It is with much appreciation that I thank Robin Naughton for her service as the Medical Heritage Library’s Vice-President from July 2020 through August of this year. Robin spent five years contributing to the work of MHL, four of them in leadership positions. (She was the MHL’s Secretary from 2018 to 2019.)
Robin initially represented the New York Academy of Medicine, bringing her expertise as the manager of its Digital Lab to bear on the MHL’s digitization projects, website re-design, and metadata clean-up efforts. In 2020, Robin transitioned to a new appointment as Assistant Professor, Web and Digital Services Librarian, for the Queens College Library (QCL), While Robin is no longer able to serve on the Board of Directors, her contributions will continue to influence how the MHL shares its digital content. She will be missed!
As a result of this change, it is with enthusiasm that I announce that Beth M. Lander, our current Treasurer and Managing Director, Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL), has been elected our new Vice-President, with Melissa Grafe, John R. Bumstead Librarian for Medical History, Head of the Medical Historical Library, Yale, stepping in as Treasurer. Melissa is no stranger to the operations of the MHL, having served as its first President from 2018 to 2020. I am also pleased to report that our current Secretary, UCSF Archivist Polina Ilieva, has agreed to run for Vice-President this June.
Please join me in thanking Robin, Beth, Melissa, and Polina!
Emily R. Novak Gustainis, MHL President