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Digitizing Dissertations For The Escholarship@Umms Institutional Repository, Mary E. Piorun, Lisa A. Palmer
Digitizing Dissertations For The Escholarship@Umms Institutional Repository, Mary E. Piorun, Lisa A. Palmer
Mary E. Piorun
Our presentation will describe the process and costs associated with our first digitization project: digitizing 300 doctoral dissertations for a newly implemented institutional repository at UMass Medical School. We will start at the beginning: selecting team members and identifying their roles, choosing the right repository system, and identifying a manageable first project. We will explain how we partnered with our Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and contacted alumni for permission to digitize their dissertations. We will also discuss technical information and decisions such as software and equipment used to scan and create searchable text, using OCR technology to convert abstracts, …
Trends In Health Sciences Library And Information Science Research, Sally A. Gore, Judy Nordberg, Lisa A. Palmer, Mary E. Piorun
Trends In Health Sciences Library And Information Science Research, Sally A. Gore, Judy Nordberg, Lisa A. Palmer, Mary E. Piorun
Sally A. Gore
Objective: Determine if the profession of health librarianship has matured over recent years as defined by the level of sophistication found in the published research in the leading peer-reviewed, professional journal. Method: A content analysis of research articles published in Bulletin of the Medical Library Association and Journal of the Medical Library Association during the time span of 1991-2007 will be performed. For those articles that are classified as research, the subjects, research methodologies and analytical techniques employed will be identified, as well as bibliometric characteristics, institutional affiliation, and research funding source. The data will be analyzed using descriptive and …
Changing The Face Of An Institution: Creative Partnerships For Women’S Professional Development , Patricia D. Franklin, Heather-Lyn A. Haley, Barbara C. Ingrassia, Ellen S. More, Mary E. Piorun, Phyllis Pollack, Elaine Russo Martin
Changing The Face Of An Institution: Creative Partnerships For Women’S Professional Development , Patricia D. Franklin, Heather-Lyn A. Haley, Barbara C. Ingrassia, Ellen S. More, Mary E. Piorun, Phyllis Pollack, Elaine Russo Martin
Ellen S. More
Purpose of program/study/research: To accelerate the advancement of women professionals at an academic medical center through creative collaboration. Methodology (including study design, analysis, and evaluation): The UMass Medical School Women’s Faculty Committee (WFC) initiated a partnership with the medical library to compete successfully to host the traveling exhibition “Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America’s Women Physicians.” Concurrent with the 6-week exhibition, fifteen events brought local and nationally prominent women together for mentoring activities, an original dramatic production, and an awards luncheon for women faculty. Women featured in the exhibit as well as its Visiting Curator spoke at UMMS about …
E-Mental Health: Providing Quality Mental Health Information To Practitioners And The Public, Sally A. Gore, Elaine Russo Martin
E-Mental Health: Providing Quality Mental Health Information To Practitioners And The Public, Sally A. Gore, Elaine Russo Martin
Sally A. Gore
With the Internet a prominent place for many Americans to turn when seeking health information, the importance of providing authoritative, reliable, quality-filtered resources is a tasl well-suited for professional medical librarians. This article outlines three steps librarians can take to locate, organize, develop and deliver quality e-mental health resources effectively for mental health professionals and their patients, including establishing partnerships, developing and delivering resources, and providing training and outreach.
New Partnerships For A New Generation, Sally A. Gore, Barbara C. Ingrassia, Judy Nordberg, Mary E. Piorun
New Partnerships For A New Generation, Sally A. Gore, Barbara C. Ingrassia, Judy Nordberg, Mary E. Piorun
Sally A. Gore
Objective: This poster will demonstrate how partnering with civic and community organizations to host a traveling exhibit helps the library reach beyond its primary clientele to: 1) heighten awareness of the historical roles of women physicians, 2) encourage young women to enter the medical fields, 3) promote medical librarians and library services, and 4) increase visibility of the medical school. Method: In the summer of 2004, a core group of library staff gathered to prepare the application to host the ALA/NLM traveling exhibit, “Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America’s Women Physicians.” Once selected as a host site, the group …