I am a Science and Engineering Librarian and Head of the Science and Engineering Library at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. My research interests are e-Science and associated library and librarian concerns, information literacy in the sciences and engineering, international issues in librarianship and serving international student populations.
Librarians Professional Development
Science boot camp for librarians: CPD on a shoestring (with Rebecca Reznik-Zellen), International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (2011)
Science Boot Camp for Librarians was envisioned as a casual but intensive immersion event into...
Get on your boots: a model for low-cost, regional professional development for science librarians at the University of Massachusetts, International Association of Scientific and Technological Libraries (2010)
The University of Massachusetts Five Campus System Science Librarians organized a low-cost, regional professional development...
Libraries and e-Science
e-Science at the University of Massachusetts (with Rebecca Reznik-Zellen), Geoscience Information Society Annual Meeting (2010)
In 2008, an Ad Hoc Committee of science librarians from the five campuses of the...
Get on your boots: a model for low-cost, regional professional development for science librarians at the University of Massachusetts, International Association of Scientific and Technological Libraries (2010)
The University of Massachusetts Five Campus System Science Librarians organized a low-cost, regional professional development...
e-Science @ UMass: Anticipating and Supporting e-Science Activities at the University of Massachusetts (with Rebecca Reznik-Zellen), American Library Association Annual Conference (2009)
In March of 2008 an Ad Hoccommittee of Science Librarians from the University of Massachusetts...
e-Science @ the University of Massachusetts (with Rebecca Reznik-Zellen, Raquel Rivera, and Cecilia P. Mullen), NERCOMP Annual Meeting (2009)
e-Science @ the University of Massachusetts Abstract: What is e-Science and how can libraries and...
Library research in the Geosciences
Library Research in the Biological Sciences
Library Research in Environmental Science
International students
Libraries at the University of Massachusetts Amherst: Seeking an international perspective (2012)
Presentation delivered to librarians in China, Japan and South Korea as part of my sabbatical...