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Shannon D. Jones, MLS, MEd, AHIP, FMLA, Medical Library Association President, 2022-2023
In this profile, Shannon D. Jones, MLS, MEd, AHIP, FMLA, Medical Library Association President, 2022-2023, MJ Tooey describes her as someone who \"takes chances on people, valuing those others might not see as valuable\". Jones embraces lifelong learning, and it shows up in her collegiate journey; she has been a student of leadership, a leader of institutions, especially within the Medical Library Association (MLA); and a leader in librarianship. She is a trailblazer, the second African American MLA president, and a champion of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Jones has been Director of Libraries & Professor at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) for the past seven years and is also Director of Region 2 of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, National Library of Medicine.
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Julia M. Esparza, AHIP, Medical Library Association President, 2019-2020
In this profile of Julia M. Esparza, AHIP, Medical Library Association President, 2019-2020, she is described as a pleasure to work with, practical, and intelligent, and she adds a spark of humor to any activity. Esparza has spent the last twelve years of her career in the Health Sciences Library and Department of Medical Library Science at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport. She is an excellent role model for medical librarians who want to engage in scholarly activities and is active in supporting the educational needs of health care providers, students, library personnel, and the community through her instructional efforts.
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The path to leadership: the career journey of academic health sciences library directors
The authors examined the career journeys of academic health sciences library directors to better understand their leadership development and what led them to their leadership positions in libraries.
A qualitative phenomenological approach was employed due to its focus on exploring and understanding the meaning that individuals ascribe to a particular phenomenon or experience. Eleven library directors from academic health sciences libraries at public universities with very high research activity agreed to participate in the study. The research question guiding this study was: What was the library directors' career journey that led them into library leadership?
A major theme that emerged from the data was \"Path to Leadership.\" Although each participant's journey was unique, common elements surfaced as they chronicled their careers that were informative as to how they understood their emergence and development as library leaders. The four categories defining this theme were breadth of experience, focused preparation, mentors, and recognition and development of leadership potential.
Previous research suggests that leadership development and preparedness are important contributors to leadership effectiveness. It was encouraging to witness and understand the amount of preparation by participants to ready themselves for their roles as library directors. This study provides a comprehensive view of the path to library leadership that furthers understanding of the value of leadership development and preparedness and provides a model for aspiring library leaders.
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Fresh fruit, broken bodies
Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies provides an intimate examination of the everyday lives and suffering of Mexican migrants in our contemporary food system. An anthropologist and MD in the mold of Paul Farmer and Didier Fassin, Holmes shows how market forces, anti-immigrant sentiment, and racism undermine health and health care. Holmes’s material is visceral and powerful. He trekked with his companions illegally through the desert into Arizona and was jailed with them before they were deported. He lived with indigenous families in the mountains of Oaxaca and in farm labor camps in the U.S., planted and harvested corn, picked strawberries, and accompanied sick workers to clinics and hospitals. This “embodied anthropology” deepens our theoretical understanding of the ways in which social inequalities and suffering come to be perceived as normal and natural in society and in health care. All of the book award money and royalties from the sales of this book have been donated to farm worker unions, farm worker organizations and farm worker projects in consultation with farm workers who appear in the book.
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Teresa L. Knott, AHIP, Medical Library Association President, 2016-2017
One October night in 2000, six medical librarians drove up a mountain outside of El Paso, TX, to see the lights. The author sat immediately behind Teresa L Knott, AHIP, the driver. On the way back down the mountain, she noticed that she occasionally used the van's handbrake while continuing to answer their questions about the sights. Another passenger, Linne' Girouard, remembers that Teresa's responses were informative but brief and perhaps less chatty than usual, which Linne attributed to the lateness of the hour and the darkness of the road. Imagine their surprise when, as the van came to a stop at the first traffic signal on the edge of El Paso, Teresa pulled the handbrake and announced that the brakes had gone out while they were coming down the mountainside. She can safely say that they were all relieved that it was Teresa driving and not one of the rest of them.
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What do they want? a content analysis of Medical Library Association reference job announcements, 2000-2005
A separate column was created to record elements that did not fit into the coding scheme specifications, for example, experience in research design, course work in adult education, excellent presentation skills, strong instructional design skills, and grant writing experience. Experience or knowledge of basic writing, editing, and presentation-related technology was mentioned in 27% (n=67) of job descriptions (Table 3 online).\\n Duties related to evidence-based medicine, virtual reference services, consumer health information services, and professional activities were not mentioned as frequently as the authors expected.
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Information needs and information seeking in a biomedical research setting : a study of scientists and science administrators
An information needs study of clinical specialists and biomedical researchers was conducted at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) to inform library services and contribute to a broader understanding of information use in academic and research settings.
A random stratified sample by job category of 500 NIH scientists was surveyed by telephone by an independent consultant using a standardized information industry instrument, augmented with locally developed questions. Results were analyzed for statistical significance using t- tests and chi square. Findings were compared with published studies and an aggregated dataset of information users in business, government, and health care from Outsell.
The study results highlighted similarities and differences with other studies and the industry standard, providing insights into user preferences, including new technologies. NIH scientists overwhelmingly used the NIH Library (424/500), began their searches at the library's Website rather than Google (P = or< 0.001), were likely to seek information themselves (474/500), and valued desktop resources and services.
While NIH staff work in a unique setting, they share some information characteristics with other researchers. The findings underscored the need to continue assessing specialized needs and seek innovative solutions. The study led to improvements or expansion of services such as developing a Website search engine, organizing gene sequence data, and assisting with manuscript preparation.
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