Cynthia A. Olney
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
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Journal of The Medical Library Association | 2010
Cynthia A. Olney; Joyce Backus; Lori J. Klein
OBJECTIVES Through interviews with the National Library of Medicines MedlinePlus Go Local collaborators, an evaluation team sought to identify process characteristics that are critical for long-term sustainability of Go Local projects and to describe the impact that Go Local projects have on sponsoring institutions. METHODS Go Local project coordinators (n = 44) at 31 sponsor institutions participated in semi-structured interviews about their experiences developing and maintaining Go Local sites. Interviews were summarized, checked for accuracy by the participating librarians, and analyzed using a general inductive methodology. RESULTS Institutional factors that support Go Local projects were identified through the interviews, as well as strategies for staffing and partnerships with external organizations. Positive outcomes for sponsoring institutions also were identified. CONCLUSIONS The findings may influence the National Library of Medicine teams decisions about improvements to its Go Local system and the support it provides to sponsoring institutions. The findings may benefit current sponsoring institutions as well as those considering or planning a Go Local project.
Journal of The Medical Library Association | 2011
Cynthia A. Olney; Lucille Hansen; Ann Vickman; Sara Reibman; Frederick B. Wood; Elliot R. Siegel
In 2001, Biblioteca Las Americas (BLA), a school library in the South Texas Independent School District (STISD), began the Vital Information for a Virtual Age (iVIVA!) Peer Tutor Project, in which high school students promote MedlinePlus in their high schools and communities. MedlinePlus and its companion site, MedlinePlus en espanol, are consumer health information websites maintained by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) [1]. Approximately 80% of the STISD student population is Hispanic [2]. The district serves counties that are medically underserved [3] and have poverty rates that are double the national average [4].{ The iVIVA! Peer Tutor Project started as a partnership between the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) Libraries and BLA, when the former received funding from NLM to conduct health information outreach projects in the Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley [5]. Four high school students from the STISD’s South Texas High School for Health Professions (Med High), with training and guidance from a UTHSCSA medical librarian, taught their peers and faculty members about MedlinePlus in the first year of the project. The project is now administered directly by BLA and has been extended to all four high schools in the district, which consists of two health careers high schools; a science and technology high school; and a business, education, and technology high school. NLM has supported the project for almost ten years, through funding either to STISD or UTHSCSA. The school district’s administrators have strongly endorsed the project, and the BLA librarians have built a network of librarians and faculty who actively participate as mentors and advisors. Details of the project and its evaluation were published in 2005 [6]. Peer tutors promote MedlinePlus to their peers and teachers through class demonstrations, student orientations, school health fairs, and extracurricular activities such as the Health Occupations Students of America meetings. Over the years, they have extended their reach to parents and the community through school open houses, local health fairs, fun runs, and motorcycle rallies. A popular outreach site for peer tutors is the Harlingen Boys and Girls Club, where they promote health information to children and teens. The 2005 article published assessment results from a questionnaire completed by 500 Med High students in 2003, at the end of the project’s first year. Results showed that 66% of respondents reported using MedlinePlus and 52% had referred the resource to others [6]. More recent evaluation data, described in iVIVA! subcontract reports, showed high awareness of MedlinePlus among STISD students. For example, * This project was funded by the National Library of Medicine under contract (N01-LM-6-3505) with the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library through a subcontract with the South Texas Independent School District (STISD), which was solely responsible for project planning, implementation, and evaluation.
Journal of Palliative Medicine | 2007
Justin N. Baker; Christy Torkildson; Jacques Baillargeon; Cynthia A. Olney; Javier R. Kane
American Journal of Surgery | 2002
Judy L. Paukert; Melanie L. Richards; Cynthia A. Olney
Family Medicine | 2005
Heidi Chumley; Cynthia A. Olney; Richard P. Usatine; Alison Dobbie
Journal of The Medical Library Association | 2007
Cynthia A. Olney; Debra G. Warner; Greysi Reyna; Fred B. Wood; Elliot R. Siegel
Journal of The Medical Library Association | 2005
Debra G. Warner; Cynthia A. Olney; Fred B. Wood; Lucille Hansen; Virginia M. Bowden
Journal of The Medical Library Association | 2005
Cynthia A. Olney
Family Medicine | 2003
Alison E. Dobbie; Martha A. Medrano; James W. Tysinger; Cynthia A. Olney
Journal of The Medical Library Association | 2002
Mori Lou Higa-Moore; Brian Bunnett; Helen G. Mayo; Cynthia A. Olney
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