Mariana Lapidus, MSLIS
Reference Coordinator – Boston; Associate Professor
School
School of Arts and Sciences
Department
Library and Learning Resources
Office Location
Matricaria 2008
Boston
Office Phone Office Phone: 617.732.2246
About
Mariana Lapidus has been working at MCPHS since 2001 and is currently a reference coordinator of the Boston campus library. Mariana has over 25 years of experience working at academic and medical libraries in the United States and Russia. As a liaison to the School of Pharmacy and the Forsyth Dental School at MCPHS, Mariana is actively involved in teaching required and elective information literacy courses for pharmacy and dental hygiene students. Her research interests include bibliographic instruction in higher education, drug information searching and evaluation, complementary, and alternative medicine information resources. Mariana has been published extensively in professional academic journals and presented multiple posters at international meetings.
Education
- 1998- 2001 MSLIS, Simmons College, Boston, MA
- 1980- 1984 BA in Library Science, Academy of Culture, St. Petersburg, Russia
Research Interests
- Information literacy Teaching and instruction Reference services
- Library services assessment
- Drug information resources and online pharmacy resources Complementary and alternative medicine
- Literature searching
Featured Affiliations
Medical Library Association: member.
LinkAmerican Association of Colleges of Pharmacy: member. NAHSL: member.
LinkACRL/NEC: member.
LinkEducation
- 1998- 2001 MSLIS, Simmons College, Boston, MA
- 1980- 1984 BA in Library Science, Academy of Culture, St. Petersburg, Russia
Research Interests
- Information literacy Teaching and instruction Reference services
- Library services assessment
- Drug information resources and online pharmacy resources Complementary and alternative medicine
- Literature searching
Publications
- Lapidus M. (2022). Reinventing Virtual Reference Services during a Period of Crisis: Decisions that Help Us Move Forward. Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 41(1), 41–53. DOI: 10.1080/02763869.2022.2021033
- Lapidus, M., Bond, I., Wentz, E.E., King, S., & Mahnken, S.S. (2020). Measuring the quality of reference services provided by paraprofessionals at an academic library. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 46, 102198. DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2020.102198
- Lapidus, M. Not All Library Analytics are Created Equal: LibAnswers to the Rescue!, Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 2019; 38:1, 41- 55, DOI: 10.1080/02763869.2019.1548892
- Lapidus, M. and King, S.B. Leisure Activities and Personality Traits of Medical Librarians, The Reference Librarian, 2019; 60:1, 1- 13, DOI: 10.1080/02763877.2018.1522525
- King, S.B & Lapidus, M. Metropolis Revisited: The Evolving Role of Librarians in Informatics Education for the Health Professions. Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA. 2015;103(1):14-18.
- Lapidus, M. and Dryankova-Bond, I. Free Drug Information Resources on the Internet. Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet. 2014; 18(4):367-376.
- Lapidus, M, McCord, S.K, Kostka-Rokosz, M.D, McCloskey. W.W. Combined Use Of Online Tutorials and Hands-on Group Exercises in Bibliographic Instruction for Pharmacy Students. Medical Reference Services Quarterly 2012; 15 (4).
- Lapidus, M, Kostka-Rokos,z M,D, Dvorkin-Camiel, L. Librarian-Lead Tutorial for Enhancement of Pharmacy Students' Information-Searching Skills in Advanced Experiential Rotations. Medical Reference Services Quarterly 2009; 28 (4): 351-362.
- Lapidus M, and Bond, I. Virtual Reference: Chat With Us! Medical Reference Services Quarterly 2009; 28 (2): 133-142.
- Lapidus, M, and Bond, I. Evaluation of the Four Most-used Alternative Medicine Databases to Answer Common Herbal Information Questions. Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries 2008; 5(4): 338-345.
- Lapidus, M. Educating Student Pharmacists about Herbal Medicines: Faculty-Librarian Collaboration. Health Information and Libraries Journal 2007; 24: 267-273.
- Lapidus, M. Library Services for Pharmacy and Health Sciences Students: Results of a Survey. The Journal of Academic Librarianship 2003; 29(4): 237-244.
- Lapidus, M. Dietary Supplement Resources: MLA News Internet Resources Column. MLA News 2007; 400: 10.
- Lapidus, M. Homeopathy: MLA News Internet Resources Column. MLA News 2004; 362: 8.
- Lapidus, M. Pathophysiology Image Collection on the Web: MLA News Internet resources Column. MLA News 2002; 349: 10.