Research Section Officers & Executive Committee 2011-2012

Elected Officers

Chair/Section Council Representative Alternate Carole M. Gilbert, MSLS, AHIP, FMLA (06/11-05/12)
4020 Yorba Linda Blvd
Royal Oak, Mi 48073
carolemg@wowway.com
Chair-elect/Program Committee Chair Kris Alpi, MLS, MPH, AHIP (06/11-05/12)
Director
Veterinary Medicine Library
NCSU Libraries North Carolina State University
4700 Hillsborough St.
Raleigh, NC 27606
(919) 513-6219 (voice) (919) 513-6400 (fax)
kris@jeffalpi.net
Immediate Past Chair/
Nominating Committee Chair/Section Council Representative
Diane Cooper, MSLS, AHIP (06/11-05/12)
Informationist
National Institutes of Health Library
Building 10, Room 1L-09
10 Center Drive, MSC 1150
Bethesda, MD 20892-1150
(301) 594-2449
cooperd@mail.nih.gov
http://nihlibrary.nih.gov
Secretary/Treasurer Brooke L Billman, MA, AHIP (06/10-05/12)
AZHIN Librarian
Arizona Health Sciences Library
University of Arizona
1501 N Campbell Ave, PO Box 245079
Tucson, AZ 85724
520/626-1544
brooke.billman@ahsl.arizona.edu
http://azhin.org/
http://ahsl.arizona.edu/
Nominee to MLA Nominating Committee Julia Esparza (06/11 - 05/12)
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Department of Medical Library Science
Shreveport, LA
Phone: (318) 675-4179
Email: jespar@lsuhsc.edu

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Committees & Task Forces

Awards Committee Co-Chairs Sandra De Groote, AHIP (06/11-05/13)
Daley Library
801 S Morgan St
Chicago, IL 60607-4238
Work Phone: (312) 413-9494
Email: sgroote@uic.edu

Donghua Tao, Ph.D., M.A., M.S. (06/10-05/12)
Health Sciences Reference Librarian
Liaison to the School of Public Health
Medical Center Library
Saint Louis University
(314) 977-8812 (O)
taod@slu.edu
Bylaws Committee Chair Peggy Mullaly-Quijas, PhD, AHIP (06/10-05/12)
Assistant Director
Health Sciences Library
University of Missouri - Kansas City
2411 Holmes Street
Kansas City, MO 64108
(816) 235-1871
Mullaly-QuijasM@umkc.edu
http://www.umkc.edu/lib/hsl
Continuing Education Chair Leslie Behm, AHIP (06/10-05/12)
Michigan State University
Turfgrass Information Center
100 Main Library W300
East Lansing, MI 48824-0148
(517) 884-1953 (voice) (517) 353-1975 (fax)
behm@msu.edu
Government Relations Liaison Elaine G. Powers, MSLS (06/10-05/12)
Director of Library Services
Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine
2265 Kraft Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24060
(540) 231-3763 (voice) (540) 231-5252 (fax)
epowers@vcom.vt.edu
http://www.vcom.vt.edu
Hypothesis Co-Editors I. Diane Cooper, MSLS, AHIP (06/10-05/12)
Informationist
National Institutes of Health Library
Building 10, Room 1L-09
10 Center Drive, MSC 1150
Bethesda, MD 20892-1150
(301) 594-2449
cooperd@mail.nih.gov
http://nihlibrary.nih.gov

Deidra Woodson, MLS, MA, MT (ASCP) (06/10-05/12)
Metadata & Digitization Librarian
Medical Library
LSU Health Sciences Center-Shreveport
1501 Kings Highway / P.O. Box 33932
Shreveport, LA  71130-3932
Phone:  (318) 675-5679
dwood6@lsuhsc.edu
International Research Jon Eldredge, MLS, PhD, AHIP (6/10-5/12)
Collaboration Liaison Associate Professor, School of Medicine
Library Knowledge Consultant, Learning Design Center
Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center
Health Sciences Center
University of New Mexico
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
(505) 272-0654 (voice) (505) 272-5350 (fax)
jeldredge@salud.unm.edu
Listserv™ Manager Leslie Behm, AHIP (06/10-05/12)
Michigan State University
Turfgrass Information Center
100 Main Library W300
East Lansing, MI 48824-0148
(517) 884-1953 (voice) (517) 353-1975 (fax)
behm@msu.edu
Membership Committee Beatriz Varman, MLIS (6/10-5/12)
Public Affairs
Houston Academy of Medicine
Texas Medical Center Library
1133 John Freeman Blvd. Houston, TX 77030
(713) 799-7169 (voice) (713) 797-0163 (fax) beatriz.varman@exch.library.tmc.edu
Mentoring Task Force Co-Chairs Heather N. Holmes, MLIS, AHIP (2009-current)
Information Services Librarian
Summa Health System
55 Arch Street, Suite G-3
Akron, OH 44304
holmesh@summahealth.org
330.375.6770 (direct)
330.971.0273 (pager)
330.375.3978 (fax)

Elizabeth M. LaRue, Ph.D., MLS, AHIP
Assistant Professor
School of Nursing
University of Pittsburgh
EML17@pitt.edu
412-624-3801
Research Agenda Committee Chair Jon Eldredge, MLS, PhD, AHIP (6/10-5/12)
Associate Professor, School of Medicine
Library Knowledge Consultant, Learning Design Center
Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center
Health Sciences Center
University of New Mexico
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
(505) 272-0654 (voice) (505) 272-5350 (fax)
JEldredge@salud.unm.edu
Strategic Planning Committee Chair Susan Lessick, MLS, MA, AHIP (6/10-5/12)
7468 E. Calle Durango
Anaheim, CA 92808
(714) 637-4115 (voice)
slessick@uci.edu
Web Site Co-Editors Allan Barclay, MLIS, AHIP (6/10-5/12)
Information Architecture Librarian
Ebling Library for the Health Sciences
University of Wisconsin - Madison
750 Highland Ave, Room 2376
Madison, WI 53705-2221
(608) 262-3957 (voice) (608) 262-4732 (fax)
abarclay@library.wisc.edu
http://ebling.library.wisc.edu