Browsing by Author "Bulgarelli, Nancy"

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    Datasets for submitted article titled "A Health Education Partnership Between an Academic Medical Library and Public Library: Lessons Learned Before & During a Pandemic"
    (2021) Bulgarelli, Nancy; Look, Erin; Swanberg, Stephanie M.; Yuen, Emily W.; Jayakumar, Mithya; Shubitowski, Tyler; Wedemeyer, Rose; Lucia, Victoria
    Three datasets for submitted article (see article abstract below): Background: Public libraries serve as community centers for accessing free, trustworthy health information. As such, they provide an ideal setting to teach the local community about health and health literacy, particularly during public health crises like the COVID-19 pandemic. Since 2018, an outreach partnership between an academic medical library and public library has developed, delivered, and continuously evaluated a health education program targeting public library users. Case Presentation: Health education activities were integrated into three existing public library programs: adult workshops, child and family programming, and circulating family activity kits, all of which pivoted online during the pandemic. An interprofessional team approach combined the expertise of academic medical and public librarians, medical school faculty and staff, and medical students in developing the educational programs. A total of 12 in-person and three virtual health education programs were offered and seven health education family kits were launched. Activities were evaluated using program evaluation surveys of the adult and children’s programs. Conclusions: This case report showcases the lessons learned in implementing a longitudinal outreach partnership between an academic medical and public library before and during the COVID-19 pandemic with a look to the future. The interprofessional team approach and flexibility in program design and delivery in both the in-person and virtual environments proved critical to the success of the partnership. This can inspire other libraries to pursue interprofessional collaborations in educating local communities on healthy behavior and health information seeking practices.
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    Datasets for submitted article titled "A Health Education Partnership Between an Academic Medical Library and Public Library: Lessons Learned Before & During a Pandemic"
    (2021-01-22) Swanberg, Stephanie M.; Look, Erin; Yuen, Emily W.; Jayakumar, Mithya; Shubitowski, Tyler; Bulgarelli, Nancy; Wedemeyer, Rose; Lucia, Victoria
    Three datasets for submitted article (see article abstract below): Background: Public libraries serve as community centers for accessing free, trustworthy health information. As such, they provide an ideal setting to teach the local community about health and health literacy, particularly during public health crises like the COVID-19 pandemic. Since 2018, an outreach partnership between an academic medical library and public library has developed, delivered, and continuously evaluated a health education program targeting public library users. Case Presentation: Health education activities were integrated into three existing public library programs: adult workshops, child and family programming, and circulating family activity kits, all of which pivoted online during the pandemic. An interprofessional team approach combined the expertise of academic medical and public librarians, medical school faculty and staff, and medical students in developing the educational programs. A total of 12 in-person and three virtual health education programs were offered and seven health education family kits were launched. Activities were evaluated using program evaluation surveys of the adult and children’s programs. Conclusions: This case report showcases the lessons learned in implementing a longitudinal outreach partnership between an academic medical and public library before and during the COVID-19 pandemic with a look to the future. The interprofessional team approach and flexibility in program design and delivery in both the in-person and virtual environments proved critical to the success of the partnership. This can inspire other libraries to pursue interprofessional collaborations in educating local communities on healthy behavior and health information seeking practices.
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    Faculty knowledge and attitudes regarding predatory open access journals: a needs assessment study
    (2020-04) Swanberg, Stephanie M.; Thielen, Joanna; Bulgarelli, Nancy
    Objective: The purpose of predatory open access (OA) journals is primarily to make a profit rather than to disseminate quality, peer-reviewed research. Publishing in these journals could negatively impact faculty reputation, promotion, and tenure, yet many still choose to do so. Therefore, the authors investigated faculty knowledge and attitudes regarding predatory OA journals. Methods: A twenty-item questionnaire containing both quantitative and qualitative items was developed and piloted. All university and medical school faculty were invited to participate. The survey included knowledge questions that assessed respondents’ ability to identify predatory OA journals and attitudinal questions about such journals. Chi-square tests were used to detect differences between university and medical faculty. Results: A total of 183 faculty completed the survey: 63% were university and 37% were medical faculty. Nearly one-quarter (23%) had not previously heard of the term “predatory OA journal.” Most (87%) reported feeling very confident or confident in their ability to assess journal quality, but only 60% correctly identified a journal as predatory, when given a journal in their field to assess. Chi-square tests revealed that university faculty were more likely to correctly identify a predatory OA journal (p=0.0006) and have higher self-reported confidence in assessing journal quality, compared with medical faculty (p=0.0391). Conclusions: Survey results show that faculty recognize predatory OA journals as a problem. These attitudes plus the knowledge gaps identified in this study will be used to develop targeted educational interventions for faculty in all disciplines at our university.
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    Survey instrument and dataset for article entitled "Faculty Knowledge & Attitudes Regarding Predatory Open Access Journals: A Needs Assessment Study"
    (2019) Swanberg, Stephanie M.; Thielen, Joanna; Bulgarelli, Nancy
    Survey instrument and dataset for published article (see article's abstract below) Objective: Predatory open access (OA) journals’ purpose is to make a profit, not disseminate quality, peer-reviewed research. Publishing in such journals can negatively impact faculty reputations and promotion/tenure. Yet many publish in these journals, either knowingly or unknowingly. A medical school library and university library collaborated to investigate faculty knowledge and attitudes regarding thesepredatory open access journals. Methods: A 20-item questionnaire containing both quantitative and qualitative items was developed and piloted. All university and medical school faculty were invited to participate. The survey included knowledge questions, which assessed participants’ ability to identify predatory OAopen access journals, and attitudinal questions about such journals. Chi-square testing was used to compare differences between university and medical school faculty. Results: A total of 183 faculty completed the survey; 62.7% were university and 37.4% medical school faculty. Twenty three percent had not previously heard of the term “predatory journal” and when asked to review a journal in their field, only 59.9% correctly identified the journal as predatory. Yet, 86.9% reported feeling very confident or confident in their ability to assess journal quality. Chi-square testing revealed statistically significant differences in university versus medical school faculty ability to correctly identify the predatory OA journal (p = 0.0006) as well as their self confidence in assessing journal quality (p < 0.05). Conclusions: The results of this study will be used to develop an educational outreach campaign targeting faculty in all disciplines, including offering in-person workshops and creating dedicated webpages on the libraries’ website on predatory OA journals.