Teaming Up with Girl Scouts for Online Nutrition Information

Abstract

Three librarians at LSU Health Shreveport partnered with staff members at the Shreveport service center of the Girl Scouts of Louisiana–Pines to the Gulf to teach girls about nutrition. The librarians provided instruction to the staff on healthelinks, MedlinePlus, and the other National Library of Medicine databases. They worked with the staff to incorporate these online resources into the nutrition curriculum for the Girl Scout leaders to use with their troops. They also provided two laptop computers, promotional items, and teaching aids. The program was repeated in the summer for week-long day camps designed to introduce girls to Scouting. The librarians had the opportunity to work directly with more than 100 girls at these camps to introduce them to authoritative, age-appropriate web sites on nutrition.

KEYWORDS:

• Girl Scouts
• Healthelinks
• Louisiana
• nutrition

Acknowledgments

This project has been funded in whole or in part with federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, under Contract No. HHSN-276-2011-00007-C with the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library.

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Notes on contributors

Kimberly Pullen

Kimberly Pullen, MLIS ([email protected]) is Head Liaison Librarian/Assistant Professor

Betty Tucker

Betty Tucker, MSLS ([email protected]) is Collection Management Librarian/Instructor

Talicia Tarver

Talicia Tarver, MLIS ([email protected]) is Digital and Information Services Librarian/Assistant Professor, LSU Health Shreveport, 1501 Kings Highway, Shreveport, LA 71103.