HSLS Staff News
WELCOME TO:
Melissa Baker, a student enrolled in Pitt's School of Information Sciences. Melissa is gaining library field experience in the Resource Management section of HSLS.
Philip Bittenbender is the new project specialist at the HSLS Remote Storage Facility. Philip previously worked at the University of Pittsburgh Book Center.
FAREWELL TO:
Matt Allison, who worked at Falk Library since 2003 as shelver, and most recently as project specialist at the HSLS Remote Storage Facility. Matt has returned to school as a full time graphic design student at LaRoche College.
Zach Biden, who staff news, April 2005 in various areas of HSLS for three years, most recently as a circulation specialist at WPIC Library. Zach has taken a position as a teacher's assistant, working with physically challenged youngsters at The Children's Institute.
Jordan Derber, who is pursuing his dream of living in Tokyo, Japan. He worked at Falk Library since 1998 as a student shelver, and most recently as a circulation/stack assistant.
Lori Schaub, who worked in the Computer and Media Center since 2000, most recently as the operations specialist, is completing a Masters degree in Social and Comparative Education.
HSLS circulation specialist Susan Wyssen, now working in the manuscripts section at Harvard University libraries.
PUBLICATIONS
Jonathon Erlen, history of medicine librarian, published "Recent dissertations in the history of medicine" in the Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, 2005, 60:222-226. Erlen also reviewed Doctoring the South: Southern Physicians and Everyday Medicine in the Mid-Nineteenth Century by Steven M. Stowe (Studies in Social Medicine), Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 2004, in The Watermark Newsletter of the Archivists and Librarians in the History of the Health Sciences, 2005, 28(1): 7-8; and JAMA, 2005, 293(10): 1270-1271.
Gosia Fort, head of Bibliographic Services reviewed The Thesaurus: Review, Renaissance, and Revision (Sandra K. Roe, Alan R. Thomas, editors), New York : Haworth Information Press, 2004, in Doody’s Review Service (available online for subscribers at www.doody.com). As a member of the Standards Committee of the Medical Library Association Technical Services Section, Fort reviews drafts of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) documents. She recently completed reviews of NISO Z39.18-200X Scientific and Technical Reports - Preparation, Presentation and Preservation; ISO DIS 22310 Information and documentation - Requirements for records/documents management in standards; and ISO DIS 19005-1 Document management - Electronic document file format for long-term preservation. Part 1: Use of PDF 1.4 (PDF/A-1).
Linda M. Hartman, reference librarian, published "Educating Users of the Health Sciences Library System at the University of Pittsburgh," Chap. 5 in A Guide to Developing End User Education Programs in Medical Libraries, edited by Elizabeth Connor, 51-60, Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, 2005.
Nancy Tannery, associate director for Information Services, Mark L. Scheurer, MD, associate professor of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh, Jill E. Foust, Patricia Weiss Friedman, Amy L. Gregg, reference librarians, and Ammon S. Ripple, head of Reference Services, published "A Month-Long Daily Instruction Curriculum for Residents at the University of Pittsburgh: Can Intensive Training Make a Difference?" Chap. 15 in A Guide to Developing End User Education Programs in Medical Libraries, edited by Elizabeth Connor, 181-187, Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, 2005.
PRESENTATIONS
Jonathon Erlen, history of medicine librarian, presented "What went wrong? Factors leading to the decline in the doctor/patient relationship" at the Southern Association for the History of Medicine and Science Annual Meeting on February 25, 2005 in Augusta, GA. Erlen also served as a panel member for "Integrating the history of medicine and health into the undergraduate curriculum," a panel discussion-luncheon workshop at the American Association for the History of Medicine Annual Meeting, on April 9, 2005 in Birmingham, AL.
