2016 TLA Conference

Librarians come in contact with a plethora of individuals, resources, and facilities of specialized scholarship and should never pass up the opportunities of the teaching library. So as a subject expert, I find people and let them use my expertise. As the Medical Librarian at the VA Medical Center San Diego, I implemented the Medical Library Lunch & Learn Lecture series for hospital staff to learn about the high-impact, patient-centered, and evidence-based research in areas of medicine and medical sub-specialties performed by VA clinicians with faculty appointments at the University of California, San Diego. As the Electronic Resources Librarian at the United States Air Force Academy, I collaborated with history, political science, law and behavioral science faculty; the local Colorado Springs Diversity Forum; Pikes Peak Library and Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum to create exhibits that extended the dialogue outside of the classroom and into the library.