About MLA
MLA Leaders

Associate Director, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Greater Midwest
Region, Library of the Health Sciences, University of Illinois-Chicago, 2002-
Previous Professional Positions (Last Fifteen Years)
Manager of library services, 1983-2002; manager of coordinated care (0.75
appointment), 1994-1997; Columbia Hospital, Milwaukee, WI.
MLA Official Activities (Last Fifteen Years)
National: member 1974-; Janet Doe Lectureship Jury: member 2007-2009,
chair 2008-2009; Task Force on Vital Pathways for Hospital Libraries: member
2006-; Task Force on the Information Specialist in Context: member 2003-2005;
Board of Directors: member 2001-2004, secretary 2002-2004; Task Force on Expert
Searching: chair 2001-2004; Benchmarking Implementation Task Force: member
2001-2003; Election Task Force: chair 1999; "Clinical Pathways" course:
instructor 1997-1998; Managing Editor of Books Search and Screen Committee:
member 1996; Nominating Committee: member 1996; Centennial Coordinating Committee:
member 1994-1999; Books Panel: member 1990-1994, chair 1993-1994. Section: History
of Health Sciences Section: member 1997-. Hospital Libraries Section: member
1975-; Information Technology Committee: member 2006-2007. Leadership and Management
Section: member 2002-. Consumer and Patient Health Information Section: member
1988-2003. Chapter: Midwest Chapter: member 1974-; 2001 Annual Meeting
Program Committee: chair 1999-2001; Executive Committee: member 1994-1996.
Other Professional Activities (Last Fifteen Years)
National Library of Medicine: Long Range Planning Panel 2: NLM Health Information
for Underserved and Diverse Populations in the 21st Century: member 2005-2006;
Special Emphasis Panel (Internet Access to Digital Libraries): chair 2002;
Special Emphasis Panel (Publication Grants): member 2000, chair 2001; Biomedical
Library Review Committee: member 1996-2000. National Network of Libraries of
Medicine, Greater Midwest Region: Regional Advisory Council: member 1999-2001;
Resource Sharing Committee: member 1999-2001. Journal of Hospital Librarianship:
Editorial Board: member 2001-. New England Journal of Medicine: Library Advisory
Board: member 2003-2004. Radiological Society of North America: Library Advisory
Board: member 2006-. Council of Wisconsin Libraries: member 1993-1997; Interloan
Committee: member 1996-1997; Electronic Reference Sources Committee: member
1995-1996; Executive Committee: member 1995-1996; Information Gateways Committee:
member 1994-1995. Wisconsin Health Sciences Library Association: president
1993-1994. Southeastern Wisconsin Health Science Library Consortium: presiding
officer/coordinator 2001-2003.
Professional Honors
Medical Library Association: Fellow, 2002-; 100 Most Notable, 1998; Janet
Doe Lectureship, 1990. Hospital Libraries Section: Leadership Award, 2003;
Publication Award, 2002. Wisconsin Health Science Library Association: Librarian
of the Year, 2001. Medical Informatics Marine Biological Laboratory/National
Library of Medicine Course, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA: Fellow,
1997. School of Library and Information Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee:
Notable Alumnus, 1991.
Education
MS, library science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1973; BS, education
(minors: mathematics, library science), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,
1970.
Publications (Last Five Years)
- Holst R, Funk CJ, Adams HS, Bandy M, Boss CM, Hill B, Joseph CB, Lett RK.
Vital pathways
for hospital librarians: present and future roles. J
Med Libr Assoc 2009 Oct; 97(4):285–92.
- Wilson D, Yowell S, Holst R. Take
ten: A ten-step approach to emergency preparedness and service continuity.
J Hosp Librarianship 2009; 9(2):139–46.
- Holst R, Funk CJ. State
of the art of expert searching: results of a Medical Library Association
survey. J Med Libr Assoc. 2005 Jan;93(1):45–52.
- Holst R, ed. Symposium
on expert searching. J Med Libr Assoc. 2005 Jan;93(1):41–115.