Awards and Grants
Jalesia Horton, Access Services Librarian, Reese Library, was appointed Intern of the ALA Awards Committee for June 2018 – June 2020. Ms. Horton is also running uncontested for the Reference & User Services Association (RUSA) STARS Member-at-large position.
Kathy Davies, Associate Director for Research, University Libraries, has been selected to participate in the Medical Library Association Research Training Institute for Health Sciences Librarians for 2018-2019. The program provides individual mentoring, instruction in research design, and membership in an ongoing research community. Kathy will begin her year-long program in May which will include a week long face to face program component at the University of Illinois-Chicago. The institute provides a unique opportunity to network with colleagues for future research learning, collaboration, and success. Kathy received a partial scholarship that pays for the cost of registration. Her announcement letter says, “The institute will serve as a cornerstone in helping health sciences librarians change from informed consumers of researchers to producers of quality research.” Kathy’s research proposal focuses on identifying the necessary educational knowledge, resources, and skills for librarians to plan and evaluate instructional programs within their institutional settings.
New Faculty and Staff
Fay Verburg was named Interim Associate Director for Reese Library in January 2018. Ms. Verburg has previously served as Assistant Professor and Chair of Reference and Education Services for Reese. Dr. Brenda Seago, Director of Libraries, explains that Ms. Verburg has over 35 years of professional library service in a variety of positions in public, special, and academic libraries. Ms. Verburg was awarded tenure as an Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 1989 and was again awarded tenure in 2006 at Augusta State University. She has worked at Reese Library since September 1995.
Vonny Nogales joins the Greenblatt Library as their Library Systems Analyst. Some of her roles in the library include leading the University Libraries web team, managing the University’s Pure Research Profiles, and becoming certified to be an Institutional Lead for our Library’s integrated management system. Sandra Bandy, Chair of Content Management, states that Ms. Nogales’ background is in customer support, which will complement the variety of patron users the library supports.
Presentations and Publications
Current Libraries employees denoted in bold.
Bandy, S., Mears, K., & Drapeau, S. (2017, October). Serving health sciences graduate students: Transitioning to electronic theses and dissertations. Paper presented at the 67th annual meeting of the Southern Chapter of the Medical Library Association, Knoxville, TN.
Davies, K., & Mears, K. (2017, October). Human research academy: Developing an interdisciplinary instruction program. Paper presented at the 67th annual meeting of the Southern Chapter of the Medical Library Association, Knoxville, TN.
Gaines, J. K. (2017, October). Endless possibilities: Exploration of new reflection method in established service-learning course. Poster presented at the 67th annual meeting of the Southern Chapter of the Medical Library Association, Knoxville, TN.
Gaines, J. K., Blake, L., Davies, K., Ballance, D. Gaddy, T., Gallman, E., & Russell, M. (2017, October). Effect of librarian involvement on use of evidence-based resources in small group case based learning. Paper presented at the 67th annual meeting of the Southern Chapter of the Medical Library Association, Knoxville, TN.
Horton, J. (2017, October). Event ideas for the Library: From collaborative planning and promotion to execution. Paper presented at the 2017 Georgia Libraries Conference, Columbus, GA.
Horton, J. (2017, November). Investing in access services student employees: Utilizing library employment skill sets to increase advocacy. Paper presented at the 9th annual Access Services Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Johnson, M. & Kosturski, K. (2017, November). Is the past really prologue? The effect of a university’s consolidation on its JSTOR subscription. Poster presented at the 2017 Charleston Library Conference, Charleston, SC.
Kouame, G., & Hendren, S. (2017, October). Library tools at the nurses’ station: Exploring health information seeking behaviors and needs of nurses in a war veterans nursing home. Paper presented at the 67th annual meeting of the Southern Chapter of the Medical Library Association, Knoxville, TN.
Logue, N. (2017, October). Inquiring minds want to know: How medical history mishaps build passion for research. Paper presented at the 67th annual meeting of the Southern Chapter of the Medical Library Association, Knoxville, TN.
Logue, N., & Bandy, S. (2017, October). Streamlining the library system: Possibilities for the next generation. Poster presented at the 67th annual meeting of the Southern Chapter of the Medical Library Association, Knoxville, TN.
Mears, K., Connolly-Brown, M., Gaines, J. K., Blake, L., & Davies, K. (2017, October). Healthy Embedded Programs: The Embedded Ecosystem Framework & Toolkit. Paper presented at the 67th annual meeting of the Southern Chapter of the Medical Library Association, Knoxville, TN.
Ma, L., Bustos, R., Bandy, S., & Johnson, M. Preserve local and institution-specific data during migration to a network cataloging environment. Published in the 2016 Charleston Library Conference Proceedings. Purdue ePubs. (it was published in December 2017).
Mears, K., Logue, N., & Kouame, G. (2017, October). Makerspace mania! Developing a makerspace in a health sciences library. Poster presented at the 67th annual meeting of the Southern Chapter of the Medical Library Association, Knoxville, TN.
Putnam Davis, J. (2017, October). Are electronic-based reference collections really a good idea for academic libraries? Paper presented at the 2016 Georgia Libraries Conference, Columbus, GA.
Seago, B., Davies, K., Burkhart, A., Mastromonico, J., Rosamund, J., Coule, P., & Horner, J. (2017, October). Partnering with emergency medicine physicians and IT to create an evidence-based mass casualty triage app. Poster presented at the 67th annual meeting of the Southern Chapter of the Medical Library Association, Knoxville, TN.
Shipman, P. (2017, October). Combining research results and dental accreditation requirements to create instruction opportunities. Poster presented at the 67th annual meeting of the Southern Chapter of the Medical Library Association, Knoxville, TN.
Shipman, P., & Wyatt, T. (2017, October). Good margin of possibility: Exploring cognitive apprenticeship teaching strategies to introduce evidence-based skills. Paper presented at the 67th annual meeting of the Southern Chapter of the Medical Library Association, Knoxville, TN.
Stuart, A., & Logue, N. (2017, October). Back to the basics! Career development for early career librarians through subject-intensive conferences. Paper presented at the 67th annual meeting of the Southern Chapter of the Medical Library Association, Knoxville, TN.
Stuart, A., Davies, K., & Hendren, S. (2017, October). Setting students up for success with scoping and systematic reviews: Pitfalls and possibilities. Paper presented at the 67th annual meeting of the Southern Chapter of the Medical Library Association, Knoxville, TN.
