MAC Retiree: Steve Owens

Steve Owen is retiring from the Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEast/Cabarrus College of Health Sciences in Concord after twenty years. He was born in Winston-Salem. He graduated from Wake Forest University in 1971, did graduate work in history at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, and completed his master of library science

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MAC Membership Renewal

This past year, MAC revised the membership year from January – December to October – September.  Since this was done mid-year, reminders to renew memberships were not sent in November.  Now that it is August, it’s time to let everyone know about renewing their memberships! Please try and renew before this year’s

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What I Learned Thanks to a MAC Grant

 As a recipient of one of the MAC Special Professional Development Grants I was able to attend the MLA CE course “Rethinking Connections with Our Users: Incorporating Mobile Devices into Library Services” in Minneapolis, MN during the MLA annual meeting.  The class material was written by Jodi Philbrick and Molly Knapp, and

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Spring Update for MAC Membership Directory

The MAC Membership Directory located on the recently launched MAC intranet has been updated. Please take a look at it!  If you need to update any of your contact information or need the login to the MAC Intranet, you can contact me directly.   Thank You, Ryan Harris MAC Membership and and

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Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences welcomes New Librarians

Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences welcomes New Librarians The Tompkins-McCaw Library is pleased to welcome Jennifer McDaniel, Kimberly Brady, Roy Brown and Emily Johnson to our staff. Kim Brady, joined November 10, 2010 Kim previously held positions at the University of Michigan Health System’s Patient Education Resource and the Mardigian Wellness

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Louis Stokes Health Sciences Library Welcomes Toni Yancey and Triza Crittle

On December 6, 2010,  Triza Crittle, MILS, began as Senior Clinical Librarian at the Louis Stokes Health Sciences Library (LSHSL), Howard University, Washington, District of Columbia.  In this senior leadership position Triza will be responsible for the provision of clinical information services to LSHSL users with a specific focus on Howard University Hospital

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Get to know your MAC officers

Interested in knowing more about your newly elected MAC officers..where they work, what they do, and how they spend their off-work hours… Rick Peterson, Chair Elect Rick Peterson is the Deputy Director at the Duke University Medical Center and Archives.   Prior to his arrival at Duke in 2001, Rick worked at East

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Two MLA/NLM Spectrum Scholars Selected for 2010/11

Since 2000, MLA has worked with the the the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to encourage diversity in health sciences librarianship through the American Library Association (ALA) Spectrum Initiative. Spectrum scholars receive $6,500 each to support their education. Funding for the MLA/NLM Spectrum scholarships is provided by a grant from the National

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