Bolstering leisure reading in an academic health sciences environment Megan Rosenbloom mlis ahip Lynn kysh mlIs Q Why bother with leisure books in medical libraries A Because we want wellrounded clinicians ID: 459912
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Our patrons’ leisure is our pleasure
Bolstering leisure reading in an academic health sciences environment
Megan Rosenbloom,
mlis
ahip
Lynn
kysh
,
mlIsSlide2
Q:
Why bother with leisure books in medical libraries?A:
Because we want well-rounded clinicians.Slide3
Reasons for medical humanities
Flexner Report (1910) assumed liberal arts education was a givenOsler Bedside Library for well-rounded cliniciansEthics and empathy
Treating patients not symptoms
Burnout & resilienceSlide4
Our collection was sad, old, white, & male.
Most of the collection was acquired over 25 years agoSome literally falling apart
Newer titles were mostly written by old, white, male authors
No diversity of voices or genresSlide5
Update for more modern & diverse authors & genres
Culled suggestions from NML librarians, Goodreads, and end of year book award listsAdded dozens of new humanities books in one year
Far more female, POC, & LGBTQ authors
Variety of genres including fiction, narrative non-fiction, graphic novels, and memoirSlide6
Blind date with a book Slide7
Blind date with a book results
Started with 32 books, gone so quickly had to add 50 more! Feb 2014: 19 humanities checkouts
Feb 2015: 85 humanities checkouts
7 Survey Respondents
100% want an annual event
Inspired new bookstore style displays
Summer reading program
Osler bedside library reimagined (Fail…or is it?)
Likes
The scientific method
Paper gowns
clipboards
disLikes
Uptight regulators
upsuck
prudes
Perfect date
Let’s experiment in the bedroom …and chart our results on a graph.Slide8
A:
bonk by mary roach
“oh, excellent! Particularly love: ‘dislikes-
upsuck
.’ please send me a photo of the brave & fabulous human who opts for a date with bonk.”
–
mary
roachSlide9
Lessons learned
More books!Survey & IncentiveBetter Social Media Integration
Photo:
ruben
alexander
Need
moar
bookzSlide10
Future actions
New crop of booksStudent Medical Humanities Interest Group (MHIG)George Dock Society for the History of Medicine lecture & events
USC Visions & Voices programming
Puppy parties & #
ColorOurCollectionsSlide11
Medical libraries can have the warm & fuzzy bits that people love about libraries, serve whole students not just the clinical learner part of them.
Steal from public librariesSlide12
Questions?
Megan Rosenbloom, mlis
ahip
Associate director for collection resources
Norris medical library
University of southern California
Lynn
kysh
,
mlIs
Clinical & research librarian
uSC
Norris medical library
Children’s hospital los
angeles