Margaret (Peggy) Richwine, MS, MLS, AHIP, will retire September 30, 2008 as Outreach Services Director at Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM) Libraries. Ms. Richwine has over twenty years at IUSM Libraries serving in Reference, Cataloging, Interlibrary Loan, and Outreach Services. With grants from the National Library of Medicine she created SHELSI. She was also awarded a series of contracts to manage a team of Indiana librarians that assisted the National Library of Medicine (NLM) in the development and maintenance of MedlinePlus. As a capstone to a long and productive career, Ms. Richwine led the Indiana team to establish InHealthConnect.
Midwest Chapter Immediate Past President Chris Shaffer became the new University Librarian at Oregon Health & Science University on August 1, 2008. For information about his new appointment, read the press release. We'll miss you in the Midwest!
Pam Kress-Dunn is the new Librarian at Pfohl Health Science Library of Mercy Medical Center in Dubuque, IA.