Mariana Lapidus

Mariana Lapidus, MSLIS

Reference Coordinator – Boston; Associate Professor

School

School of Arts and Sciences

Department

Library and Learning Resources

Office Location

Matricaria 2008

Boston

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

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American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy

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NAHSL

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ACRL/NEC

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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

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