Medical / Health Librarianship

Alison Manley

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Health Sciences Librarian, Horizon Health Network, Miramichi, NB, Canada

Areas of expertise: Health sciences librarianship, solo librarianship, literature searching, searching for patient care, instruction, information literacy, working in special libraries
Can help with: Pep talks, becoming a manager right out of the gate, being a solo librarian, multigenerational workplaces, challenging traditional views of what a library is, juggling all the operations of a library, diving into health sciences when you don't have a health sciences background at all
Can speak: English
Can read: English, French
Contact: alison.manley@dal.ca @alisonburnis

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Information Specialist/Research Fellow, Community and Primary Care Research Group, University of Plymouth, United Kingdom

Areas of expertise: Medical librarianship, academic librarianship, professional association librarianship, Systematic reviews/scoping reviews/realist reviews/evidence synthesis in general
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: @v_woolf, Amandathinks@gmail.com

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Health Sciences Librarian, UW Milwaukee

Areas of expertise: Instruction, liaison work, evidence-based medicine, collection development, critical librarianship in the health sciences, health literacy, advice for folx w/o health science backgrounds, Pedagogy, promoting diversity and anti-racism in health sciences, alternative assignments, podcasting, sound design, graphic presentation, and digital pedagogy.
Can help with: pep talks, presentation critiques, teaching advice, public speaking tips, brainstorming good questions to ask search committees, negotiation, travel tips, what to do when you get sick during or from a job interview.
Can speak: English
Can read: english
Contact: carriethewade@gmail.com, @thegnarrator

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Library Director at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

Areas of expertise: Academic health sciences librarianship, instruction to graduate health sciences students such as medical students, pharmacy students, etc. Library administration, peer to peer coaching, team building, incorporating accessibility into instruction, strategic planning, health science programs accreditation, embedded librarianship, teaching online, active learning, systematic reviews.
Can help with: CV review, interview help, advice on how to enter and/ or navigate health sciences librarianship, Advice on development within librarianship
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: Email: charlotte.beyer@rosalindfranklin.edu, Twitter: @referencediva

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Medical Librarian, Brookwood Baptist Health

Areas of expertise: Hospital librarianship; Solo or one person librarianship; Small library administration including supervising and budgeting; Collection development for small health science libraries; Marketing, promotion, and outreach; Working with non-librarian supervisors; Searching in support of patient care; Clinical librarianship
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: elizabeth.laera@bhsala.com, @LibrarianLizy

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Associate Librarian at the Michener Institute of Education at UHN in Toronto

Areas of expertise: liaison librarianship (especially business and health sciences), supervising student assistants, citation management software
Can help with: CV review, preparing for college and university job interviews, and just about anything else that relates to academic librarianship
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: glavender@gmail.com / @gslavender

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Associate Librarian for Nursing & Health, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Areas of expertise: information literacy instruction, reference, collection development, liaison work, embedded librarianship, student supervision, tutorial creation
Can help with: job search advice, including resume and cover letter review, interview advice and preparation; questions about academic librarianship; questions about health sciences librarianship
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: hkraus@umassd.edu, @craftyhilary

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Information Specialist, Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Areas of expertise: solo librarianship, managing digital collections, library services across geographically scattered locations, digital repositories, public health/international aid, Medical Subject Headings, PubMed/MEDLINE, grey literature, balancing on-demand and proactive research, literature monitoring
Can help with: CV review, job search tips, informational interviews, new job jitters, professional development, professional organizations, general questions
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: librarian@frenchu.com; @Kinthelibrary

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Areas of expertise: Research methods: Quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods, Systematic and scoping review methodologies, Academic librarianship
Can speak: English, French
Can read: English, French
Contact: lindsey.sikora@uottawa.ca, @lindyrexie

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Areas of expertise: reference & instruction, literature reviews in the health sciences (incl. systematic reviews, scoping reviews, etc.), evidence-based medicine, information/digital literacy, teaching/instruction techniques, continuing education for health/medical librarians, critical appraisal
Can help with: general subject knowledge, resources, databases (esp. medical), search strategies, peer review of searches, Medical Subject Headings, PubMed/MEDLINE, grey literature, internet search
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: lukasmiller@gmail.com , @klockwerkluka