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Nancy Schaefer
MA, MLIS, AHIP

About Your Liaison
Background and Experience
Other Liaison Librarians

See Nancy Schaefer's LibGuides. LibGuides are subject guides, course guides and other resources developed by your HSC Librarians!

Liaison Librarian to:

College of Medicine
    Community Health / Family Medicine
    Emergency Medicine
    Epidemiology & Health Policy Research
    Internal Medicine
       Endocrinology
       Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
    Ophthalmology
    Otolaryngology

College of
Public Health & Health Professions
    Behavioral Science & Community Health
    Communicative Disorders
    Public Health Program

Other Programs
    Center for Research on Women's Health
    General Clinical Research Center
    History of Medicine

As your Liaison Librarian, Nancy can:

	Teach literature searching/library research skills to students as part of their credit classes
	Assist in the library's acquisition of databases, journals, videos and books in your discipline
	Conduct literature searches (including IACUC searches) for faculty and researchers
	Work individually with faculty/students/staff to identify, gain access to and efficiently use appropriate information resources

Nancy's background in education helps her plan with faculty for library sessions within their courses. She also develops and delivers some of the library's classes on PubMed and resources for statistics, grants and public health information. Knowledge of linguistics from her master's degree and 12 years' experience in teaching English as a Second Language help her serve Communicative Disorders department faculty and students.

Since joining the HSC Libraries' faculty in 1999, Nancy has focused on public health, regularly attending the American Public Health Association's annual meetings and currently writing a book chapter on health literacy.

A newcomer to email and Web searching in 1998, Nancy welcomes questions from those who are less comfortable with new technologies.

Background and Experience

Education

BS, Elementary Education ~ Indiana University, Bloomington
BA, History ~ University of Washington, Seattle
MA, Teaching English as a Second Language ~ University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
Master of Library and Information Science ~ University of Washington, Seattle

Previous Work Experience

English as a Second Language and college study skills teacher - 12 years, various schools.

Selected Creative Works

Schaefer, N. 2004. Focus Area 15: Injury and Violence Prevention. Healthy People 2010 Information Access Project. Bethesda, MD: Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce. http://phpartners.org/hp/injuryandviolenceprevention.html

Schaefer, N. 2003. Focus Area 19: Nutrition and Overweight. Healthy People 2010 Information Access Project. Bethesda, MD: Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce.
http://phpartners.org/hp/nutrition.html

Selected Publications

Schaefer, N. 2008. Review of the Literature. In the Medical Library Association Guide to Health Literacy. Marge Kars, Lynda M. Baker and Feleta L. Wilson, eds. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc.

Hynes, D., S. Schmidt, L.C. Butson and N. Schaefer. 2000. The Internet: A Guide to Working Smarter. Gainesville, FL: Florida Area Health Education Center.

Brown, H.D., A. Silva, K. Varchetto, A. Kruetzer, J. Svacina, N. Schaefer and B. Reed. 1993. Vistas: An Interactive Course in English 2. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall Regents.

Brown, H.D., A. Silva, K. Varchetto, A. Kruetzer, J. Svacina, N. Schaefer and B. Reed. 1991. Vistas: An Interactive Course in English 1. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall Regents.

Selected Presentations

Tennant, M, [presenter], L. Butson, N. Ferree and N. Schaefer. Take One Tier and Call Me in the Morning: Codifying Levels of Liaison Service. Medical Library Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL 20 May 2008.

Schaefer, N. Designing Roles for Librarians: Health Literacy. Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association. Charleston, SC 13 November 2007 http://www.library.health.ufl.edu/presentations/SCMLA_07/scmla071.ppt

Ferree, N. [presenter] and N. Schaefer. 2005. Allied Health B.I.tes. Contributed paper, Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association, 2005/5th Annual Meeting, San Juan, PR 24 October 2005 http://www.library.health.ufl.edu/presentations/SCMLA05/BItes.ppt

Tennant, M.R., A.G. Buhler, N. Ferree, B.W. Francis, P.P. Hsu, R. Jesano, B. Layton, N. Schaefer, P. Sherwill, T.T. Cataldo, and G. Hack. 2004. Partnerships in Instruction: Teaching Dogs Old and New, Local and Distant. Contributed paper, Proceedings of the Biomedical and Life Sciences Division of the Special Libraries Association, 95th Annual Conference.

Out of Academia's Harbor and into the Rough Waters of Reality: Lessons for Librarians New to the Information Environment in Public Health Departments. Contributed paper, Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association 53rd Annual Meeting, Coral Gables, FL, 11 October 2003 (with N. Ferree and S. Canham).
http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/biolib/scmla/pres/schaefer.pdf

The 'X-Team': A Team Approach to Reference Department Management. Contributed paper, Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association 53rd Annual Meeting, Coral Gables, FL, 11 October 2003 (with P. Sherwill-Navarro [presenter], T.T. Cataldo and F. Meakin).

Developing Internet Savvy among Florida's Rural County Health Department Workers. Contributed poster, American Public Health Association 130th Annual Meeting & Exposition, Philadelphia, PA, 11 November 2002 (with L.C. Butson [co-presenter]).
http://www.library.health.ufl.edu/Nancy/APHA-poster_119k.jpg

Selected Continuing Education Presentations

Introduction to Public Health for Librarians. Florida Health Science Library Association, Jacksonville, FL. 21 April 2005.

Selected Committees and Offices

Florida Health Sciences Library Association, Vice President, 2008-2009.

Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association, Honors & Awards Committee, Member 2002-2003 and 2004-2007, Chair 2005-2006.