My research is focused on the history of health sciences
librarianship and information needs and services for rural health
professionals as well as health consumers.
Publications
The Oral History Program: Personal Views of Health Sciences
Librarianship and the Medical Library Association. Bulletin of
the Medical Library Association. With Diane McKenzie.
Part I: 86 (April 1998):166-182.
Part II: 86 (July 1998):366-376.
Part III: 86 (October 1998):464-474.
Information Needs of Rural Health Professionals: A Retrospective
Use Study. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 85
(October 1997):341-347. With Josephine L. Dorsch.
The Impact of Consumer Health Information Provided by Libraries:
the Delaware Experience. Bulletin of the Medical Library
Association, 85 (January 1997):16-22. With Sue Hollander,
Cynthia Henderson, Pat DeSalvo, and Gail P. Gill.
Whither Circuit Librarianship? Bibliotheca Medica Canadiana
17 (Summer 1996): 144.
Directory of Circuit Librarian Programs, Urbana, IL: University of
Illinois at Chicago.
2d ed., November 1995.
1st ed., May 1993.
Rural Health Professionals and Information Access: A Follow-up
Study. In: Lacroix, E., ed. Health Information for
the Global Village. Washington, DC: 7th International Congress
on Medical Librarianship, 1995:6-10. With Josephine L.
Dorsch.
Outreach to Health Professionals in a Rural Area. Medical
Reference Services Quarterly 13 (Fall 1994): 19-26.
Circuit Librarianship: A Twentieth Anniversary Appraisal.
Medical Reference Services Quarterly 13 (Spring 1994): 19-33.
Grants
Outreach Services to Rural Health Professionals in East Central
Illinois
Sponsor: National Library of Medicine
Order Number: 467-MZ-101138
Project Period: September 30, 1991 - March 31, 1993
Administration of the Library of the Health Sciences located on
the Urbana-Champaign campus is my current responsibility. I
also mentor students enrolled at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign Graduate School of Library and Information Science
with an interest in health sciences librarianship. Earlier in
my career, I was responsible for reference, education, outreach, and
document delivery services at the Library of the Health
Sciences-Urbana and in hospital and medical society libraries.
Professional
Member of the Michael E. DeBakey Library Services Outreach Award
Committee of the Friends of the National Library of Medicine,
1997-present
Medical Library Association
Oral History Committee - Member 1994/1995; Chair-Designate 1995/1996;
Chair 1996/1997
Janet Doe Lectureship Jury - Member 1994/1995; Chair 1995/1996
MLA Scholarship Jury of the Grants and Scholarship Committee - Member
1992/1993; Chair 1993/1994
Award for Excellence and Achievement in Hospital Librarianship Jury
of the Awards Committee - Member 1991/1992
