HSLIC News

HSLIC is excited to welcome Amy Weig-Pickering as the evening LIS III.  She works at the Service Point in the afternoons and evenings until closing.  Amy earned her MLS from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and has a BA in American Studies from SUNY at Buffalo.  She and her husband honeymooned in New Mexico and moved here after living in New York City.  She has worked in several local libraries as a youth services librarian and has Level I and II elementary school teaching certificates.  Amy started at UL in 2016 as an on-call LIS I and then LIS II.   We are excited to welcome her to the team.

While Amy was in graduate school, she was pregnant with her first child. The baby was due at the end of December, but she decided to come early. When Amy went into labor it was not difficult, so she decided to try and complete her final paper while in the beginning stages of labor. The labor progressed rather quickly, and the baby was born in the back seat of the car while on the way to the hospital during New York City rush hour traffic. Good news- the baby was fine and eventually the paper was completed.

 

HSLIC's Interlibrary loan staff will continue to accept and process ILL requests through December 20th of 2018. From December 21st, 2018 through January 1st , 2019 the Health Sciences Library staff will be on holiday break and unavailable to process ILL requests. The Health Sciences Library's Interlibrary loan services will resume on January 2nd, 2019. Please make sure to submit any upcoming requests at the earliest possible date in order to receive your requested materials before the winter break.

Got questions? We've got answers! Trying to get those citations in your final paper to look just right? Tearing your hair out in the process?  Come to this session on the free  Zotero software program to help you organize and cite references in your papers. It makes creating a bibliography incredibly easy!  APA? AMA? Whatever the style, Zotero can format it. So do yourself a favor,  make your life a little easier and come learn about Zotero.  

HSLIC is excited to welcome Tamara Wheeler as the new BioMIRTS Program Coordinator.  She will be focusing on grants management and administrative support, including the Biomedical Informatics Seminar Series.  Tamara is enjoying getting to know the UNM campus and exploring her passion for education.  She has a Master of Arts in Liberal Arts (MALA) from St. John’s College, and BA in Sociology and Anthropology from the College of Idaho.  Her professional background has focused on specialty court service coordination in the judiciary, both in Santa Fe and Albuquerque, and she is excited to transition into the health care realm.

A native of Santa Fe, Tamara enjoys spending time with her 3 dogs.  In her free time she hones her skills on the go kart track, and will soon make the 24-second club (http://www.abqkarting.com/).