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National Medical Librarians Month

Promotional Giveaways

Midwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association
Community Health Information Partners
Bracken Health Sciences Library
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Library
Bell-Pittman Library Resource Center
VA North Texas Health Care System
Tompkins-McCaw Library

MLA's Midwest Chapter created this innovative item to brand and promote their 2006 meeting in Kentucky. The burlap bundles of Kentucky bluegrass seed were attached to discarded catalog cards featuring fun Kentucky facts and the conference logo.

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Community Health Information Partners (CHIPS), consisting of several Tennessee partner libraries, created this logo, brochure, Website, dvd infomercial, and CHIPS bags To promote continued awareness of their mission

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Bracken Health Sciences Library, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, distributed these clip highlighters and antimicrobial telephone pad printing with the library's url and phone number to promote library resources and services to its outreach partners. The right side of the card serves as a business card holder.

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Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Library--New Orleans, gave away these plastic crawfish and bookmarks at their library exhibit held during Louisiana crawfish season. Staff drew attention to their 4-11: Medical Information Day," celebration and reach out to their user community using something fun and familiar and fun.

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2006 NMLM Creative Promotions Contest first place winner, Bell-Pittman Library Resource Center, Wilson Medical Center, Wilson, NC, distributed these sunny bookmarks to promote its "Everything Under the Sun" 2006 NMLM observance. During the open house, staff conducted a door prize raffle for a basket filled with a sun-painted pitcher and glass set.

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This pocket sized card created by VA North Texas Health Care System in Dallas, TX, reminds healthcare providers that their medical library is available to find information they need allowing them more time for patients.

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To invite faculty and staff to the "Changing Face of Medicine" celebration of women physicians traveling exhibit at their library, staff at Tompkins-McCaw Library, Viriginia Commonwealth University--Richmond, created save the date postcards. The exhibt increased served to create an atmosphere of anticipation on campus and allowed the library to forget partnerships with new groups.

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