Mahnaz Tehrani
Title: Medical Librarian
Department: College of Osteopathic Medicine/Medical Library
Campus: Long Island
Area(s) of Expertise: Health Sciences Databases, Information Literacy, Web 2.0 Instructional Technologies.
Education Credentials: M.S.L.I.S., M.S.I.T.
Joined New York Tech: 1998
Mahnaz A. Tehrani attended Queens College City University, where she earned an MSLIS (May 1999) with specialty in Health Sciences Librarianship. Later, she attended NYIT School of Education and received an M.S.I.T. (Master of Sciences in Instructional Technology/Trainer Track).
In her role as instructional technology librarian, she provides interlibrary loan and information services, including expert literature searching, techniques on navigating the world of online resources and publishing, to a range of professionals and students at NYITCOM and NYIT School of Health Professions. She also has developed online resources including Subject LibGuides, and library newsletter.
Tehrani has a desire to help and is sensitive to meeting the research needs of students and faculty. She is accessible by face-to-face consultation and online via LibChat. She is involved in local and national medical library organizations and serves on a number of library and medical committees.Membership and Committees
- NY-NJ Chapter of MLA Continuing Education Committee Co-Chair 2014–2015.
- NY-NJ Chapter of MLA Past Chair October 2014–October 2015
- NY-NJ Chapter of MLA Executive Board Member 2012–2014
- NY-NJ Chapter of MLA Government Relations Committee Co-Chair and Liaison 2006–2014
- NCLA (Nassau County Library Association) Health Services Committee Chair 2014–current
- Medical and Scientific Libraries of Long Island (MEDLI): President for two terms, 2011–2012 and 2007–2008
- Also served for MEDLI Membership Committee, and Nominating Committee of NY-NJ Chapter of MLA.
Research Interests
- Web 2.0 and medical education, emerging educational technologies, information literacy
Recent Projects and Research
- NN/LM Outreach to Consumers Award. Project Title: Parkinson's Disease Consumer Health Learning Center, November 2012 – April 2013
Publications
- "Through the Library Lens: Using Videocasts to Market Library Resources" poster presentation, Annual Meeting of Medical Library Association, May 17, 2011.
- "Parkinson's Disease Consumer Health Learning Service," presentation to Annual Meeting of Medical Library Association, May 20, 2014; also presented at the RML session, May 29, 2014.
Courses Taught at New York Tech
- EBM and PubMed
- PubMed Basics and PubMed Advanced