Aubrey Madler, MLS
Aubrey Madler is an information specialist for the Rural Assistance Center at the Center for Rural Health at the University of North Dakota (UND) School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Grand Forks.
The Rural Assistance Center (RAC) was established in 2002 as a rural health and human services "information portal" to help rural communities and other rural stakeholders access the full range of available programs, funding, and research that can enable them to provide quality health and human services to rural residents.
As an information specialist, Madler assists clients regarding the resources for their specific needs. She develops and maintains information guides on several topics regarding health and human services. Other duties include completing customized searches of databases for grant opportunities and research information, the collection of articles, reports, and data for the RAC webpage, and exhibiting at conferences.
Formerly, Madler worked at the Grand Forks Air Force Base Library as a Library Aide, Technician, and Interim Library Director. She provided reference and readers’ advisory services, bibliographic instruction, tours, collection development support, and performed cataloging tasks. She most recently worked as a Library Technician at the Northland Community & Technical College in East Grand Forks. There, she provided bibliographic instruction and reference services to students and faculty, and she performed document delivery and cataloging functions.
Madler was born and raised in Baker, Montana. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education with a minor in Library Science from Mayville State University. In August 2008 she graduated from Texas Woman’s University with a Master of Library Science degree.
Aubrey remains current in her field through memberships to the American Library Association, Association of College and Research Libraries, and the Mountain Plains Library Association.
Established in 1980, the Center for Rural Health is one of the nation's most experienced rural health organizations. It has developed a full complement of programs to assist researchers, educators, policymakers, health care providers and, most importantly, rural residents to address changing rural environments by identifying and researching rural health issues, analyzing health policy, strengthening local capabilities, developing community-based alternatives, and advocating for rural concerns.
Projects
- Rural Assistance Center -- The Rural Assistance Center (RAC) is a national rural health and human services information portal.
Publications
- The Rural Assistance Center: Free Resources at Your Fingertips, Madler, A., Gabriel, H., McEllistrem-Evenson, A., & Spencer, K., The Good Stuff: Official Magazine of the North Dakota Library Association, 39 (2)26-27. 2009
Presentations
- The Rural Assistance Center: An Overview
Presented by Madler, A. on
Oct 27,
2009 at the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Greater Midwest Region webconference.
