EDUCATION

B.A. Cum Laude, Political Science, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN, 1967.
M.A.L.S. University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1969.

Additional graduate courses:

• Microcomputer Applications in Libraries and School Media Centers, U.W. Milwaukee, Summer 1982.
• Public Personnel Administration, U.W. Stevens Point, Fall 1990
• Social and Political Theories of Public Administration, U.W. Oshkosh, Fall 1991
• Grant & Proposal Development, U.W. Stevens Point, Spring 1993

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Title IIB Fellowship for graduate studies, 1968-69.
• Certified by Medical Library Association, 1980-1989; transferred to Member status in the Academy of Health Information Professionals. Achieved Distinguished Member status in 1990.
• Recognized as 1994 Librarian of the Year, Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section of the Medical Library Association.
• One of ten experts interviewed for Detwiler, S.M. Super Searchers on Health & Medicine: The online Secrets of Top Health & Medical Researchers. Cyber-Age Books, Information Today, Medford, New Jersey, c2000.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Health science librarian with a strong interest in technology and nursing. Well-rounded, professionally active, computer literate information professional, with thirty-one years experience. Successful in developing library and information services to meet the needs of a variety of clients, and in developing grant projects to meet these needs. Strong customer service orientation. Internationally recognized expert on nursing information access.

EXPERIENCE

Library/Information Consultant, 1993-

Contracting organizations and assignments include:

Cinahl Information Systems, Glendale, CA. http://www.cinahl.com/, 1996 to date

• Consultant, July 1996 to date. Responsibilities include: content development for CINAHLsources, a section of the Cinahl web site listing and describing web sites of value to nurses and allied health personnel; Internet communication with authors, researchers, and E-mail listserv members; developing jurnal lists; developing search strategies; teaching searching; and representing Cinahl at conferences.

Wausau Area Hmong Mutual Association, Wausau, WI, 2004 to date

• Coordinator, Hmong Health Education Network, funded by National Library of Medicine/Refugee Health Information Network
• Volunteer grant writer for health education projects

Northern Wisconsin Area Health Education Center (NAHEC) http://nahec-wi.org/, 1995 - 2004

• Library Consultant, September 1995-2004
• Projects included facilitation and development of rural library/information outreach in northern Wisconsin, focused on underserved organizations in the 38 county NAHEC region, including grant writing and Hmong Health Education Network
• Provide library/information access workshops and needs assessments for interested health organizations in Wisconsin.
• Project Director for $373,000 NLM funded Information Systems project, July 1, 1997 - February 29, 2000.
• Developed Healthier Northwoods People continuation proposal, funded 2000 - 2002.
• Clinical Faculty, University of Wisconsin Medical School, 2000 - 2002.
• Hmong Health Information Promotion: Wausau, Wisconsin, and Beyond www.hmonghealth.org, September 2001 - 2003; continued by Hmong Health Information Network, www.hmonghealth.org

Southwest Wisconsin Area Health Education Center (SWAHEC) http://www.medsch.wisc.edu/ahec/swahec/, 1999 - 2004

• Library Consultant, June 1999 - 2004
• Information access grant project development and coordination of statewide AHEC library/technology initiatives.
• Two year project funded by NLM, 2001- February 2004.

Ontario Learning Resources for Nursing (OLRN) Project, April - June 2001.

• Developed proposal "Electronic Resources to Support the Ontario Nursing Baccalaureate Program. Funded by participating libraries December 2001.

The Wisconsin Program for Training Regionally Employed Care Providers (WisTREC) http://144.92.205.41/wistrec/

Statewide AHEC program to develop distance education for nurse practitioners, nurse-midwives, and physician assistants

• Member, Educational Planning Committee
• Adjunct faculty, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire School of Nursing, developing searching content for online course "Evidence Based Practice through Nursing Informatics"

American Journal of Nursing Company, 1995 - 1996. (sold to Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins in 1996)

• Editor, International Nursing Index, February 1995- June 1996
• Responsibilities included editing of the quarterly print index, marketing of the International Nursing Index, and promoting nurses' use of MEDLINE and Grateful Med.
• AJN Company Representative to Interagency Council on Information Resources for Nursing (ICIRN).

McGraw-Hill Columbia Library System, Monterey, CA., 1995 - 1996

• Trainer, August 1995 - 1996. Presented three-day training workshops for libraries implementing the CLS cataloging and circulation modules.

Marshfield Medical Research and Education Foundation, a division of the Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, WI, 1993 - 1995.

• Co-Principal Investigator, Health Information Partnership: Consultation and Continuing Education, November 1994-June 1995. Responsible for the development and implementation of this project, funded by the Northern Wisconsin AHEC. Worked with four selected rural hospitals and native American health care agencies to develop and test a model needs assessment process, to use for planning for their health professionals' knowledge-based information needs, a criteria for JCAHO accreditation. Also, provided information access workshops to health care organizations in northern Wisconsin.
• Project Coordinator, Health Information Outreach to Professionals Serving Rural and Native Americans in Northern Wisconsin, November 1993 - February 1995. This project included 20 Grateful Med demonstrations and 35 hands-on workshops at sites throughout northern Wisconsin. Wrote this proposal, sponsored by the Marshfield Clinic and its Medical Library Committee, with funding from a National Library of Medicine sub-contract. The project included development and pilot testing of a knowledge-based information needs assessment tool for use with health professionals. As part of the project, obtained funding from the Northern Wisconsin AHEC to bring the AJN Network project manager to northern Wisconsin for a week of combined AJN Network/Grateful Med workshops for nurses.
• Library Consultant, Rural Resource Center development, Spring 1993. Advised the National Farm Medicine Center on the selection and implementation of a catalog system, wrote manual, cataloged current holdings, and trained staff.

Remote Indexer/AV Coordinator, RNdex, SilverPlatter Information Resources Group, Pasadena, CA, June 1993 to September 1994.

• Responsibilities included indexing articles in assigned nursing journals, proposing and researching new thesaurus terms, and planning for inclusion of audiovisuals in future versions of the product. Assigned titles focused on health policy, education, mental health, and gerontologic issues.

University Library, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, July 1990 - June 1993.

• Reference Librarian/Instructor, September 1992 - June 1993. Responsibilities included reference, instruction, database searching and collection development, with an emphasis on the health sciences and government documents.
• Processing Coordinator, July 1990- August 1992. Responsibilities included coordination of all activities related to the LS2000 minicomputer on-line catalog/circulation system, including related microcomputer acquisitions and serials systems. Functioned as automation manager and OCLC Coordinator. Library liaison to CENTERSnet; UWSP is host site for their network and the minicomputer for the U.W. Centers online library system. Duties included supervision of eight classified staff in acquisitions, cataloging, circulation, and computer operations.
• Other responsibilities included government documents reference, and liaison to the Medical Technology and Paper Sciences Departments.
• Teaching activities at UW-SP included: PsycLIT demonstration, Health Sciences reference and CINAHL workshops, Grateful Med demonstrations, and guest lectures for Learning Resources 101, MT 395 Ramifications of Emerging Biotechnology, MT 105, Introduction to the Health Professions, Health Promotion 204, and U.W. Oshkosh graduate nursing course (scheduled as an off-campus offering at UWSP).

Saint Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield, WI, 1975 -1990.

• Librarian, Education Department, 1988-1990.
  • Responsible for operation and management of Learning Resource Center, providing nursing, allied health, administrative, and patient library services for the hospital and the U.W. Eau Claire Satellite Nursing Program in Marshfield in cooperation with St. Joseph's Hospital.
  • Responsible for all professional duties, including acquisitions, cataloging, reference, on-line database searching, and supervision of circulation. Automated card catalog and circulation.
  • Implemented OCLC on-line interlibrary loan system and CD-ROM databases. \Served as the only hospital based Beta test site for the CINAHL database, working with SilverPlatter Information Systems.
  • Supervised two support staff, student assistants, and volunteers. Served on Joint Medical Library Committee.
• Librarian, St. Joseph's Hospital School of Nursing, Marshfield, WI, 1975-1988
  • Librarian with faculty status.
  • Managed multimedia Learning Resource Center for School of Nursing.
  • Introduced and provided on-line database search services, using MEDLARS and BRS systems.
  • Planned and executed two library moves.
  • Represented School of Nursing on Joint Medical Library Committee (Hospital and Marshfield Clinic).
  • Served on Curriculum and Long Range Planning Committees and chaired LRC Committee.
  • The LRC also served nurses from the hospital, Marshfield Clinic, and community.

Fairview Hospitals Health Sciences Libraries, Minneapolis, MN, 1969-1973.

• First professional librarian hired by hospital - responsible for library services to the hospital and medical staff.
• Growth from one-person library to supervision of one professional, one paraprofessional, and student assistants hired for evening/weekend services.
• Moved and merged Medical Staff Library with School of Nursing Library in 1971 to form Health Sciences Library.
• Provided outreach services to Fairview-Southdale, which had just a tiny reading room at that time.

UW Madison Library School, 1969 (Spring semester).

• Teaching Assistant for Advanced Cataloging Course.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Greater Midwest Regional Medical Library Network http://nnlm.gov/gmr/

• Wisconsin Representative to Regional Council, 1986-1987.
• Northern Wisconsin Health Science Library Cooperative Coordinator, 1981-83 & 1988-89.
• Education Committee member, 1977-80.
  

Medical Library Association (MLA) http://www.mlanet.org

• Scholarship Jury member, 1988-89; Chairman 1989-90.
• Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section (NAHRS) http://www.library.kent.edu/nahrs/
  • Chairman, Strategic Planning Committee; Secretary/Treasurer 1986-87; Chair-Elect & Program Chair 1987-88; Chairman 1988-89; Section Council Representative 1989-92 (Chair of Interest Group Subcommittee 1990-92); Program Committee Member 1990-92); Honors Committee Chair 1992-93; Newsletter Literature Review Column Editor 1992- ; Government Relations Committee Chair, 1993-95; Research Committee Chair, 1996- .
• Also member of:
  • Consumer and Patient Health Information Section (CAPHIS) http://caphis.mlanet.org/
  • Hospital Libraries Section http://www.hls.mlanet.org/
  • Public Health/Health Administration Section (PH/HA) http://www.phha.mlanet.org/
  • Research Section http://research.mlanet.org/
  • Mental Health Special Interest Group http://www.med.miami.edu/psychiatry/mhsig/
  • Outreach Special Interest Group
  • Midwest Chapter http://midwestmla.org/
• Instructor for Nursing Information Access CE course; revised course syllabus Spring 1991 and again in 1996 and 1999. Course presented at MLA Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, May 2000 and Triple Chapter meeting in New Orleans October 2001.
• Developed additional MLA CE courses related to nursing.
• Representative-at-Large to board of Midwest Chapter, 1997-98.
• MLA Representative to Interagency Council on Information Resources for Nursing (ICIRN), 1999-
• MLA Nominating Committee member, 2000.
• Regularly attend MLA Annual Meetings.

SilverPlatter Nursing Database Advisory Group, 1993.

• Member until hired by RNdex; attended focus group meeting February 1993.

Wisconsin Health Sciences Library Association http://www.whsla.mcw.edu/

• President, 1983-84.
• Area Representative, 1982-84; Representative at Large 1985-87.
• Continuing Education Committee Chairman, 1981-83 and 1994-96. Member, 1997- 99.
• Program Committee Chairman, 1980 (Marshfield) & 1988 (Eau Claire); member, 1994-95 & 2001-2002.
• Chairman of Legislation Committee 1990-91; coordinated pre White House Conference efforts to advocate for library/information services to meet needs of health sciences professionals. Committee member 1991-94 and 1998-2004
• Outreach COmmittee, 2003 -

Wisconsin Library Association http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/

• Division membership: Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians (WAAL) and Association of Wisconsin Special Librarians (AWSL).
• Member of Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians (WAAL) Program Committee for Spring 1992 WAAL meeting in Stevens Point, representing Local Arrangements.
• Attended WAAL Conferences, Spring 1991, Eau Claire and Spring 1992, Stevens Point, and invitational WAAL Leadership Conference, July 1991, LaCrosse.
• Invited speaker for two separate panels at October 1994 WLA conference.

Wisconsin Valley Library Service http://wvls.lib.wi.us/

• Library Advisory Committee (LAC), 1979-81; 1984-1990. Chair-Elect 1988, Chairman 1989.
• Board Member representing Clark County, 1976-78 (also chaired Clark County Library Planning Committee).
  

Wisconsin state level service

• Statewide Automation Study Committee, 1979-81.
• LSCA Title III Grant Review Committee, 1983 (reviewed multitype cooperation grant applications from systems).
• Served on Library Services Assistant 4 Civil Service Examination Revision Committee, 1990-1991.
• Delegate to Statewide Library Technology Planning Conference, February, 1998.
• Served on 1998 statewide full-text advisory committee, which developed RFP and selected full-text databases for the BadgerLink project, 1997-1999.
• Member, Wisconsin LSTA (Library Services and Technology Act) Advisory Committee, 1999-2001
• Member, Wisconsin LITAC (Library Information Technology Advisory Committee) 2000-2002
  

Additional professional memberships include American Library Association, including ACRL division, and American Association for the History of Nursing.

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