CHLA 2025 CONFERENCE OTHER CONTENT / ABSC CONGRÈS 2025 AUTRES CONTENUS
Jennifer McKinnell, Amanda Ross-White, Zachary Osborne, Talin Boghosian, Sadaf Ullah, Quenby Mahood

TL;DR
This paper discusses strategies for health librarians to advocate for their services and engage with healthcare professionals through outreach.
Contribution
The paper introduces a new team structure with outreach librarians and provides actionable strategies for advocacy and communication.
Findings
Implementing outreach librarians for specific client groups improves tailored services and communication.
Advocacy strategies and value statements help librarians showcase their impact to institutional leaders.
Collaborative discussions and exercises aid in developing effective outreach and advocacy practices.
Abstract
It is difficult to remember when our health libraries were not facing significant challenges. Funding cuts, staff reductions, space reallocations, and health library closures have become all too common. Decision-makers must better understand the critical value our libraries and library teams bring to their organizations. Learn how to strategically define and draft organizational values, priorities, and strengths and effectively communicate them to institutional leaders. This facilitated discussion will focus on advocacy's role in helping solo librarians and library leaders define the value and impact of services. Pre-readings will be shared, and participants will have time to draft and reflect on advocacy strategies, explore writing value statements, and use them to direct their professional practice and refine their communication approaches. Group discussions and exercises will help…
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Taxonomy
TopicsDiverse Perspectives in Modern Studies · Digital Media and Visual Art · Health, Medicine and Society
