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About Lorraine J. Pellack

Technically, I am the Head of the Research Services Department in the Parks Library. Loosely translated, this means that I supervise the subject liaison librarians. I also work with the science portion of library collections and services. I supervise 12 librarians (each with varying subject backgrounds and expertise who staff the Parks Library chat and email services, teach library research skills, purchase materials for the collection, and conduct research in library science). I also currently serve as the subject specialist for two academic departments: Agricultural Education & Studies and Food Science & Human Nutrition. I fill in for other subject areas during staff vacancies. I teach library research sessions in a number of other science courses and workshops for graduate students and faculty. My time is roughly divided up as: 10% research & scholarship, 5% institutional service, and 85% professional practice. In the last 30+ years, I have become adept at working with research tools in almost every subject area, including: locating some of the most bizarrely-cited references, teaching cited reference searching, tracking down elusive conference proceedings, and working with technical reports, census, extension publications, patents, industry standards, and dissertations.

Positions

Present Associate Professor, Iowa State University University Library
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Present Head, Science and Technology Dept., Iowa State University University Library
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Contact Information

150 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
Phone: 515-294-5569
Fax: 515-294-2112

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Peer-Reviewed Articles (10)

Non-Peer Reviewed Articles (5)

Conference Presentations (4)