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President
Michelle Kraft
Medical Library
South Pointe Hospital
4110 Warrensville Center Rd
Warrensville Hts, OH 44122
PH: 216-491-7454
FAX: 216-491-7650
mkraft@cchseast.org
The President
presides over all OHSLA meetings
and serves as official
spokesperson of the group. The
President, with approval of the
Executive Committee, appoints
committee chairs and members, the
editor of OHSLA Voice, and
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Michelle Kraft is the medical librarian at
South Pointe Hospital, an
osteopathic hospital in the Cleveland area.
Previously, she was the
electronic resources librarian at the Cleveland Clinic
Alumni Library. She
received her MLS from the University of Missouri-Columbia
and is member of
the Academy of Health Information Professionals, MLA, and
the Medical
Library Association of Northeast Ohio. Her research
interests are library
technology and user education.
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Marlene is currently the
Director of the Mulford Health Science Library on the
Health Science Campus at the University of Toledo
(formerly the Medical College/University of Ohio).
Upon receiving her professional degree in 1979 at Emory
University in Atlanta, Georgia, she came to Ohio and has
since worked in several types of libraries throughout
the state. She has been an active participant in
OhioLINK (Chair of User Services Committee 1996-1998, as
well as numerous other subcommittees and taskforces),
OHSLA (Secretary, 2000-2004), Midwest Chapter/MLA
(Treasurer, 2006 – Present; Co-Chair 2009 Annual
Meeting) and the Medical Library Association (Public
Services Section Chair, 2004-2005; Continuing Education
Committee, 2002-2005; Bylaws Committee, 2006 –
Present). She is also on the editorial board of the
Journal of Electronic
Resources in Medical Libraries (2006 -
Present) and an associate editor of the
Biomedical Digital
Libraries (2004 - Present).
Though her husband has helped her become a Buckeye, her
heart still remains with the Nittany Lions in
Pennsylvania where she resided the first 25 years of her
life.
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President Elect
Marlene Porter
Mulford Health Sciences Library
University of Toledo Health Sciences Campus
3000 Arlington Ave Mail Stop #1061
Toledo, OH 43614-2598
PH: 419-383-4220
FAX: 419-383-6146
marlene.porter@utoledo.edu
The President Elect presides in the absence of
the President and serves as Chair of the
Program and Continuing Education Committee.
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Ximena
Chrisagis is a reference and instruction librarian at the Fordham
Health Sciences Library at Wright State University.
Her collection development responsibilities include nursing
and anatomy. She
earned her M.S. in Library and Information Science from the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
She began her career at Wright State University as Library
Resident in 1996 and was appointed to her current position as
Health Sciences Librarian in 1998.
In June 2003, she completed her M.A. in Public History at
Wright State. Ximena
was named OHSLA Communications Committee Chair in Spring 2002.
In addition to her OHSLA membership, she holds memberships
in MLA, Midwest Chapter MLA, the Ohio Academy of Medical History,
and the Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO). |
Past President
Ximena Chrisagis
Fordham Health Sciences Library
Wright State University
125A Medical Sciences Building
Dayton, OH 45435
voice: 937/775-3837
fax: 937/775-2232
ximena.chrisagis@wright.edu
The Past President serves as Chair
of the
Nominations/Elections Committee.
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Treasurer
Susi Miller
DJ Vincent Medical Library
Riverside Methodist Hospital
3535 Olentangy River Rd
Columbus, OH 43214-3998
PH: 614-566-5230
FAX: 614-566-6949
smiller5@ohiohealth.com
The Treasurer is responsible for receipt and
disbursement of all funds, and submits a written
financial report at each meeting. The Treasurer
also maintains the official membership list and
serves as Chair of the
Membership Committee.
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Susi Miller is the director of the
D.J. Vincent Medical Library at Riverside Methodist
Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She received her MLIS from
Kent State University in 2003. Past library positions
held include Library Assistant at Vorys, Sater, Seymour
& Pease, LLP in Columbus and Library Supervisor &
Cataloger at Riverside. Susi currently serves as the
Networking Coordinator for COHSLA, the Central Ohio
Health Sciences Library Association, and is a member of
the Medical Library Association and the Midwest Medical
Library Association. Susi holds a BA in History from the
Ohio State University and was also enrolled in the
Graduate Entry program at the Ohio State University’s
College of Nursing for two years prior to transferring
to Kent State’s School of Library & Information
Science. Her research interests include nursing and
business/management. Susi lives in Columbus with her
husband Scott, who is also a librarian, and their
3-year-old daughter, Zoey.
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Secretary
Carol Powell
Prior Health Sciences Library
The Ohio State University
376 W 10th Ave
Columbus, OH 43210
voice: 614-292-4871
fax: 614-292-5717
carol.powell@osumc.edu
The Secretary records minutes of all OHSLA
meetings and prepares minutes for distribution by
the
Communications Committee.
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The Secretary records minutes of all OHSLA
meetings and prepares minutes for distribution by
the
Communications Committee.
Carol is the Instruction Librarian at the
Ohio State University Health Sciences Library. She
received her MLS from the University of Pittsburgh in
1981, and is a distinguished member of the Academy of
Health Information Professionals. Carol is past-president
and treasurer of the Mid-Ohio Health Sciences Library
Association, and served as the Registration Chairperson
for the 1996 MCMLA Annual Meeting in Columbus. Her
research interests include health sciences reference and
library instruction, and publication patterns of
librarians and nurses. She lives in Washington Court House
with her husband Duane and her two cats.
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Regional Advisory
Council Representative
Shirley Lewis
Brother Edmond
Drouin Library
Walsh University
2020 E Maple St
North Canton, OH 44720
PH: 330-490-7187
FAX: 330-490-7270
slewis@walsh.edu
The Regional Advisory Council Representative
serves as the communication link between OHSLA and
the
Regional Advisory Council (RAC) of the
Greater
Midwest Region of
National
Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM). The
RAC Representative is from a primary access
library within the State of Ohio and serves a
two-year term. |
Shirley is Assistant Librarian, Public Services
and
Instruction at Walsh University in North Canton, Ohio. A member of
the Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP) who serves on
the Ohio Academic Private Libraries (OPAL) User’s Advisory
Committee, she is also a member of the Medical Library Association
(MLA), the Midwest Chapter of MLA, and the Ohio Health Sciences
Library Association (OHSLA).
Shirley is institutional liaison for ALAO
(Academic Library Association of Ohio). She has also served as
President of the Washington Medical Librarians Association,
vice-chairman of the Pacific Northwest Medical Library Group and was
appointed to the Governor’s Washington Library Advisory Committee.
She earned an MLS from the University of Hawaii
with additional graduate work in human resources at Salve Regina
University, Newport, RI and a BSJ from Ohio University. She formerly
was a reference librarian at the Northeastern Ohio Universities
College of Medicine in Rootstown, Ohio, directed the Health
Information Network Services for Providence and General Hospitals in
Everett, Washington, worked at the Health Information Network of the
Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii and was the Health Sciences Librarian at
Regional Memorial Hospital in Brunswick, Maine. |
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Non-Voting Members
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Editor, OHSLA Voice
Marilyn Roe
Mansfield Hospital Medical Library
MedCentral Health System
335 Glessner Ave
Mansfield, OH 44903-2265
voice: 419-526-8515
fax: 419-526-8124
mroe@medcentral.org
The Editor also serves as
Chair of the
Communications Committee.
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Archivist Luz Sinha
Medical Library
Childrens Medical Ctr
One Childrens Plaza
Dayton, OH 45404
PH: 937-641-3307
FAX: 937-641-5409
Email:
sinhal@childrensdayton.org
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Listserv Coordinator
Shirley Lewis
Brother Edmond
Drouin Library
Walsh University
2020 E Maple St
North Canton, OH 44720
PH: 330-490-7187
FAX: 330-490-7270
slewis@walsh.edu
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Webmaster
Susan Wehmeyer
Fordham Health Sciences Library
Wright State University
125A Medical Sciences Building
Dayton, OH 45435
voice: 937/775-3565
fax: 937/775-2232
susan.wehmeyer@wright.edu
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