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Library Staff Accomplishments Archives

Prior to September 2024

The TMC Library staff participate in a variety of professional activities. Included on this page are recent publications, presentations, courses completed, professional service activities, and major library projects.

 

Awards

  1. Amy Sisson and Lara Ouellette. First Place Contributed Paper, SCC/MLA Elizabeth K. Eaton Research Award for “It’s Worse than You Think: Significant Search Function Unreliability in the Major Medical Databases.” October 2021.

Publications

  1. Samuel, S., Cortes, J., Uh, E., & Choi, H. A. (2024). A systematic review of the timing of therapeutic anticoagulation in adult patients with acute traumatic brain injury: narrative synthesis of observational studies. Neurosurgical review, 47(1), 538. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10143-024-02717-1. PMID: 39231815
  2. Giglio-Ayers, T., Zullo, F., Hersey, A., Ranaweera, I., Ouellette, L., Di Mascio, D., Foley, C. E., & Wagner, S. M. (2024). Impact of Simulation Exercises on Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy Surgical Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Rhode Island medical journal (2013), 107(6), 19–23. PMID: 38810011.
  3. Dhanjani, S., Allen, H., Varman, B., Callender, C., Dave, J. M., & Thompson, D. (2024). Community-Based Participatory Obesity Prevention Interventions in Rural Communities: A Scoping Review. Nutrients, 16(14), 2201. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16142201
  4. Perez, C., Miller, K. (2024). Chapter 16: Cultural Humility in Libraries: A Call to Action and Strategies for Success. In S. D. Jones and B. Murphy (Eds.), Indigenous Health and Access Dismantling Medical Oppression Through Cultural Humility. (pp. 151-157). Rowman & Littlefield.
  5. Suhail Usmani S, Mehendale M, Yousif Shaikh M, Sudan S, Guntipalli P, Ouellette L, Sajid Malik A, Siddiqi N, Walia N, Shah K, Saeed F, De Berardis D, & Shoib S. Understanding the impact of adverse childhood experiences on non-suicidal self-injury in youth: A systematic review. Alpha Psychiatry. 2024;25(2):150-164. DOI: 10.5152/alphapsychiatry.2024.231139
  6. Prentice, K. (2024). Chapter 4: Staff support-Leading and valuing all library employees. In C. B. Joseph & P. L. Stephenson (Eds.), Managing health sciences libraries in a time of change. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
  7. Reyes, G., Gadot, R., Ouellette, L., Nouri, S.H., Gopinath, S.P., Patel, A.J. (2024). Firearm-Related Traumatic Brain Injuries in Adults: A Scoping Review. Neurosurgery. 94(2), 229-239. https://doi.org/10.1227/neu.0000000000002734
  8. Kwak, M. J., Wang, Q., Onyebeke, C., Holder, T., Goyal, P., Aparasu, R., Dhoble, A., & Holmes, H. M. (2023). How do we define high and low dose intensity of heart failure medications: a scoping review. BMC cardiovascular disorders, 23(1), 478. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-023-03514-2 PMID: 37759279
  9. Desjardins, S. Y. (Spring, 2023). A Review of A Comprehensive HR Toolkit for Public Library Managers for Against the Grain. https://www.charleston-hub.com/media/atg/
  10. Yudkin, J. S., Koym, K., Hamad, Y., Malthaner, L. Q., Burgess, R. M., Ortiz, L. N., Dhurjati, N., Mitha, S., Calvi, G., Hill, K., Brownell, M., Wei, E., Swartz, K., Atem, F. D., Galeener, C. A., Messiah, S. E., Barlow, S. E., & Allicock, M. A. (2024). Family-based pediatric weight management interventions in US primary care settings targeting children ages 6-12 years old: A systematic review guided by the RE-AIM framework. Translational behavioral medicine, 14(1):34-44. https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibad051 PMID: 37632769
  11. Balakrishnan, M., Liu, K., Schmitt, S., Heredia, N. I., Sisson, A., Montealegre, J. R., Hernaez, R., Kanwal, F., & Foreyt, J. (2023). Behavioral weight-loss interventions for patients with NAFLD: A systematic scoping review. Hepatology communications, 7(8), e0224. https://doi.org/10.1097/HC9.0000000000000224 PMID: 37534947
  12. Williams, E. S., Guerrero, N., Sisson, A., & Fisher, K. M. (2023). Assessing the Gap in Adolescent Emergency Care Training for Emergency Medicine Residents: A Systematic Review. Cureus, 15(6), e40814. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40814 PMID: 37485207
  13. Chamani, I. J., Taylor, L. L., Dadoun, S. E., McKenzie, L. J., Detti, L., Ouellette, L., McCulloh, D. H., & Licciardi, F. L. (July, 2023). Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccination and Assisted Reproduction Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Obstetrics and gynecology, 10.1097/AOG.0000000000005310. https://doi.org/10.1097/AOG.0000000000005310
  14. Mani, S., Hazra, S., Hagan, J., Sisson, A., Nair, J., & Pammi, M. (July, 2023). Viral Infections and Neonatal Necrotizing Enterocolitis: A Meta-analysis. Pediatrics, 152(1), e2022060876. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2022-060876
  15. Desjardins, S. Y. (Spring, 2023). A Review of Library Programming for Autistic Children and Teens for Against the Grain. https://www.charleston-hub.com/media/atg/
  16. Richardson, M. (2023, June 12). In Praise of Inventories. Descriptive Notes. https://saadescription.wordpress.com/2023/06/12/in-praise-of-inventories/
  17. Jones, M. B., Gates, R., Gibson, L., Broadway, D., Bhatti, G., Tea, J., Guerra, A., Li, R., Varman, B., Elammari, M., Jorge, R. E., & Marsh, L. (2023). Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Risk of Degenerative Synucleinopathies: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, S1064-7481(23)00291-9. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2023.04.016
  18. Neubauer, H. C., Lopez, M. A., Haq, H. A., Ouellette, L., Ramirez, A. A., & Wallace, S. S. (May, 2023). Viral Coinfections in Kawasaki Disease: A Meta-analysis. Hospital pediatrics, e2023007150. https://doi.org/10.1542/hpeds.2023-007150
  19. Pammi, M., Kelagere, Y., Koh, S., Sisson, A., Hagan, J., Kailin, J., & Fernandes, C. J. (May, 2023). Prognostic value of echocardiographic parameters in congenital diaphragmatic hernia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition, fetalneonatal-2022-325257. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2022-325257
  20. Perez, O., Garza, T., Hindera, O., Beltran, A., Musaad, S. M., Dibbs, T., Singh, A., Chug, S., Sisson, A., Kumar Vadathya, A., Baranowski, T., & O’Connor, T. M. (2023). Validated assessment tools for screen media use: A systematic review. PloS one, 18(4), e0283714. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0283714
  21. Acknowledgment to Jennifer Stockton for her contribution to this research project.
    Acorda, D. E., Brown, J. N., Lambert, E. M., & Gibbs, K. D. (2023). Psychosocial Measures and Outcomes Among Caregivers of Children With Tracheostomies: A Systematic Review. Otolaryngology–head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 10.1002/ohn.202. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/ohn.202
  22. Mendez-Figueroa, H., Bell, C. S., Wagner, S. M., Pedroza, C., Gupta, M., Mulder, I., Lee, K., Blackwell, S. C., Bartal, M. F., & Chauhan, S. P. (2022). Postpartum hemorrhage drills or simulations and adverse outcomes: a systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysis. The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians, 10416-10427. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767058.2022.2128659
  23. Jamali, T., Raasikh, T., Bustamante, G., Sisson, A., Tandon, P., Duarte-Rojo, A., & Hernaez, R. (2022). Outcomes of Exercise Interventions in Patients With Advanced Liver Disease: A Systematic Review of Randomized Clinical Trials. The American Journal of Gastroenterology, 117(10), 1614–1620. https://doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0000000000001883
  24. Holder, T. (2022, August 23). A Review of the Directory of Open Access Journals. Doody’s Collection Development Monthly. http://dcdm.doody.com/2022/08/a-review-of-the-directory-of-open-access-journals/
  25. Shields, A. D., Battistelli, J., Kavanagh, L., Ouellette, L., Thomson, B., & Nielsen, P. (2022). Staying Current: Developing Just-in-time Evidence-Based Learning Objectives for a Maternal Cardiac Arrest Simulation Curriculum. Cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, 6(3), 245–254. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35859994/
  26. Gadot, R., LoPresti, M. A., Smith, D. N., Ouellette, L., & Lam, S. (Aug, 2022). Firearm-Related Pediatric Head Trauma: A Scoping Review.Neurosurgery, 10.1227/neu.0000000000002025. https://doi.org/10.1227/neu.0000000000002025
  27. Hirzallah MI, Lochner P, Hafeez MU, Lee AG, Krogias C, Dongarwar D, Manchanda R, Ouellette L, Hartman ND, Ertl M, Schlachetzki F, Robba C. Quality assessment of optic nerve sheath diameter ultrasonography: Scoping literature review and Delphi protocol. J Neuroimaging. 2022 Jun 16. doi: 10.1111/jon.13018. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35711135.
  28. Ouellette, L & Sisson, A. (2022) The Literature Search: Three Levels of Searching. In S. Wallace and G. Gokulakrishnan (Eds.), Evidence-Based Medicine: From the Clinician and Educator Perspective (pp 19-31) Nova Science Publishers.
  29. Van Benschoten, V., Roy, C., Gupta, R., Ouellette, L., Hingorani, S., & Li, A. (May, 2022). Incidence and risk factors of transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy (TA-TMA): a systematic review and meta-analysis. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtct.2022.01.009 PMID: 35042011
  30. Romano J, Huynh N. OpenAthens odyssey: challenges of implementing federated authentication for a multi-institutional user population. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2021 Oct 1;109(4):648-655. doi: 10.5195/jmla.2021.1170. PMID: 34858097; PMCID: PMC8608206. https://jmla.mlanet.org/ojs/jmla/article/view/1170
  31. Patel, S. R., Kanabur, P., Possoit, H. E., Kinley, A., Varman, B., Coburn, M., & Sukumar, S. (2021). Management of mammalian bites to the external genitalia: a scoping review. BJU international, 10.1111/bju.15671. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/bju.15671
  32. Heitzer, A. M., Hamilton, L., Stafford, C., Gossett, J., Ouellette, L., Trpchevska, A., King, A. A., Kang, G., & Hankins, J. S. (2021). Academic Performance of Children With Sickle Cell Disease in the United States: A Meta-Analysis. Frontiers in Neurology, 12, 786065. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2021.786065
  33. Misra, S.M., Holdstock, N., Baez, J.C., Garcia N., Guiterrez, A., Swamy, P., Lee, K., Bjugstad, A., (2021) Systematic review of former unaccompanied immigrant minors’ access to healthcare services in the United States. Journal of Public Health (Berl.) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-021-01652-5
  34. Wetherill, M., Duncan, A., Bowman, H., Collins, R., Santa-Pinter, N., Jackson, M., Lynn, C. M., Prentice, K., & Isaacson, M. (2021, July 11). Promoting nutrition equity for individuals with physical challenges: A systematic review of barriers and facilitators to healthy eating. Preventive Medicine. doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106723
  35. Desai, A., Gupta, R., Advani, S., Ouellette, L., Kuderer, N. M., Lyman, G. H., & Li, A. (2020). Mortality in Hospitalized Patients with Cancer and Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies. Cancer, 10.1002/cncr.33386. https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.33386
  36. Ness, T. E., Agrawal, V., Bedard, K., Ouellette, L., Erickson, T. A., Hotez, P., & Weatherhead, J. E. (2020). Maternal Hookworm Infection and Its Effects on Maternal Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 103(5), 1958-1968. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-0503
  37. Yatsco, A. J., Champagne-Langabeer, T., Holder, T. F., Stotts, A. L., & Langabeer, J. R. (2020). Developing Interagency Collaboration to Address the Opioid Epidemic: A Scoping Review of Joint Criminal Justice and Healthcare Initiatives. The International Journal on Drug Policy, 83, 1028492. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102849
  38. Cummings, E. L., Fassas, S. N., Sykes, K. J., Sisson, A., Chiu, A. G., & Fox, M. G. (2020). Positional Installation of Intranasal Corticosteroids in the Treatment of Chronic Rhinosinusitis: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Ear, Nose, & Throat Journal. https://doi.org/10.1177/0145561320961004
  39. Gandy, K. C., Castillo, H. A., Ouellette, L., Castillo, J., Lupo, P. J., Jacola, L. M., Rabin, K. R., Raghubar, K. P., & Gramatges, M. M. (2020). The Relationship Between Chronic Health Conditions and Cognitive Deficits in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults with Down Syndrome: A Systematic Review. PloS One, 15(9), e0239040. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239040

Presentations

  1. Clara Fowler, Katie Prentice, and Brian Leaf presented Transforming Careers: Exploring the Transition into Medical Librarianship [Concurrent Session Panel]. Texas Library Association 2024. San Antonio, Texas, April 14, 2024.
  2. Sandra Yvette Desjardins, Kay Strahan, Laura Haygood, Shannon Jones, Tamara will be giving a conference presentation entitled, Creating Community: Librarians Growing Stronger Together in Communities of Practice at Medical Library Association Annual Conference 2024.
  3. Sandra Yvette Desjardins, Laura Haygood, Katie Pierce-Farrier, Katie Prentice, Julie Bolin, Brenda Linares, Susan Steelman, Rachel Helbing and Lindsay Blake will be giving a conference presentation entitled Career Planning Bootcamp for Health Sciences Librarians at Medical Library Association Annual Conference 2024.
  4. Sandra Yvette Desjardins, Brandon Kennedy and Caraline Annichiarico will be giving a conference presentation entitled Learning on the Job: A Webinar Series for Early Career Librarians by Early Career Librarians at Medical Library Association Annual Conference 2024.
  5. Joanne Romano and Chad Metz were invited as speakers for the Amigos 2024 virtual conference on February 14th. They presented a 45 minute session entitled: Success in Tech Services: the Collaborative Solution.
  6. Alice Sherwood delivered a presentation of How to Showcase and Preserve the History of a Medical Library using The TMC Library’s Digital Commons Exhibits at the Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries Symposium 2023 (MIRL23).
  7. Chad Metz was invited to present at the Ex Libris Southcentral Group (ELSUG) virtual conference, on November 3, 2023. With MDA colleague, Valerie Felan, Chad presented: Sowing the Seeds for Success, in which he shared best practices for early career librarians learning the ALMA/Primo system as part of their new role in librarianship. Attendees gained tips for success as early career librarians.
  8. Isaac J. Chamani, Lauren L. Taylor, Timothy Dunn, Anna Claire Reynolds, Beatriz Varman, Karin Anneliese Fox and Laura Detti presented the abstract of Preimplantation Genetic Testing and Placental Abnormalities: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, Fertility and Sterility at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine Congress, October 2023.
  9. Ann Connolly, Director of Product, Digital Commons, Elsevier, Alice Sherwood and Courtenay Mcleland of University of North Florida delivered a presentation of Out of the Archive and into the Spotlight: Telling the Story of Your Institution Through Digital Exhibits at the Digital Commons North American Conference 2023 in Miami, Florida.
  10. Katie Prentice and Emme Lopez, of Texas A&M, presented the poster: Get Hired: Tips and Practices to Make Your Application Shine at the 2023 Joint Chapter Meeting : SCC & SC (New Orleans, LA) conference.
  11. Sandra Yvette Desjardins, Katie Pierce-Farrier, Brandon Kennedy, and Caraline Annichiarico delivered a paper presentation of Learning on the Job! A Webinar Series for Early Career Librarians by Early Career Librarians at the 2023 Joint Chapter Meeting : SCC & SC (New Orleans, LA) conference. This paper recapped the group’s experiences as they collaborated to create a webinar series for the Early Career Librarians Initiative (ECLI).
  12. Alice Sherwood presented a lightning talk, entitled: Bringing Open Access Peer-Reviewed Journals to the Community and Beyond: Using DigitalCommons@TMC As Example at Digital Commons North American Conference 2022.
  13. Alice Sherwood delivered a Lightning Talk at the SCC MLA 2022 Houston conference entitled: Tracking & Presenting Your Library Website Usage: Google Analytics 4 and Google Dashboard This two-minute talk discusses how implementing Google Analytics 4 and Google Data Studio helps improving library web traffic to help enhance user experience.https://dc.researchcommons.org/dcnoamconf/2022/nov10/5
  14. Sandra Yates chaired focused session, Community Archiving Workshop: Kick-starting Audiovisual Preservation at the Society of American Archivists (SAA) Annual Meeting 2022, Boston, MA, August 25, 2022
  15. Alyssa K. Crain, Zhia N. Lim, Chloe J. Sarfatis, Magela Arias, Alvaro Moreira, Travis F. Holder, Antonio F. Corno, Tina O. Findley. Impact of sex on mortality and neurodevelopment in congenital heart surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Poster presentation. Neoheart Conference, Anaheim, CA, August 2022.
  16. Kelsey Koym participated in the creation of this case study: ProQuest RefWorks. (2022). Texas Medical Center Library: From Managing Citations to Advancing Collaboration. https://pq-static-content.proquest.com/collateral/media2/documents/casestudy-texasmedicallibrary.pdf
  17. Kelsey Koym participated this panel discussion: YouTube (Producer), ProQuest RefWorks. (2022, March 17). RefWorks Medical Library Panel Discussion 2022. [Video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XBoWVgcbNA
  18. Grappone, T., Jones, S., Prentice, K., & Speer, E. The Increasingly Flexible and Agile Role of the On-Campus Library [Panel moderated by S. Ekebuisi]. OnlineEd 2022. May 19, 2022.
  19. Haygood, L., Wright, L., Dobbins, M., Burgard, D., Steelman, S., Lloyd, J., Prentice, K., & Duggar, D. Cultivating Member Engagement the Armadillo Way: A Practical Guide for Chapters and Caucuses, Immersion Session. Medical Library Association Annual Meeting. May 6, 2022.
  20. Romano, J. & Huynh, N. (2021, October 14). Where’s the fire? Resource Access Diagnostics at Your Library [paper presentation]. 2021 South Central Chapter virtual meeting.
  21. Sisson, A. & Ouellette, L. (2021, October 13). It’s Worse than You Think: Significant Search Function Unreliability in the Major Medical Databases [paper presentation]. 2021 South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association Virtual Meeting.
  22. Holder, T.F. (2021, October 12). The Most Successful Predatory Publisher: OMICS in PubMed Central [paper presentation]. 2021 South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association Virtual Meeting.
  23. Prentice, K. Leveraging Data and Statistics During Transitional Times. Invited Speaker. Resilience: Returning after the Pandemic. Council of Research and Academic Libraries (CORAL) Spring Meeting. June 17, 2021.
  24. Prentice, K. The Role of the Library in the Age of Online Education [Panel Presenter]. Henry Stewart Events, OnlineEd 2021: The Global Event for Online Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. May 20, 2021.
  25. Richardson, M. (2021 April). Designing Your “Memory Lab”: Lessons from DIY Personal Archive Digitization Labs. Texas Library Association 2021 Virtual Annual Conference
  26. Richardson, M. (2021 April). The Power to Empower: Sharing the Library Vision with Support Staff [panel speaker]. Texas Library Association 2021 Virtual Annual Conference
  27. Huynh, N. (2021, April 23). OpenAthens Implementation [panel speaker]. Texas Library Association 2021 Conference.
  28. Romano, J. & Huynh, N. (2021, March 10). Resolving Access Issues in Real-time: Creating a Custom Ticket System in LibWizard [short talk]. 2021 Electronic Resources & Libraries online conference.
  29. Prentice, K. (2021, Jan 28). Assessment Culture and the Launch of a Library Dashboard [invited guest speaker]. Oklahoma Council of Academic Library Directors (OCALD) monthly meeting.
  30. Prentice, K. A. (2020, October). Launching a Library Assessment Dashboard. South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association Annual Virtual Meeting.

Courses

  1. Jasmin Legaspi completed the American Library Association’s six-week course, Fundamentals of Cataloging in June 2022. This course focused on AACR2 and RDA cataloging rules, and subject analysis using Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) and other classification systems.
  2. Joanne Romano attended the NNLM class “What’s in a Data Story? Understanding the Basics of Data Storytelling” webinar in October 2020
  3. Nha Huynh completed Scrum Master training for IT project management, May 2021.
  4. Charles Njilefack completed Scrum Master training for IT project management, April 2021.
  5. Emma Silva completed the course “Bioinformatics and Biology Essentials for Librarians: Databases, Tools, and Clinical Applications” in December 2020. This is a 14-week self-paced course sponsored by the National Library of Medicine worth 30 hours of CE credit from the Medical Library Association.
  6. Emma Silva completed the course “Bioinformatics and Biology Essentials for Librarians: Databases, Tools, and Clinical Applications” in December 2020. This is a 14-week self-paced course sponsored by the National Library of Medicine worth 30 hours of CE credit from the Medical Library Association.
  7. Travis Holder was accepted to the Texas Accelerated Library Leaders (TALL Texans) Development Institute. He graduated in December 2020.
  8. Beatriz Varman attended NNLM class “What’s in a Data Story? Understanding the Basics of Data Storytelling” webinar in October 2020.

Professional Service

  1. Katie Prentice is the 2023-2024 Chair of the Medical Library Association Leadership & Management Caucus.
  2. Beatriz Varman is the 2023-2024 Chair of the Medical Library Association Public Services Caucus.
  3. Matt Richardson is the 2023 Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect of Texas Archival Resources Online (TARO)
  4. Sandra Yates is 2023 President of Archivists of the Houston Area (AHA!)
  5. Joanne Romano is an invited member of the American Society for Microbiology’s (ASM) new Library Advisory Group.
  6. Katie Prentice is a member of the Medical Library Association 2023 National Program Committee, 6/2022-12/31/2023.
  7. Katie Prentice is an invited editorial board member and peer reviewer for the open access journal Advances in Online Education: A Peer-Reviewed Journal 2/2022-present.
  8. Bronwyn Sutherland is serving on the Continuing Education Committee of South Central Chapter of Medical Library Association (2022-2024).
  9. Beatriz Varman is 2022-2023 Chair Elect of the Public Services Caucus of the Medical Library Association.
  10. Katie Prentice is the 2021-2022 Past President of the South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association.
  11. Joanne Romano will serve a three-year team as medical library representative for the Texas State Library and Archives Commission Electronic Information Working Group, September 27, 2021
  12. Emily Tuck was accepted as an IRB member for TWU’s panel on human studies in diet and nutrition, July 2021.
  13. Travis Holder is serving on the Scholarship & Stipend Committee for the Texas Library Association’s College & University Libraries Division.
  14. Matt Richardson is serving as Registration Chair and a member of the Local Arrangements Committee for the Society of Southwest Archivists 2022 Annual Meeting in Houston.
  15. Travis Holder featured by Texas Library Association online (2021, April 8). Between the Lines: April Member Spotlight.
  16. Joanne Romano joined, by invitation, the Ovid Leaders Advisory Council, April 2021.
  17. Travis Holder served on the Programming Committee for the Texas Library Association (TLA) 2021 conference. Travis was also on the Programming Committee’s Contributed Papers subcommittee and was the liaison to the Special Libraries Division.
  18. Emma Silva is a member of MLA New Member Caucus, SCC/MLA Early Career Librarian Working Group and MLA Virtual Career Connection committees.
  19. Katie Prentice is the 2020-2021 President of the South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association.

Major Library Projects

  1. Alice Sherwood was interviewed by Elizabeth Kaesmann, Marketing Manager, Academic Information Systems of Elsevier on October 8th, 2023, discussing about the journey of The TMC Library implementing Digital Commons Exhibits. The interview is featured on Elsevier’s Digital Commons Product page.
  2. In fiscal year 2023, Resource Management Associate, Jasmin Legaspi, updated 7,900 Docline holdings for accuracy.  She also deleted approximately 1,200 titles from Ebsco databases that are no longer offered by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.   Publisher coverage dates and content offerings can change over time, so Jasmin diligently manages our Docline holdings as a regular project and on an as-needed basis.
  3. Yates, Sandra, Project Staff: Mentor, Web Resources Consultant; Audiovisual Care in Tribal Archives (2021-2021); National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Preservation Education and Training; Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA),  Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums (ATALM), Community Archiving Workshop (CAW).
  4. Yates, Sandra, Project Staff: Mentor; Web Resources Consultant; Community Archiving Workshop – A Regional Training of Trainers: Southwest (2021); Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Laura Bush 21st Century Librarians Program (Supplemental Funding); AMIA, CAW.
  5. Yates, Sandra, Project Staff: Web Resources Consultant manages the web development for CAW Toolkit and CAW Handbook websites; Community Archiving Workshop – A Regional Training of Trainers (2018-2021); IMLS, Laura Bush 21st Century Librarians Program; AMIA, CAW.
  6. Terrie Smalls-Hall and Jasmin Legaspi created and followed new procedures to catalog and prepare 12 board games and 100 books for the TMC Library humanities and health/wellness collection in the Dr. Fred Study Area, June-July 2021.
  7. Terrie Smalls-Hall and Jasmin Legaspi compiled updated cost per use reports including: Top 10 Most Expensive Journals, Top 10 Least Expensive Journals, and Cost per Use per Journals Package, showcasing library resource value. April 2021.
  8. Emma Silva and Travis Holder attended the UTHealth Salutation event. They created a video promoting library services that was presented at the event. October 2020.
  9. Emma Silva and Travis Holder started a project to assign NLM’s MeSH terms to the most popular biomedical informatics concepts for UTHealth School of Biomedical Informatics. (February 2020-present)

Grant-funded Projects

  1. Lara Oullette was awarded Leadership Pathways Award, National Library of Medicine Region 3. (2024)
  2. Sandra Yvette Desjardins was awarded EBSCO/MLA Annual Conference Grant, Medical Library Association. (2024)
  3. Celeste Perez got accepted to attend NLM’s 9-week course Fundamentals of Health Sciences Research Data Management to be held from February 12, 2024 ~ April 12, 2024.
  4. SCAMeL Librarian Exchange Professional Development Program awarded $6000.00 in February 2024 for librarian exchange with Brook Amen, Associate Director, Gibson D. Lewis Library, UNT Health Science Center and Sandra Yvette Desjardins, Liaison Librarian, Texas Medical Center Library.
  5. Kelsey Koym got accepted to the NLM Library Carpentry Virtual Workshop to be held on November 7-8th from 9 am-4 pm
  6. Celeste Perez won a scholarship to attend the virtual Open Education Conference on November 7-9th from 9 am- 5 pm
  7. Sandra Yates and Matt Richardson were awarded SCAMeL Speedy Startup funding for the project “Texas Medical Center Historical Audiovisual Resources Digitization” 2022.
  8. Yates, Sandra, Project Staff: Web Resources Consultant manages the web development for CAW Toolkit and CAW Handbook websites; Community Archiving Workshop – A Regional Training of Trainers (2018-2021); IMLS, Laura Bush 21st Century Librarians Program; AMIA, CAW.

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