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HSLS Staff NewsJordan Derber has accepted the evening shelver position at Falk Library. Jordan has worked in the library as a student shelver since 1998, and holds a BA in Japanese. HSLS staff and faculty participated in the UPMC Karing for Kids program. UPMC teamed with the Allegheny Homeless Children’s Initiative to ensure homeless children in Pittsburgh area shelters would have presents to open for the holidays. HSLS staff and faculty donated over 50 gifts to needy children. The HSLS Staff Development Committee sponsored this project. KUDOSDebbie Downey, library specialist at UPMC Shadyside Libraries, received an MLIS degree from the University of Pittsburgh in December 2003. She has worked at the UPMC Shadyside Libraries since 1995, and holds a BA in psychology from Duquesne University. The HSLS Consumer Health Information Web site <www.hsls.pitt.edu/guides/chi> was named one of the Top 10 Sites for consumer health information by the Healthy People Library Project <www.healthlit.org/health_resources/top_10_sites.htm>. Other Top 10 sites include the American Medical Association, Mayo Clinic, FirstGov for Consumers, and NIH Health Information. HSLS staff news, February 2004 members were honored by the University for their many years of service at a recognition ceremony and reception on December 11, 2003. Mary Lou O’Shea (administrative secretary) and Cecile Roberts (acquisitions manager) have both worked at Falk Library for 30 years, while Mary Gail Merlina (circulation manager) has been at Falk Library for 20 years. |
