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Library director selected as 2008 Doe lecturer Thomas Basler, Ph.D., was selected as the 2008 Janet Doe Lecturer by the Medical Library Association. As director and professor for the libraries and learning resource centers, Basler was chosen based upon his unique perspective on the history and philosophy of medical librarianship. Basler will present his lecture at the association's annual meeting, a transcript of which will later be published in the Journal of the Medical Library Association.   At MUSC since 1991, Basler is responsible for education, research, patient care and service programs throughout the state and regional area. Established in 1840, the MUSC Library contains 220,000 volumes and receives more than 14,000 current periodical titles annually. With a budget of $4 million dollars and a staff of approximately 55 full-time, including 14 faculty, Basler helps to serve MUSC's 2,500 students and 3,000 faculty and staff. He was named Fellow of the Medical Library Association in May 2004, for sustained and outstanding contributions to health sciences librarianship.   “It's been a joy to be able to participate in the Medical Library Association for all these years,” Basler said. “I encourage the staff to participate whenever they can. Some of the people who have worked with me over the years contacted me when they learned I had been selected for the Doe Lectureship. They get some pleasure to see my honor, but they know I think of it as a group thing. It's nice, because I've learned a lot from them.”   The Janet Doe Lectureship was established in 1966 by an anonymous donation to support a lecture in honor of Janet Doe (1895-1985) former librarian of the New York Academy of Medicine, historical scholar, past president of the association, and editor of the first two editions of handbook of the Medical Library Practice.  Friday, March 23, 2007 Catalyst Online is published weekly, updated as needed and improved from time to time by the MUSC Office of Public Relations for the faculty, employees and students of the Medical University of South Carolina. Catalyst Online editor, Kim Draughn, can be reached at 792-4107 or by email, catalyst@musc.edu. Editorial copy can be submitted to Catalyst Online and to The Catalyst in print by fax, 792-6723, or by email to catalyst@musc.edu. To place an ad in The Catalyst hardcopy, call Island Publications at 849-1778, ext. 201.