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NLM traveling exhibitions + trusted health information Can Alexander Hamilton’s story make a difference?. POLL. Do you know what are NLM traveling banner exhibitions? Have you (or your institution) ever borrowed a NLM banner exhibition?

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  1. NLM traveling exhibitions + trusted health informationCan Alexander Hamilton’s story make a difference?

  2. POLL • Do you know what are NLM traveling banner exhibitions? • Have you (or your institution) ever borrowed a NLM banner exhibition? • Did you ever see a NLM banner exhibition in another library?

  3. Patricia Tuohy, Head, Exhibition Program, National Library of Medicine • Patricia Tuohypatricia.tuohy@nih.gov

  4. You may be asking yourself, “Am I in the right place? I thought we were going to talk about yellow fever.” • Exhibitions Connect • “Politics of Yellow Fever in Alexander Hamilton’s America” • Strategy for creating NLM health information guides • How host venues (libraries that borrow NLM traveling banner exhibitions) use these exhibitions and health information guides to connect to their communities

  5. Exhibits The Politics of Yellow Fever in Alexander Hamilton's America Surviving & Thriving: AIDS, Politics, and Culture / Sobrevivir y Prosperar: SIDA, Política y Cultura

  6. Exhibitions Connect • Host venues use NLM traveling banner exhibitions to connect with their communities • What would host venues need to be able to connect their communities to NLM? • What do host venues need to know about NLM health information resources? • Will this really work?

  7. Exhibitions Connect (continued) • Academic libraries • Health information resources that correlate to course topics and can aid students with assignments • Exhibitions with content that correlates with and enhances course offerings • Public libraries • Health information resources that directly related to personal health • General interest exhibitions that have broad appeal are most popular

  8. “Politics of Yellow Fever in Alexander Hamilton’s America”— or what really happened to the people of Philadelphia in 1793? • How many people died in that yellow fever epidemic? • What did the government do to help the people? • What did the doctors do? • What caused the epidemic?

  9. How many people died? Approximately 5,000 people died in the months of the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia in 1793, a city of about 50,000 people. Four illustrations showing the progress of yellow fever in Observations sur la fièvre jaune, faites à Cadix, en 1819, Etienne Pariset and André Mazet, Paris, 1820 Courtesy: National Library of Medicine An Account of the Bilious Remitting Yellow Fever, as It Appeared in the City of Philadelphia, in the Year 1793, Benjamin Rush, Philadelphia, 1794

  10. What did the government do to help the people? Washington’s Inauguration at Philadelphia, painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, ca. 1947 Courtesy Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division

  11. What did the doctors do? Facts and Observations Relative to the Nature and Origin of the Pestilential Fever, College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 1798 Courtesy National Library of Medicine Portrait of Dr. Benjamin Rush, engraving by L. Le. Met, Philadelphia, undated Courtesy National Library of Medicine

  12. What did the doctors do? (continued) “Arch Street Ferry, Philadelphia,” in The City of Philadelphia, engraving by William Russell Birch, 1800 Courtesy Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division St. Domingue, prise de la ravine aux couleuvres, undated, Courtesy Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division

  13. NLM health information guides • Something for everyone • Something for academic patrons • Something for professional colleagues

  14. Connecting to NLM health information resources • Establish relationship with RML / secure a grant • View NNO-Training Office webinars • Improve knowledge in responding to health-related questions • Improve skills in referring patrons to NLM health information resources • Host NLM-focused programs for colleagues and patrons • Distribute NLM printed materials • Other ideas. . . .

  15. PubMed and MedlinePlus incorporated into the curriculum across health professions through classroom and on-demand instruction. • For example, podiatry students in a foundational course in clinical research, learn to use PubMed to access full text, filter results, and use MeSH.

  16. So, did you find yourself in the right place? What ideas do you have about: • Exhibitions Connect • “Politics of Yellow Fever in Alexander Hamilton’s America” • Strategy for creating NLM health information guides • How host venues (libraries that borrow NLM traveling banner exhibitions) use these exhibitions and health information guides to connect to their communities

  17. Traveling exhibition services team Jill Newmark (left) 301.435.5241 Jane Markowitz (right) 301.827.5276 Erika Mills (center) nlmtravelingexhibits@mail.nlm.nih.gov

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