Ellen Aaronson
As a Medical Librarian, Ellen Aaronson has provided technical and information services in a variety of settings from large university medical centers to small community hospitals.

Ellen received her MLS from the University of Southern California and went on to specialize in drug information services and clinical medicine. Working with Medical Library Consultants, Ellen has been successful in introducing and expanding library services in a number of community hospitals and serves as a clinical online search contractor for a major biotechnical/pharmaceutical firm.

Ellen is a Senior Member of the Academy of Health Information Professionals, and accredited by the Medical Library Association. She has held a variety of positions for the Medical Library Group of Southern California and Arizona, and is an active member of their Advisory Council.

Lucinda Allshouse
Lucinda is a graduate of UCLA's Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Her experience includes working at a variety of libraries, from small and large hospitals to psychiatric and University medical schools. Over the years she has specialized in reference, audiovisuals and consumer health.

Betsey S. Beamish
Betsey S. Beamish founded Medical Library Consultants in 1980, and served as President until 2001. Now a Senior Advisor, Betsey graduated from Duke University, obtained a Masters of Library Science Degree from UCLA, and worked for 16 years in the Louise Darling Biomedical Library at UCLA prior to founding Medical Library Consultants. Her positions at UCLA included serving as Director of Medlars and Information Services, then as Director of Training and Consulting Services for the Pacific Southwest Regional Medical Library Service. She has more than 35 years of experience in health sciences libraries and a broad knowledge about the health care environment and its current challenges and issues.

She has been active in the Medical Library Association, serving as president of the Hospital Library Section, as Credentialing Committee Liaison to the local MLA Chapter, and as a member of many committees, including the Hospital Library Standards Committee, and the National Program Committee. She has also been active in the Medical Library Group of Southern California and Arizona, serving as the elected Representative to the MLA Chapter Council, and as Chair of the Scholarship and Placement Committees. She is a Distinguished Member of the Academy of Health Information Professionals.

Fran Beattie
Fran Beattie is a librarian for Medical Library Consultants. She is responsible for managing and promoting the libraries' hard-copy and electronic information resources -providing recommendations for their purchase and training in their use. She also makes available librarian-mediated computer searches and copies of articles from both onsite and offsite resources.

Fran has graduate degrees from the University of Southern California in education and library science and is a member of the Academy of Health Information Professionals. She has worked with Kaiser-Permanente as their Management Librarian and as a medical librarian. In 1991, she joined Medical Library Consultants.


Betsey Miller
Betsey received her MLS from the University of Southern California in 1981. She was employed by St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach and as a Reference Librarian at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.

Betsey has worked for Medical Library Consultants since 1993. She is currently responsible for library services to 9 hospitals, including Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center, Verdugo Hills Hospital, Whittier Hospital Medical Center and The Motion Picture and Television Fund. Betsey is a member of the Medical Library Association.