Kacy Allgood is a reference informationist at the Ruth Lilly Medical Library at the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis. Her responsibilities include answering reference questions and creating and maintaining library web pages.
Kacy received her MLS from the Indiana University School of Library and Information Science in her hometown of Indianapolis in 2007. She has a bachelor's degree in business from the same institution. Kacy enjoys traveling, reading, and quilting.
Abby Bedford is a student worker at the Health Sciences Libraries at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Her responsibilities include reference and projects. This Grandville, MI, native received an bachelor's degree in music from Hope College. She expects to graduate from the University of Michigan's School of Information in 2010.
Onadell Bly is systems librarian at the Oliver Ocasek Regional Medical Information Center (OORMIC) of Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy (NEOUCOM) in Rootstown, OH. She graduated from Kent State's School of Library and Information Science in 1989. She received her bachelor's degree in English from Mount Union College. Onadell's personal interests include dogs, home decorating and gardening.
Lydia Craig is learning resource center manager at the National Institute of Technology in Cuyahoga Falls, OH. She manages "the everyday operations of a career college library while planning for the future." Her professional interests include information literacy, collaboration and history. Lydia received her MLS in 2007 from Kent State University. She also received her bachelor's degree in photo illustration from Kent State University. Lydia's hometown is Cuyahoga Falls, OH. Her hobbies include golfing, skiing, reading, ministry and being a part-time wedding photographer.
Amy Donahue is a National Library of Medicine associate fellow at the Biomedical Library of the University of Minnesota. Her responsibilities include "working with bioethics librarians on the University of Minnesota's EthicShare project, contributing to the Web Services Committee and working on the reference desk." Her professional interests include medical informatics, translational research, scholarly communication, evidence-based practice, social networking tools and rural health outreach. Amy received her MLIS from the University of Washington in 2007. She majored in Russian and in Math as an undergraduate at Grinnell College in Iowa. Amy's hobbies and personal interests include ultimate Frisbee, running and local foods.
Rose Guerrieri is the director of the Kent State University Trumball Campus Library. She is responsible for daily operations of the library, reference and instruction. Her professional interests include informatics, clinical librarianship and nursing. Rose, who is from Newton Falls, OH, majored in nursing and computer science as an undergraduate at Youngstown State University. She received her MLIS from Kent State University.
Andy Hickner is a student assistant at the Health Sciences Libraries at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. His responsibilities include reference, instruction, special projects and liaison for course technology integration/H1N1 preparedness for School of Public Health.
His professional interests include human computer interaction and EBM. Andy is an MSI candidate at the University of Michigan's School of Information and anticipates graduating in 2010. He has an bachelor's degree in political theory and constitutional democracy from Michigan State University. Andy's hometown is Bay City, MI. He enjoys sleeping, ice cream, weight lifting and "reading about urban studies, especially about Rust Belt cities."
Pamela Kress-Dunn is librarian at the Pfohl Health Sciences Library of Mercy Medical Center in Dubuque, IA. She says her responsibilities include "Everything! I'm a one-person shop, although I do have a tireless volunteer who checks in journals and fills ILL requests two days a week. I also do lit searches for physicians, nurses and clinical staff; teach nurses how to use CINAHL and PubMed; orient new medical staff to the library; place ILL orders; and catalog books for my OPAC (using EOS)."
Her professional interests include teaching medical and nursing staff to conduct successful journal searches; ebooks and databases; and interlibrary loan. Pam received her MLS from the University of Iowa in 1976. She also has a bachelor's degree in English from Coe College, a master's in English from Loras College and an MFA in poetry from the University of Nebraska. Pam's hometown is Davenport, IA. Her hobbies include voracious reading, writing poetry and writing a biweekly column for a local arts and culture paper. "Someday I hope to have a poem published in JAMA," she says.
Nadia Lalla is coordinator of collections and information services at the Health Sciences Libraries of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She manages the print and electronic collections of the Public Health and Taubman Medical Libraries and is responsible for acquisitions, licensing and withdrawals. As co-coordinator of information services, her focus is in the areas of instructional technology initiatives, virtual reference operations and the evaluation and assessment of reference services. Nadia's professional interests include evolution of collections in academic health science libraries and health information needs of intimate partner violence survivors. She received her bachelor's degree in English literature with a minor in French from the University of New Brunswick and her MLIS from McGill University. Her hometown is Canton, MI. She is an avid choral singer, obsessed with lighthouses and enjoys reading mysteries.
Beth Layton is director of the Ocasek Medical Library, which is part of the Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy (NEOUCOM) in Rootstown, OH. Her responsibilities include planning and general administration. Her professional interests include management and leadership, health literacy and education of health professionals. Beth has an MLS from the University of Maryland and an MBA from Shenandoah University and a bachelor's in Education from Millersville University. Beth has served as a volunteer for Habitat for Humanity's Women's Build and for animal rescue groups.
Catherine Lencioni is the reference and instruction manager for the Midwestern University Library. She answers reference questions, conducts library literacy classes for patrons and acts as an information resource for librarians at two campuses. Her professional interests include medical informatics. Catherine graduated from the University of Pittsburgh's School of Information Sciences in 2008. She has a bachelor's degree from Loyola University and is licensed in dental hygiene.
Dawn Littleton is head of public services for the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Libraries in Rochester, MN. She oversees the College of Medicine school libraries in addition to the public services aspects of the Plummer Library, the main clinical/research library. Her professional interests include knowledge management, grey literature, diversity, electronic document delivery, h-index determination, reducing health disparities and usability issues. Dawn has an MLS from the School of Information and Library Sciences and a master's degree in psychology from SUNY Buffalo. She has an undergraduate degree in biopsychology from Canisius College in Buffalo, NY. Her personal interests include native prairie development and international film festivals.
Lisa Martincik is the electronic resources librarian at the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. Her main responsibilities include handling electronic resources (orders, tracking, troubleshooting), working at the reference desk and website maintenance. Her professional interests include electronic resources in the health sciences and mobile computing. This Omaha native has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and her MLS from the University of Iowa. Her hobbies include comic books and aikido.
Jessica Page is a librarian at the Veterinary Medicine and the Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences libraries, which are part of the Ohio State University Libraries, in her hometown, Columbus, OH. She manages the print and online collections, provides instruction, produces research guides, conducts orientations and provides research assistance to students and faculty. Her professional interests include veterinary medicine, public health, food production and safety, environmental science and environmental health, and science information literacy. Jessica has a bachelor's degree in environmental and plant biology from Ohio University, an MS in biology from the University of Pennsylvania, and received her MLIS from Kent State University in 2008. Her hobbies include running, knitting, backpacking, home brewing, biking, baking and scuba diving.
Amy Stoneburner is manager of the learning resource center at Bohecker College in Ohio. She says, "This is a one person library position so I do it all (instruction, cataloging, acquisitions, etc.). The bulk of our students at this school are nursing students, so that is where my focus is now. I am also very interested in technology. I don't feel that I am as tech savvy as I would like to be, so I am interested in learning more so that I can better assist the students." Amy's hometown is Florence, KY. She has bachelor's degrees in biology and psychology from Northern Kentucky University. She is currently an MLS student at the University of Kentucky and anticipates graduating at the end of 2010 or in early 2011. Amy enjoys playing board games, hiking and reading.
Judith TenEyck is a library assistant at the Galen College of Nursing Library in her hometown of Cincinnati, OH. Her responsibilities include cataloging, reference and clerical work. She is currently a student at the University of Kentucky's School of Library and Information Science and hopes to graduate in May 2011. She has undergraduate and master's degrees in psychology from Fairfield University and Xavier University, respectively.
Judith Weinstein is associate director of Heartland Alliance Refugee Health Programs at Heartland Health Outreach (a subsidiary of Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights) in Chicago, IL. Her responsibilities include overseeing the Refugee Health Education and Promotion Program, which provides health education training to health promoters who serve refugee populations; creating multilingual health education materials; and collaborating with the University of Illinois at Chicago, Library of Health Sciences in expanding access to multilingual health education. Her professional interests include refugee and immigrant health; cross-cultural, multilingual health information; and women's health. Judith has a bachelor's degree in French from Bryn Mawr College, a master's degree in French from New York University and an MPH from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She enjoys reading, music, yoga, tennis, the New York Times crossword puzzle and travel.
Katherine Westby is a first year graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Library and Information Studies. This Erhard, MN, native is a graduate of Luther College in Decorah, IA, where she studied English and communication studies. Currently, she works at the Information Desk at UW's Memorial Library. She will begin working as a reference assistant at Ebling Library in the UW Health Sciences Learning Center in mid-December.
Judith Wiener is assistant professor and interim assistant director for affiliates and special collections at the Ohio State University (OSU) Prior Health Sciences Library. She is the head of the OSU Prior Health Sciences Medical Heritage Center and is the administrative liaison with the Prior's affiliated libraries at Nationwide Children's Hospital, OSU Hospital East and the OSU Library for Health Information in the Atrium. She also serves on the library's executive committee on an interim basis.
Her professional interests include library administration and the history of the health sciences. Judy received her MLIS from Kent State University in 2005 and an MA in Public History from Wright State University in 2001. She has a bachelor's degree in history from Wheeling Jesuit University. Judy, who is originally from Pittsburgh, PA, enjoys hiking, bike riding, traveling, going to the theater and spending time with her family and friends.