Retired or Retiring MAC Librarians

Have you retired during the past year or are you about to retire? Do you have a colleague who is retiring? In order to recognize the value of your library service, the MAC Honors and Awards Committee is asking you to send your name and a brief biography to be posted on

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MAC Retiree: Karen Zundel

When Karen Zundel got her MLS in 1984 from the University of Pittsburgh, she was elated to be offered a position at UPMC McKeesport (formerly McKeesport Hospital) even before the ink on her diploma was dry. Little did she know then that her professional life would have a profound impact on her

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MAC Retiree: Rosemary C. Panichella

Rosemary Panichella received her Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Seton Hill College, Greensburg , PA in 1973 and graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Library and Information Sciences in 1974 with a MLS.  Her first professional position was as a medical librarian at the Monsour Medical Center for two

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MAC Vision Scholarship Report – submitted by Nick Clements, University of Pittsburgh student

The MAC-MLA annual meeting was an excellent experience as a student currently attending library school. The CE courses provided a wonderful opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of highly specialized topics and tools. The infographics CE course provided information about a number of excellent resources for me to discover, and the active

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Most successful MAC scholarship raffle ever?

Greetings MAC, On behalf of the Membership & Recruitment Committee I would like to thank all of you who participated in the scholarship raffle at the Annual Meeting in Alexandria last week.   We raised $530 this year (a record, I think) to support scholarships for library students and new health sciences librarians

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MAC Retiree: Katherine Rickett

Katherine Rickett will be retiring from the Laupus Library at East Carolina University onOctober 1, 2014. Katherine earned her MSLS at the Catholic University of America, and her MSEd from Old Dominion University.  She has worked as a health sciences librarian in hospital, public, and academic libraries.   In 2006 she joined the

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2014 MAC Election Results

Dear MAC Members, The results of the 2014 MAC election are in. Chair Elect – Terri Ottosen, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Southeastern Atlantic Region at the University of Maryland, Baltimore Secretary – Katherine Downton, Health Sciences & Human Services Library, University of Maryland, Baltimore MLA Chapter Council Representative – Bart

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