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 the webmaster.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.