Submitted by Mary K. Taylor
Morris Library, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Heidi Beke-Harrigan is an Instructor of Library Science, Evening Reference Librarian, and Assistant Cataloger at the Everett Cattell Library at Malone College in Canton, OH. Her main responsibilities include reference, cataloging, bibliographic instruction, and being the liaison to nursing, counseling, and business faculty. Her professional interests include consumer health, information literacy of nurses, and evidence-based practice. Heidi is a 1999 graduate of the Kent State School of Library Science. She has an undergraduate degree in Chinese and East Asian Studies from Wittenberg University. This North Canton, OH native’s personal interests include green building, gardening, knitting, snow skiing, and traveling. She adds, “I took a two year leave to teach kindergarten at the Vienna Boys Choir while my boys were active in the touring choir and despite the age difference (from college) it provided a wonderful and unique insight into other aspects of education. At some time in the future I would love to apply for the short-term Fulbright program and work in a library in another country…perhaps a medical library in China?”
Debbie Sullivan is the Medical Librarian at the R. Dietz Wolfe Medical Library of the Norton Audubon Hospital in Louisville, KY. She says her main responsibilities include “everything!” She is interested in many aspects of medical librarianship, including consumer health, medical informatics, nursing information, and interlibrary loan. Debbie received a bachelor’s degree in school library and audiovisual services K-12 from Purdue University. She graduated from the library school at Ball State University in 1981. Her hometown is Endwell, NY. She enjoys running, biking, hiking, and baking.
Jody Trisko is a Transcription Analyst in the Radiology Department at Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park, MN. She audits reports transcribed by the vendor, manages the radiology DVI interface, and trains radiologists on the use of digital dictation equipment. She has “worked in the healthcare field for many years in such areas as transcription, claims and credentialing.” Jody received a bachelor’s degree in health literacy, an interdisciplinary individualized major, from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN. She is currently enrolled in the online MLIS program of the University of North Texas, where she was awarded a fellowship in the Health Informatics program. Her professional interests include medical informatics and consumer health. Jody grew up in Glenwood, MN and currently resides in Burnsville, MN. She enjoys bowling, reading, volunteering at a public library, yoga, and spending time with her two cats.