HSLS Participation at the Medical Library Association Conference
San Antonio, TX, May 14-19, 2005
Contributed Papers
Malgorzata Fort, head of Bibliographic Services (presenter); Philip Bergen, information architecture librarian; and Deborah Silverman, associate director for Resource Management: “On Beyond OPAC: Repurposing ILS Data for Web-based Access Tools.”
Jill Foust, Web manager/reference librarian (presenter); Phillip Bergen, information architecture librarian; Gretchen L. Maxeiner, catalog librarian; and Peter N. Pawlowski, Vivisimo, Inc.: “Improving E-Book Access via a Library Developed Full-Text Federated Search Tool.”
Deborah Silverman, associate director for Resource Management: “The Resource Management Model of Integrated Collection Services.”
Poster Presentations
Michelle Burda, consumer health librarian: “Overcoming Challenges: Magnificent Medical Contributions. To Dream the Impossible Dream: Dr. Benjamin S. Carson, Pediatric Neurosurgeon.”
Linda Hartman, reference librarian: “A Look at OT Search and the Indexing of the Occupational Therapy Literature.”
Andrea Ketchum, reference librarian: “Information-seeking Practices of Support Groups.”
Ammon Ripple, head of Reference Services: “Expert Googling: Best Practices and Advanced Strategies for Using Google in Health Sciences Libraries.”
Ammon Ripple, head of Reference Services, and Linda Hartman, reference librarian: “Online Current Awareness: An Overview of Options and Strategies.”
Electronic Poster Presentation
Charles Wessel, HSLS coordinator of Affiliated Hospital Services (presenter); Barbara A. Epstein, HSLS director; and Nancy H. Tannery, associate director of Information Services: “Responsible Literature Searching for Research: A Self-Paced Interactive Educational Program.”
Other Contributions
Rebecca Abromitis, reference librarian, contributed a scenario: “Human Sexuality Questions from an Adult with Cognitive Disabilities.” Abromitis and Linda Hartman, reference librarian, portrayed this scenario in “Challenging Patrons, Challenging Questions: Case Scenarios to Enlighten Our Futuro Magnífico.”
Ammon Ripple, head of Reference Services, served as moderator for “UnGoogling Information Literacy in the Health Sciences.”
