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Candidate Information: Board of Directors

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The following candidates have been selected by the MLA Nominating Committee to stand for election for the 2012/13 association year (elected officers would begin their terms in May 2012). Note: The order of candidate information was determined by a random drawing of names.

To top of page Debra C. Rand, AHIP

Assistant Dean and Director for Health Sciences Libraries, Hofstra University North Shore-Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Hempstead, NY, 2010–

To top of page Previous Professional Positions (Last Fifteen Years)

Director of Health Sciences Libraries, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, 1987–2010.

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National: member 1980–; 2007 Nominating Committee: member; Benchmarking Network Editorial Board: member 2004–2006; Benchmarking Implementation Task Force: chair 2001–2003; Benchmarking Task Force: member 1998–2001; Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations: representative 1998–2000. Section: Hospital Libraries Section: member 1984–; chair 1998–1999; Standards Committee: member 2001–2003. Educational Media and Technologies Section: member 1988–. Medical Informatics Section: member 1989–. Research Section: member 1989–. Consumer and Patient Health Information Section: member 1993–. Leadership and Management Section: member 2003–. Chapter: New York-New Jersey Chapter: member 1981–; chapter credentialing liaison 2011–.

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Journal of Hospital Librarianship Editorial Board: member 2001–2010. New and Emerging Health Sciences Libraries Group: member.

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Academy of Health Information Professionals: Distinguished Member 1990–. National Library of Medicine/Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries Leadership Program: Fellowship 2009–2010.

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MS, School of Library Service, Columbia University, 1977; BA, sociology, University of Michigan, 1975.

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  • Rand D, Fereres-Moskowitz R, Sacks B. Above and beyond the hospital library walls: interdisciplinary collaboration on an academic competition. J Hosp Libr. 2009;9(3):249–258.

To top of page Chris Shaffer, AHIP

University Librarian and Associate Professor, OHSU Library, Oregon Health & Science University–Portland, 2008–

To top of page Previous Professional Positions (Last Fifteen Years)

Assistant director, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, University of Iowa–Iowa City, 2002–2008; technology coordinator, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Greater Midwest Region, 1996–2002.

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National: member, 1996–; Donald A. B. Lindberg Research Fellowship Jury: member 2010–2011; 2010 National Program Committee: member 2007–2010; 2008/2009 Nominating Committee: member 2008–2009; Grants and Scholarships Committee: member 2006–2009; 2005 National Program Committee: member 2003–2005; Task Force on Website Hosting for Sections and Special Interest Groups (SIGs): member 2003–2005; EBSCO/MLA Annual Meeting Grant Jury: member 2000–2002, chair 2001–2002. Section: Leadership and Management Section: member 2004–; Membership Committee: member 2005–; chair 2007–. Relevant Issues Section: member 2001–; web editor 2004–2008; chair 2004–2005; program chair 2003–2004. Dental Section: member 2006–2008. Educational Media and Technologies Section: member 2004–2008. Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section: member 2006–2007. Pharmacy and Drug Information Section: member 2006–2007. Public Services Section: member 2004–2008; Membership Committee: member 2005–2008. Chapter: Pacific Northwest Chapter: member 2008–; Professional Development Committee: member 2008–, chair 2009–; Academy of Health Information Professionals: liaison 2008–2009. Midwest Chapter: member 1996–2008; Nominations and Elections Committee: chair 2008; Policies and Procedures Special Committee: chair 2008; president 2007; Omaha 2007 Joint Meeting with Midcontinental Chapter: cochair 2004–2007; Meeting Finances Task Force: chair 2004–2005, treasurer 2002–2005; Committee on Electronic Resources: member 1997–2002; Governmental Relations Committee: chair 2001.

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Academy of Health Information Professionals: mentor 2008–2011. Association of Research Libraries (ARL)/Digital Library Federation (DLF) E-Science Institute: faculty 2010–2011. Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries: Teaching Learning Committee: member 2008–; chair 2010–; webmaster 2008–2010; Charting the Future Oversight Committee: member 2006–2008. Orbis Cascade Alliance: treasurer 2010–; Shared Integrated Library System Task Force Council: liaison 2010; Shared Bibliographic Database Task Force: member 2009. Iowa Library Association: Health Sciences Subdivision: member 1996–2008; Bylaws Committee: chair 2008; secretary/treasurer 2002–2005; Annual Meeting Program: planner 2004. Health Science Librarians of Illinois: member 1995–2002. American Society for Information Science: member 1993–1997; Chicago Chapter: secretary 1995–1997.

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Academy of Health Information Professionals: Distinguished Member 2006–. National Library of Medicine/ Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries Leadership Program: fellow 2006–2007. Midwest Chapter/Medical Library Association: Distinguished Librarian of the Year 2005.

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Master of science, information science, University of North Texas, 1994; bachelor of arts, philosophy, Texas A&M University, 1989.

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  • Torniai C, Brush M, Vasilevsky N, Segerdell E, Wilson ML, Johnson T, Corday K, Shaffer CJ, Haendel MA. Developing an application ontology for biomedical resource annotation and retrieval: challenges and lessons learned. International Conference on Biomedical Ontology (ICBO) 2011; Buffalo, NY; 2011.
  • Brush M, Vasilevsky N, Torniai C, Johnson T, Shaffer CJ, Haendel MA. Developing a reagent application ontology within the OBO Foundry Framework. International Conference on Biomedical Ontology (ICBO) 2011; Buffalo, NY; 2011.
  • Torniai C, Bashor T, Bourges-Waldegg D, Corday K, Frost HR, Johnson T, Segerdell E, Shaffer CJ, Stone L, Wilson ML, Haendel MA. Eagle-i: an ontology-driven framework for biomedical resource annotation and discovery. Bio-Ontologies 2010 Semantic Applications in Life Sciences, ISMB 2010; Boston, MA; 2010.
  • Shaffer CJ. The eagle-i Consoritum at OHSU: ontologies, core facilities, reagents and more. Pacific Northwest Chapter/Medical Library Association (PNC/MLA) Annual Meeting; Portland, OR; 2010.
  • McInnerny K, Haendel MA, Wilson ML, Torniai C, Segerdell EJ, Shaffer CJ, Frost RH, Bourges-Waldegg D, Brownstein J. The eagle-i consortium: making invisible resources visible. Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities (ABRF); Sacramento, CA; 2010.

To top of page Brian P. Bunnett, AHIP

Director of Library and Education Services, Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center, University of New Mexico–Albuquerque, 2008–

To top of page Previous Professional Positions (Last Fifteen Years)

Deputy director of libraries, 2006–2008, associate director of libraries, 1999–2008, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center–Dallas; director, Beck Library, Guthrie Healthcare System, Sayre, PA, 1995–1999.

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National: member 1992–; Donald A. B. Lindberg Research Fellowship Jury: chair 2011–2012, member 2010–2011; Nominating Committee: member 2009; National Program Committee: member 2009 and 2002; Virginia L. and William K. Beatty Volunteer Service Award Jury: chair 2008–2009; Membership Committee: member 2002–2005; Task Force to Plan Recruitment for the 21st Century Workforce of Health Information Professionals: member 2001–2003; 2002 National Program Committee, Local Assistance Committee: chair; Chapter Council: representative 1999, alternate 1997–1999. Section: International Cooperation Section (ICS): member 2008–; chair 2011–2012; ICS Cunningham Itinerary Committee: chair 2011–2012; ICS Job Exchange Task Force: chair 2009–. Leadership and Management Section: member 2000–; Membership Committee: chair 2005–2007. Chapter: South Central Chapter: member 2000–; president elect/president/past president 2005–2008; Fundraising Committee: member 2009–2011; Nominating Committee: member 2010–2011, chair 2007–2008; Awards and Scholarship Committee: member 2011–, 2001, chair 2001–2002; Finance Committee: chair 2007–2008, member 2003–2007; Local Assistance Committee: member 2006–2008; Program Committee: cochair 2006–2007; ad hoc History Committee: cochair 2002–2005. Upstate New York and Ontario Chapter: member 1992–2000; Membership Development Committee: chair 1998–1999.

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Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries: member 2008–; Future Leadership Committee: member 2009–. South Central Academic Medical Libraries Consortium: Board of Directors: member 2008–; Professional Development/Librarian Exchange Committee: member 2009–. New Mexico Consortium of Academic Libraries: member 2008–; treasurer 2010–. Alliance for Innovation in Science and Technology Information: Board of Directors: member 2009–. New Mexico Medical Society: History of Medicine Committee: member 2009–. HealthLINE: member 2000–2008; chair 2005; Nominating Committee: member 2006, 2001; Archives Committee: member 2001–2006. School of Library and Information Sciences, University of North Texas: Advisory Board: member 2002–2003. Regional Library Coalition of Bradford County, Pennsylvania/Tioga County, New York: founder and chair 1997–1999. Valley Library Association: founder and charter member 1998–1999. Susquehanna Library Cooperative: Board of Directors member 1993–1999; secretary 1995–1997; treasurer 1995–1997, 1999.

To top of page Professional Honors (Last Fifteen Years)

MLA: Academy of Health Information Professionals: Distinguished Member 2002–. Frye Leadership Institute: Fellow 2009. HealthLINE: Librarian of the Year 2005. Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries/National Library of Medicine Leadership Program: Fellow 2003–2004. Marine Biological Laboratory/National Library of Medicine, Woods Hole, MA, Biomedical Informatics Course: fellow 2001.

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MLS, University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA), 1991; MA, European history, UCLA, 1984; BA (honors), history, Austin College, 1978.

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  • Buchanan H, Bunnett B. Looking to the future: academic health care centers and their libraries. In: Alire C, Evans G, eds. Leaders look toward the future. New York, NY: Neal-Schuman; 2010.
  • Bunnett B, Allee N, Dorsch J, Rios G, Stewart C. The National Library of Medicine/Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (NLM/AAHSL) Leadership Fellows Program: a year in review. J Acad Libr. 2009;49(8):869–79.

To top of page Julia M. Esparza, AHIP

Clinical Medical Librarian, Medical Library, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center–Shreveport, 2007–

To top of page Previous Professional Positions (Last Fifteen Years)

Serials librarian, 1996–1999, electronic services librarian, 1999–2002, ECRI Institute, Plymouth Meeting, PA; manager of library services, 2002–2006, medical librarian, 2006–2007, Deaconess Health System, Evansville, IN.

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National: member 2000–; Books Panel: member 2010–2013; Hospital Libraries Section/MLA Professional Development Grant Jury: member 2009–2010; Murray Gottlieb Prize Jury: member 2006–2007. Section: Cancer Librarians Section: member 2005–; fundraising chair 2008–; Nominating Committee: past chair 2010–2011; chair 2009–2010, chair elect 2008–2009; Section Council representative 2006–2009. Collection Development Section: member 2000–2005. Consumer and Patient Health Information Section: member 2005–2009. Hospital Libraries Section: member 2001–; Program Committee: member 2006–2007; Publications Committee: chair 2009–; web editor: 2010–. Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section: member 2008–. Public Health/Health Administration Section: member 2008–; Travel Stipend Guideline Committee: member 2008–2009; Fundraising Guideline Development Committee: cochair 2009–2010; chair 2011–2012, chair elect 2010–2011. Research Section: member 2008–. Chapter: South Central Chapter: member 2008–; Continuing Education Committee: past-chair 2010–2011, chair 2009–2010, cochair 2008–2009; Hospital Libraries Interest Section: member 2008–.

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American Library Association: member 1991–. Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL): member 2009–; ACRL Health Sciences Interest Group: member 2009–. Health Sciences Librarians Association of Louisiana: member 2008–. Louisiana Library Association: member 2008–. New England Journal of Medicine Library Advisory Board: member 2010–. Journal of Hospital Librarianship: co-editor, “Reach Out Through Outreach” column 2010–. Indiana Health Science Library Association: member 2003–.

To top of page Professional Honors (Last Fifteen Years)

Academy of Health Information Professionals: Distinguished Member 2008–2013. Hospital Libraries Section/MLA Professional Development Grant 2011. South Central Academic Medical Libraries Consortium Elizabeth K. Eaton Research Award: First Place and Second Place 2010. MLA Research Section Award: Second Place 2010, Honorable Mention 2008. Hospital Libraries Section Recognition Award for Publication 2009. South Central Chapter: William D. Postell, Sr. Professional Development Award 2009. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Midwest Hospital Quality Improvement Program: Best Practice Award 2006. VHA Best Practice Forum Award 2006.

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MLS, Indiana University–Bloomington, 1993; BA, history, University of Evansville, Evansville, IN, 1991.

To top of page Publications (Last Five Years)

  • Esparza JM. Clinical medicine. In: Thompson L, Carrigan E, Higa ML, Tobia R, eds. The Medical Library Association’s master guide to authoritative information resources in the health sciences. New York, NY: Neal-Schuman; 2011. p. 132–3.
  • Esparza J. Internet resources: professional development. MLA News. 2011 Feb;51(2):8.
  • Esparza J. Clinical library services: outreach to enhance patient care. J Hosp Libr. 2010;10(2):170–80.
  • Esparza J, Hill E, Young K, Epstein HB. National Network of Libraries of Medicine offer grants for outreach projects. J Hosp Libr. 2010;10(1):72–81.
  • Esparza J. Internet resources: six sigma. MLA News. 2009 Mar;414:9.
  • Esparza J. Consumer health services in hospitals: the front line for health literacy. In: Kars M, Baker LM, Wilson FL, eds. The Medical Library Association guide to health literacy. New York, NY: Neal-Schuman; 2008. p. 217–42.
  • Esparza J. A librarian’s experience with six sigma tools. J Hosp Libr. 2008;8(3):332–43.

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