“Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine” will be available for viewing from March 10 through April 18 at the SIU Medical Library. This exhibition was produced by the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health and is curated by Elizabeth J. Bland. A special musical event, “Music, Magic and Medicine”, will be…
Category: Member News
WIU awarded LSTA Grant for Nursing Resources
In May, WIU was awarded a Back to Books Grant LSTA Grant through the Illinois State Library. The grant was titled Nursing Resources for a Rural Academic Library, we were awarded the maximum award of $5000. Eighty-five titles were purchased. Please take a look at the title that were purchased with Illinois state funds. These…
New Committee Members Announced
Please welcome two new HSLI Committee members. Jeanne Sadlik, Associate Director of the Health Sciences Library, Loyola University Chicago is the new Bylaws Chair. Donald J. Nagolski, Information & Access Services Librarian at Loyola University Chicago has joined the Marketing Committee. The full committee roster is posted below. Archives Committee: Miranda Shake, Chair Bylaws Committee:…
Elissa Cochran wins Annual Meeting Grant
Elissa Cochran is one of two Midwest Chapter members that have been awarded the Annual Meeting Grant by the Awards and Scholarship Committee of the Midwest Chapter. The Annual Meeting Grant is a new award for 2013. Elissa is a solo librarian serving at Presence Covenant Medical Center and Presence United Samaritans Medical Center. Please…
Karen Stoner Retires
Karen Stoner retired from Decatur Memorial Hospital on June 1, 2013. Karen served as the Consortium Coordinator for Capital Area Consortium from 2001 to 2003. Karen worked closely with the physicians at Decatur Memorial Hospital and was acknowledged in several publications for her work, attention, and effort.
Delnor Hospital Medical Library Receives Illinois State Grant
Paula Olson, librarian at Cadence Health Delnor Hospital has received a $5,000.00 grant from the Illinois State Library. The grant is part of the “Back To Books” program sponsored by the State Library. Paula says this grant will enable her to bring her library collection up-to-date along with discount programs offered by medical book vendors….
Past President’s Message – How Can We Be Agents of Change?
I attended the BioMedical Informatics course at the Marine Biological Laboratory(MBL), in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, September 16 – 22, 2012 with 16 librarians, 7 physicians, 6 administrators, and 1 vendor. The most important trend was the integration of the (electronic health record) EHR into the duties of the librarian. Before this class, I did not…
HSLI 2012 Annual Conference: Syed Maghrabi Scholarship Winners
The HSLI Awards Committee is pleased to announce three winners of the Syed Maghrabi Scholarship 2012. The Scholarship was created in honor of dedicated HSLI member Syed Maghrabi, and it supports HSLI members’ participation in the HSLI Annual Conference. Please join in congratulating the winners and welcoming them at the conference. Clare Bonnema, M.L.I.S., Medical Librarian…
Member Retirement
As of March 30th, Joy Kennedy will be retiring from NCH. Please forward all reference/research or administrative requests to the NCH library email address. Any personal messages can be sent to Joy’s personal email at joykenn@gmail.com. For job seekers, her job is posted on NCH.org.
HSLI President’s Award 2011
Jo Dorsch, M.A.L.S., A.H.I.P., Professor and Regional Head Librarian at UIC Illinois Library of the Health Sciences-Peoria. _______________________________________________________ In recognition of significant service to HSLI, the recipient of the 2011 HSLI President’s Award was Jo Dorsch, M.A.L.S., A.H.I.P. at UIC of Illinois Library of the Health Sciences-Peoria. Jo led and managed a team of experts…