Background and Experience

Education

MLIS, Library and Information Science ~ University of California, Los Angeles
Ph.D, Biology ~ Wayne State University
BS, Biological Sciences ~ University of Southern California


Grants

Assessment of User Skills and Efficiency in the Application of Bioinformatics Resources to Answer Biological Questions, $25,000 ~ Medical Library Association's Donald A.B. Lindberg Fellowship.

Exploring Models of Library-based Bioinformatics Support Programs: Services, Staffing, Training, and Funding, $2,000 ~ Medical Library Association's Kronick Traveling Fellowship.

Selected Publications

Tennant, M.R., and J.A. Lyon. 2007. Entrez Gene: A Gene-centered "Information Hub". J. Electron. Res. Med. Libs., 4(3):53-78.

Cataldo, T.T., M.R. Tennant, P. Sherwill-Navarro, and R. Jesano. 2006. Subject specialization in a liaison librarian program. J. Med. Libr. Assoc., 94(4):446-8.

Tennant, M.R., T.T. Cataldo, P. Sherwill-Navarro, and R. Jesano. 2006. Evaluation of a liaison librarian program: client and liaison perspectives. J. Med. Libr. Assoc., 94(4):402-9, e201-4.

Lyon, J.A., M.R. Tennant, and B. Danielson. 2006. Introducing Protein Data Bank, Molecular Modeling Database, and Cn3D. J. Elec. Res. Med. Libr., 3(3):1-20.

Lyon, J.A, M.R. Tennant, K. Messner, and D.L Osterbur. 2006. Carving a niche: establishing bioinformatics collaborations. J. Med. Libr. Assoc., 94(3):330-5.

Tennant, M.R., and J.A. Lyon. 2006. Online resources for genetics researchers, clinicians, and the public: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man and GeneTests. J. Elec. Res. Med. Libr.; 3(2):1-23.

Tennant, M.R. 2005. Bioinformatics Librarian: Meeting the information needs of genetics and bioinformatics researchers. Ref Serv Rev. 33(1):12-19.

Freire, N.P., M.R. Tennant, and M.M. Miyamoto. 2003. Microarray analyses of reptiles and amphibians: applications in ecology and evolution. Zool. Stud. 42(3):391-404.

Tennant, M.R., and T.T. Cataldo. 2002. Development and assessment of specialized liaison librarian services: clinical vs. basic science in a veterinary medicine setting. Med Ref Serv Q. 21(2):21-37.

Tennant, M.R., and M.M. Miyamoto. 2002. The role of medical libraries in undergraduate education: a case study in genetics. J Med Libr Assoc. 90(2):181-93.

In 2003, this paper was named one of the top 20 educational papers of the year by the American Library Association's Library Instruction Roundtable.

Liu, F.G., M.M. Miyamoto, N.P. Freire, P.Q. Ong, M.R. Tennant, TS. Young, and K.F. Gugel. 2001. Molecular and morphological supertrees for eutherian (placental) mammals. Science. 291(5509):1786-9.

Tennant, M.R., L.C. Butson, M.E. Rezeau, P.J. Tucker, M.E. Boyle, and G. Clayton G. 2001.
Customizing for clients: developing a library liaison program from need to plan. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 89(1):8-20.

Selected Presentations

Library-based Bioinformatics Support: Changing Perceptions, Changing Roles. Special Libraries Association - Annual Conference, June 2008, Seattle, WA.

How (and How Well) Do Researchers Use Bioinformatics Resources? A Preliminary Analysis. Medical Library Association - Annual Meeting, May 2008, Chicago, IL.

Strategies for library support for research. Association of Research Libraries Membership Meeting, St. Louis, MO, 23 May 2007. (Invited but declined live presentation due to scheduling conflict; instead, sent videorecording produced by the HSC Libraries.)

A library-based bioinformatics program for first-year medical students (with M.J. Koroly). 9th International Congress on Medical Librarianship, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, 21 Sept. 2005.

The medical library’s role in graduate bioinformatics education: applications of bioinformatics to genetics (with M.M. Miyamoto [co-presenter], L. Zhou, and H.V. Baker). 9th International Congress on Medical Librarianship, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, 21-23 Sept. 2005.

A library-based bioinformatics educational program for students, researchers, and clinicians. Medical Library Association Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., 25 May 2004. (Contributed paper)

Undergraduate Women in Science Symposium. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 20 March 2004. (Invited panelist)

Bioinformatics resources. Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, PA, 17 June 2003. (Invited speaker)

Bioinformationist. "The Informationist" Conference, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, 4 April 2002. (Invited speaker)

Molecular information services at the University of Florida. Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 27 March 2001. (Invited speaker)

Integrating genetics information resources into the classroom. Malasanos Symposium, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 2 June 2000. (Invited speaker)

Selected Continuing Education Presentations

The Ph.D. experience: graduate school in the basic biomedical sciences Continuing Education Course, Medical Library Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, May, 2008; Phoenix, AZ, May 2006.

Introduction to molecular biology information resources. 3-day NCBI course for librarians. Washington University, St. Louis, 2008; Emory University, Atlanta, 2007; University of California, Davis, 2006; Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 2005; University of Florida, Gainesville, 2004; University of California at Los Angeles, 2003.

'Information Hubs' for molecular biology databases and software. Special Libraries Association Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD, 10 June 2006; New York, NY, 7 June 2003.

NCBI's Advanced Workshop for Bioinformatics Information Specialists (NAWBIS). 5-day course for bioinformation support specialists and librarians. National Center for Biotechnology Information, yearly 2002-2007.

Selected Committees and Offices

National Library of Medicine's Biomedical Library and Informatics Research Committee (BLIRC), member, 2008 - 2012.

UF Academic Freedom, Tenure, Professional Relations and Standards Committee, member, 2008-2011.

Provost's Future of the Library Task Force, member, 2006

Journal of the Medical Library Association Editorial Board, member, 2005-2008

National Library of Medicine Planning Panel on Support for Genomic Science in the 21st Century, member, 2005-2006

UF Libraries Tenure and Promotion Committee, member, 2004 - 2007.

Medical Library Association Task Force on the Information Specialist in Context (ISIC), member, 2003 - 2005.

UF Genetics Institute Executive Committee, member, 2002 - present.

Special Libraries Association, Biomedical and Life Sciences Division, Chair, 2001 - 2002.

Medical Library Association, Molecular Biology and Genomics SIG, Convener, 1999 - 2001.

Selected Awards and Honors

Distinguished Member, Special Libraries Association Biomedical and Life Sciences, 2005

Estelle Brodman Award--Academic Medical Librarian of the Year, Medical Library Association, 2005.

Nominee, Lucretia W. McClure Excellence in Education Award, Medical Library Associaton, 2000, 2001, 2002.

Visiting Scholar, Medical Sciences Library, University of Puerto Rico, 1998.

Fellowship to Medical Informatics: A Course for Health Professionals. National Library of Medicine, 1996.

Improvement to Dissertation Grant, National Science Foundation, 1985.