, Melinda Orebaugh, MLS, Director, Gundersen Lutheran Health System, La Crosse, WI Librarians collaborated with the Information Systems department during Gundersen Lutheran’s migration from an in-house developed patient portal to Epic’s MyChart. As a result … Continue reading →

Eileen Severson, MLIS, Supervisor, Library & Health Information Services, Megan Barkelar, MLIS, Consumer Health Librarian, Gundersen Lutheran Health System, La Crosse, WI. With hospital libraries closing and healthcare facing increased financial strains, our hospital and consumer health libraries were looking … Continue reading →

Stevo Roksandic, Library Director, Mount Carmel Health Sciences Library, Columbus, OH This poster examines the process and results in which a medical library developed an extension of services and staff commitment to better meet the needs of the hospital staff … Continue reading →

Hilary Lane, Coordinator, History of Medicine Library, Mayo Clinic Libraries, Betty Smith and Shirley Greising, Celebrate Dakota! Mayo Employee Resource Group In conjunction with the exhibit, “Why Treaties Matter: Self Government in the Dakota and Ojibwe Nations,” Mayo Clinic History … Continue reading →

Martha E. Hardy, Reference and Instruction Librarian, Metropolitan State University Library In conjunction with The Literature of Prescription: Charlotte Perkins Gilman and “The Yellow Wall-Paper”, a traveling exhibit from the National Library of Medicine Exhibition Program, Martha Hardy, librarian and … Continue reading →

Xiaomei Gu, Clinical Education Librarian, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences & Adjunct Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy, University of Iowa Pharmacy Practice Laboratory (PPL) Course Series are required courses for PharmD students to practice the use of scientific and … Continue reading →

Kaye Crampton, MALS, Consumer Health Librarian, Gundersen Lutheran Health System, La Crosse, WI The John & Nettie Mooney Library – Onalaska has been serving the health education needs of patients and families at the Gundersen Lutheran Clinic in Onalaska, Wisconsin … Continue reading →

Beth Miller, Karen Larsen, Shelby Jensen, Dana Gerberi, Scott Bermeersch, Mayo Clinic Libraries This poster describes an updated and enhanced table of contents service developed by the Mayo Clinic Libraries. The library staff strived to develop a service which would … Continue reading →

Merle Rosenzweig, Irina Zeylikovich, Anna Ercoli Schnitzer, University of Michigan Taubman Health Sciences Library The Dance of Death is a late-medieval allegory on the universality of death. It indicates that no matter one’s station in life, the Dance of Death … Continue reading →

Rienne Johnson, MLIS, Kevin A. Caslow, MLIS, Beth Layton, MLS, MBA, AHIP, Northeast Ohio Medical University Health Sciences faculty have unique, specific, image needs and often have difficulty locating clinical images which are permissible for reposting in the course management … Continue reading →

Nancy Moltaji, Mayo Clinic Libraries Poster scope includes the history, storage, and labeling or indexing of Buddhist and some medical manuscripts in Tibet. Tibetans revere such manuscripts and keep several in their homes, whether they are literate or not. The … Continue reading →

Barbara A. Gushrowski, MLS, AHIP, Indiana University School of Dentistry Library Students in the first and second years of the DDS program at IU School of Dentistry participate in weekly small group learning sessions wherein they develop learning issues derived … Continue reading →

Elizabeth Moreton, MLS, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville  Evidence-based practice is a growing part of the nursing profession, and information literacy skills are crucial to finding the best evidence. While the emphasis on teaching evidence-based practice skills in nursing education has … Continue reading →

Ryan Rafferty, Assistant Professor, Regional Assistant Librarian, Library of the Health Sciences – Urbana University of Illinois Chicago. The purpose of this study is to determine if library instructional sessions had an impact on the resources first-year medical students used … Continue reading →

Mike McGraw, MLS, AHIP, Reference and User Services Librarian, Cleveland Health Sciences Library, Case Western Reserve University Cleveland Health Sciences Library had traditionally done the great majority of its instruction and outreach with groups of graduate students, as most of … Continue reading →

Mindwell Egeland, Director, Patients’ Library, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics; Jennifer DeBerg; Clinical Education Librarian, Hardin Library of the Health Sciences, University of Iowa; Sharon Tucker, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BD, director of Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice, University of Iowa … Continue reading →

Mary Wittenbreer, MLIS, MALS, Head Librarian, Regions Hospital, Medical Library, St. Paul MN.  A successful and growing organization means an increase in the number of library users and use of library resources. It also means huge increases in yearly subscription … Continue reading →

Ruti Volk, MSI, AHIP, University of Michigan Health System, Patient Education Librarian  At the University of Michigan health system patient-education materials are formatted differently by different units, departments and centers. Many do not follow the recommended guidelines for written patient-education … Continue reading →

Donna Hirst, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences; Paul M. Heidger, Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Iowa The John Martin Rare Book Room (RBR) houses over 5,000 rare books relating to the biomedical and health sciences. The most notable … Continue reading →

Alison Aldrich, Clinical Informationist, the Ohio State University Health Sciences Library Mendeley is a free, web-based citation management tool that allows users to group and share references, connecting with others who have similar research interests. As compared to similar tools … Continue reading →