Submitted by Mary K. Taylor
Morris Library, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
mtaylor@lib.siu.edu
Ely M. Anderson is Reference Librarian/Online Search Services and Outreach Coordinator at the Library of the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, IL. Her primary responsibilities include providing research consultations, teaching instructional workshops, and coordinating the Library’s outreach program. She is interested in first career librarianship, outreach and marketing, health and information literacy, and consumer health. Ely is a 2003 graduate of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Ely has an undergraduate degree in education with certificates in music and remedial reading instruction from Wartburg College in Waverly, OH. Her home town is Ryan, IA. Among Ely’s personal interests are volunteering, singing, playing the piano, outdoor recreation, reading, and religion. She is in the masters of medical ethics certificate program at Rush University.
Mary Ellen Armentrout is the Manager of the Joseph M. Strong M.D. Medical Library for the EMH Regional Healthcare System. She manages the one-person library and assists 250 physicians and hospital staff with research. Mary Ellen has worked in academic, public, and special libraries. She states that her “most interesting positions have been in botanical and medical libraries.” Mary Ellen’s home town is Akron, OH. She received an undergraduate degree in French from Otterbein College, and graduated from library school at Indiana University in 1982. She is interested in the history of medicine and the history of Carnegie libraries.
Jane Blumenthal is Director, Health Sciences Libraries, at the University of Michigan. Her main responsibilities include “planning, overseeing, and facilitating all aspects” of the libraries. Her professional interests include leadership, professional development, library management, medical education, and integrated instruction. Before coming to the University of Michigan, Jane had been at Georgetown University Medical Center Library in Washington, D.C., for 16 years. During her last 10 years there, she was director and assistant dean. Jane has been chair of MLA’s Leadership and Management Section, a member of the MLA Credentialing Committee, and a member of the AAHSL Board of Directors. She is co-chair of the Program Committee for MLA’s 2008 National Meeting in Chicago. Her home town is Fredericksburg, VA. She has an undergraduate degree in religion from The College of William and Mary in Virginia, and graduated from library school at the Catholic University of America. Her hobbies and interests include birding, native plants, wildlife habitat and wildlife rehabilitation, folk music, jazz and blues, mystery novels, travel, musical theater. She adds, “I’ve recently arrived in the Midwest with my husband, Don, after living my entire life near Washington, D.C. We both love Ann Arbor and are enjoying exploring Michigan.”
Wenda Webster Fischer is the owner of Info Source, Inc., a research company. Her responsibilities include research, marketing, and operation of the business. Her professional interests include online research. She is a graduate of the library school at the University of Tennessee, and has an undergraduate degree in biology from the same institution. Her home town is Louisville, KY. Her hobbies include water skiing, Bikram yoga, cross-stitch, piano, organ, and handbells.
Barbara A. Gushrowski is the Access Services Manager of the Indiana University School of Dentistry Library. She supervises all circulation functions, provides reference services and ILL, maintains the library’s webpage, participates in collection development activities, supervises three FTE, and hires and trains student workers. Her professional interests include the integration of library services and resources into the curriculum. She states, “I have found numerous opportunities at IUSD to further integrate library services and resources into the curriculum. I am very pleased to have the opportunity to tutor groups of dental students in the Problem Based Learning curriculum and working with the new distance education component of the dental assisting program.” Barbara’s hobbies include gardening, quilting, and reading. Her home town is Indianapolis, IN.
Emily S. Mazure is a student at the University of Michigan’s School of Information. She plans to graduate in 2007. A native of Traverse City, MI, Emily has an undergraduate degree in biology from Central Michigan University. She says that she is interested in medical librarianship because “it allows me to combine my interest and background in biology with my interest in librarianship.” When asked about her hobbies, Emily stated “I love sports whether I’m actually playing or just watching I enjoy it all. I’m always ready to travel and experience new places. I especially enjoy spending time outside camping, hiking, canoeing, etc.”
Maria Melssen is Reference/Education Librarian at the Raymon H. Mulford Library of the University of Toledo Health Science Campus. She also serves as a faculty member in the Physical Therapy Department. Her responsibilities include providing reference services (along with mediated literature searching and research consulting) for the University of Toledo campus and the surrounding community. Maria is responsible for library education programs. She also assists with developing and implementing virtual information services, as well as instructional programs and support materials and documentation for new resources and services. As an Instructor in the Physical Therapy Department, she provides “individualized library instruction as well as other consulting services and participate in faculty meetings and other department functions.” Among her professional interests are “information literacy and evidence-based practice and its applications to library instruction.” Maria graduated from library school at Kent State University in December, 2005. She has a bachelor’s degree in Education from Bowling Green State University. Her home town is Maumee, OH. She enjoys travel and studying Egyptology, and adds that she and her husband are planning a trip to Egypt this spring. Maria received one of the 2006 Midwest Chapter/MLA’s Conference Scholarships.
Robin A. Terebelo is Public Services Librarian at the Helen L. DeRoy Medical Library of Providence Hospital in Southfield, MI. In this half-time position, her main responsibilities include reference services, online searching, and ordering books. She graduated in 1974 from the library school at the University of Maryland, and has an undergraduate degree in Spanish and Secondary Education from Hofstra University. Robin’s professional interests include online searching. She “worked at NLM many years ago doing MEDLARS training.” She has worked for a private information consultant, and has worked in many biomedical libraries (medical school, hospital, etc.). She also worked in an Army post library in South Korea. Robin and her husband of almost 30 years now live in Franklin, MI. Her two sons are in law school.
Deb Werner is a Science Reference Librarian/Biomedical Specialist at The John Crerar Library of the University of Chicago. Her duties include reference, outreach, and instruction. She states, “I hope to become well versed in bioinformatics and welcome advice on educating myself!” She adds, “I began at The Crerar Library on June 1, 2006 and am fortunate to work with a small, close-knit group of people who provide encouragement and support as I learn, as well as the freedom and opportunity to spread my wings. My dog and I relocated to Chicago from Minneapolis, where I worked at the University of Minnesota's Bio-Medical Library and was truly groomed for the profession by their great staff.” Deb graduated from the library school of Dominican University/College of St. Catherine in 2005. She received her undergraduate degree in biology from Augustana College in Rock Island, IL. Her home town is Port Byron, IL. Her hobbies include running, knitting, and skijoring. Deb says that “skijoring is cross-country skiing while harnessed to one to three dogs that pull as you ski. I use one dog and half the time I'm pulling her.”