Elisabeth Eilir Rowan

eilir.rowan@gmail.com

 

Experienced professional librarian dedicated to meeting patrons’ information needs.  Strong knowledge of technical and public services.  Committed to exceptional customer care. Excellent rapport with patrons of all walks of life.  Effective at working in teams or alone and adapting to situations as they arise.  Demonstrates a strong work ethic and dedication to both the profession and those we serve.   

 

Medical Librarian, Shriners Hospital for Children, Lexington, Kentucky, USA, 1997-present

Managed all aspects of pediatric orthopedic library in a tertiary-care facility with a focus on family-centered care, clinical research, and teaching. Administered library budget. Provided quality reference service to professionals and consumers. Conducted online and literature searches. Acquired interlibrary loans. Negotiated electronic access to materials. Developed collection. Coordinated early literacy project. Created family resource center. Conducted retrospective conversion to electronic catalog. Designed and maintained hospital Web pages. Acquired grant funding for projects. Supervised student workers and volunteers.

Humanities Teacher Assistant, Distance Learning, KET, Lexington, Kentucky, USA, 2003–2006           

Designed web-based distance learning materials. Researched education standards. Created lesson plans.

Cataloger, Book Wholesalers, Inc., Lexington, Kentucky, USA, 2000

                                Cataloged children's books for a major distributor serving public libraries.

Assistant Manager, Comic Interlude, Inc., Lexington, Kentucky, USA, 1996

Organized and increased access to 10,000 active and back stock serial issues. Developed a secure database of titles, items ordered, and customers.  Managed over 200 reserve files. Ordered, received, and claimed shipments from vendors. Supervised workers.

Graduate Assistant, M. I. King Library, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA, 1992-1993

Cataloged primary records of special collections in OCLC. Copy-cataloged from OCLC to NOTIS. Maintained integrity of bibliographic records and authority files in NOTIS.

Public Records Intern, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky, USA, 1992

Collated and cataloged three years’ worth of publications. Provided reference services to patrons in genealogy and local history.

 

Extensive graduate work in medieval and ancient history

MSLS, Library Science; University of Kentucky, 1993

BA, History, Sociology, and Honors Program; University of Kentucky, 1989

Additional programs completed: Classical Civilization (major), 1994; Judaic Studies (minor), 1997 

 

Librarian - Professional Level I from the state of Kentucky

 

Memberships

• Medical Library Association, 1998-present; Hospital Libraries Section, 1998-present; History of Medicine Section, 1998-2002; Consumer and Patient Health Information Section, 2002-2006 (reviewed abstracts for national meeting, 2005 and 2006)
• Bluegrass Medical Libraries, 1997-present, president 2002 [now merged into the Kentucky Medical Library Association]
• American Library Association, 1992-1994, 1997-1998, 2009-present ; New Member Roundtable, 1992-1994
• Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, 1992-1994, 1997-1998
• Kentucky Library Association, 2000-2002, 2010-present; Children's/Young Adult Section, 2000-2002; Special Library Section, 2000-2002, 2010-present; Information & Technology Roundtable, 2000-2002

Committees and Juries

•  MLA Hospital Libraries Section Publications Committee, member 2006-2007
•  MLA Lois A. Colaianni Award for Excellence and Achievement in Hospital Librarianship Jury, member 2006-2007
•  MLA Lois A. Colaianni Award for Excellence and Achievement in Hospital Librarianship Jury, chair 2007-2008
• MLA Hospital Libraries Section Membership Committee, member 2009-present, chair 2011-present
• MLA Ida and George Eliot Prize Jury, member 2011-2012
• NN/LM Greater Midwest Region Regional Advisory Council, Kentucky state representative, 2011-present

Awards

• Scroll of Exemplary Service, Hospital Libraries Section, Medical Library Association (2003, 2010)

Publications

• Broadbent, LK, 1986 Checklist of Kentucky State Publications. Frankfort, Ky.: KDLA, 1992 (under former name).
• Rowan, EE.  Providing Library Services in a Unique Pediatric Orthopaedic Setting: Experiences at the Shriners Hospitals for Children. Journal of Hospital Librarianship. 5(2). 2005, pp. 65-72.
• Rowan, E., Library Selector. Doody’s Core Titles in the Health Sciences 2006. Doody Enterprises, Inc., 2006 through 2011.  [Orthopedics]
• Rowan, E. Medical Librarian, Pediatric Hospital Library. A Day in the Life. Ed. Priscilla K. Shontz and Richard A. Murray. Libraries Unlimited, 2007.
• Rowan, EE., 'Caring for Patients From Different Cultures, 4th edition Geri-Ann Galanti', Journal of Hospital Librarianship. 10(2), 2010, pp. 205-206.
• Rowan, EE. 'Document Delivery and Interlibrary Loan on a Shoestring by Emily Knox', Journal of Hospital Librarianship. 10(4), 2010, pp. 420-421.
• Rowan, EE. 'The Accidental Health Sciences Librarian by Lisa A. Ennis and Nicole Mitchell', Journal of Hospital Librarianship, 11(2), 2011, pp. 204-205.
• Rowan, E. Orthopedics.  The Medical Library Association's Master Guide to Authoritative Information Resources in the Health Sciences. Ed. Laurie L. Thompson.  Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2011.
• Rowan, E. Orthopedic Nursing.  The Medical Library Association's Master Guide to Authoritative Information Resources in the Health Sciences. Ed. Laurie L. Thompson.  Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2011.
• Rowan, EE. ‘Effective Blogging for Libraries by Connie Crosby’, Journal of the Medical Library Association. 99(4), 2011, pp. 321-322.

•  Languages studied (in order of proficiency)—English, Latin, Spanish, German, French, Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew
• Technical—Blogging, Web 2.0/social networking tools, mobile technologies, HTML, CSS, FTP, SQL, Windows, R-base, askSam, Office, NOTIS, OCLC, DOCLINE, MARC, cataloging standards