President

Bette Sydelko
Wright State University Libraries
3640 Colonel Glenn Highway
Dayton, Ohio  45435

PH:  (937) 775-3840
bette.sydelko@wright.edu

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.

Bette is Coordinator of Assessment and Outreach Services and Clinical Medicine Librarian for the University Libraries at Wright State University. For the previous 16 years she held several positions at the Wright State University Fordham Health Sciences Library, including reference librarian, outreach librarian and head of the reference and instruction services department.  Bette began her career as a circuit librarian at the Guthrie Healthcare System in Sayre, Pennsylvania.

She earned her M.S.L.S. from the University of Illinois School of Library and Information Science and also has a Master's in Education from Wright State.  While in library school she worked as a graduate assistant, honing her reference skills at the health sciences library and the agricultural sciences library. 

In 1994 when O.H.I.O. (Ohio Health Information Organization) and the State Council of Ohio Health combined to form OHSLA, Bette was one of the Charter members along with a few other currently active members of OHSLA.  She has been an officer in OHSLA twice before, serving as both Secretary and Treasurer. Current professional responsibilities include: Co-Chair of the Midwest Chapter/MLA annual meeting in Ohio for 2009 and member of the MLA Credentialing Committee.  Bette is also active on the OhioLINK User Services Committee, where she is the health sciences representative to the committee and participates on the WebRef Subcommittee. In addition to these service positions, Bette has been a selector for Doody's Core Titles for Health Sciences since it started in 2004 and also has written numerous book reviews for ESTREAMS, an electronic book review publication from Yankee Book Peddlar. She is a Distinguished member of the Academy of Health Information Professionals.

President Elect

This position is currently vacant due to the resignation of the 2009/2010 President.

The President Elect presides in the absence of the President and serves as Chair of the Program and Continuing Education Committee.
 

Past President

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 Past President serves as Chair of the Nominations and Elections Committee.

Treasurer

Jodith Janes
Alumni Library
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland OH  44195
voice:  (216) 445-7335
fax:  (216) 444-0271
janesj@ccf.org
 

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.

Fern has worked in Health Sciences Libraries for over 30 years. She was in hospital libraries for 27 years, first at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, MI and at all 3 of the Mount Carmel Health Libraries here in Columbus. Currently, she is assistant professor and research librarian at the Prior Health Sciences Library at The Ohio State University. As the research librarian, she works with researchers offering her expert searching skills and sits on one of the Institutional Review Boards. She also participates in teaching and research.  

Fern has been active in COHSLA, serving as President in 2000, OHSLA, as one of the charter members, Midwest Chapter of MLA, serving as the Exhibits chair when the conference was hosted in Columbus in 1996. Fern also served a term as secretary in the O.H.I.O, one of the two regional organizations that merged to form OHSLA. She has also been a member of MLA since 1975.

Secretary

Fern Cheek
Prior Health Sciences Library
The Ohio State University
376 W 10th Ave
Columbus, OH  43210
voice:  614-688-4505
fax:  614-292-5717
fern.cheek@osumc.edu

The Secretary records minutes of all OHSLA meetings and prepares minutes for distribution by the Communications Committee.

Regional Advisory Council Representative

Michael McGraw
Cleveland Health Sciences Library
Case Western Reserve University
10900 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH  44106
PH:  216-368-1396
FAX: 
michael.mcgraw@case.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.