1. Emily Brennan, MLIS USC Norris Medical Library LibGuides for Instruction and Outreach

2. Educational & Research Services (ERS) Division: 6.5 librarians o I am liaison to USC students, residents, fellows, faculty, staff in: Keck School of Medicine (KSOM) USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center Hospital USC University Hospital LAC+USC Medical Center Doheny Eye Institute Norris Medical Library

3. Before LibGuides Student Portals without Content Management System Limitations: o Difficult to update o One dimensional…could not easily add media, layer pages o Could not track usage statistics o Users could not rate resources o Not aesthetically pleasing

4. Timeline 2009: Web Services Librarian created a skeleton guide for each academic discipline Summer 2010: Migrated content of old student portals into LibGuides system Added additional content to student portals Created system-specific LibGuides

5. LibGuide Topics Academic departments o Anesthesiology, ophthalmology, preventive medicine KSOM organ systems o Hematology, neuroscience, musculoskeletal Divisions, programs o Division of Medical Education, Physician Assistant Program Committee topics o Community-Based Education, Interprofessional Education Misc o Health Statistics, Mobile Devices, Patient Education

6. Academic Disciplines

7. Curriculum Overview

15. Outreach & Instruction for KSOM Before system: Contact system co-chairs to ask for their input on the guides Ask to present LibGuide to students on first day of system Present appropriate system LibGuide at years 1 and 2 monthly ICM faculty meeting Start of system: Contact all system lecturers to make them aware of LibGuide and to ask for their input on the guides Present LibGuide to students

16. Outreach & Instruction Instruction to hospital clinicians Clinicians Portal and subject-specific guides Librarys Technology Lunch Series Mobile Devices, Web 2.0 Library workshops Health Statistics Campus outreach Visions & Voices: Writing About Patients: Truth & Consequences Lecture by Jay Baruch, MD

17. Outreach & Instruction

19. Usage Statistics Year 1 portal: August 2010 (orientation):4,250 hits o August 2010-present: 8,435 hits Year 2 portal: August 2010 (EBM instruction):3,495 hits o August 2010-present: 6,730 hits o Renal system: August to September 5 to165 hits Year 3-4 portal: August 2010-present: 4,335 hits o Family Medicine: August 2010-present: 1,685 hits o Psychiatry: August 2010-present: 660 hits

20. LibGuide Benefits Centralized place for students to access relevant resources Flexibility in content and format Multi-dimensional…can easily add media, layer pages Ability to gather usage statistics Users can rate resources Aesthetically pleasing Provides a variety of means by which patrons can contact librarian Improved communication and relations between the librarian, faculty and students

21. Questions? Emily Brennan ebrennan@usc.edu 323.442.1124