John Gallagher, MLS

Liaison to:

Orthopedics and Rehabilitation

Personal Librarian to:

School of Medicine

Responsibilities:

  • Serve as your single point of contact to all things library
  • Tailor an instruction session for you or your group
  • Receive your suggestions for new purchases – books, journals, databases, CAI, videos, and any other type of material
  • Help you search for information in any of the Medical Library’s many databases
  • Send you the ‘Medical Library News’ each month – highlighting new resources and information about the library’s programs to keep you up-to-date.

Education:

  • NLM/AAHSL National Leadership Fellow 2012/2013
  • MLS, Information and Library Science, Southern Connecticut State University, 2004
  • BS, Management, Southern Connecticut State University, 1997
  • Teastais Naisuinte i Staidear Gno, RTC Galway, Ireland, 1988

Selected Publications:

Dollar D, Gallagher J, Glover J, Marone K, Crooker C.  Realizing what's essential: A case study on integrating electronic journal management into a print-centric technical services department. Journal of the Medical Library Association 2007; 95 (2): 147 –155. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1852630/

“Zen and the Art of Electronic Resource Management: Transforming Technical Services” Contributed paper presented at the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, Phoenix, May 2006, with Daniel Dollar, Regina Kenny Marone, John Gallagher, and Cynthia Crooker, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale School of Medicine.

Gallagher J, Bauer K, Dollar D. Evidence-based librarianship: Utilizing data from all available sources to make judicious print cancellation decisions. Library Collections, Acquisitions & Technical Services 29:2: 169-179

Professional Membership:

  • Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries
  • Medical Library Association
  • North Atlantic Health Sciences Libraries
  • Connecticut Association of Health Sciences Libraries

Current Committees:

  • YSM Curriculum Redesign Steering Committee
  • YSM Security Committee
  • YUL Library Management Committee
  • YUL Digital Initiatives Advisory Board
  • Medical Heritage Library Governance Committee