Dr. Angela Ruffin Chosen to Head NLM's National Network
Office
Appointment Follows Decade of Outstanding
Service
Angela B. Ruffin, PhD, has been appointed the new Head, National
Network of Libraries of Medicine Office, in the Library Operations
division of the National Library of Medicine. 
Dr. Ruffin has ten years of successful experience coordinating
outreach programs for the NN/LM Office, starting with the first
round of Grateful Med outreach projects in 1990. For the past
several years, she has also played a key role in NLM's "Partners in
Information Access for Public Health Professionals" initiative.
Prior to joining the NLM staff, Ruffin taught at several schools
of library and information science and served as media coordinator
for the Durham (North Carolina) City Schools. Ruffin has a BA from
Spelman College, an MSLS from Clark-Atlanta University (formerly
Atlanta University), and an EdM in educational psychology from
Boston University. She received her PhD in Information and Library
Science from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
"Dr. Ruffin's experience in school librarianship and in graduate
education will be particularly valuable as the NN/LM expands its
interactions with community-based organizations," noted Betsy L.
Humphreys, NLM Associate Director for Library Operations. "Our goal
is to improve the public's access to health information, and no one
is better equipped to help us achieve it than Angela Ruffin. She
will also provide important leadership as NLM increases its efforts
to recruit a diverse talent pool into health sciences
librarianship." | 
