HSLS Librarians were active participants in the Medical Library Association’s Annual Meeting held in Washington, D.C. from May 21-26, 2010.
Contributed Papers
Carrie Iwema, information specialist in Molecular Biology, presented “Beyond PubMed: Next Generation Literature Searching” and “Can’t We All Get Along?: The Highs and Lows of Librarian/IT Collaborations.” Co-author was Fran Yarger, assistant director for Computing Services.
Michele Klein Fedyshin, reference librarian, presented “The Reformation of Librarianship into Information Practice.”
Katrina Kurtz, informatics trainee, “Going against Goliath: Knowledge Discovery Using a Library-Developed Specialized Search Tool Versus General Web Search Engines.” Co-authors were Ansuman Chattopadhyay, head of Molecular Biology Information Service and Carrie Iwema, information specialist in Molecular Biology. This paper won the New Voices Paper Award for best student presentation.
Ester Saghafi, reference librarian, presented “The Development of an Online Curriculum in Health Sciences Librarianship.” Co-authors were Barbara Epstein, director, and Nancy Tannery, associate director for User Services.
Nancy Tannery, associate director for User Services, presented “Impact and User Satisfaction of a Clinical Information Portal Embedded in an Electronic Medical Record.” Co-authors were Barbara Epstein, director, Mary Lou Klem, reference librarian, John LaDue, knowledge integration librarian, Charlie Wessel, head of Hospital Services, and Fran Yarger, assistant director for Computing Services.
Poster Presentations
Jill Foust, reference librarian, “Combining Usability Tools for Better Web Site Design: Card Sort and Survey.” Co-authors were Gretchen Maxeiner, cataloging librarian, and Fran Yarger, assistant director for Computing Services.
Carrie Iwema, information specialist in Molecular Biology, “Enabling e-Science: Helping Researchers Locate Bioinformatics Resources.” Co-authors were Ansuman Chattopadhyay, head of Molecular Biology Information Service and Katrina Kurtz, informatics trainee.
Presentations and posters of HSLS participants are available on the HSLS Presentations Web page.
Conference Activities
Ansuman Chattopadhyay, head of Molecular Biology Information Service, participated as bioinformatics panelist in a symposium “The Informationist in Practice.”
Barbara Epstein, HSLS director, conducted a workshop “Building a High-Performance Staff” for new directors of academic health sciences libraries.
Michele Klein Fedyshin, reference librarian, was awarded the Hospital Libraries Section’s Professional Development Award.
Carrie Iwema, information specialist in Molecular Biology, chaired a meeting for the Molecular Biology & Genomics Special Interest Group.
Melissa Ratajeski, reference librarian, moderated a panel on “The Librarian’s Role in the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee: Learn the Laws and Get Involved.”
~ Jill Foust