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Customized USB flash drives used to promote library resources and services to first-year medical and dental students.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21534111     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
In line with its institution's commitment to keep new student orientation/welcome events "green," Columbia University's Health Sciences Library (HSL) applied for a National Network of Libraries of Medicine Middle Atlantic Region (NN/LM MAR) Small Projects Award(1) in Spring/Summer 2009 to explore paperless modes of outreach. This article describes the project that resulted from this funding, whose purpose was to determine whether customized 1 GB USB flash drives are a good vehicle for distributing library promotional materials to incoming medical and dental students. This project gave HSL librarians the opportunity to connect with students in a way that had not been done before and to consider how these new students use/view the information the library produces.
Authors:
Konstantina Matsoukas; Anca Meret; John T Oliver; Michael Purcell
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Medical reference services quarterly     Volume:  30     ISSN:  1540-9597     ISO Abbreviation:  Med Ref Serv Q     Publication Date:  2011  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-05-02     Completed Date:  2011-08-29     Revised Date:  2012-04-04    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8219208     Medline TA:  Med Ref Serv Q     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  107-19     Citation Subset:  H    
Affiliation:
Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library of Columbia University, 701 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA. km2056@columbia.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Computer Peripherals*
Humans
Information Storage and Retrieval / methods*
Libraries, Medical* / utilization
Motivation
Students, Dental*
Students, Medical*
United States
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
N01 LM063501/LM/NLM NIH HHS

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