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1. How did you become interested in medical librarianship? I fell into medical librarianship through my experiences as an undergraduate. I have been interested in the health sciences as a career option since high school. When I applied to college, I got accepted into the combined BS/PharmD accelerated program for aspiring Pharmacists. Even though I ultimately decided to switch majors, I still enjoyed the life and health sciences, and volunteered at my local VA hospital. At the same time, I was working as a student supervisor at the Science & Engineering Library at the University at Buffalo. Eventually I moved into the Health Sciences Library, where I was exposed to health sciences librarianship.
2. What is your current position? Health & Life Sciences Informationist at the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library of UCLA.
3. What do you enjoy most about your current position? I enjoy the wide variety of expertise and academic interests within the departments I serve. I also value being both a life sciences and health sciences information specialist. This has led to better understanding of the increasingly collaborative environment between the two academic disciplines.
4. What do you think is the most interesting or challenging issue in librarianship today? I think open access and scholarly communications are increasingly complex issues within not only the library, but the broader academy. This presents both an opportunity and a challenge for libraries and librarians; both from pure budgetary concern, to broader implications for the dissemination of science.
5. Please provide a link that made you think (an article, video, blog post, other webpage, etc. that you found to be interesting or thought-provoking): Tough, P. (2014). Who gets to graduate. The New York Times. http://nyti.ms/1gqD4Wa

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