Laura Townsend Kane Author & Editor

Laura Townsend Kane is the Assistant Director for Information Services at the University of South Carolina’s School of Medicine (SOM) Library in Columbia, South Carolina. Kane is co-author of Answers to the Health Questions People Ask in Libraries: A Medical Library Association Guide, and author of ""Access Versus Ownership” in the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, several book chapters about librarianship career opportunities, and peer-reviewed journal articles on various issues in librarianship. She is an active member of the Medical Library Association (MLA) and its regional Southern Chapter, and is a Distinguished Member of MLA’s Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP).