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An interview with Rebecca Davis, Head Librarian, Blaisdell Medical Library, UC Davis Health System.

Rebecca Davis

Rebecca Davis

At an early stage of her life, Rebecca’s interest in libraries combined with her endless fascination with medical information started shaping her career. In junior high, she remembers, she had an opportunity to spend a day with a public librarian. She was interested in what was happening at the library, and surprised that the librarian did not look like the older, very severe-looking librarian at the library in her neighborhood. This librarian was Continue reading →

New Year

CarmenHuddlestonDear NCNMLG Members,

Happy New Year!  Summer marks the beginning of the new fiscal and membership year for NCNMLG.  Welcome to those of you who have joined for the first time, thank you for joining NCNMLG and adding to our growing number of members.  Thank you also to our returning members who continue to support the growth of medical librarianship in Northern California and Nevada.  Continue reading →

Sewell Stipend Calls for Applicants

Librarians with an interest in public health, make this the year you attend the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting.  Stipends funded by The Grace and Harold Sewell Memorial Fund for this purpose will be awarded to at least 11 librarians in 2013.  This year’s APHA meeting will take place in Boston, MA from November 2-6, 2013. Its theme is Think Global, Act Local: Best Practices Around the World. Continue reading →