UNT Health Sciences Librarianship Fellowship Training Program

The Online Immersive Fellowship Training Program in Health Sciences Librarianship aims to address the shortage of health sciences librarians by providing specialized training to library and information sciences graduate students and early career librarians. Health sciences librarians play a crucial role in improving patient care, reducing healthcare costs, and assisting with decision-making by delivering quality health information to healthcare providers, researchers, patients, and consumers. Despite their importance, there are few educational opportunities for specialization in health sciences librarianship. The fellowship program seeks to fill this gap by offering robust training to develop the necessary competencies for effective practice in health-related settings. With a positive job outlook, this program is essential for preparing the next generation of health sciences librarians.

Principal Investigators

• Ana D. Cleveland, PhD, AHIP, FMLA, Regents Professor, Sarah Law Kennerly Endowed Professor, and Director, Health Informatics Program, College of Information, University of North Texas
• Jodi L. Philbrick, PhD, AHIP, Principal Lecturer, College of Information, University of North Texas

Graduate Research Assistant

• Julia Reyes, MS in Information Science student, College of Information, University of North Texas 

Advisory Board Members

• Daniel Burgard, MSLIS, Vice Provost, Scholarly Information Management and University Librarian, University of North Texas Health Science Center and Director, Network of the National Library of Medicine, Region 3 
• CJ Garcia, MLIS, Reference and Instruction Librarian, Creighton University Health Sciences Campus - Phoenix
• Andrea Harrow, MLIS, AHIP,  Senior Contract Librarian, Clinical Librarian, Norris Medical Library and Keck Medical Center of the University of Southern California
• Michelle Kraft, MLS, AHIP, FMLA, Director of Library Services, Cleveland Clinic
• Beverly Murphy, MLS, AHIP, FMLA, Assistant Director, Communications & Web Content, Duke University Medical Center Library & Archives
• Dede Rios, MS, PhD, AHIP, Director of Public Services, University of Incarnate Word Libraries
• Hayley Webre, PharmD, Pharmacist, Genoa Healthcare and MLIS student, The University of Alabama 

Content Experts

• Moises Auron, MD, FAAP, FACP, SFHM, FRCP (Lon), FRCPCH, Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University and Medical Director of Blood Management, Staff, Dept. of Hospital Medicine and Dept. of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Cleveland Clinic; President, Medical Staff, Cleveland Clinic
• Carrie Forbes, MLS, Liaison Librarian to the College of Nursing, Laupus Health Sciences Library, East Carolina University
• Stephen Gabrielson, MSLIS, Scholarly Communication Librarian, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Library System
• Shannon Jones, EdD, MEd, MLS, AHIP, FMLA, Director, Libraries and Learning Resource Centers, Medical University of South Carolina and Director, Network of the National Library of Medicine Region 2
• Molly Knapp, MA, AHIP, Training Development Manager, Network of the National Library of Medicine Training Office
• Teresa L. Knott, MLS, MPA, AHIP, FMLA, Associate Dean of Libraries and Director of the Health Sciences Library, VCU Libraries
• Michelle Kraft, MLS, AHIP, FMLA, Director of Library Services, Cleveland Clinic
• Heather J. Martin, MISt, AHIP, Director of System Library Services, Providence St. Joseph Health
• Sarah McClung, MIS, Head of Collection Development, University of California, San Francisco 
• Peace Ossom, MS, MLS, Director of Research Data Services, MIT Libraries

The UNT Health Sciences Librarianship fellowship training program will take place in Summer 2025.  Fellows will be immersed in an online nine-week training program that consists of weekly 1 to 1.5-hour live meetings via Zoom with lectures/activities; reading and discussion through Canvas; and three mentoring sessions with Advisory Board members. Fellows will also participate in an online resume and interview clinic following the summer fellowship training program as well as an online reunion and an annual informal gathering at MLA Annual Meetings.

Each fellow will receive a $2,600 stipend to participate in the program. 

Module Schedule

If you are a graduate student in library and information sciences program or a librarian with less than 3 years of professional practice and would like to learn more about health sciences librarianship, please apply. 

The application deadline is now closed. Thank you for your interest.