About 2024 HSL Milestones and Accomplishments

Our People

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At the HSL, our people are behind everything that we do. We value collaborations and partnerships, inclusion and respect of diverse perspectives and expertise, equitable and ethical access to resources, innovative thinking and experimentation, and accountability and stewardship of our resources.

Cross-departmental Recognition

HSL Marketing Pieces Receive ALA PRXchange Awards

The HSL is proud to share that two of our marketing pieces received American Library Association (ALA) PR Xchange awards. PR Xchange recognizes library marketing deliverables that demonstrate exceptional creativity and innovation. Winners were selected from more than 334 print and digital entries by a jury of 25 virtual judges. All entries were invited to display materials in the PR Xchange hall at the ALA conference in San Diego in June 2024.

The HSL submitted four entries for consideration. The two pieces selected for awards were:

Ohio Medical University Scrapbook: A unique glimpse into the life of a medical student at OMU in the early 1900s (born-digital exhibit highlighting a medical history artifact, produced in collaboration with the Medical Heritage Center)
Buckeye Love Bug Elevator decorations (print graphics promoting a special event, produced in collaboration with Medical Visuals)

Courtney Fleming, Medical Visuals medical illustrator and graphic designer, attended the conference to accept the awards for the HSL.

Mark Aaron Polger (left), PRXchange committee co-chair, poses with Courtney Fleming as she accepts an ALA PRXchange award on behalf of the HSL

Read the PR Xchange Awards Announcement

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Individual Recognition

Missy Creed Honored as One of Ten 2025 ALA "I Love My Librarian" Award Recipients

The HSL’s consumer health librarian, Missy Creed, was named one of ten recipients of the 2025 American Library Association (ALA) “I Love My Librarian” Award. She was chosen from nearly 1,300 nominations for her tireless work in health outreach and education as the sole librarian for the HSL’s Library for Health Information (LHI).

Missy’s efforts allow her to bring critical health information to more than 1,000 members of the public at large annually through community health fairs, partnerships with Ohio State and Wexner Medical Center units and other similar opportunities, with an emphasis on traditionally underserved populations. Missy empowers people to start conversations with their health care providers and to make informed decisions about their health and care options.

MHC Curator Lisa Wood Accepted into Juice Academy 2025 Cohort

Lisa Wood was accepted into The State Library of Ohio’s Library Juice Academy Digital Curation Certificateprogram’s 2025 cohort, one of only 15 accepted individuals across the state. This program will enable her to learn more about digital curation and use the skills learned with the MHC’s collections.

Read the 2025 Cohort Announcement
Learn more about Juice Academy Certification

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Publications and Presentations

Publications

Badger, K., Biszaha, A., & Schulte, S. (2024). We Couldn’t Have Done It Alone: Reflections on Getting Started with Cross-Campus Service Coordination. College & Research Libraries News, 85(10), 439. https://doi.org/10.5860/crln.85.10.439

Cook, K., Mansfield, C., Summers, R., Biszaha, A., Alain, G., & Quatman-Yates, C. (2024). Physical Therapy Management of Dysmenorrhea-Associated Pelvic Pain in Adolescent and Young Adult Females: A Scoping Review. Journal of Women’s & Pelvic Health Physical Therapy, 48(2), 103–111. https://journals.lww.com/jwphpt/fulltext/2024/04000/physical_therapy_management_of.5.aspx

Landers,T., Schulte S.J. (2024) Promoting Your Work. In: Saver C, Ed. Anatomy of Writing for Publication for Nurses. 5th ed. Sigma Theta Tau International.

Sampson, M., Knupp, A., Chignolli, H., Dhakal, K., Bulkowski, K., Perdue, J., Warren, S., & Zellefrow, C. (2024). Strategies for incorporating evidence-based practice into nurse residency programs: A scoping review. Worldviews on evidence-based nursing, 21(4), 407–414. https://doi.org/10.1111/wvn.12720

Wiener, J. A. (2024). The Role of Special Collections in the Health Humanities—Privacy and Legal Considerations. In L. Cantwell-Jurkovic (Ed.), Intersections in healing: Academic libraries and the health humanities (pp. 49-60). Lantham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.

Wood, Lisa. (2024). Collections available for research at The Ohio State University Medical Heritage Center. The Watermark, Newsletter of the Librarians, Archivists & Museum Professionals in the History of the Health Sciences 47(4), 13-14. https://lamphhs.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Volume-47-Number-4-Fall-2024.pdf

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Presentations

Badger, K., & Biszaha, A. (2024, March 12-14). Into the Unknown: Seeking Perspectives from Non-Users [Conference presentation]. RDAP 2024 Summit, Online. https://osf.io/4nj5z

Biszaha, A. (2024, October 9-11). Exploring Clinician Expectations and Preferences of Library Subject Guides[Conference presentation]. Midwest Chapter/MLA 2024 Virtual Conference, Online. https://osf.io/d8tr4/

Dhakal, K. (2024, May 20). Librarian Contributions to Systematic Review Studies Published in Four Top Chaplaincy and Pastoral Care Journals: Preliminary Results [Conference poster]. Stronger Together: Medical Library Association Annual Conference, Portland, OR.

Eldredge, J., Dhakal, K., Throgmorton, K. (2024, May 20). Deciphering the Editorial Peer Review Process [Conference immersion session]. Stronger Together: Medical Library Association Annual Conference, Portland, OR.

Lipke, L., Kupsco, J., Schulte, S. (2024, May 21). An Exploration of Basic/Life Science Information Professionals: Educational Background, Liaison Roles, and Carnegie Classification [Conference Presentation]. Stronger Together: Medical Library Association Annual Conference, Portland, OR.

Long, B., Tuttle, B., Cortex, I., Smith, K., Marks, L., Fricke, S., Chelf, C., Reardon, E., Zeigen, L., Kneckt, M., Schulte, S. (2024, May 20). Case by Case: A Panel Discussion and Workshop on Developing Case Scenarios for Health Sciences Related Searching Demonstrations in Instruction [Conference immersion session]. Stronger Together: Medical Library Association Annual Conference, Portland, OR.

Pionke, JJ., Biszaha, A., Chrisagis, X., DeCaro, J., Feldman, J., Natal, G., Regan, M., Gilbert Redman, J.D., Shannon, C., Stumpff, J., & Westall, S. (2024, October 9-11). Accessibility Assessment of the Midwest Chapter of MLA [Conference poster]. Midwest Chapter/MLA 2024 Virtual Conference, Online. https://osf.io/c5s94/

Wiener, Judith A., & Gilliland, Ann T. (2024, September 25). Putting theory into practice: HIPAA, privacy laws and ethics for the real world of historical health sciences collections [Workshop]. Librarians, Archivists, and Museum Professionals in the History of the Health Sciences (LAMPHHS) Fall Workshop, Online.

Wiener, Judith A., & Rodgers, Kristin R. (2024, May 17). Rolling with the Surges: Lessons Learned in Inclusive Collecting During the Pandemic. [Conference Presentation]. The Society of Ohio Archivists Annual Conference, Columbus, OH.

Wiener, Judith A., & Freece, Debbie (2024, September 27). Celebrating Nursing History: Fuel for the Future [Poster Presentation]. 2024 American Nurses Association of Ohio, Dublin, OH.

Wood, Lisa. (2024, October 3). Have you tried it? Describing Born Digital Materials in Archival Finding Aids[Poster Presentation]. 2024 Ohio Digital Network ODNFest, State Library of Ohio, Columbus, OH https://ohiodigitalnetwork.org/odnfest-2024/

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