HSLS Staff News
Publications
Jonathon Erlen, history of medicine librarian, published “Recent dissertations of interest to historians of technology” in History and Technology, 22(3): 327-330, 2006; “Recent dissertations in the history of medicine” in Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, 61(4):535-540; and “Dissertations list” in History of Science Society Newsletter, 35(3), 12, 2006.
Presentations
Jonathon Erlen, history of medicine librarian, Judith A. Erlen, professor, and director, PhD program, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, and Ammon Ripple, former head of Reference Services, presented a poster “Accessing untapped resources on women’s health” at the annual meeting of Sigma Theta Tau, in Montreal, Canada, on July 20, 2006.
Jonathon Erlen, history of medicine librarian, presented “Factors in the Decline in the Doctor/Patient Relationship” at Plastic Surgery Grand Rounds, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine on August 30, 2006.
Mary Lou Klem, reference librarian, presented a poster titled “Creation of exhaustive item banks: The role of the health sciences librarian” at the inaugural PROMIS (Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System) conference: Building Tomorrow’s Patient-Reported Outcome Measures on September 11-13, 2006 in Gaithersburg, MD. The poster was coauthored by reference librarians Ester Saghafi and Rebecca Abromitis, and the Pittsburgh PROMIS research site.
Charlie Wessel, coordinator of Affiliated Hospital Services, taught the following Medical Library Association (MLA) continuing education courses: Number, number who’s got the number or who’s counting? health statistic sources at the Alabama Health Libraries Association annual meeting, Orange Beach , Ala., on September 14, 2006; and at the Upstate New York and Ontario Chapter / MLA annual conference, Niagara Falls, N.Y. on October 11, 2006; and Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Information Resources for Choices in Healing at the Health Sciences Library Association of New Jersey at the Hospital Association of New Jersey, Princeton, N.J. on September 20, 2006.
Staff Changes
Megan McKeown recently joined the Falk Library Computer and Media Center as a CMC specialist. Her responsibilities include staffing the CMC help desk, overseeing student assistants, and providing technical support to HSLS. Megan, a student in the University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences, is working toward a BS degree in information science. She previously worked as a student assistant in the CMC.
Farewell
Farewell to Jay Miller, Computer and Media Center systems analyst, who has taken a position with the City of Pittsburgh.
