Midcontinental Chapter of the Medical Library Association

Research Committee

The Research Committee encourages and facilitates research activities within the Chapter.

We provide Research Resources, and we award the Best Paper and Poster Awards at each Annual Meeting.

We also handle the awarding of the Research Stipend for members of MCMLA.

In early 2010, the MCMLA Research Committee surveyed the membership to explore librarians’ experiences with conducting research and to identify research support needs within the region. Results were presented at MCMLA 2010 and included in the Fall 2010 MCMLA Express.

The majority of respondents had not been involved in research. Concerns were raised primarily around issues of time, funding, and specific research skills, such as research design and data collection and analysis.

Providing training classes and research tools were seen as desirable actions for the MCMLA Research Committee.

Current Membership

2024-2025

Angela Spencer, Chair (2026)
Peter Johnson, (2027)
Cynthia Schmidt (2025)
McKenzie Warren (2025)
Nancy Woelfl (2026)

Access committee documents on the Chapter Sharepoint site. You will be prompted to login as a Chapter member to obtain the link.

Past membership

2023-2024
Abbey Griffith, Co-Chair
Angela Spencer, Co-Chair
Cynthia Schmidt
McKenzie Warren
Nancy Woelfl

2022-2023
Abbey Griffith, Chair
John Bramble
Liz Kiscaden
Cynthia Schmidt
McKenzie Warren

2021-2022
Elizabeth Frakes - Chair
John Bramble
Heather Brown
Abbey Griffith
Liz Kiscaden

2020-2021

Emily Vardell - Chair

Elizabeth Frakes

Heather Brown

Abbey Griffith

John Bramble

2019-2020

Wladimir Labeikovsky - Chair

Emily Vardell - Vice-Chair

Liz Kellermeyer

Amy Suiter

2018-2019

Wladimir Labeikovsky - Chair

Liz Kellermeyer

Amy Suiter

Jennifer Lyon

Emily Vardell

2017-2018

Christi Piper - Chair

Melissa Rethlefsen

Amy Suiter

Liz Kellermeyer

Jennifer Lyon

Wladimir Labeikovsky

2016-2017
Christi Piper - Chair
Melissa Rethlefsen

Anne Heimann

Holly Hubenschmidt

Rebecca Carlson McCall

Kristen Sen

2015-2016
Melissa Rethlefsen - Chair

Peggy Cruse

Anne Heimann

Holly Hubenschmidt

Tobin Magle

Christi Piper

Kristen Sen

2014-2015
Timmi Johnson - Chair

Peggy Cruse

Anne Heimann

Assako Holyoke

Holly Hubenschmidt

Christi Piper

Melissa Rethlefsen

Kristin Sen

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