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GHSLA Fall Meeting

Agenda for the November 17th meeting:

  • Welcome at 10am
  • Presentations
    • Teaching Autonomy: Library Instruction in Pre-College Stem Initiatives – Melissa Deuber, Nursing and Research Impact Informationist, Emory University
    • LTIC (Library Technology Immersion Conference) 2025: What I learned and Next Steps – Melissa Deuber, Nursing and Research Impact Informationist, Emory University
    • Librarian Involvement in Dental & Oral Health Systematic Reviews – Emily Harris Dental Medicine & Cancer Librarian, Augusta University
    • Clinical Blogs: Connecting residents, faculty, & healthcare professionals with evidence via library resources  Rachel Perry, Clinical Informationist, John Nemeth, Clinical Informationist, Emory University.
    • Time for questions
  • Open roundtable on use of AI in professional and personal life.

Still time to register.  Please use this link to register.  Zoom links will be sent out prior to the meeting.  Open to all GHSLA members.  If you have not renewed your membership, please do so:  https://ghsla.org/membership/

We look forward to seeing everyone!

Long time member passes away

Kathy J. Torrente, who retired from the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library at Emory University in 2011, passed away on October 16, 2025.

She served as the Emory University’s Dental School Library Director prior to its closing and then became Head of Reference and Instructional Services of the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library under Miriam Libbey, Carol Burns, and then Sandra Franklin.  She was a long time member of GHSLA and an active member of both Southern Chapter and MLA.

She had a deep love of the Crimson Tide and the Atlanta Braves.  She was intelligent and had a quick wit.  Kathy was well respected by her colleagues and her staff; she will be remembered for her wonderful smile and kind heart.

Her obituary: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/boyertown-pa/kathryn-torrente-12560733

Call for papers/posters/presentations for GHSLA Fall Meeting


(Copilot)

With fall just around the corner I wanted to put out a call or papers/posters/presentations for our GHSLA fall meeting.  Please use this form to submit your presentation along with your contact information.  We will be holding this meeting via Zoom at a date to be determined after Southern Chapter/MLA.

We will also have an open forum on using AI either personally or professionally.  However, if there is something regarding AI you do want to share, please email me directly: John Nemeth, and you will be given a spot on the agenda.

Network Lunch Round up

Thanks to all who attended today’ session.  It was a very well attended event!  The following were presented at today’ session:

  • Shenita Peterson-Emory University:  Census of Public Health Librarianship within the United States (Poster presented at MLA ’25 with other authors from MLA’s PHHA Caucus (50th anniversary)
  • Emily Harris-Augusta University: Empowering Dental Faculty through Library Collaboration: A micro-credential program for research and publishing (Paper Presented with another author at MLA ’25)
  • Jeremy Kupsco-Emory University: An Exploration of Basic/Life Science Information Professionals: Educational background, liaison roles, and Carnegie Classification (Paper Presented at MLA ’24)
  • Hannah Rogers-Emory University: Community Harm Reduction: Library outreach and collaboration to help end the opioid epidemic (Poster presented with other Emory authors at MLA ’25)