商品簡介
This book provides librarians interested in starting a 3D printing service with an overview of 3D printing in medical libraries. It will appeal to those looking to start a 3D printing service or understand the 3D printing space as it relates to medical education, practice, and research.
作者簡介
In 2010, Jennifer Herron graduated from Ferris State University with a BA in history and later graduated from Wayne State University in 2012, with her Master’s in Library and Information Science. While completing her degree, she worked at a small health sciences college providing library services to medical assistant students among other health sciences students. She later moved on to work at a hospital library where her interests in medical librarianship grew, as did her interests in supporting medical education.
Jennifer worked as the Emerging Technologies Librarian for the Ruth Lilly Medical Library with Indiana University School of Medicine for over three years. During this time, she helped to establish the library’s 3D printing service and formed a University-wide 3D printing group joining together labs across multiple campuses throughout the state of Indiana. This collaboration between University 3D print labs ultimately led to a MakerHealth Faire, an interdisciplinary event bringing together students, faculty, and staff from medicine, information technology, engineering, health and rehabilitation, and informatics.
While establishing the library’s 3D printing service, Jennifer collaborated with multiple departments to better understand the needs and wants for 3D printing from both faculty, resident, and student perspectives. To fulfill requests, Jennifer learned the ins and outs of 3D printing through first-hand experience and from various online 3D printing organizations. Because of her knowledge and experience, Jennifer has advised other medical librarians on developing a 3D printing service and has presented locally, regionally, and nationally on 3D printing.
In her free time, Jennifer is creating her own, personal 3D print lab and will continue to consult with librarians on 3D printing endeavors. She also hopes to partner with local public libraries to promote the use of 3D printing in patient education and promote health literacy at the same time.
