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Hospital Library Services Program Advisory Council

The Hospital Library Services Advisory Council guides the METRO Board of Trustees and staff to help us meet the needs of hospital libraries and other library organizations that focus on medical and health issues. The Council provides input on member support, budgeting and the Medical Information Services Program (MISP) allocation.

CHAIR
Racheline Hobousha
Librarian
Yeshiva University/Albert Einstein
 College of Medicine
D. Samuel Gottesman Library
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Bronx, NY 10461
TEL: (718) 430-3115
FAX: (718) 430-8795
EMAIL: habousha@aecom.yu.edu span>

MEMBERS
Marie Ascher
Head, Reference & Information Services
Health Sciences Library
New York Medical College
Basic Science Building
Valhalla, NY 10595
TEL: (914) 594-3168
FAX: (914) 594-3171
EMAIL: marie_ascher@nymc.edu

Carol Cave Davis
Director
Brookdale Hospital Medical Center
Schwartz Medical Library
Linden Boulevard & Rockaway Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11212
TEL: (718) 240-5312
FAX: (718) 240-5030
EMAIL: ccdavis@brookdale.edu

Lydia Friedman
Director
Degenshein Memorial Library
Maimonides Medical Center
4802 10th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11219
TEL: (718) 283-7406
FAX: (718) 283-7063
EMAIL: lfriedman@maimonidesmed.org

Tim Roberts
Librarian
Hospital for Special Surgery
Kim Barrett Memorial LIbrary
535 East 70th Street, R 863
New York, NY  10021
TEL: (212) 606-1210
FAX: (212) 774-2779
EMAIL: robertst@hss.edu

William Self
Director of Library Services
Lenox Hill Hospital
Health Sciences Library
100 E. 77th Street
New York, NY  10021
TEL:  (212) 434-2075
EMAIL: wself@lenoxhill.net

Helen Tannenbaum
Outreach and Communications Coordinator
National Network of Libraries of Medicine
Middle Atlantic Region
New York University Langone Medical Center
423 East 23rd Street, Floor 15 South
New York, NY  10010
TEL:  (212) 263-4176
EMAIL:  helen.tannenbaum@med.nyu.edu


METRO STAFF
Joan Napolitano
HLSP Manager
METRO
57 East 11th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10003
TEL: (516) 333-2489
EMAIL: jnapolitano@metro.org