 Do you need AHIP points?
Would you like to meet other health science librarians? Do you like working in groups? If you answered "YES" to any of these questions, FHSLA has opportunities for you! We are currently looking for committee members to help our organization fulfill its mission. Think you do not have the time or experience to participate? We have opportunities for busy schedules and no prior experience is needed! Here are our current opportunities and contact information: Blog Committee Members of the blog committee are charged with providing content for the FHSLA Alert blog. Specific duties include: Produce minimum of 5 blog posts per calendar year. Topics will be agreed upon by committee member and committee chair/co-chairs. Committee members are eligible for 5 AHIP points per year. Contact: Janet Chan janetchan@usf.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominating Committee Members of the nominating committee are charged with soliciting at least one candidate for each open elective office. Specific duties include:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Graphic Medicine Panel Members of the GM Panel members created the FHSLA Graphic Medicine Resource Page (fhsla.org/graphic-medicine.html) and are focusing upon the following key elements:
Contact: Janet Chan janetchan@usf.edu The Medical Librarian, Academic Support will serve as liaison to our Academic and Research Faculty,
providing publication content management support and literature searching services throughout the enterprise. In this role the librarian will work with Nemours authors to verify their publications are indexed and identified appropriately for internal and external reviewers. The librarian will also assist in identifying appropriate journals for publication and work with faculty to monitor their progress. This role works as part of the Education team to integrate library services with education initiatives including publication and research support, evidence-based medicine tools, continuing medical education, evidence-based practice, as well as providing library services to meet the needs of the organization’s clinical staff. This position reports to the Manager of Library Services. Nemours Medical Librarians provide reference, instructional and interlibrary loan assistance to Nemours Associates and affiliated users. Along with customer service and patron education, this role provides planning and academic faculty support for research and clinical needs. Essential Functions: • Develops processes and assists academic and research faculty manage publications and information systems o Supports faculty in the creation and maintenance of faculty profiles for internal and external systems. o Provides content management in terms of verifying and authenticating publications are assigned to profiles correctly and efficiently. o Assists authors in determining best journals/ publications for manuscript submission. • Provides Instructional and Customer Service Support o Provides remote instruction and training in the use of library resources and services through group and individual training. o Creates a visible presence for the library by serving as a member of multidisciplinary teams. • Manages Health Science Resources o Critically evaluates databases, Internet resources, electronic information services and products. o Organizes and disseminates the most authoritative electronic resources, books, and journals to meet Nemours information needs. • Maintains Library IS and Technology o Provides education to associates and interacts with vendors and developers to problem solve content management database issues. o Assists in the development and maintenance of the user-facing library web portal. o Troubleshoot user access to library resources, deferring to the Help Desk as needed. • Develops and assists in managing Library Information Services o Performs reference interviews and computerized literature searching, utilizing complex point-of-care and research focused database systems. o Assists in collection development and management, in accordance with organizational goals and needs and operating within budget parameters. Performance Skills: • Ability to work in-person and virtually to support, train, and educate physicians and biomedical researchers in achieving their faculty objectives and goals. • Skilled at performing reference interviews and working with a variety of patrons across multiple disciplines. • Capacity to search multiple medical, nursing, and scientific databases appropriately and efficiently. • Skilled at teaching database and resource usage to patrons in-person and via remote interfaces. • Works independently; thinks pro-actively. • Manages resources wisely, including time, talent, and knowledge. • Responds and adapts to change. • Minimal Docline/ Interlibrary Loan experience Requirements: Master’s Degree of Library Science Apply at this link: https://www.nemours.org/careers.html
By: Janet Chan
Have you ever come across a great article while researching on the web and not had access to it? LibKey Nomad is now one of my favorite browser extensions for accessing articles.
LibKey works with your institutional subscription to give you access to full text articles when browsing the web. LibKey is easy to install and no separate user account is needed. It works with many popular browsers, including Chrome, FireFox, Brave, Vivaldi, and Edge. When LibKey identifies an article on the web, an icon pops up in the lower left hand corner of the screen. To access the full text, you simply click the icon. If you are interested in learning more about LibKey Nomad, they have some helpful YouTube videos and information pages. Happy Searching! LibKey Nomad: thirdiron.com/products/libkey-nomad/ Dear Readers, This month I caught up with Laura Murray, MSIS, MBA, AHIP, Graduate Medical Education Librarian at USF Health Libraries. Laura talked about her experience attending the MLA Research Training Institute (RTI) last year. If you have ever been interested in attending RTI, read her interview to learn more! Best, Janet  Laura Murray, MSIS, MBA, AHIP What motivated or inspired you to attend the MLA RTI?
After Covid started, I started to focus on my professional goals and one of the things I wanted to do was to start my Ed.D. and publish again. I saw an email about the RTI program and talked to my supervisor about it. She really encouraged me to participate. This turned out to be a great decision because what I learned at RTI has laid the groundwork for my dissertation. What was the best/most helpful aspect of the MLA RTI training? Having regular course work and the expectation to have it completed really kept me on track. Having a mentor to talk to and guide us was essential. I cannot say enough good things about the mentors! Having a supportive supervisor was also a bonus. What was the most challenging aspect of the MLA/RTI training? Performing some of the teaching activities in front of my peers. I have imposter syndrome and had to work through this. Balancing RTI with my work was a challenge, but I loved the work I did with RTI. Have you been able to use any of your newly acquired skills in your professional practice? From day 1, I was able to network and learn from other medical librarians. Doing my own research has made me a confident researcher. I have also learned about best practices to build the curriculum for my residents and ways to approach teaching. I have connected with medical librarians across the country through RTI that I would have never connected with otherwise. What advice would you give to someone who was considering applying for the MLA RTI? Do it! You will gain more than you are afraid of. Convince your leadership to give you protected time to do this. This is very doable, and the leadership of this program is very supportive and always trying to improve. This program brought a lot of meaning to my job. Get out there and give yourself the gift that is this program! |
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