The search committee for the position of HSL Information Services Librarian has identified four candidates to interview. The candidates’ resumes, cover letters, and reference letters will be forwarded to library staff as part of an Outlook schedule-a-meeting notice. Itineraries and evaluation forms will be distributed closer to the interviews.
Stanley Choi will interview Monday, Oct. 11. Mr. Choi received his MLS from UCLA, June 2010. His work experience includes a Reference internship at the Santa Monica Public Library (2009-2010) as well as a Reference Assistant position at the Darling Biomedical Library at UCLA (2009-2010).
Darell Schmick will interview Monday, Oct. 25. Mr. Schmick will receive his MLS from Emporia State University in Dec. 2010. He currently serves as the Learning Resource Center Assistant for the Denver School of Nursing. He completed an internship at the University of Colorado Denver Health Sciences Library, and continues to volunteer in their reference department. Other experience includes Assistant Resident Director as Mesa State College (2006-2007).
Prasanna Vaduvathiriyan will interview Wednesday, Oct. 27. Ms. Vaduvathiriyan will receive her MLS from MU-Columbia in Dec. 2010. She has a MLISc from the University of Calicut, India, 1996. Her work experience includes a Graduate Library Assistant appointment at the J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library (2009-present) and a Library Assistant position with Family and Community Medicine, MU (summer 2010). Prior to that, Prasanna worked as a student in Ellis Reference (Fall 2008) and in Technical Services-Cataloging (Spring 2009).
Lindsay Greenawalt will interview Thursday, Oct. 28. Ms. Greenawalt received her MLS from Kent State University, December 2009, with a focus on medical/health sciences libraries. Her work experience includes a Reference Assistant position at the Massillon Public Library in Ohio (2009-present) plus a practicum student while at Kent State which included reference duties at their Health Center Library.
All candidates will give a presentation followed by a question and answer session. The topic is “Pretend that you are talking to a group of clinicians, and teach them some of the differences between Google Scholar and Pubmed, and when to use each.” Dates, times and locations of the presentations are TBD.