TAMERA LEE

Professor and Director of Libraries
Robert B. Greenblatt M.D. Library
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, GA 30912-4400
Tel (706) 721-2856
Fax (706) 721-2018
tlee@mail.mcg.edu

EDUCATION (Institution(s), Date(s) of Attendance, Degree(s) Awarded, etc.)

PROFESSIONAL (Experience in Chronological Order)

Academic Appointments - Title, Rank, Institution, Dates, etc.

• Assistant Reference Librarian/Instructor
  Northwestern State University 1984-1987
• Circulation Librarian/Assistant Professor
  Wright State University 1987-1990
• Head of Veterinary Library/Associate Professor
  Auburn University 1990-1998
• Director of Libraries/Professor
  Medical College of Georgia 1998-present

• Association of Academic Health Sciences Library Directors 1998-Present
• Association of American Medical Colleges: Group on Information Resources 1999-Present
• GALILEO 2 Steering Committee 1998-1999
• GALILEO Interconnected Libraries Steering Committee, Chair 2001-2002
• Regents Advisory Committee on Libraries 1998-Present
• GALILEO Interconnected Libraries Steering Committee, Chair 2001-03
• MLA/Southern Chapter Research Mentor

• Northwestern State University Faculty Senate, 1985-1987
• Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Educational Support Services Principal Study Committee, 1991-92
• Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Self-Study Committee 1991-92
• Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Educational Support Services Subcommittee, Chair, 1991-92
• Auburn University Faculty Senate, 1995-98
• Dean of Libraries Search Committee, 1996
• Dean's Council 1998-Present
• Academic Support Council 1998-Present
• Research Support Council 1998-Present
• Academic Council 1998-Present
• Hospital and Clinics Departmental Interaction Group 1998-Present
• MCG Library Faculty Assembly 1998-Present
• Strategic Planning for Education Committee 2000
• LCME Task Force Committee 1999-01
• Minority Academic Advisory Board 2000-Present
• Association of Academic Health Sciences Library Directors Task Force on Quality Assessment, Chair, 2001-02
• Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries, Task Force on Quality Assessment, 2001-03
• Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries, Committee on Outcomes Assessment, 2003-05
• MCG Tech Fair Steering Committee, 2004
• State Charitable Contributions Campaign, Chair, 2004-05

Research and Training Grants Awarded

• NLM Review Panel Board responding to an RFA entitled "Internet Connection for Health Institutions", LM-00-001, Bethesda, MD : June 8-9 2000.
• Federal Aviation Administration grant, “The development of a literature database for canine detection of explosives and related compounds,” With Lawrence Myers and Paul Bredderman, May 1992.
• Network of Alabama Academic Libraries Collection Development Grant for Radiology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Computer Tomography, June 1991; renewed June 1992.
• Faculty Research Grant, Auburn University , April 1992, “VETCD and BEASTCD: Veterinary science, animal production and dairy technology on CD-ROM.”
• NN/LM Public Health Outreach Planning Grant for Georgia , With Jan LaBeause, Sandra Franklin and Beverly Allen, Spring 2004.

AWARDS/HONORS

• President's 21 st Century Fund, Auburn University , August 1995, “External Assessment of the Clinical Database Computer Information System,” With Charles Branch and Joseph Spano.
• 1998-1999 U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary's Award for Innovations in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, “The ShotSpot: A Collaboration to Provide Vaccination and Information,” Faculty Advisor with Charles Hendrix for Robert Cartwright and Eden Myers, Second Place Interdisciplinary, May 1999.

SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES (Include Offices Held)

• Data Research Associates Library Users and Special Interests Groups, 1987-89
• Cooperative Online Library System Borrower Services Committee, 1987-1989; Chair, 1988-1989
• American Library Association, Library Administrative and Management Association Division, Public Relations Section, Governmental Advocacy Skills Committee, 1989-92
• Veterinary Medical Library Building Planning Addition Planning Committee; Chair, 1990
• Alabama Health Libraries Association Continuing Education Committee, 1990; Chair, 1994
• Library Research Advisory Committee, 1990-1994; Chair, 1993-94
• Alabama Health Libraries Association, 1990-98, President, 1995-96
• Vice-President/President-Elect, 1994-95, Secretary, 1992-94
• Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Educational Support Services Subcommittee; Chair, 1991-92
• Ad hoc Committee for Library Faculty Research Time; Chair, 1993
• United States Agricultural Information Network Program Planning Committee, 1993
• American Library Association, Association of College and Research Libraries Division, Membership and Bylaws Committee, 1994-96
• American Library Association, Association of College and Research Libraries Division, Science and Technology Section Research Committee, 1995-98; Chair 1996-98
• Southern Chapter MLA 1998-Present; Research Mentor 2000-Present
• Consortium of Biomedical Libraries in the South, 1998-Present; Chair 2000-01
• CSRA Library Association 1998-Present
• Medical Library Association 1999-Present
• American Medical Informatics Association 1999-Present
• Southern Chapter, Medical Library Association

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES (Include Offices Held)

• Adjudicator, Georgia Area Health Education Center Talent Contest
• Wesley United Methodist Church , Evans , GA
  • Lay Chair of Evangelism, 2003-Present
  • -Hand Bell Choir, 2000-Present

  • -Strategic Planning Committee, 2000

  • -Member, 1999-Present

PRESENTATIONS AT NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND STATE MEETINGS (Last Five Years)

• “State of the Campus and Library,” Consortium of Biomedical Libraries in the South, Directors Retreat, Charleston , SC, February 13, 2000
• “State of the Campus and Library,” Consortium of Biomedical Libraries in the South, Directors Retreat, Memphis , TN , April 6, 2002
• “Defining Library Service Quality by Listening to Users: The LibQUAL+ Experience,” University of Georgia Libraries Professional Forum, August 9, 2002
• “Exploring Outcomes Assessment: The AAHSL LibQUAL+ Experience,” AAHSL Meeting, San Francisco , CA , November 11, 2002
• “Considering the Integration of Qualitative and Quantitative: A Test of AAHSL Statistics and LibQUAL+™ Data,” ARL/AAHSL LibQUAL+™ Results Workshop, San Francisco , CA , November 12, 2002
• “Surfing the Tsunami of Service Quality: The AAHSL/ARL Partnership in Exploring Outcomes Assessment through LibQUAL+,” (with James Shedlock and Rick Forsman), Medical Library Association Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, May 4, 2003
• “The New AAHSL Assessment Program: Implementing the LibQUAL+ Survey in Academic Health Sciences Libraries,” (with James Shedlock and Rick Forsman), Medical Library Association Annual Conference, San Diego , CA , May 5, 2003
• “Coming About with Assessment Measurement and LibQUAL+,” (with Douglas Joubert and Jan Labeause), Southern Chapter, Medical Library Association, Coral Gables , FL , October 10, 2003
• “Contributed Papers Session,” Southern Chapter/ Medical Library Association, Moderator, Coral Gables , FL , October 12, 2003
• “Contributed Papers,” Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association, Research Adjudicator, Biloxi , MS , October 21-25, 2004.

PROFESSIONAL EXHIBITS AND AUDIOVISUAL PROGRAMS

• “Rural Information at the Crossroads: Issues and Opportunities,” United States Agricultural Information Network, Auburn University , October 28-30, 1993 (Exhibits Chair and Program Planning)
• “Patenting, Promoting and Commercializing New Products: Making Your Ideas Pay,” Auburn University , November 3-4, 1994 (Program Planning, Funding and Development)
• “Health Care Technology in Action: An Academic Health Sciences Library ‘Doubles Down' to Lead a Campus-Wide Collaboration,” Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association, Biloxi , MS , October 23, 2004.

PUBLICATIONS IN NON-REFEREED JOURNALS

• Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine Faculty Publications , Co-Editor with Jan Streis, Sandra Ewald, and Bruce Smith, 1987-1997.
• “The Veterinary Medical Library as a Continuing Education Opportunity for Veterinarians,” College of Veterinary Medicine Quarterly Report XVI (2 1993): 7, 18.
• “How to Conduct a Literature Search from your Practice,” With James Floyd. In Proceedings of the American Association of Swine Practitioners 25 th Annual Meeting , Chicago , Illinois , March 6, 1994.
• “NetVet,” in Amato, Sara, ed., “Internet Reviews,” College & Research Libraries News 56 (June 1995): 420-1.
• “President's Notes,” Synapse; The Newsletter of the Alabama Health Libraries Association 15 (Fall 1995-Summer 1996).
• “The ShotSpot: A collaboration to provide vaccination and information,” With Robert C. Cartwright, Eden Myers and Charles M. Hendrix . National Academies of Practice Forum 2 (2000): 141-44.

PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED JOURNALS (Author, Title, Journal, Volume, Inclusive Pages, Year.)

• “The literature of veterinary and animal sciences on the CAB ABSTRACTS Database: A description and evaluative appraisal of CAB International's VETCD and BEASTCD CD-ROM products,” With Paul Bredderman. In Mitsuko Williams, C. Trenton Boyd and Vicki F. Croft (editors), Proceedings of the 1 st International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists , Reading, England, July 16-19, 1992.
• “Document Delivery at a Veterinary Medical Library: A One-Year Study of Use Patterns,” With Lawrence Myers, Collection Management 16 (2 1992): 75-92.
• “The Veterinary Medical/Health Sciences Library as a Continuing Education Opportunity for Veterinarians,” The Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 202 (February 1993): 381-3.
• “Veterinary and Animal Sciences (VETCD and BEASTCD) on the CAB ABSTRACTS Database: CD-ROM and Online,” With Paul Bredderman, Database 16 (August 1993): 57-62.
• “The Library Research Committee: It has the Money and the Time,” The Journal of Academic Librarianship 21 (March 1995): 111-5.
• “Retention patterns for veterinary medical records,” With David Rosenblatt, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 206 (April 15, 1995) 1217-9.
• “Exploring Outcomes Assessment: The AAHSL LibQUAL+ Experience,” Journal of Library Administration 40 (3/4, 2004): 49-58.

BOOKS AND CHAPTERS

• “Agriculture,” in Amato, Sara, ed., Access Guide to the Best of the Net for 27 Disciplines Every Student's Internet Resource Guide; An Interactive Easy Access Guide to the Best of the Net for 27 Disciplines . New York : McGraw-Hill, 1995.
• “Agriculture,” in Amato, Sara, ed., Every Student's Internet Resource Guide; An Interactive Easy Access Guide to the Best of the Net for 27 Disciplines , 2nd edition. New York : McGraw-Hill, 1996.
• “The Human-Veterinary Medicine Interface: Veterinary, Agriculture and Public Health Resources,” in Alabama Health Libraries Association, Manual of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama . Birmingham : MASA, 1996.
• “Weaving the Web: A Physician's First Spin,” MASA Review (Winter 1997): 45-49.
• “The Role of ARL Libraries in Extension/Outreach,” With Claudine Jenda, ARL Spec Kit , and Washington , D.C. : Association of Research Libraries, 1998.