Melissa De Santis, MLIS, AHIP

Melissa Desantis
Pronouns
she/her/hers
Job Title
Director
Office Phone
Contact me about
  • Library operations
  • Library policies
Education
MLIS, UCLA, 1995
BA, Psychology, UCLA, 1993
Achievements & Awards
President’s Award – Medical Library Association (MLA), 2019
Marla M. Graber Award - Colorado Council of Medical Librarians (CCML), 2017
Professional Organizations
Medical Library Association (MLA)
Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL)
Midcontinental Chapter of the Medical Library Association (MCMLA)
Colorado Council of Medical Librarians (CCML)
Selected papers, publications, & presentations
  • De Santis, M, Traditi, L, McHale, N.  Implementing a requirement for library staff to complete professional development related to diversity and inclusion.  Paper presented virtually at MLA 2020 on August 12, 2020.
  • Leadership in Motion Panel. Presenter at CALLI (Colorado Association of Libraries Leadership Institute) in Glenwood Springs, CO on June 6, 2019.
  • DeSantis, M, Hoffecker, L, Kuntzman, J, Stehle, D, Tamim, T, Traditi, L. To See or Not to See: Blinding Applications to Reduce Unconscious Bias. Lightning Talk at the CoALA Summit in Denver, CO on July 17, 2018.
  • Hobson-Rohrer, W, Aagaard, E, Corral, J, Richards, B, De Santis, M. Open Access in 2017: The Pros and Cons of Disseminating Outcomes of Educational Scholarship via Open Access journals.  Presentation at the AAMC Annual Meeting in Boston, MA on November 7, 2017.
  • De Santis, M, Houghton, V, Fontenelle, C. “If the Library Genie granted you three wishes, what would they be?”:  Results and lessons learned from an annual user feedback campaign. Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 2017, 36 (1): 9-18.