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Lynn Sette, MLS

Liaison to:

  • Dermatology

  • Pediatrics

Personal Librarian for students in:

  • School of Medicine


Contact me at:

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.

About your librarian

I wear many hats in addition to my liaison responsibilities.  I teach classes and provide time for consultations.  I chair a marketing committee to ensure that faculty, staff and students of the Medical Center are aware of the resources and services the library offers for patient care, research and education.  I serve as the consumer health librarian for the library and have developed a consumer health collection and web site for questions from patients and consumers.  I also oversee a small bookshelf collection of consumer health materials at the Yale Health Plan.  I maintain many of the library publications including descriptions of the library in medical center publications.

Contact me for assistance with anything regarding the library:

  • Electronic resources – how to use, recommendations for new resources?
  • Searching the literature – how to search MEDLINE effectively using Ovid or PubMed, what database should I be using?
  • Evidence-based resources – what resources should I be aware of?
  • What about EndNote and RefWorks?
  • What is Quosa?

 

Background and Experience

Education

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

Selected Professional Activities

“Ringing in a New Service: The Library as a Partner in Publishing.” Poster session presented at the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, May 2007, with Holly Grossetta Nardini and Denise Hersey.

“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 presentedat 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

  • Connecticut Association of Health Sciences Libraries (CAHSL)
  • Medical Library Association
  • North Atlantic Health Science Libraries (NAHSL)