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Biography

I currently serve as the Learning Resources Manager for the Downtown & Midtown Campuses. I provide students, faculty and staff with library resources and services including in class library instruction. I also provide leadership and coordination for the Learning Support Commons (LSC) Open Computer Lab and Tutoring center. I have over seventeen years of professional teaching and library program management experience. I have a Bachelors Degree in Health Science Education from UF, a Masters in Library & Information Science and a second Masters in Educational Leadership both from USF. Over my career, I taught high school health education, served as a Library Media Specialist for Pinellas County Schools and worked as a business and knowledge management consultant for Accenture. During my career I served as an adjunct librarian at SPC for over sixteen years at the Gibbs, Downtown and Midtown campuses.

I am a firm believer in working smarter! The library and or Internet is a great place to find information on a wealth of topics. Please see me for research assistance.

Education:

Bachelor of Science Health Science Education University of Florida

Master of Science Library & Information Science University of South Florida

Master of Education Educational Leadership & Administration University of South Florida

Subjects Taught

Course Schedule

0465   Spring Term 2013
Course	Section	Campus	Format	Starts	Ends
LIS 1002  ELECTRONIC RESEARCH STRATEGIES FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS	2614	DT	In Class	Mar 11 2013	May 3 2013
Credits: 1 Description: This course is designed to develop information literacy skills and to help students become full participants in the Information Age. It introduces students to the core concepts of information retrieval, essential techniques for locating, analyzing, organizing and presenting information, and essential components of computer and information ethics and security. Emphasizing both technological skills and critical thinking abilities, the course teaches strategies for using a variety of electronic resources and for coping with the changing nature of information resources. Credit is not given for both LIS 1002 and LIS 1002H. 16 contact hours. TOPIC #2: ELECTRONIC RESEARCH STRATEGIES FOR HEALTH SCIENCES COLLEGE STUDENTS This course is designed to develop information literacy skills in the area of health sciences. It introduces students to core concepts of information literacy: techniques for locating, evaluating, analyzing, and presenting biomedical information using a variety of electronic resources. Essential components include critical thinking, application of APA style rules, ethical and legal issues including, but not limited to copyright, plagiarism, and academic honesty.