Several HSLS librarians participated in the Medical Library Association’s Annual Conference held in Chicago, I.L. from May 16-21, 2008.
Contributed Papers
Ahlam Saleh, reference librarian, presented “The Influence of an EBM Focused Morning Report on Resident Physician use of MEDLINE and UpToDate”. Co-authors were Nancy Tannery, associate director for User Services, Charlie Wessel, coordinator of Affiliated Hospital Services, Scott Herrle1, Bruce Lee1,2, Megan Cunnane1, Rosanne Granieri1, Elizabeth Weinstein3, and Raquel Buranosky1.
1 Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
2 Center for Research on Health Care, University of Pittsburgh
3 Section of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
Poster Presentations
Jill Foust, reference librarian, “Simplified Selection of Web Content: Balancing Library Expertise with User Data”.
Carrie Iwema, information specialist in Molecular Biology, Ansuman Chattopadhyay, head of Molecular Biology Information Service, John LaDue, lead developer, and Fran Yarger, assistant director for Computing Services, “Biology in Silico: Creation of an Online Bioinformatics Portal for Clinicians, Researchers, and Students”.
Melissa Ratajeski, reference librarian, “Customizing EndNote for Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Protocol Searches”.
John Siegel, reference librarian, “Making the Connection: Assessing the Information Literacy Skills of First-Year Students Enrolled in a Doctor of Dental Medicine Program”.
Continuing Education Presentations
Rebecca Abromitis and Ester Saghafi, reference librarians, presented a continuing education course “Measure for Measure: Locating Information on Health Measurement Tools”.
Other Contributions
Michele Klein Fedyshin, manager of library services, UPMC Shadyside, participated on a panel discussion of library assessments and presented “Quantum Physics and Hospital Library Assessment”.