{"id":12226,"date":"2017-09-12T20:56:29","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T20:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/gmr\/?p=12226"},"modified":"2017-09-12T20:56:29","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T20:56:29","slug":"outreach-on-a-stick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/2017\/09\/outreach-on-a-stick\/","title":{"rendered":"Outreach On A Stick"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Minnesota State Fair, often referred to as the \u201cGreat Minnesota Get-Together,\u201d is one of the most popular late summer destinations in the region. The fair attracts nearly 2 million guests annually over the twelve days leading up to and through Labor Day.\u00a0\u00a0 One fun aspect about the fair is how many foods can be devised to be eaten \u201con a stick\u201d (mac \u2018n cheese or spaghetti & meatballs on a stick anyone?).\u00a0\u00a0 The Health Sciences Libraries at the University of Minnesota has had a presence at the Minnesota State Fair in one form or another since the mid-2000.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 For the past several years we have exhibited for a full day in the University of Minnesota building that is located on the fair grounds.\u00a0\u00a0 The exhibit usually features \u201chealthy\u201d information resources freely available from the National Library of Medicine as well as resources and services available to the public at the Bio-Medical Library.\u00a0\u00a0 Since 2014, we have featured an iPad flashcard app quiz where participants can try their luck at guessing the true or false of health fact statements (see MLA 2017 poster Health Fact Or Fiction: Utilizing an iPad Flashcard App to Engage and Educate Fair Attendees for more information on the iPad quiz).<\/p>\n

\"Minnesota<\/p>\n

This year we were told we had an expanded area and so brainstormed what else we could do and came up with an anatomical theme \u2013 we brought some of our anatomical models and from the Wangensteen History of Medicine Library, a reproduction of page from an old anatomical atlas that utilized \u201cflaps\u201d to see into a woman\u2019s body.\u00a0 To complement the physical models, I created a tri-fold brochure that featured freely available anatomy information from such resources as MedlinePlus\/Anatomy, or other NIH institutes such as National Cancer Institute: Anatomy and Physiology as well as available historical anatomy atlases from the National Library of Medicine.<\/p>\n

\"Minnesota\u00a0\"\"\u00a0 \"Anatomy<\/p>\n

For six hours our team of intrepid library staff volunteers (including our director!) talked to and interacted with a whopping 521 state fair visitors this year \u2013 and later we learned a daily attendance record was broken that day with 144, 504 people passing through the gates.\u00a0 State fair attendees guessed true or false to health information statements (134 quiz takers), took selfies with Flexible Fred (303 anatomical model visitors) and peered into the guts of the flap lady (84).\u00a0 We were even visited by Goldy Gopher himself \u2013 who posed with Fred but passed on the taking the health quiz.<\/p>\n

Though exhausted by the end of the day, all of the exhibit staff agreed that it was fun, that the exhibit visitors were engaged, asked lots of questions and expressed the opinion that they felt that they had learned something that day.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Now to plan for next year.<\/p>\n

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Posted on behalf of Katherine Chew
\nAssociate Librarian
\nResearch\/Outreach Services
\nHealth Sciences Libraries
\nUniversity of Minnesota<\/p>\n

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