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HSLS Staff NewsCarrie Croll has been appointed as project archivist (visiting faculty librarian) to work on HSLS manuscript collections. Croll received Bachelor of Arts degrees in Archeology and Classical Studies in 1996 and her MLIS with a specialization in archival studies in 2004, all from the University of Pittsburgh. She has worked in Falk Library Circulation since 2000, and has worked on records projects at the Hunt Library and Homewood Cemetery. Jeffrey Husted has been promoted to acquisitions manager for HSLS. Husted has worked in HSLS Technical Services since 1998, in serials and cataloging. Jeff holds a BS in Biological Sciences from the University of Pittsburgh. John LaDue has been promoted to a systems analyst for HSLS. LaDue has worked in the HSLS Computer Media Center since 2005 and is currently enrolled in the University of Pittsburgh’s MLIS program. Sam Lewis recently joined HSLS as a CMC Library Specialist. His responsibilities include staffing the CMC help desk and providing technical support to HSLS. Brian McGirk is the new circulation specialist at Falk Library. McGirk, who began at HSLS as a student shelver, recently earned a BA in Economics and History from the University of Pittsburgh. Melissa Ratajeski, reference librarian, has been appointed as the new editor of the HSLS Update. Patricia Weiss has been appointed to the newly created position of reference and information technology librarian. A primary responsibility of this position will be development and implementation of Web-based applications in support of Information Services. Pat has been a reference librarian at HSLS since 1998 and had a lead role in the development of the Faculty Research Interests Project (FRIP). KUDOS The HSLS Online Bioinformatics Resources Collection (OBRC) <www.hsls.pitt.edu/guides/genetics/obrc/index_html> was featured in the section “NetWatch”, Science, 314(5798): 393, 20 Oct 2006. HSLS staff and faculty raised money for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation by participating in the 11th annual Lee National Denim Day. In exchange for a cash donation, staff and faculty members were permitted to wear blue jeans to work on October 6, 2006. PUBLICATIONS Jonathon Erlen, history of medicine librarian, published “Research on the History of Psychiatry: Dissertation Abstracts 2005” in History of Psychiatry, 17(3): 375-390, 2006 and “Dissertation list” in History of Science Society Newsletter, 35(4): 15, 2006. Nancy Tannery, associate director for Information Services, reviewed “Libraries Beyond Their Institutions: Partnerships That Work” by William Miller and Rita M. Pellen, Binghamton, NY: Haworth Information Press, 2005, in Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2006 October 94(4): 1314-1315. PRESENTATIONS Jonathon Erlen, history of medicine librarian, presented “Factors Leading to the Decline in the Doctor/Patient Relationship” at Surgery Grand Rounds, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA on October 10, 2006. Ester Saghafi, reference librarian, presented a poster titled “Making a PROMIS and Keeping it: Providing Comprehensive Literature Search Services to an NIH Roadmap Initiative” at the Association of Mental Health Librarians Annual Meeting on November 3-5, 2006 in Washington, DC. The poster was coauthored by reference librarians Rebecca Abromitis and Mary Lou Klem. |
