Staff News

Marlene Bishop, Acquisitions and Cataloging Associate, received her Masters in Library and Information Science from LSU. She graduated in May.

Carolyn Bridgewater, Reference Librarian at the John P. Isché Library (Resource Center), was elected Secretary for the Health Sciences Library Association of Louisiana (HSLAL).

Pauline Fulda, Associate Director of the Library, has been selected to participate in the National Library of Medicine 2000 fellowship program on Medical Informatics at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Participation is limited to 30 individuals for the weeklong Spring course. The course will focus on the application of information science and computer technologies in health care, biomedical research, and health professions education.

Shane Harris joined the Library Staff in January as the new Stacks Maintenance Supervisor. He was formerly employed by the University of Phoenix.

Kerry Kareokowsky, day circulation staff, left the Library in May. She has moved to Connecticut with her new husband.

Jennifer Kelly, Evening Reference Librarian at the Isché Library, is the chair of the HSLAL Nominating Committee.

Kathy Kerdolff, Reference Librarian at the John P. Isché Library (Resource Center), presented a paper, "Better Read than Dead: Breathing New Life into State Morbidity Data via the Internet" at the combined National meetings of the Medical Library Association (MLA) & the Canadian Health Libraries Association (CHLA) in Vancouver in May. She has also received from the Medical Informatics Section/MLA Career Development Awards a grant to expand her State Morbidity Database from the Medical Library Association Career Development Center. Louisiana Morbidity Data is currently available from the Library's web page at http://www.lsuhsc.edu/no/library/local.html link removed.

Julie Schiavo joined the Dental Library staff as a Public Services Librarian. She is a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi's School of Library and Information Science and was formerly employed by William Carey College School of Nursing.

Wilba Swearingen, Library Director, was co-chair for the Louisiana State Planning Meeting, entitled "Accessing Health Information...What's in it for You?" held at Pennington Biomedical Research Center on April 12th. The meeting was attended by approximately 150 individuals from health professionals to librarians to students to politicians.