Paola Durando
Expertise
Distinguished Member, Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP)
Certified Trainer for HINARI (WHO program for developing countries’ access to biomedical and health literature)
Health Sciences Information Literacy
Evidence-Informed Practice
Access to Scholarly Information in Developing Countries
Education
M.L.S., University of British Columbia (1985)
B.A., University of British Columbia (1983)
Affiliations
- Team Member, Queen’s International Centre for the Advancement of Community-Based Rehabilitation Access to Education and Health for All Children and Youth with Disabilities (AHEAD) Project, 2012-17
- Team Member, Interprofessional Project on Disability, Maternal & Child Health (IPODMDH), 2012-13
- Canadian Health Libraries Association / Association des bibliotheques de la santé du Canada (CHLA/ABSC)
- Medical Library Association
- Ottawa Valley Health Libraries Association
- Queen's University Librarians & Archivists (QULA)
- Upstate New York & Ontario Chapter of the Medical Library Association (UNYOC)
Committees
- Chair, Scholarship Committee, Upstate New York & Ontario Chapter of the Medical Library Association, 2017
- Canadian Member-at-Large, Upstate New York & Ontario Chapter of the Medical Library Association, 2014-17
- Co-Chair, UNYOC/OVHLA 2012 Joint Conference
- Executive Member, Queen's University Faculty Association, 2010-12
- Poster Chair, Program Committee Member, Volunteer Coordinator, CHLA/ABSC 2010 Conference
Presentations
Berish, F., Durando, P., Halliday, S., & Ross-White, A. (2016, May). Snowed under: geospatial data literacy for health students. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Medical Library Association/Canadian Health Libraries Association/International Clinical Librarians, Toronto. http://hdl.handle.net/1974/14373
Durando, P., Maranda, S., Mosammat, M. (2015, June). Capacity-building in a Bangladeshi allied health library. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Canadian Health Libraries Association Annual Conference, Vancouver. http://hdl.handle.net/1974/15177
Durando, P. (2010, October). The librarian is in: consultations for formative assessment of students’ search strategies. Paper presented at the meeting of the Upstate New York & Ontario Chapter of the Medical Library Association, Syracuse, NY.
Maranda, S., Durando, P., Scott, L., & Thomas, M. (2008, August). In defense of librarian-mediated searching: a skill that supports evidence-based research and practice. Paper presented at the World Library & Information Congress: 75th International Federation of Library Associations & Institutions General Conference and Assembly, Quebec City. http://hdl.handle.net/1974/1235
Arellano, R., & Durando, P. (2007, October). Do heparin-bonded circuits reduce blood transfusion? How to identify and appraise the available evidence. Paper presented at the meeting of the Canadian Society of Clinical Perfusion, Quebec City.