The Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center's Liaison Librarian Service creates partnerships between the library and its constituents by pairing librarians with departments, centers, institutes, and programs at the Feinberg School of Medicine. The aim is to enhance communication, collaboration, and the effectiveness of the library in supporting the education, clinical, and research needs of Feinberg. Please see the Liaison Librarian Service description at the end of this page for further information.
Check the listing below to find your liaison. If your department isn't listed, contact GHSL-ref@northwestern.edu to be matched with a librarian who can assist you.
Departments
Feinberg Institutes & Centers
Institutes and Centers | Liaison |
Center for Bedside Medicine | Corinne Miller & Denise Nunes |
Center for Diabetes and Metabolism | Corinne Miller |
Center for Genetic Medicine (CGM) | Pamela Shaw |
Center for Human Immunobiology (CHI) | Corinne Miller & Denise Nunes |
Center for Regenerative Nanomedicine | Pamela Shaw |
Center for Reproductive Science | Molly Beestrum |
Comprehensive Transplant Center | Eileen Wafford |
Feinberg Neuroscience Institute | |
Asher Center for the Study and Treatment of Depressive Disorders | Annie Wescott |
Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment | Annie Wescott |
Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies | Pamela Shaw |
Center for Circadian and Sleep Medicine | Pamela Shaw |
Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience | Annie Wescott |
Center for Translational Pain Research | Annie Wescott |
Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease | Pamela Shaw |
Les Turner ALS Research and Patient Center at Northwestern Medicine | Pamela Shaw |
Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center | Pamela Shaw |
Center for Neurogenetics | Pamela Shaw |
The Heart Institutes | |
Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute | Corinne Miller & Denise Nunes |
Feinberg Cardiovascular & Renal Research Institute | Corinne Miller & Denise Nunes |
Center for Arrhythmia Research | Corinne Miller & Denise Nunes |
Center for Kidney Research and Therapeutics | Corinne Miller & Denise Nunes |
Center for Molecular Cardiology | Corinne Miller & Denise Nunes |
Center for Vascular and Developmental Biology | Corinne Miller & Denise Nunes |
Northwestern University George M. O'Brien Kidney Research Core Center (NU GoKidney) | Corinne Miller & Denise Nunes |
Institute for Augmented Intelligence in Medicine (I.AIM) | |
Center for Advanced Molecular Analysis | Pamela Shaw |
Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities | Molly Beestrum |
Center for Data Science and Informatics (CDSI) | Pamela Shaw |
Center for Collaborative AI in Healthcare | Pamela Shaw |
Center for Computational Imaging & Signal Analytics in Medicine | Pamela Shaw |
Center for Computational & Social Sciences in Health (COMPASS) | Pamela Shaw |
Center for Deep Phenotyping & Precision Therapeutics | Pamela Shaw |
Center for Medical Education in Data Science & Digital Health | Krystal Madkins |
Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM) | |
Buehler Center for Health Policy and Economics | Eileen Wafford |
Center for Applied Health Research on Aging | Corinne Miller |
Center for Behavior and Health | Annie Wescott |
Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities | Molly Beestrum |
Center for Community Health (CCH) | Eileen Wafford |
Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science | Annie Wescott |
Center for Education in Health Sciences | Krystal Madkins |
Center for Engineering and Health | Krystal Madkins |
Center for Epidemiology and Population Health (CEPH) | Eileen Wafford |
Center for Food Allergy and Asthma Research | Corinne Miller |
Center for Health Equity Transformation (CHET) | Eileen Wafford |
Center for Health Information Partnerships (CHIP) | Molly Beestrum |
Center for Health Services & Outcomes Research | Eileen Wafford |
Center for Patient-Centered Outcomes | Mark Berendsen |
Cardiac Surgery | Eileen Wafford |
Center for Primary Care Innovation | Corinne Miller |
Center for Translational Metabolism and Health | Corinne Miller |
Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing (ISGMH) | Corinne Miller |
Northwestern Quality Improvement, Research, & Education in Surgery (NQIRES) | Eileen Wafford |
Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (NUCATS) | |
Biostatistics Collaboration Center (BCC) | Pamela Shaw |
Center for Data Science and Informatics (CDSI) | Pamela Shaw |
Center for Clinical Research (CCR) | Molly Beestrum |
Center for Community Health (CCH) | Eileen Wafford |
Center for Education and Career Development (CECD) | Annie Wescott |
Center for Translational Innovation (CTI) | Annie Wescott |
Osher Center for Integrative Health | Eileen Wafford |
Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics (QSIB) | Pamela Shaw |
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University | Eileen Wafford |
Cancer Survivorship Institute (CSI) | Corinne Miller |
Center for Global Oncology | Eileen Wafford |
Malnati Brain Tumor Institute | Annie Wescott |
Northwestern Institute for Comparative Effectiveness Research (NICER) | Mark Berendsen |
Polsky Urologic Cancer Institute | Corinne Miller |
Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health | Eileen Wafford |
Shirley Ryan Ability Lab | Eileen Wafford |
Simpson Querrey Institute for Epigenetics | Pamela Shaw |
Simpson Querrey Lung Institute for Translational Science (SQLIFTS) | Corinne Miller & Denise Nunes |
Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute | Andrea Fawcett (Lurie Children's) |
Programs
About the Liaison Librarian Service
Liaison librarians have been designated as the primary contacts between the Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center and a department or center of Feinberg School of Medicine. The goal of the liaison service is to provide faculty, students, residents, fellows, and staff with the name of at least one person they can call upon as a starting point for assistance with or information about any library service or issue. Liaison librarians foster communication between the library and Feinberg's programs, and understand the information needs of their departments.
Liaison Librarians are:
- Well-informed about the library’s collections, services, policies, and resources, and skilled in interpreting and promoting these to faculty and students in their departments
- Knowledgeable of the subject matter and nature of the teaching and research conducted by the department
- Adept at working together with teaching faculty to ensure that relevant information access skills and tools are incorporated into academic programs
Your liaison librarian will:
- Actively foster communication with the assigned department or center
- Provide education services to inform and teach users in the departments how to use the library’s resources and find information
- Promote library services and resources to the departments and centers
- Inform library users how to access library resources and services
- Be a contact for collection development and requests for resources or services
- Participate in professional development activities to enhance skills and knowledge to support assigned departments
What your liaison librarian can do for your department
Communication
- Produce information guides on new services, collections, and research tools
- Prepare or update subject research Web guides
- Schedule regular on site visits, e.g. office or computer lab hours
- Write a feature or column for your departmental newsletter
- Send information packets to new faculty
- Meet with the Department Head, faculty and staff members to learn about current plans for your department or center and gather feedback on the library services
- Attend departmental meetings or other relevant gatherings
- Serve on a departmental committee
- Assist with departmental or center program, re-accreditation, or grant applications
Orientations, Instructional Sessions, and Demonstrations
- Schedule individual orientation meetings with new faculty
- Schedule library orientation sessions for new residents
- Create, review, and revise orientation or instruction programs
- Demonstrate relevant library resources and services
- Attend departmental events
- Survey and document your faculty research interests
Collection Development
- Create or update a collection development profile for library materials
- Perform a library collection review
- Get feedback on serial and book use and elicit suggestions for purchase
- Assist in evaluating and selecting materials for existing or future collections
Liaison Activities for the Curriculum
- Work with you to insure information literacy is fully incorporated into the your curriculum
- Establish a teaching partnership with a member of your department
- Teach a course or a course component in your department or program
- Establish a research partnership with a member of your department or program
- Develop or help develop a program that promotes active student centered learning
Updated: December 6, 2024