Submitted by Mary K. Taylor
Morris Library, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Terese DeSimio is the Web Services/Health Sciences Librarian at Fordham Health Sciences Library at Wright State University. She provides "reference service at the reference desk, through online chat, over the telephone, and via e-mail. I also serve as collection development librarian and liaison librarian for several areas within the School of Medicine, including Family Medicine; Neurology; Neuroscience, Cell Biology, & Physiology; Orthopaedics; Pediatrics; Pharmacology & Toxicology; Sports Medicine; and Surgery. I also serve on the University Libraries' Web Team and assist in creating and maintaining the libraries' websites." Terese graduated from library school at Kent State University in 2006. She obtained her undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering from Wright State University. Her professional interests include "maintaining skills and knowledge of current and emerging technologies to provide access to library services and digital resources." Terese's home town is Fairborn, OH. Her personal interests include family, friends, her cats and dog, reading, traveling, fitness, sewing, and gardening. She adds, "I'm getting paid to do what I love to do, in a great place and with great people!"
Jackie Harris is the Medical Librarian at Robinson Memorial Hospital in Ravenna, OH. She is the manager of both the professional medical library and the consumer resource center. Jackie received her MLS from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1987. She received her undergraduate degree in marketing from the University of Florida. Jackie's home town is Mountain Lakes, NJ. Her hobbies include animal rescue, horseback riding, and cooking. Her professional interests include hospital management and consumer health. She adds " I am new to medical librarianship, after being a public librarian for over seven years. I started at Robinson this past July and I love my job! While, it has been challenging to learn PubMed, the terminology, ILL procedures, vendor negotiating, etc. in just a few short months, I have had some wonderful folks to support me: our local network of affiliated hospitals (NMIS), headed by Chris Williams, and the staff at our consortium, NEOUCOM. I am especially grateful to Charlotte Sievert at Barberton Hospital; she volunteered to be my mentor from the get-go and her advice has been invaluable. Due to her encouragement, I have been recently selected as an OHSLA officer. What a great opportunity to serve the same colleagues who have been so generous with me!"
Leslie Lindsey is the Access Services/Information Systems Librarian at Craig Memorial Library, Miami Valley Hospital, in Dayton, OH. She is responsible for handling journal subscriptions and interlibrary loans, and is the Learning Management System (LMS) System Administrator for the hospital. Her professional interests include computer technology and database design. Leslie received her MLIS in 2007 from Kent State University. She received her bachelor's degree in art from Wright State University. Leslie's home town is Fairborn, OH. Her hobbies include "any kind of games -- card, board, or online. I love playing Uno." She is married to David Lindsey.
Michelle Brasure is a Research Fellow at the College of St. Catherine, MLIS Program, and at the University of Minnesota Health Sciences Libraries. Her two-year Informationist Training Fellowship from the National Library of Medicine has three components: 1) coursework necessary to complete the MLIS, 2) a practicum at the Health Sciences Libraries at the University of Minnesota to learn health sciences librarianship skills, and 3) an outreach/evaluation research project with My Health Minnesota -> Go Local. Her co-sponsors are Mary Wagner (St. Catherine's) and Linda Watson (University of Minnesota Health Sciences Libraries). Michelle anticipates completing her MLIS is December 2009. She has a B.S. in accounting from the University of Maryland, College Park. She also has an M.S.P.H and a Ph.D. in Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Michelle's professional interests include consumer health and public health. Her home town is Salisbury, MD. She lives in St. Paul, MN with her husband, Bill, six-year old son, Oliver, two dogs, and two cats.
W. John MacMullen is an Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He joined the faculty in 2007. John's main responsibilities include teaching and doing research in the areas of health sciences librarianship and biomedical informatics. He states that his specific research area is information use by scientists and biocurators. His other interests include expert searching by librarians and biomedical informatics liaison programs and service offerings. John received his MSIS (1997) and Ph.D (2007) from the School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He has undergraduate degrees in liberal arts and business from Northeastern University in Boston, MA. This Durham, NC native also makes altered book sculptures and other mixed media art.