Planning and Promoting Events in Health Sciences Libraries: Success Stories and Best Practices - Paperback

by Shalu Gillum (Editor), Natasha Williams (Editor)

Planning and Promoting Events in Health Sciences Libraries: Success Stories and Best Practices presents a simple blueprint for planning and promoting library events and programs written with medical librarians in mind.

Author Biography

Shalu Gillum, JD, MLS, AHIP is head of public services for the Harriet F. Ginsburg Health Sciences Library at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine in Orlando, Florida. Shalu is responsible for managing library public services, including circulation, reference, instruction, programming, and promotion. Over the last ten years she has coauthored numerous publications, presentations, and workshops on library programming. Natasha Williams is user services librarian at the Harriet F. Ginsburg Health Sciences Library at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine (UCF COM). She is responsible for creating various library promotional and informational materials, works closely with the head of public services to market, promote, and execute library events and services, and assess the needs of the different groups of patrons that utilize the library space. During the ten years she has spent at the UCF COM, she has co-authored articles and copresented on topics related to library programming and events.