Diana Almadar-Douglas, who worked in our
Interlibrary Loan Department while she was in library school, will be returning
to us for one year. Diana has spent the
last year as an NLM Associate Fellow, working at the National Library of
Medicine in Bethesda, MD. She is taking
advantage of their 2nd year internship program to work at AHSL. She will start with us on September 2nd.
From the NLM website:
Diana Almader-Douglas
University of Arizona, Tucson, 2011
Diana Almader-Douglas received her MA in
Information Resources and Library Science from the University of Arizona,
Tucson, in 2011. Ms. Almader-Douglas was awarded a Knowledge River Scholarship,
which focuses on educating information professionals on issues pertaining to
Latino and Native American populations. While completing her degree, she was
employed as a Graduate Assistant at the Arizona Health Sciences Library, where
she provided document delivery and reference services. During her program, she
also worked as a student affiliate at the Southern Arizona VA Health Care
System’s medical library, where she provided reference services and assisted
with collection development projects. Ms. Almader-Douglas earned a Master of
Arts degree in Counseling from Webster University in 1998. As a licensed
professional counselor, she assisted state-funded behavioral health recipients
throughout her career. Ms. Almader-Douglas’ undergraduate degree is from
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, where she majored in
psychology.
