Network Members in the News
Congratulations are in order!
Francine Kubrin, Director of the Richard O. Myers, M.D. Library of Valley Presbyterian Hospital in Van Nuys, California, is retiring in early November after twenty-seven years of service. The announcement of Francine's retirement at a CME meeting resulted in a round of applause from the sixty physicians present - a testament to her service commitment. One doctor commented: "You've made me a better doctor. I can't imagine doing my job without you." We wish Francine much success in her retirement!
Jeanette McCray, Deputy Director of the Arizona Health Sciences Library at the University of Arizona, has been selected to receive the University Distinguished Outreach Faculty Award, the highest University honor for outreach. This award was established by the University of Arizona President to recognize faculty who have made outstanding contributions to outreach at the University of Arizona, the State of Arizona and the nation. This award recognizes Jeanette's efforts in establishing AZHIN, forging links with the Arizona Telemedicine Program, tribal outreach, public health and consumer health outreach and cooperative projects with public libraries across the state.
Terry Henner, Head of Information and Education Services at the Savitt Medical Library, University of Nevada, Reno, has co-authored an article with Patricia Charles of the UNR School of Medicine. The article reports on the PHIL project, Public Health Information Link for Nevada, funded by PSRML as a major outreach award to Joan Zenan and Terry Henner in 2001. The article, called "Evaluation from Start to Finish: Incorporating Comprehensive Assessment into a Training Program for Public Health Professionals" was published in the October 2004 issue of Health Promotion Practice. (Health Promot Pract 2004 Oct;5(4):362-371, PMID 15358908 - http://hpp.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/5/4/362?etoc).
The Modesto Bee (Modesto, California) posted an article to its web site on September 7, 2004, about Jane Johnson, librarian at Modesto's Doctors Medical Center. The article is a great tribute to the quality service Jane provides. It is also a good advocacy piece for hospital libraries and hospital librarians in general. You can read it here.
San Diego Public Library and County of Los Angeles Public Library are two of ten libraries in the nation that have been selected to host a seminar series on consumer health education as part of the "Be Well Informed @ your library®" program. Sponsored by ALA and Walgreens, the program will provide grants of $25,000 to these library systems to conduct the seminars between November 2004 and November 2005. More information is available at http://www.ala.org/ala/pr2004/october2004/bewellinformedlibraries.htm.