Rosenberg School of Optometry, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas
Dede Rios is the Director of Optometric & Clinical Library Services for the Rosenberg School of Optometry, University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, TX. She holds a Master of Science (Library) from the University of North Texas, and a PhD in Leadership in Higher Education from Capella University. She is a new senior member of the Academy of Health Information Professionals, and an active member of TLA, MLA, SCC/MLA, and AVSL.
New England College of Optometry, Boston, Massachusetts
Heather Edmonds is the Director of Library Services at the New England College of Optometry Library, where she has worked since 2007. She holds a MSLIS from Simmons College.
MCPHS University, Worcester, Massachusetts
Karen Alcorn has been a Reference and Instruction Librarian at MCPHS University (formerly the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences), in Worcester, MA, since 2011. Librarianship is her second career after spending over 20 years as a chemical technologist analyzing pharmaceutical products in Western New York. She graduated from the University at Buffalo in 2006 with her MLS. Karen has been a member of the Medical Library Association (MLA) and the Association of Vision Science Librarians (AVSL) since 2011. She was a co-author of the AVSL Standards for Vision Science Libraries: 2014 Revision published in the Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA). She has worked on keeping the optometry board review material lists current for the AVSL website and is an active member on the Vetted Journal List. Her areas of interest are Evidence-Based Practice, Health Information Literacy, and Embedded Librarianship.
University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center, John W. Henderson Library, Ann Arbor, Michigan
The leadership team includes two Co-Chairs, and a Secretary. The Co-Chairs and the Secretary hold office for two years. The current and last two Chairs serve as a committee to nominate the next Secretary/Chair-elect. The Secretary nominee is subject to approval by Association members.
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Last Updated: 4/29/20