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Library Staff—Claudia DeShay


Title: Education Librarian
Email: claudia.deshay@utsouthwestern.edu
Phone: 214-648-9020
Claudia DeShay
 

Library Responsibilities:

Develop and teach classes and demonstrations customized to the needs of the campus community
Share (half) responsibility for classes requested through the Library Liaison Program
Monitor and update the Library's Education Plan as required
Provide extended reference service and intermediated searches
Chaired the Library Liaison Team that developed and launched the Library Liaison Program

Contact me with questions or instruction about:

Online Searching
The Ovid Databases
PubMed
CINAHL Plus with Full Text
MedlinePlus

Liaison Areas:

Colleges
Medical Students - 3rd & 4th Year
Office of Medical Education
Pediatrics


Areas of interests:

Medical Informatics
Evidence-Based Medicine
Medical Ethics
Health Information Literacy
Consumer Health

Education:

PhD, Library Science, Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas
MLS (Master of Library Science), Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas
BA, Sociology, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts

Professional Information:

Texas Library Association (TLA)- Black Caucus; Professional Recruitment and Retention
South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association (SCC/MLA)
HealthLINE

Regular Classes:

Evidence-Based Medicine
Medical Ethics for MS1 and MS2 Medical Ethics courses

Selected Talks and Presentations:

Contributed Paper:
“Health Information Literacy: An Opportunity for Public and School Library Partnership”
Texas Library Association (TLA) Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas, April 12, 2007

Poster:
“Librarian Collaboration with a Hospital Research Special Interest Group” with Katherine Alexander 32nd SCC/MLA Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, October 22-26, 2004

Software Application Skills:

PowerPoint

More Information:

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