SDSU Library: Directory

Professional History

Health Sciences and Research Data Librarian, Associate Librarian, 2017—Present
Library , San Diego State University
Director, Research Data Management, 2013—2017
VCU Libraries, Virginia Commonwealth University
Research and Education Librarian, 2007—2013
Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University
Director/Web Developer/Consultant, 1992—2006
Library & Archives, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Education

Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford, 2016
Certificate in Biomedical Informatics, Oregon Health and Science University, 2012
MLIS, University of Western Ontario, 1986

Memberships

personal, —Present, Medical Library Association
Distinguished member, 2010—Present, Academy of Health Information Professionals

Grants

Training Health Sciences Students to Find Data for Local and Global Research and Service Projects, U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2022-2023, 14,685 USD
All of Us Data Training Through SDSU Library , Oak Ridge Associated Universities, 2023-2024, 44,500 USD

Journal Articles

Rebecca Mattson, Margaret Henderson & Savitri Singh Carlson (2025). Assessing Grief in Cancer Care: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies Using Psychometric Instruments, Healthcare. 10.3390/healthcare13141722 [journal-article]
(2022). Creating a more inclusive journal: the Journal of the Medical Library Association's evolving process for selecting editorial board members., Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA. 10.5195/jmla.2022.1430 [journal-article]
Margaret Henderson (2020). Why You Need Soft and Non-Technical Skills for Successful Data Librarianship, Journal of eScience Librarianship. 10.7191/jeslib.2020.1183 [journal-article]
Lisa Federer, Erin Diane Foster, Ann Glusker, Margaret Henderson, Kevin Read et al. (2020). The Medical Library Association Data Services Competency: a framework for data science and open science skills development, Journal of the Medical Library Association. 10.5195/jmla.2020.909 [journal-article]
Ryan Connor, Rodney Brister, Jan P. Buchmann, Ward Deboutte, Rob Edwards et al. (2019). NCBI’s Virus Discovery Hackathon: Engaging Research Communities to Identify Cloud Infrastructure Requirements, Genes. 10.3390/genes10090714 [journal-article]
(2018). How are we Measuring Up? Evaluating Research Data Services in Academic Libraries. , Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication. [journal-article]
Margaret Henderson (2017). Collaborating to Increase the Evidence Base in Library and Information Practice, Evidence Based Library and Information Practice. 10.18438/b8k951 [journal-article]
Kimmel, April D, Martin, Erika G, Galadima, Hadiza, Bono, Rose S, Tehrani, Ali Bonakdar et al. (2016). Clinical outcomes of HIV care delivery models in the US: a systematic review., AIDS care. 10.1080/09540121.2016.1178702 [journal-article]
Henderson, Margaret E. & Knott, Teresa L. (2015). Starting a Research Data Management Program Based in a University Library, Medical Reference Services Quarterly. 10.1080/02763869.2015.986783 [journal-article]
Brady, Kimberly, Brown, Roy, Johnson, Emily, Jones, Shannon, Henderson, Margaret E. et al. (2012). Profiles in Science for Science Librarians: John Bennett Fenn, Science & Technology Libraries. 10.1080/0194262X.2012.648085 [journal-article]
Lubker, Irene M., Henderson, Margaret E., Canevari, Catharine S. & Wright, Barbara A. (2010). Refocusing Reference Services Outside the Library Building: One Library's Experience, Medical Reference Services Quarterly. 10.1080/02763869.2010.494478 [journal-article]

Books & Chapters

(2016). Data Management:A Practical Guide for Librarians [book]
(2011). Regenerative medicine., The Medical Library Association's Master Guide to Authoritative Information Resources in Health Sciences [book-chapter]

Other Works

Margaret Henderson, Jeni Green, Destiny Akins & Michelle Liu (2024). Digital mind-body interventions to improve mental well-being in pregnant racial and ethnic minority women: A systematic review. , PROSPERO [other]
(2023). Training Health Sciences Students to Find Data for Local and Global Research and Service Projects, Open Science Framework. 10.17605/OSF.IO/VJXFY [online-resource]
Margaret Henderson (2018). Hackathon Support, Open Science Framework. 10.17605/osf.io/6gqe8 [other]
Digital Science, Kristin Briney, Margaret Henderson & Mariette Van Selm (2016). Webinar: Dealing with Data in a New Era of Research Data Management, Figshare. 10.6084/m9.figshare.3518474.v1 [other]
Margaret Henderson (2015). Collaborating to Improve Collaboration: Informationist Team Support for an Interdisciplinary Research Group., Figshare. 10.6084/m9.figshare.1480963 [data-set]

Margaret Henderson (she/her/hers)

Health Sciences and Research Data Services Librarian

Margaret Henderson (she/her/hers)

Health Sciences and Research Data Services Librarian

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