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Fall 2016 Hypothesis 
 The Journal of the Research Section 

of the Medical Library Association 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  



   

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Volume 28, No 1 

Fall 2016 Hypothesis 
 The Journal of the Research Section 

of the Medical Library Association 

 
 
 

 

EDITORIAL 

Introducing the new Hypothesis 

Christine Marton……………………………………………4 

 

ORIGINAL RESEARCH  

An examination of research topics in the Journal of the 

Medical Library Association and the Bulletin of the 

Medical Library Association: quantifying the 

importance of research to medical librarians over time 
Christine Marton .............................................................6  

 

Customizing the iPad to Support a Clinical Fellowship 

 in Radiology: a Qualitative Study 

Antonio P. DeRosa and Delia M. Keating….…..……23 
 

RESEARCH SECTION NEWS  

MLA 2016 Annual Meeting Research Award Winners  

Sandra De Groote, Jennifer Lyon, Terry Henner, & 

Kim Powell ……………………………………………… 33  

MLA 2016 Annual Meeting Research Section 

Programs and Meetings 

Christine Marton and Marie Ascher………………...45 

 

 
 
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Editors 
 

 
Christine Marton, PhD 

Adjunct Instructor 
University of Toronto 
Faculty of Information 

christine.marton@utoronto.ca 
 

 
Erin Foster, MSLS 

Data Services Librarian 
Indiana University 

Ruth Lilly Medical Library 
erdfost@iu.edu 

 

Editorial Board 
 

 

Abby Adamczyk, MLS 
Drexel Libraries 

Liaison to the CoAS Departments  

of Biology, Chemistry, and BEES 

ALA99@drexel.edu 

 

Brooke L. Billman, MA 
Medical Librarian,  

Governance Services 

College of  

American Pathologists 

bbillma@cap.org 

 

Susan Fowler, MLS 
Washington University 

School of Medicine 

Systematic Review 

Services Coordinator 

fowler@wustl.edu 

 

 

Krystal Bullers, MLS 
USF Health 

Shimberg Health Sciences Library 

Emerging Technologies Librarian, 

Pharmacy Liaison 

kbullers@health.usf.edu 

 

 

Ayaba Logan, MLIS, MPH 
Research and Education 

Informationist 

MUSC Libraries 

Medical University of 

South Carolina 

loganay@musc.edu 

 

 

Carol Perryman, PhD 
Assistant Professor 

School of Library and 

Information Studies 

Texas Woman's University 

cperryman@twu.edu 

 

All Research Section board members, ex-officio 

 

  

mailto:christine.marton@utoronto.ca
mailto:erdfost@iu.edu
mailto:ALA99@drexel.edu
mailto:bbillma@cap.org
mailto:fowler@wustl.edu
mailto:loganay@musc.edu


   

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Research Section Officers and Chairs 2016-2017 

 
 

Chair 
Marie Ascher, MS, MPH, AHIP 

Lillian Hetrick Huber 

Endowed Director, 
Health Sciences Library 

New York Medical College 
Marie_Ascher@nymc.edu 

 
Chair-Elect/Program Chair 
Michelle Beth Bass, PhD, MSI 

Science Research  
Services Librarian 

University of Chicago Libraries - 
Science Libraries 

University of Chicago 
mbbass@uchicago.edu 

 
Immediate Past Chair 

Nominating Committee Chair 
Section Council Rep 

Emily Mazure, MSI 
Biomedical Research  

Liaison Librarian 
Duke University 

emily.mazure@duke.edu 
 

 
Secretary/Treasurer 

Tony Nguyen, MLIS, AHIP 
Technology and  

Communications Coordinator 
National Network of Libraries of 

Medicine SE/A Region 
 

 
Mentoring Co-Coordinator 
Maureen Clark, MHS, MLIS,  

AHIP, CHIS 
Library of the Health Science 

University of Illinois – Chicago 
 

 
Mentoring Co-Coordinator 

Jennifer Staley, MLIS 
Medical Librarian 

University Hospitals Rainbow 
Babies and Children's Hospital 

 
Community Manager 

Margaret Hoogland, MLS, AHIP 
Assistant Professor,  

Clinical Medical Librarian, Health 
Science Library 

Mulford Health Sciences Library 
University of Toledo 

 
Chair, Awards Committee 
Kimberly R. Powell, MLIS 

Life Sciences Informationist 
Woodruff Health Sciences  

Center Library 
Emory University 

 
Education Chair 

Martha F. Earl, MSLS, AHIP, CHIS 
Associate Professor 
Associate Director, 

Preston Medical Library 
University of Tennessee 

 
Membership Committee Chair 

Beatriz G. Varman, MLIS 
Liaison Librarian 

Houston Academy of Medicine-
Texas Medical Center Library 

 
Research Agenda Committee 
Chair, International Research 

Collaboration Chair 
Jonathan Eldredge, MLS, PhD, AHIP 

Evidence Based and Translational 
Science Collaboration Coordinator 

Health Science Library & 
Informatics Center 

University of New Mexico 
 

 
Strategic Planning  
Committee Chair 

Susan Lessick, MA, MLS, 
AHIP, FMLA 

Distinguished Librarian  
Librarian Emeritus  

University of California, Irvine 
 

mailto:mbbass@uchicago.edu


Editorial 

 

   

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Introducing the new Hypothesis 

Christine Marton 

 

It is my great pleasure to welcome you to a new issue of Hypothesis!  As the profession of health 

sciences librarianship continues to undertake new roles – informationist, data librarian, research 

librarian – among others, it becomes more embedded in the biological and health sciences. 

Working alongside clinicians, health sciences librarians are increasingly becoming researchers in 

their own right, both within their profession and within the professions in which they are embedded 

in their workplaces: universities, healthcare institutions, governments, and biopharma corporations. 

 

The new Hypothesis reflects this reality, both in the composition of the new editorial board and 

in the topics of the research articles presented in this issue. Like many of my MLA colleagues,          

I have a dual background in health sciences and library and information science. As an academic 

and a former high school science teacher, I have taught many courses over a twenty-year period. 

I have also been actively involved in research in several disciplines and have utilized several 

approaches (experimental, observational, and textual) with several types of study designs 

(quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods). The members of the editorial board share with 

me these characteristics  – they are both teachers and researchers. Beyond the classic and still 

vital librarian roles of collection development and management, preparation of library guides, 

hiring and managing staff, and liaising with department heads, health sciences librarians act as 

instructors by teaching clinicians and clinical students how to effectively search the journal 

literature and distinguish quality information sources from less reputable publications. Health 

sciences librarians act as researchers by performing literature reviews and co-authoring 

systematic reviews of the health sciences literature required by clinicians to write grant proposals 

and keep track of key findings in their fields. 

 

It is only appropriate that I take this opportunity to introduce my co-editor, Erin D. Foster, MSLS. 

Erin Foster is the newly appointed Data Services Librarian at Indiana University School of 

Medicine's Ruth Lilly Medical Library. She is a former National Library of Medicine Fellow where 

she spent time at the National Library of Medicine, on the National Institutes of Health campus 

in Bethesda MD, and Oregon Health & Science University in Portland OR. Erin received her 



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master’s in library science at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and worked as a 

graduate research assistant at the university's health sciences library.  She received her 

undergraduate degree at the University of California, Santa Cruz.  Her research interests 

include data curation and management practices within health sciences communities, the 

development of standards and technologies to enable public access to research, and the 

promotion of open science efforts. Erin Foster’s academic background and work experience 

exemplifies the new breed of health sciences librarian. Please welcome her onboard! 

 

The new Hypothesis editorial board also deserves a hearty welcome. I would like to introduce to 

you our hard working editorial board members, several of whom have been actively involved in 

reviewing the contributions to this issue. Listed in alphabetical order, they are: Abby Adamczyk, 

Brooke Billman, Krystal Bullers, Susan Fowler, Ayaba Logan, and Carol Perryman. Representing 

both the geographic range of the United States of America and the many roles undertaken by 

health sciences librarians and academics, they collectively offer a comprehensive knowledge 

base to this publication. I would also like to take the opportunity to thank the outgoing editorial 

board, who have contributed extensively to past issues of Hypothesis: Kristine Alpi, Leslie Behm, 

Ellen Detlefsen, and Jonathan Eldredge. As well, thanks are due to the outgoing editorial team of 

Brooke Billman and Emily Mazure for the 2015 issue of Hypothesis. 

 

In this issue of Hypothesis, two original research articles are presented. Both were reviewed twice 

by a minimum of three reviewers with the author names and institutional affiliations removed to 

minimize reviewer bias. The first article is a quantitative bibliometric study of research topics in 

the highest ranked health sciences librarianship journal – the Journal of the Medical Library 

Association, formerly known as the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association. The second article 

is a survey study of the use of iPad mini tablets pre-loaded with apps/resources/websites/tools 

by clinical fellows in the Breast Imaging Service (Department of Radiology) at the Memorial Sloan 

Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. As well, this issue features extensive coverage of the 

Research Award winners at MLA’16 in Toronto and the Research Section’s conference programs. 

I hope you find the content informative and are inspired to submit an article about your current 

research to Hypothesis. As Fall turns into Winter and the polar vortex approaches, we wish you 

joy and happiness for the holiday season. We look forward to your participation in making 

Hypothesis a success in 2017.


