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Cynthia Crooker, MA, MLS

Liaison to:

  • Ophthalmology & Visual Science


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As your Librarian, Cindy 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.

About your librarian

Cindy is the Associate Head of the Collection Development & Management Department. This department orders print and electronic materials (books, journals, databases), receives & catalogs them, manages them, and pays the invoices.

Cindy also coordinates collection development for print materials and serves on the committee which selects electronic resources for the library.

Contact me for assistance with:

  • Library statistics for accreditation committees
  • Requests for the library to purchase new materials
  • Vitae support letters for immigration

Education

  • MLS, Library Science, Simmons College, 1985
  • MA, English, University of Delaware, 1979
  • BA, magna cum laude, English, Connecticut College, 1975

Medical Library Committees

  • Liaisons Group
  • Managers Group
  • Medical Electronic Resources Coordination & Issues (MERCI)

Yale Library System Committees

  • Acquisitions Services Group
  • Collection Development Council

Selected Publications

Dollar D, Gallagher J, Glover J, Marone K, Crooker C, Realizing what’s essential: a case study on integrting electronic journal management into a print-centric technical services department. Journal of the Medical Library Association 2007, 95 (2), 147–155.
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1852630/

Professional Memberships

  • American Library Association
  • North Atlantic Health Science Libraries