Liaison to:

• Dermatology
• Pediatrics

Personal Librarian for students in:

• School of Medicine

As your Librarian, Lynn can:

• Serve as your single point of contact to all things library
• Tailor an instruction session for you or your group
• Receive your suggestions for new purchases – books, journals, databases, CAI, videos, and any other type of material
• Help you search for information in any of the Medical Library’s many databases
• Send you the ‘Medical Library News’ each month – highlighting new resources and information about the library’s programs to keep you up-to-date.

Contact Me for Assistance with:

• Electronic resources – how to use, what resource should I be using?
• Searching the literature – how to search MEDLINE more effectively using Ovid or PubMed?
• Evidence-based resources – what resources should I be aware of?
• Publication support and referral to a biomedical editor
  

Education

• MLS, Library Science, Southern Connecticut State University, 1985
• BA, Humanities, Providence College, 1977

Selected Professional Activities

• "Connecticut School Nurse Survey – Preliminary Results".  Paper presented at the National Association of School Nurses, Boston with Janene Batten and Jan Glover, June 2009.
• "Ringing in a New Service: The Library as a Partner in Publishing." Poster session presented at the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia with Holly Grossetta Nardini and Denise Hersey, May 2007.
• "Information Needs of Connecticut School Nurses: Assessment and Resource Implementation." National Library of Medicine (NN/LM-NER). Health Information Outreach Subcontract with Janene Batten, Jan Glover, and R. Kenny Marone.  2006.
• "Using the HELP (Hospital Elder Life Program) Bibliography."  Presented as part of the presentation The HELP Web Site:  Overview and Discussion at the 4th International Hospital Elder Life Program Conference, Westbrook, CT, March 2006.
• "Leaving the Labyrinth:  Partners in the Publication Process." Contributed paper presented at the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, Phoenix, May 2006, with Holly Grossetta Nardini and Denise Hersey.
• "Consumer Health Information Network"  Panel Discussion at the national forum on Best Practices in Health Information sponsored by the Libraries of the Future, New York, November 2004.
• "New Haven Health Information Center" Contributed paper presented at the Massachusetts Health Sciences Library Network (MAHSLIN) Annual Meeting, April 2002.
• "Utilizing Patron Trends to Target and Meet Patron Needs."  Poster presented at the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, May 2001, with Katie Bauer.
  “New Haven Health Information Center” National Library of Medicine (NN/LM-NER).  Health Information Outreach Subcontract with the New Haven Free Public Library.  2000.
• "Reference Statistics:  Rethinking Data Collection in the Electronic Age."  Poster presented at the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, May 2000, with Katie Bauer.
• Paietta A, Fryer RK, Sette, LH.  Access Services Staff:  the solution for evening and weekend reference service. Med Ref Serv Q. 1993 Summer; 12(2):35-43. 

Awards

• Best Research Poster Award - Honorable Mention. “Reference Statistics:  Rethinking Data Collection in the Electronic Age.”  Poster presented at the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, May 2000, with Katie Bauer.

Professional Memberships

• Academy of Health Information Professionals, 2009
• Connecticut Association of Health Sciences Libraries (CAHSL)
• Medical Library Association
• North Atlantic Health Science Libraries (NAHSL)