Diane Johnson Publishes in Nursing Journal

Ruppar TM, Cooper PS, Johnson ED, Riegel B. Self‐care interventions for adults with heart failure: A systematic review and meta‐analysis protocol. Journal of Advanced Nursing 2018;00:1–7. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13903

Meet the Librarian: Diane Johnson, Assistant Director of Information Services and Resources, Health Sciences Library

Can you tell us a little about your background and experience and what led you to MU libraries? I made up my mind to become a librarian when I was just a kid after seeing my hometown librarian, Anna Detjen, walk to a shelf, pull off a book, open it to a page, and say: …

Johnson Publishes Book Chapter

Finfgeld-Connett, Deborah, Johnson, E. Diane.  Data Collection and Sampling.  In: Finfgeld-Connett, Deborah. A Guide to Qualitative Meta-synthesis.  New York: Routledge, 2018, p. 18-30.  

Out Of the Box Thinking Helps Case Report Get Accepted

What do you do when you are having difficulties with journals accepting your case report? Talk to your librarian, of course. Dr. Evan Prost, Associate Teaching Professor of Physical Therapy, and his team worked on a case report about the solution to one patient’s back pain, but were having difficulties getting the manuscript accepted. “Many …

Honoring Charla Kleopfer

Recently, the library was gifted a digital copy of Managing Diabetic Eye Disease in Clinical Practice in memory of Charla Kleopfer. Charla Kleopfer worked at the Health Sciences Library after getting her masters in library science in 1979. Charla left a lasting impact on Diane Johnson, Assistant Director of the Health Sciences Library, when Diane …

Stay at Home Challenge #4: Library Memes

Thanks to Diane Johnson and Ali Sauer for these great library memes!

Interim Library Appointments

Deb Ward has been appointed interim vice provost for libraries and university librarian, effective Nov. 28, 2019. Ward has been the director of the MU health sciences libraries, which includes the J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library and the Zalk Veterinary Medical Library, for over 20 years. In 2016, she also became the associate university …

Celebration of Service Comments

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 …

Twenty Years of Successful Partnership

“The health sciences library is a jewel in the Mizzou library system,” says Dr. Vicki Conn, Professor Emerita at the Sinclair School of Nursing. As a faculty member at the nursing school, Dr. Conn focused on why patients wouldn’t take their prescribed medications and finding ways to increase exercise in chronically ill adults. Her research …

Welcome to Rachel Alexander

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 …