Marie T. Ascher, M.S., M.P.H.
Marie T. Ascher, M.S., M.P.H., is the Lillian Hetrick Huber Endowed Director of the Phillip Capozzi, M.D., Library. Previously, Ms. Ascher served as the associate director of user support, education and research services, until late 2014.
Ms. Ascher joined the College in 2001 as head of information services and was promoted to associate director responsible for the library’s reference, outreach, and instructional programs. During her tenure at NYMC she revamped the library’s liaison program, bringing many new opportunities to collaborate with academic departments and fostered new digital means of providing and measuring reference service. She is an experienced grant writer and was very engaged in the strategic planning for the library. Ms. Ascher has been heavily involved in the development and usability testing of the library’s website. She created and administered the library’s blog and LibGuides as well as established the library’s social media presence.
Education
- B.A., Art History and Sociology, Livingston College, Rutgers University
- M.S., Library and Information Studies from the College of Information Studies, Drexel University
- M.P.H., Hunter College, City University of New York
Honors and Awards
- 2013 Katy Nesbit Award for Exemplary Service to the Upstate New York and Ontario Chapter of the Medical Library Association
- Scholarship, Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries Leadership
Publications
- Boden C, Ascher MT, Eldredge JD, et. al. "Learning while doing: program evaluation of the Medical Library Association Systematic Review Project." Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA, 106(3), (2018) 284-293. doi: 10.5195/jmla.2018.286
- Eldredge JD, Ascher MT, Holmes HN, et. al. "An innovative model of evidence-based practice for other professions." Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA, 103(2), (2015) 100-2. doi: 10.3163/1536-5050.103.2.009
- Eldredge JD, Ascher MT, Holmes HN, et. al. "The new Medical Library Association research agenda: final results from a three-phase Delphi study." Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA, 100(3), (2012) 214-8. doi: 10.3163/1536-5050.100.3.012
- Rosario JA, Ascher MT, Cunningham DJ, et. al. "A study in usability: redesigning a health sciences library's mobile site." Medical reference services quarterly, 31(1), (2012) 1-13. doi: 10.1080/02763869.2012.641481
- Eldredge JD, Harris MR, Ascher MT, et. al. "Defining the Medical Library Association research agenda: methodology and final results from a consensus process." Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA, 97(3), (2009) 178-85. doi: 10.3163/1536-5050.97.3.006
- Rockoff ML, Cunningham DJ, Ascher MT, et. al. "Information outreach to a local public health department: a case study in collaboration." Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA, 95(3), (2007) 355-7.
- Ascher MT, Lougee-Heimer H, Cunningham DJ, et. al. "Approaching usability: a study of an academic health sciences library web site." Medical reference services quarterly, 26(2), (2007) 37-53.
Memberships and Affiliations
- Distinguished Member, Academy of Health Information Professionals Medical Library Association
