This month's feature is David Bickford, MLGSCA's incoming President:
Title: Director
Institution: Arizona Health Sciences Library Phoenix, University of Arizona, Phoenix AZ
Brief description of what you do at your institution:
I lead a team providing library resources and services to health sciences students at two institutions sharing a campus, the University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University.
Why is MLGSCA important to you?
MLGSCA provides a middle level of optimal size. It's large enough to have the critical mass to be a viable organization with ample opportunity for involvement but small enough that a newcomer can quickly become involved and make a meaningful contribution.
Why did you become a librarian?
I worked in a library during college and found the environment, as well as the emerging technologies that were changing it, interesting.
What was your first library job or professional position?
Page/clerk in public library of the small town where I grew up.
What is your advice to someone new to medical librarianship?
Try to learn medical terminology as quickly as possible but don't be intimidated by it. It's okay to ask questions of colleagues and even clients.
What is something you have on your bucket list?
Travel to Australia to see the total solar eclipse in July 2028
What do you do in your spare time for fun, or to relax?
hiking, bicycling, reading, cooking, movies, going to see live music and theater
What is the best thing you have read/watched/listened to recently?
"The Stranger," the new film adaptation of Albert Camus' classic novel
