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Connecting Graphic Medicine to Your Community with Programming With Alice Stokes, MLIS (Dana Medical Library, University of Vermont) and Tori Rossetti, MLIS (Lamar Soutter Library, University of Massachusetts Medical School) Sarah Levin-Lederer, MPHOutreach and Education Coordinator

Agenda Welcome-Introduction to NLM and NNLMAlice Stokes-Graphic Medicine Book Clubs at the University of VermontTori Rossetti-Programming for the NLM Ill-Conceived and Well-Drawn Exhibit Discussion and Q&A

NLM Health Outreach National Library of Medicine (NLM)Physical library in Bethesda, MDLargest biomedical library in the worldOne of the federal government’s largest providers of digital content (300+ databases of health information) “The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, has been a center of information innovation since its founding in 1836”. URL for the National Library of Medicine

National Network of Libraries of Medicine: Helping Transform Communities Through Health Outreach 1. Middle Atlantic Region (MAR)2. Southeastern/Atlantic Region (SEA) 3. Greater Midwest Region (GMR) 4. MidContinental Region (MCR) 5. South Central Region (SCR) 6. Pacific Northwest Region (PNR) 7. Pacific Southwest Region (PSR) 8. New England Region (NER) URL to locate your NNLM Office

Graphic Medicine Book Clubs At Dana Medical Library

Graphic Medicine at Dana Medical Library Established in summer 2017 20 +/- titlesDisplayed in lounge areaCirculate for 4 weeksLaunched at New Medical Student activities fair

First Book Club: Fun Home Local/current connectionsWell-known titleLots of themes to discussBook club kit from NNLM-NER

Outreach to College of Medicine Gender and Sexuality Student Interest Group (SIG) Planning meeting with SIG members to discuss ideasTwo SIG members volunteered to co-facilitate discussionConsulted on schedulingPartnership with Medical Student Interest Group

Posters in library and around College of Medicine Blog post – library websiteSocial Media – shared by College of Medicine and hospitalSIG members promoted on class Facebook pagesUsed Google form for RSVPPromotion: FUN HOME

Results: FUN HOME Format1-hour brown-bag book discussion Provided cider and cookiesBooks NNLM-NER kit (6)Library copies (2)Personal copiesAttendees11 medical students2 librarians 1 hospital employee

Polled medical students to select title Book club kit from NNLM-NERNo obvious SIG to team up withLess name recognition of the bookBad date/time?Second Book Club: MarbleS

Posters in library and around College of Medicine Blog post – library websiteSocial MediaPromotion: MARBLES

Results: Marbles Format1-hour brown-bag book discussion Provided cider and cookiesBooks NNLM/NER kit (6)Library copy (1)Attendees2 librarians3 patrons borrowed books but didn’t attend discussion

Partner with a group/program/department Get input on schedulingAsk for RSVPs Look for ties to curriculum/local interest/current eventsLessons Learned

NLM Graphic Medicine: Ill-Conceived and Well-Drawn exhibit scheduled for March-April Selecting book for Spring book clubUnexpected outcome of Marbles book club: invitation to collaborate on a four-week elective course on Graphic Medicine in Psychiatry Future plans

alice.stokes@uvm.edu THANKS!

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Hosting & Programming for Victoria RossettiUniversity of Massachusetts Medical SchoolLamar Soutter Library

Graphic Medicine: Ill-Conceived and Well-Drawn How do we connect the exhibit meaningfully to existing library resources and outreach?How do we design programming for this exhibition?How do we guide or plan for how our community engages with this exhibit?The traveling exhibition consists of six-panels developed and produced by the National Library of Medicine and curated by Ellen Forney. Yay, this cool thing is coming to UMass! But…

Taking Stock What Are Our Resources?Graphic Medicine Committee members and their connections/skills/ideasGraphic Medicine book collectionSpace (the library is a natural gathering place; plus access to amphitheaters and lecture halls)Activities budgetSupport of administrators/managersOnline GM community TimeWho is Our Audience?Medical, Nursing, Graduate School of Biomedical Science students (they’re busy, FYI)Faculty, staff (also busy!)Residents, clinicians, nurses (you guessed it; BUSY)Members of the public LSL is open to the community and UMass hosts the NER Regional Medical Library

Setting goals Raise awareness of our Graphic Medicine book collectionIndicators of success: Increase circulation statistics of the collection during the time the exhibit is here, and hopefully afterGet students to start thinking about using comics or drawing to process informationIndicators of success: Use of comics in existing personal narratives groupDemonstrate the ways comics can be used in medical education, scientific communication, and health literacyIndicators of success: Use of comics increasing in curriculum

Brainstorming Programming Use online curriculum created by NLM for exhibit/develop FCEBook clubUse alternative display ideas to promote collection (blind date with a book)Invite a speakerComplete a comic/comic jamWhite board prompts asking for comics as answersButton making Create zinesCreate comicsUse a comic in a Schwartz roundSuggest graphic novels for hospital support groupsPictionary party, medical topics onlyDraw from experience: first month of medical schoolColoring as a wellness activity

Final Programming List Invite speakersOne panel, and one individualCoffee and Comics WednesdayA drop-in coloring activity that happens every Wednesday for a few hours in the afternoonCollection promotionDisplay provocative, colorful titles front and centerConnect to the curriculumReach out to the humanities in medicine folks and try to connect with them

Results What “Worked”Coffee.Connecting to the curriculum; one of our GSBS classes already teaches Neurocomic, so inviting Matteo Farinella led to a larger turnout, and was followed up by a careers chatPromoting the collection What Didn’t Passive programming; the comics part of coffee and comics Wednesday wasn’t a huge hit

Circulation by the numbers For reference, we have about 172 items in our Graphic Medical Book Collection “El Deafo” by Cece Bell “The Bad Doctor” by Ian Williams

Getting the Word Out Posters in about 10 local bookstores, including nearby campusesPosters in student lounges, in hallways/high traffic areasGlass display case outside of the libraryUMass Office of CommunicationsTwitter, library website announcementsEvery list-serv we could think ofAttend activities fairEmail and postcard sent out to NNLM-NER book club kit usersBoston Comics Roundtable contactedWord of mouth; attending the Comics and Medicine Conference in VT

Links GM Panel with MK Czerwiec, Dana Walrath, and Cathy Leamy: https://echo360.org/media/72368058-0d91-4255-8c26-2cfff5a837ee/publicQuestions from Panel: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O2Y0XCBu8HMoEeb93WkCEMY5TXFOxA3r1T8FQc-_t4M/edit Coffee and Comic Wednesday Prompts: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a7x039yFicmduHVcIDVjRWaT35ixzSbGeymb47rHzAQ/edit?usp=sharing

Thank you! Questions, comments, requests for further info:Tori RossettiEmail: victoria.rossetti@umassmed.eduTwitter: @trosLIB

Questions Do you have any suggestions for people looking to get started with graphic medicine?How do you explain graphic medicine to administrators/supervisors who might not understand its uses?Are there biases that had to be overcome (ex: comics are for kids)? How did you address them? Do you have any tools that can help people overcome the biases?Were there challenges balancing the individual aspects of the works/perspectives with best practices of medical treatment?You both work in academic, medical institutions; do you have any advice for people who might be interested in using graphic medicine with other audiences (ex: public libraries)?Are there partners that you would recommend working with inside or outside of institutions that can help implement graphic medicine programming?What resources do you use to support the graphic medicine works? What have been the greatest successes, surprises?

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For questions regarding the content of this presentation or to request training please contact: Sarah Levin-Lederer, MPHOutreach and Education CoordinatorSarah.levinlederer@umassmed.edu This project is funded by the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Cooperative Agreement Number UG4LM012347 with the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester. Web site: http://nnlm.gov/ner Serving Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont Contact with NNLM NEr