HSLS Participation at the Medical Library Association Conference Phoenix, Arizona, May 19-24, 2006
Contributed Papers
Renae Barger, reference librarian and Document Delivery coordinator; and Melissa Ratajeski, HSLS student intern: “Understanding User Needs in an Online Environment: What We Can Learn from Electronic Reference Questions.”
Poster Presentations
Rebecca A. Abromitis, reference librarian: “Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Psychiatric Drugs in Popular Magazines: How are Mental Disorders Portrayed?”
Jill Foust, reference librarian: “The Impact of Technology on the User Education Process.”
Michele Klein Fedyshin, UPMC Shadyside manager of library services; and Carol M. Patton, professor and director of Nursing Programs, Chatham College: “Utilizing an Interdisciplinary Model to Promote Evidence-Based Practice in an Acute Care Hospital.”
Mary L. Klem, Ester M. Saghafi, Rebecca A. Abromitis, reference librarians; and the Pittsburgh PROMIS Research Site: “Making a PROMIS and Keeping it: Providing Comprehensive Literature Search Services to an NIH Roadmap Initiative.”
Continuing Education Presentations
Charles B. Wessel, coordinator of Affiliated Hospital Services, and Nancy H. Tannery, associate director for Information Services, presented a continuing education course “Number, Number, Who's Got the Number, or Who's Counting?: Health Statistics Sources.”
Other Contributions
Deborah Silverman, associate director for Resource Management; and Jaime Blanck, former HSLS trainee, presented “Developing an Automated System to Analyze the Monograph Collection in a Health Sciences Library” at a meeting of the Collection Development Section.
