CURRICULUM VITAE

Karen L. Brewer
256 West 10th Street #3A
New York, NY 10014
4/29/43
Janesville, Wisconsin

Appointments

1988 -
Director and Curator
Frederick L. Ehrman Medical Library
New York University Medical Center

1976 - 1988
Director
Oliver Ocasek Regional Medical Information Center
Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine

1970 - 1976
Reference Librarian, Head of Serials, Head of Reference, Acting Librarian
School of Medicine, Cleveland Health Sciences Library
Case Western Reserve University

1968 - 1969
Reference and Interlibrary Loan Librarian
Mooney Medical Library
University of Tennessee Medical School, Memphis

1966 - 1967
Head of Reserve Collection
W.S. Middleton Medical Library
University of Wisconsin-Madison

1961 - 1965
Student Assistant
W. S. Middleton Medical Library
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Education

1974 - 1983
Ph.D. (American History/Chinese American Relations), Case Western Reserve University

1965 - 1966
M.A. (Library Science), University of Wisconsin, Madison

1961 - 1965
B.A. (Asian Studies), University of Wisconsin, Madison

Major Committee Assignments and Appointments

New York University Medical Center

• Faculty Council, 1988 -
  • Academic Committee, 1989 -
  • Curriculum Committee, 1988 -
• Trustee for Medical Library Center of New York, 1988 -
• Friends of the Library, Secretary/Treasurer, 1988-
• Committee to Consider Establishment of Family Practice Department, 1995
• IS Steering Committee, 1989-

New York Metropolitan Reference and Research Library Agency

• Hospital Library Committee, Chair, 1992 - 1994
• Strategic Planning Committee, 1993/94
• Technology Grant Review Committee, 1993,1994

American College of Physicians and Surgeons, NY Chapter

• Evidence Based Medicine Planning Group Member 1996-

Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine

• Academic Council, 1977 - 1988
• Council of Hospital Librarians, Chair, 1977 - 1988
• Secretary of the Faculty, 1978 - 1981
• Committee on Lifestyles, Chair, 1979 - 1981
• AHEC Administrative Committee, 1979 - 1988
• Medical Microwave Programming Committee, 1985 - 1988
• Facilities Committee (Space Utilization), Chair, 1981 - 1986
• Regional Strategic Planning Committee, 1983 - 1985
• Computer Committee, 1983 - 1988
• Chair, Computer Planning Subcommittee, 1984 - 1985
• Continuing Medical Education Advisory Committee, 1984 - 1988
• Curriculum Committees (4), 1984 - 1988
• Committee on Committees, 1983 - 1985
• Information Skills Task Force, Chair, 1985
• History of Medicine Committee, 1985 - 1988

Ohio AHEC (Area Health Education Center)

• Statewide Committee on Learning Resource System, 1979

Kentucky-Ohio-Michigan Regional Medical Library Program

• Steering Committee, 1979 - 1980
• Executive Committee, 1976 - 1982
• Committee on Structure, Chair, 1981 - 1982

Greater Midwest Regional Medical Library Network

• Regional Advisory Committee, 1985 - 1987
• State Council Advisory Committee, 1986

Northeastern Ohio Major Academic and Research Libraries

• Directors Committee, 1976 - 1988
• Convenor, 1983 - 1985

OHIONET (State OCLC Network)

• Acquisitions Council, 1980 - 1981
• Nominating Committee, 1984

Health Audiovisuals Online Catalog (HAVC)

• Administrative Coordinator, 1982 - 1987 (Nationally available data base of audiovisual collections of the seven Ohio medical schools)

Editorial Boards

Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries, Annual Statistics of Medical School Libraries, 1987 - 1993

Documentation Abstracts Board of Directors, MLA Liaison, Alternate, 1989 - 1990, Delegate, 1990 - 1993

Professional Societies

Association of Academic Health Sciences Library Directors

• President, 1995
• President-elect, 1994
• Statistics Board, 1987 - 1993
• Secretary/Treasurer, 1986 - 1989
• MLA/AAHSLD Task Force on the Development of Standards and Guidelines, 1981 - 1987

Medical Library Association

• Board of Directors, 1991 - 1994
• Awards Committee, 1987 - 1989; Chair Designate, 1990
• Research Section, Liaison to Legislative Committee, 1987 - 1989
• Ad Hoc Committee to Study International Exchange and Redistribution of Library Materials, 1979 - 1982
• Exhibits Committee, Annual Meeting 1975, Chair
• Medical School Libraries Section, Strategic Planning Committee Chair

O. H. I. O. (Ohio Health Information Organization)

• Committee on Structure, Chair, 1978 - 1979
• Membership and Nominating Committee, Chair, 1979 - 1980
• Resource Sharing Committee, Chair, 1982 - 1985
• New York Academy of Medicine, Member, 1989 -

New York New Jersey Chapter, Medical Library Association, Member, 1989 -

American Medical Informatics Association, Member, 1994-

Archons of Colophon, Member, 1989 -

Teaching Experience

Research Training Course in Ethics
New York University School of Medicine 1994 - , co-developer and lecturer

Introduction to Health Sciences Librarianship, Course Director
Queens College, CUNY, September 1998-

Introduction to Health Sciences Librarianship
Kent State University School of Library Science 1983 - 1988, course developer and lecturer

Serials Librarianship In Health Sciences Libraries
Case Western Reserve University School of Library Science 1972 - 1976, lecturer

Bibliography:

Publications

1. Aull, F. et al An on-line resource for the medical humanities. Academic Medicine;69(9)September, 1994:737-8.

2. Love, Erika, et al., Challenge to Action: Planning and Evaluation Guidelines for Academic Health Sciences Libraries. Joint Task Force of the Association of Health Science Library Directors and the Medical Library Association, Chicago, IL, 1987.

3. "Alternative Medicine; a Bibliography of Books in English," Bulletin of Bibliography, 43(3) December 1986: 92 (book review).

4. "Bibliographic Services and User Needs," Bulletin of the Medical Library Association 73(2) April 1985: 221 - 222 (book review).

5. Miller, Dick R. and Brewer, Karen, "Usefulness of OCLC Archive Tapes as a Basis for Local Online Systems," Cataloging and Classification Quarterly 2(4) Summer 1982: 77 - 85.

6. Brewer, Karen et al., "Method for Cooperative Serials Selection and Cancellation through Consortium Activities," Journal of Academic Librarianship, 4(4) 1978: 204 - 208.

7. Brewer, Karen, editor, Biomedical Serials, Cleveland Health Sciences Library, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1976 (published list of journal holdings, prepared on computer in specialized format).

Presentations

1. New York University Medical Center Grand Rounds: Pediatrics, July 21, 1992; Anesthesiology, January 7, 1992.

2. "Images and the Library," Symposium: Electronic Imaging and Interactive Video, National Library of Medicine, May 1992.

3. Adapting for Progress, Panel Chair, New York New Jersey Chapter, Medical Library Association, Annual Meeting, November 15, 1990, New York Academy of Medicine.

4. The Ehrman Library and Medical Informatics, Faculty Council General Meeting, June 18, 1990.

5. Brewer, Karen, "Medical Libraries Toward the Year 2000," Beta Phi Mu, Kent State Chapter, Annual Meeting, April 26, 1987.

6. Scenario Session Coordinator, AAHSLD/MLA Joint Task Force, Columbus Ohio, September 1984.

7. Unger, Monica and Brewer, Karen, "A Comparison of Patterns of Information Retrieval Using Manual and Online Catalog: Phase One," Medical Library Association, Annual Meeting, Denver, May, 1984.

8. Brewer, Karen, "Libraries and Information Technology in the Future," Ohio Public Health Association, Annual Meeting, June 1983.

9. Panel Presentation on Library Security, Medical Library Association, Annual Meeting, 1983.

Dissertation

Brewer, Karen L. "From philanthropy to Reform: The American Red Cross in China, 1906 to 1930," Ph.D. Dissertation. Case Western Reserve University, 1983.

Major Research Interests

• Information retrieval patterns of medical library users.

• Information usage patterns in medical practice and research.

  Grants:

  1. National Library of Medicine Alteration and Renovation Project Grant, 1978 - 80, $245,780 (Principal Investigator).

  2. Greater Midwest Regional Medical Library Network, Adult Development (Middle Aging) Resources, 1984, $2,052.

  3. Greater Midwest Regional Medical Library Network, Nursing Home and Adult Day Care Management, 1986, $3,584.

  4. New York Metropolitan Reference and Research Library Agency, Hospital Library Services Program, Collection Development Award; 1988/89, $4,500; 1989/90, $3,500; 1990/91, $3,500; 1991/92, $3,500; 1992/93, $3,500; 1993/94, $5,200; 1994/95, $3,500

  5. New York Metropolitan Reference and Research Library Agency, Hospital Library Services Program, Technology Applications Award 1994, $2,000; 1995, $2000; 1996, 2,000; 1997 $3,000

  6. New York Metropolitan Reference and Research Library Agency, Bibliographic Data Bases and Interlibrary Resources Sharing Program, LSCA Title III, Retrospective Conversion of Ehrman Medical Library Resources, 1990/91, $42,864.

  7. Submitted: June,1996. NYULMC Affiliates Internet Access. RFA LM-96-001: Internet Connection for Medical Institutions. National Library of Medicine. Principle Investigator.

  8. Submitted: June,1996. NYULMC & Affiliates Primary Care Network (NAPCN) .TIIAP Grant Program, Dept. Commerce.

  Awards and Recognition:

• Who's Who of American Women, 1995

• Who's Who in America, 1996

• NYU School of Medicine Class '90, Special Certificate of Merit
  Last updated August 28, 1998
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