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Mary Edwards
MLIS

About Your Liaison
Background and Experience
Other Liaison Librarians

Liaison Librarian to:

Forensic Science Programs ~
    Forensic Toxicology (College of Veterinary Medicine)
    Forensic DNA & Serology (College of Pharmacy)
    Forensic Drug Chemistry (College of Pharmacy)

College of Medicine
    Cariovascular Medicine
    Gastroenterology
    Hematology and Oncology
    Infectious Diseases
    Internal Medicine
    Neuroscience
    Neurology
    Neurosurgery
    Surgery
    Urology

Other Programs
Office of Distance, Continuing, and
Executive Education (DCE)

See Mary Edwards' LibGuides! LibGuides are subject guides, course guides and other resources developed by your HSC Librarians!

Forensic Science-Related Tutorials & Resources

As your Liaison Librarian Mary can:

	Teach literature searching/library research skills to students as part of their credit classes
	Assist in the library's acquisition of databases, journals, videos and books in your discipline
	Conduct literature searches (including IACUC searches) for faculty and researchers
	Work individually with faculty/students/staff to identify, gain access to and efficiently use appropriate information resources

Mary's experience as a distance learning master's student provides unique insight to the challenges faced by HSC distance education students.

Since joining the HSC Libraries' faculty in 2004, Mary has focused on distance education, attending the Association of College and Research Libraries' meetings and serving on ACRL's Distance Learning Section committees.

If you have any questions about resources available for the liaison areas served by Mary, or you would like to integrate library instruction into your curriculum, please contact Mary Edwards at or e-mail her at

Why I Wanted to Become a Librarian

"I had been working in the library as a student assistant for three years while studying history and taking pre-med classes. At my end of the third-year evaluation, my supervisor told me if I decided not to study medicine I should seriously consider library science because I enjoyed my work immensely and seemed to have a knack for it. All summer I thought about what my supervisor said and decided that medical librarianship suited me better than the practice of medicine.

I just wish I made that decision before I took organic chemistry..."

Background and Experience

Education

BA, History ~ Mercer University
Master of Library and Information Science ~ University of South Florida

Selected Publications

Edwards, M. 2006. "Stand by Your Students: Confront the Textbook Pricing Crisis with Advocacy and Alternatives" a report of the DLS Program at ALA Annual Conference. DLS Newsletter, Fall 2006 16 (1) 11.

Selected Presentations

Inspiring High School Students to Select a Health Care Profession: A Collaborative Approach. Southern and Mid-Atlantic Chapters of the Medical Library Association 2006 Meeting, Atlanta, GA. (with L. Butson and E. Bushhousen).

Library Instruction for Distance Students: Learning from Past Experiences. Contributed presentation, Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association, Biloxi, MI, 24 October 2004 (with R. Jesano [presenter], N. Ferree, G. Hack, L.C. Butson, and N. Schaefer).

Creating a Distance Learning Logo to Market Library Services. Association of College and Research Libraries 12th National Conference, Minneapolis, MN, April 8, 2005. (with Linda C. Butson, Chris Youngblood and Ned Davis).

Selected Committees and Offices

American Library Association, Member, 2003 to present.

Association of College and Research Libraries, Member, 2004 to present.

Medical Library Association, Member, 2006 to present.

Southern Chapter, Medical Library Association, Member, 2006 to present.

Florida Health Science Library Association Member, 2000 to present.

American Library Association, Association of College and Research Libraries Division, Distance Learning Section, Communications Committee 2005-2009.

State University Libraries, Public Services Planning Committee, 2006 to present.

Off-Campus Library Services Conference Advisory Board, April 2006 to April 2008.

University of Florida, Distance Learning Council, 2004 to present.

University of Florida, IT Innovations Advisory Group, 2008 to present.

Selected Awards and Honors

Association of College and Research Libraries 12th National Conference Librarian Scholarship Recipient, April 2005.