Teaching Kids About Healthy Lifestyles Through Stories and Games: Partnering With Public Libraries to Reach Local Children

摘要

Each year, the Medical Library faculty members of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport (LSUHSC-S) focus on an outreach project that moves them beyond the walls of the Library to serve the local community. In the spring of 2009, the librarians embarked on a project to create a kids' health Web portal as part of the Library's consumer health Web site healthelinks. The purpose of the "For Kids" Web portal was to provide health infor-mation, games, and activities appropriate for children. Another goal was to feature stories and follow-up activities selected for story hours hosted by LSUHSC-S Library faculty in the Shreve Memorial Public Library System in Shreveport, Louisiana. This article pro-vides an overview of the project, highlighting both successes and lessons learned.