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Caryn is the recipient of the Resident Appreciation Award from the Child Health department. As librarian for the Child Health department, she received a plaque in recognition of the training and support she provides to residents, assisting them in preparing for their weekly Evidence Based Medicine Conference and teaching them to find answers to their …
Congratulations to Caryn Scoville, Katy Emerson, and Caroline James, who won the award for Best Research Poster at the 2017 Meeting of the Midcontinental Chapter of the Medical Library Association! You can read more about the award here. Their poster was titled “Almost One out of Five Requested Articles are Freely Available to the Public.” …
Congratulations to everyone celebrating a service anniversary this year. The comments posted by supervisors about these employees are posted below. 5 Years Corrie Hutchinson: Corrie has become an invaluable member of the Libraries’ leadership team since she joined us as Acquisitions Librarian five years ago. She has managed cutting huge amounts of money from our …
I’m pleased to announce that Rachel Alexander will be our new Health Sciences Research Support Librarian. She’ll be joining us on March 4. Thanks to everyone who met with her, attended her presentation, and assisted with the interview and hiring process. Diane Johnson, on behalf of the search committee Deb Ward Caryn Scoville Katy Emerson …
Dr. Elizabeth Malm-Buatsi didn’t know where to turn when she wanted to improve her standing as a researcher. As the only pediatric urologist at MU HealthCare, and often called away for surgeries, she had no built-in research team she could lean on. After flying solo for a few months, she found herself on the verge …
October 9-11, 2017, the librarians from the Health Sciences Library hosted the Mid-Continental Chapter of the Medical Library Association (MCMLA) annual conference, at the Tiger Hotel. Some conference highlights included: Two posters were presented by library staff, with one winning the award for Best Research Poster. “Using MailPoet to manage faculty publications alerts and track …
Katy Emerson & Taira Meadowcroft presented this poster on our behalf at Missouri Library Association: “Providing Service Through #MizzouPDF: Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery” Katy Emerson, Taira Meadowcroft, Caryn Scoville, E. Diane Johnson MLA #MizzouPDF
In August we announced our intent to survey faculty and graduate/professional students about how the libraries can best support their research, teaching, and learning needs. We are using survey instruments created by Ithaka S+R, a national non-profit that works with many libraries to gather evidence for use in strategic planning. Ithaka S+R is particularly well-known …
For the past few years, the Women's and Children's Hospital has organized reverse trick-or-treating. MU employees are invited to hand out treats to pediatric patients, siblings, and children of adult patients. This year, one of our medical librarians, Taira Meadowcroft, asked for volunteers to go with her this Halloween to participate. This fantastic group put …