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Lisa K. Traditi, Ahip, Medical Library Association President, 2020–2021, Brittany R. Heer, Ruby L. Nugent

Library Faculty Publications

In this profile, Lisa K. Traditi, MLS, AHIP, Medical Library Association president, 2020–2021, is described as an individual with a bright personality, rich professional experiences, and a natural ability to lead. She is a respected mentor in the medical librarianship field, especially in the realm of evidence-based medicine instruction and education. Traditi has spent the past twenty-six years at the Strauss Health Sciences Library at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

Ic 036 Guide To South Central Chapter Of The Medical Library Association Records, 1966-2018, Medical Library Association. South Central Regional Group

Institutional Finding Aids

The South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association records (SCC/MLA) contain organizational history, photographs, bylaws, reports, policies, annual meeting records, executive board records, meeting minutes, committee documents, local arrangements materials, membership directories, procedure manuals, newsletters, oral histories, and digital media. The collection documents the activities, people, membership, leaders, and committee work of the SCC/MLA, a professional organization of medical librarians and libraries. See more at IC 036.

Emerging Roles Of Health Information Professionals For Library And Information Science Curriculum Development: A Scoping Review, Jinxuan Ma, Lynne Stahl, Erica Knotts

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Objective: This scoping review identified the emerging and evolving roles of health information professionals (HIPs) in a range of tasks and settings, as they adapt to varied user needs, while keeping up with changing medical landscapes to provide evidence-based information support in grand rounds and scholarly research. The review aims to inform library school students about expected entry-level job qualifications and faculty about adaptable changes to specialized HIP curricula.

Methods: The authors examined 268 peer-reviewed journal articles that concentrated on evolving HIP roles, professional settings, and contexts by retrieving results from several multidisciplinary databases.

Results: HIPs, who generally serve as …

An Academic Library-Biotech Industry Partnership: Defining A Collaboration, Deborah A. Crooke, Marie T. Ascher, Marta Ambroziak

NYMC Faculty Posters

New York Medical College opened BioInc@NYMC, a multimillion-dollar government-funded biotechnology incubator, in October 2014. To spur medical innovation and economic development, the public and private sectors collaborated to provide biotech start-ups with state-of-the-art facilities. By April 2015 four start-up companies had joined the incubator. The Health Sciences Library was given a unique opportunity to interface with the private biotechnology industry and define an academic library-biotechnology industry partnership.

Enriching Conference Participation Using Social Media At #Macmla2013, Carolyn Schubert

Libraries

Objectives: Social media's growing presence in personal interactions, news reporting, and education are just some of the ways this technology is changing our in-person and virtual interactions. While social media has been used in conjunction with the past few annual Mid-Atlantic Chapter (MAC) meetings, understanding who is participating and how they participate can help identify other patterns for year-round networking.

Methods: The meeting planning team created an outline identifying all key communication channels and groups, including the MAC Messages blog and Twitter, to promote the annual conference. The author used several quantitative methods to track social media posts related to …

Seeking Out New Blood (And Brains!) For Section Membership Through Quick Response (Qr) Codes And Zombies, Marie T. Ascher, Beth Whipple

NYMC Faculty Posters

Objectives: Although the Medical Informatics Section (MIS) is one of the largest MLA sections, new ways to enhance section membership breathe life into a section. The creation of a Zombie Hunt game is a novel interactive approach to encourage people to join our section, have fun, and use some technology during MLA '12.

A Review Of “The Medical Library Association's Master Guide To Authoritative Resources In The Health Sciences", Denise O'Shea

Sprague Library Scholarship and Creative Works

The article reviews the book "The Medical Library Association's Master Guide to Authoritative Information Resources in the Health Sciences," by L. L. Thompson.

Mla Amplified: Content Analysis And Tweeter Tales, Marcus Banks, Marie T. Ascher

NYMC Faculty Posters

Objectives: During the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association, in addition to the conference blog with official bloggers, there was an active Twitter stream using the hashtag #mla2010. Lorcan Dempsey has coined the term “amplified conference” to refer to conferences which employ social media and networking tools (Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, etc.) to communicate conference content. This poster presents an overview of the #mla2010 Tweets as a social and intellectual history of the meeting.

The Joseph Leiter Nlm/Mla Lecture At Mla '11, Anne Linton

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Publications

Description of the 2011 Joseph Leiter NLM/MLA Lecture.

Educating Tomorrow’S Information Professionals Today, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Information skills are easily and frequently taught in school. Positive attitudes about selling yourself, recognizing the needs of the organization, and building customer loyalty are not as common in LIS schools-- nor as easily taught. Business schools have traditionally been more successful in instilling these types of attitudes, but not just because of a course or two.