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Fall/Winter 2017 Hypothesis 
 The Journal of the Research Section 

of the Medical Library Association 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  



   

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Volume 29, No 2 

Fall/Winter 2017 Hypothesis 
 The Journal of the Research Section 

of the Medical Library Association 

 
 

EDITORIAL 
What’s our story? ………………………..…………………... 4 

Carol L Perryman and Erin D Foster 
 

GUEST EDITORIAL 
Welcome from Research Section Chair .………………..... 6 

Michelle B Bass 

 

ORIGINAL ARTICLES 
Rising Stars Research Projects 2016-2017: Action 

Research to Improve MLA’s Communities ……….…... 8 

Gregg A Stevens, Tony Nguyen, Rachel C Lerner, and  

Phill Jo 
 

Art Show Paints a Collaborative Picture: Increasing 

Engagement in a Pharmacy and Health Sciences 

Library ……………………………………………………...... 21 

Rachel Stark, Mickel Paris, Ed Rogan, Mary-Kate Finnegan 

Dopkins, and Cassie Etter 

 

RESEARCH SECTION SPOTLIGHT 

“Librarian’s Role in Reproducibility of Research” 

2017 Symposium: Research Section Stipend Winner 

Reflection ........................................................................... 32 

Kimberly R Powell 
 

MLA 2017 Research Section Research Awards ……...... 39 
 

 

 
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Editors 
 

Erin D. Foster, MSLS 
Data Services Librarian 

Ruth Lilly Medical Library 
Indiana University School of Medicine  

        edfoster10@gmail.com 

 

Carol L. Perryman, PhD 
Associate Professor 

School of Library and Information Studies 
Texas Woman’s University 

cperryman@twu.edu 
 

Editorial Board 
 

Abby Adamczyk, MLIS 
Liaison Librarian for Medicine 

Drexel University Libraries 
ALA99@drexel.edu 

 

 

Krystal Bullers, MLS 

Emerging Technologies Librarian, 
Pharmacy Liaison 

Shimberg Health Sciences Library 
University of South Florida Health 

kbullers@health.usf.edu 

 

Ayaba Logan, MLIS, MPH 

Research and Education 
Informationist 
MUSC Libraries 

Medical University of South 
Carolina (MUSC) 

loganay@musc.edu 

Ex officio 
 

Michelle B. Bass, PhD, MSI, AHIP 
Research Section Chair, Section Council Alternate 

Representative 
Population Research Librarian 

Lane Medical Library 
Stanford University School of Medicine 

mbbass@stanford.edu 

 

Brooke L. Billman, MLIS 
Research Section Chair-Elect; Program Chair 

Medical Librarian 
College of American Pathologists 

bbillma@cap.org 
 

 

 

Marie Ascher, MS, MPH, AHIP 
Research Section 

Immediate Past Chair 
Nominating Committee Chair 

Section Council Rep 
Lillian Hetrick Huber Endowed Director 

Health Sciences Library 
New York Medical College 
Marie_Ascher@nymc.edu 

 

Margaret Hoogland, MLS, AHIP 
Research Section 

Community Manager 
Assistant Professor, 

Clinical Medical Librarian  
Health Science Library 

Mulford Health Sciences Library 
University of Toledo 

mahoogla@gmail.com 



 

   

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About the Publication 
Hypothesis (ISSN 1093-5665) is the official journal of the Research Section of the Medical 

Library Association. The journal is open access, and is indexed in CINAHL (Cumulative Index to 

Nursing and Allied Health Literature), LISS (Library and Information Science Source), and LISTA 

(Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts). Hypothesis is a peer-reviewed journal 

whose purpose is to provide Research Section and other MLA members with an outlet for 

research and research-related content: works in progress, announcements, and other related 

content. 

Submission Deadlines 

Hypothesis is published online twice per calendar year: Spring/Summer with a submission 

deadline of April 15 and Fall/Winter, with a submission deadline of July 15.  

Submission Criteria  
To submit an article or other item for consideration, contributors should ensure that the 

following criteria are met. We welcome inquiries about possible submissions.  

Reference Style 

Hypothesis follows the MLA Style Manual for references. Consult Citing Medicine: The NLM 

Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers, 2nd edition, for further information and 

examples.  

Hypothesis content types 

• Research papers -- peer reviewed 

• Programs and/or projects (non-research) -- peer reviewed 

• Other (e.g., announcements, letters to the editors) – reviewed by Editor(s) 

Peer review is based on how well submitted work follow evidence-based guidelines for 

research, which will be made available on the Research Section webpage. If you are a new 

researcher, you are encouraged to contact a research mentor through MLA (see Professional 

Development / Find or Become a Mentor, or http://www.mlanet.org/p/cm/ld/fid=45). 

Copyright 
All works in Hypothesis are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International 

license. Authors own copyright of their articles appearing in Hypothesis. Readers may copy 

articles without permission of the copyright owner(s), as long as the author(s) and the Medical 

Library Association are acknowledged in the copy and the copy is used for educational, not-for-

profit purposes. For any other use of articles, please contact the copyright owner(s).

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What’s our story? And how can you help tell it? 
 

Carol L. Perryman, PhD 
Co-editor, Hypothesis  

Associate Professor 
School of Library and Information Studies  
Texas Woman’s University  

Denton, TX 

Erin D. Foster, MSLS 
Co-editor, Hypothesis  

Data Services Librarian  

Ruth Lilly Medical Library  

Indiana University School  of Medicine  

Indianapolis, IN 
 

Perhaps the most important goal of a publication is to clearly state its purpose. It’s obvious in 

our journal’s subtitle, but Hypothesis exists to provide Research Section and other MLA 

members with an outlet for research and research-related content, including works in progress, 

announcements, and other related content. Are we a younger sibling to the Journal of the 

Medical Library Association (JMLA)? Perhaps so, but what does that mean for MLA Members 

doing research? We hope it means that you understand this is your publication, here to 

enhance our shared aims through conversations about all aspects of research. We’re here for 

research articles, but also for poster abstracts, articles about doing research (including failures, 

explorations of research methods, continuing education about research… and so much more). 

We’re here to celebrate successes and share funding opportunities, too. Consider this your 

invitation to join the Hypothesis conversation and help shape our future direction! 

To help with that, we are thrilled to announce a new submission process and platform, 

beginning immediately. You can now submit articles and other content using the Socious 

platform; this system is in beta so we appreciate your help (and patience!) testing it with your 

submissions: http://www.mlanet.org/e/sx/eid=70. We’ve also set up an evidence-based 

‘checklist’ for authors to use that should help you review your work before you upload it, which 

will be available soon on the Research Section webpage.  In addition to the new submission 

system, you may have noticed our updated publication information on page 3 of this issue. It 

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includes an expanded list of where Hypothesis is indexed, new submission deadlines for our 

biannual issues, our copyright statement, and more details on the types of content we accept 

plus the level of review they receive. This information will soon be listed on both public facing 

and members only pages of the Research Section’s webpages on the MLA website. Please do 

not hesitate to get in touch with questions about possible content or other issues at our new 

Hypothesis email address, mlarshypothesis@gmail.com.* 

So what’s our story this issue? Our content kicks off with a welcome from Michelle Bass, 

current Chair of the Research Section, in which she has a specific ask for Research Section 

members who have served in section leadership positions over the years. Our articles include 

project work by MLA’s Rising Star 2016-2017 cohort to, “provide MLA leadership and the 

Communities Task Force with actionable recommendations to support the changing needs of its 

members” as those needs relate to MLA Section & SIG memberships. This is followed by an 

article discussing the work of the University of the Pacific’s Rite Aid Information Commons to 

host an in-house art show made possible through partnership with their institution’s Thomas J. 

Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. From there, we move to Research Section news 

with Kimberly R. Powell – recipient of a Research Section stipend to attend the 2017 

“Librarian’s Role in Reproducibility of Research” Symposium – giving a wonderful summary of 

the symposium and highlighting key takeaways on reproducibility and transparency. We round 

out with a listing of Reseach Section members’ papers and posters that received awards at MLA 

2017 – congratulations to all first place, second place, and honorable mention recipients! 

Finally, what’s coming up content-wise for our Spring/Summer 2018 issue? Well, we need your 

help with that! Are you a hospital librarian? Or do you collaborate with hospital librarians? 

We’d love to have our first issue of 2018 focus on the great research and/or project work done 

in this area of medical librarianship. Have something you’d like to share? Send it our way using 

our shiny new (beta) system: http://www.mlanet.org/e/sx/eid=70. 

Until next time - cheers and happy new year! 

Carol & Erin 

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* Immeasurable thanks to Margaret Hoogland and Kate Corcoran for their input and hard work in updating 

webpages and setting up the submission site. We appreciate your help in making Hypothesis a better publication! 

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