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Three consumer health librarians will share tips on fundraising, marketing, outreach, management of volunteers, programming, and other aspects of providing consumer health information services.The power of collaboration.Monday, May 24, 3:30-5:00 p.m.Providing excellent service to consumers often requires collaboration with other libraries, agencies, community groups, and departments, which can help utilize limited resources more effectively.This session will cover innovative collaborative projects serving diverse populations, such as mental health consumers and Native American college students; public/academic and public/private partnerships; and successful funding strategies.Power to the patient: new definitions of health literacy.Tuesday, May 25, 2:30-4:00 p.m.Health literacy is much more than patients' ability to read educational pamphlets and comply with prescribed medical treatment.How are librarians assisting the public to become more health literate?Presentations include using the natural language of sexual health information to empower urban adolescent health consumers, providing information in other languages, serving consumers with chronic diseases, and assisting consumers with health insurance questions.

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