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Veterinary Specialty Boards Reading Lists, Washington State University

Compiled reading lists designed to assist veterinary residents with preparation for the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Recognized Specialty Veterinary Organizations (RSVOs) examinations.

LibGuides Launch Team

The original version of this guide was developed by the following team in 2010. Updates and additions are maintained locally as time, staffing, and access to reading lists allows.

  • Vicki F. Croft, AHIP, Professor Emerita, former Head, Animal Health Library, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
  • Heather K. Moberly1, AHIP, Professor and Coordinator of Veterinary Services, Medical Sciences Library; and Professor, Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (joint appointment), Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
  • Jessica R. Page, AHIP, Associate Professor and Head, Dr. Samuel and Marian Hodesson Veterinary Medicine Library, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
  • Ann Viera, Associate Professor and Veterinary Librarian, Pendergrass Agricultural and Veterinary Medicine Library, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.
  • Laura Rey1, Library Associate I, Medical Sciences Library, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.

Papers, Presentations, Posters and Webinars about original development of the guide

Moberly, Heather K., Jessica R. Page, Ann Viera, L.M. Rey. "Using the MLA VMLS Veterinary Specialty Board Reading Lists Templates in LibGuides 1 or 2 to Support Veterinary Boards Candidates." Webinar. NN/LM Greater Midwest Region Lake Effects, June 18, 2015.

Laura Rey,  Jessica Page, Heather Moberly, Ann Viera, “Designing and Creating Centralized and Sharable Reading Lists Using LibGuides Collaboratively, a Case Study,”  College & Research Libraries News. vol.76(9). p. 497-51. https://doi.org/10.5860/crln.76.9.9383

Jessica R. Page, Heather K. Moberly, Vicki F. Croft, Ann Viera, Laura M. Rey. "Inter-Institutional Sharing of Veterinary Specialty Boards Reading Lists Using LibGuides." Poster Session.  Midwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association, Peoria, IL, October,  2013.

Conference organizers approved submitting poster from Medical Library Association national meeting as submission to their peer-review process.

Page, Jessica R., Heather K. Moberly, Vicki F. Croft, Ann Viera, and Laura M. Rey.  “Inter-Institutional Sharing of Veterinary Specialty Boards Reading Lists Using LibGuides.”  Poster Session.  Medical Library Association, Boston, MA, May, 2013.

Page, Jessica R., Heather K. Moberly, Ann Viera, Vicki F. Croft.  “Using LibGuides for Collaborative Collection Development: Inter-Institutional Sharing of Specialty Boards Reading Lists.”  Poster Session.  Academic Showcase 2013, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, March, 2013.

Conference organizers approved submitting poster from 2012 United States Agricultural Information Network (USAIN) meeting as submission to their peer-review process.

Page, Jessica R., Heather K. Moberly, Ann Viera, Vicki F. Croft.  “Using LibGuides for Collaborative Collection Development: Inter-Institutional Sharing of Specialty Boards Reading Lists.”  Poster Session.  United States Agricultural Information Network (USAIN) Biennial Conference, Minneapolis, MN, May, 2012.

Page, Jessica R., Kristine Alpi, Heather K. Moberly, and Vicki F. Croft.  “Specialty Board Reading Lists as Selection Guides.”  Contributed Paper.  Medical Library Association, Minneapolis, MN, May, 2011

Moberly, Heather K., Kristine Alpi, Jessica R. Page, and Vicki F. Croft.  “Connecting Local Practitioners, Residents, and Alumni to the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Recognized Specialty Organization Examination Resources.”  Contributed Paper.  South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association, Austin, TX, October, 2010.

Croft, Vicki, and Heather K. Moberly.  “Tracking the AVMA Specialty Board Recommended Reading Lists.”  Poster Session.  10th International Congress of Medical Librarianship / 6th International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists (ICML / ICAHIS), Brisbane, Australia, August 31 - September 4, 2009.

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