Library Staff—Mary Ann Huslig

Library Responsibilities:

• Identify and develop Liaison and Outreach opportunities throughout campus community
• Collaborate with campus departments to promote Library resources, services and 24/7 access options
• Assess campus community information needs; promote Library resources & services which meet those needs
• Assist Library units in planning and developing services and resources to fill ‘unmet’ information needs
• Expand scope and reach of Library Liaison Program
• Create strategic plans, goals, objectives, policies and procedures for LIMO operations in conjunction with other Library units
• Develop and direct centralized promotional services and resources for Library
• Advocate professional and personal development opportunities for LIMO unit

Liaison Areas:

• Center for Breast Care
• Graduate Programs
• Oncology
• Radiation Oncology
• Radiological Sciences
• Radiology
• Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Translational Research

Areas of interests:

• Marketing/Liaison/Outreach
• Virtual 24/7 access to information
• Research & Funding
• Consumer Health
• Education & Mentoring

Education:

• M.S. Library Sciences, Emporia State University
• B.S. in Business Management, Emporia State University
• Evidence-based Medicine and the Medical Librarian, University of North Carolina, 2006

Professional Information:

• SLA (Special Libraries Association) 1985 –
• SLA Texas Chapter (DFW unit) 2005 –
• SLA Solo Division 1999-2005
• SLA Insurance & Employee Benefits Division Insurance Periodicals Index indexer 1998-2000
• SLA Illinois Chapter “Getting Spaces or Trading Spaces” Program Committee 2004
• SLA Illinois Chapter “Find your Customer: Drive Your Business” Conference Committee 2004
• SLA Illinois Chapter Professional Development Co-Chair 2003-2005
• South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association 2006-
• Health Libraries Information Network (HealthLINE) 2005-
• Chicago & South Consortium (CSC) of Health Science Libraries 1985-2005
• CSC of Health Science Libraries Conference Planning Committee 1995-2004
• Health Science Librarians of Illinois 1985-2005

Regular Classes:

• Show me the money! Finding Grant Funding
• Tracking your publications and cites
• CNE: Patient Education Materials
• CNE: Using PubMed and Medline

Selected Talks and Presentations:

• “Outreach, Liaison, Marketing: Reaching Out to Our Clients” Roundtable Session with Emily Patridge and Barbara Nunn - SCC/MLA 2008 Conference
• “Sixty Sites in Sixty Minutes” Co-presented with Emily Patridge - UT Southwestern Library Fall Showcase 2007
• “Managing a Special Library in the Corporate World.” Management of Libraries and Information Centers Course - Visiting Lecturer at Dominican University 2004-2005
• SLA Solo Division Presenter “Teaching the Net” - 2002 Annual SLA Conference

Selected Publications:

• Librarian Selector “Doody’s Core Titles in the Health Sciences 2004”
• “Single Again: Coping with the loss of your loved one” NME (National Marriage Encounter) Newsletter, Fall 2003
• “Why Health Science Libraries Participate in Multiple Networks” 3 Sources, NN/NLM Greater Midwest Region, vol. 12, no. 6, December 1994, p. 2

Software Application Skills:

Awards and Grants:

• SLA Illinois Chapter 2005 “Excellence in Professional Development Award”
• Chicago & South Consortium of Health Science Libraries President’s Award 2004-5