The HSLS Staff News section includes recent HSLS presentations, publications, staff changes, staff promotions, degrees earned, etc.
News
Rebecca Abromitis, reference librarian, has been appointed liaison to the School of Dental Medicine.
Leslie Czechowski, assistant director, Collections and Technical Services, was awarded the Daniel T. Richards Prize by the Collection Development Section of the Medical Library Association for her paper, “Edging Toward Perfection: Analysis of the New Approval Plan in a Health Sciences Library,” Library Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services, 32(2):107-11, 2008.
Melissa Ratajeski, reference librarian, has been appointed to the Medical Library Association Beatty Award Jury for 2009-2010.
Ester Saghafi, reference librarian, has been appointed psychiatry liaison.
Presentations
Jonathon Erlen, history of medicine librarian, gave the keynote lecture “The Doctor-Patient Relationship” at the annual meeting of the Southern Association History of Medicine and Science, Birmingham, Ala. on March 5, 2009.
Publications
Barbara Epstein, director, published “National Institutes of Health Public Access Policy: Still in the Quiet Period” in MLA News, 413:15, February 2009.
Jonathon Erlen, history of medicine librarian, published “Research on the History of Psychiatry: Dissertation Abstracts 2007” in History of Psychiatry, 20(1):119-35, 2009.
Melissa Ratajeski, reference librarian, published “Internet Resources: Seasonal Affective Disorder” in MLA News, 413:8, February 2009.