[education] [experience] [research] [skills] [fundraising] [publications] [presentations] [teaching] [programming] [awards] [activities] [references]
Education
MA, History; University of Kentucky, ABT
- Thesis topic: Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa's De nobilitate et praecellentia de foeminei sexus (On the nobility and preexcellence of the female sex) [16th-century Humanistic treatise]
- Primary advisor: E. Randolph Daniel, Professor Emeritus
- Emphasis: European cultural, religious, and social history from in the ancient and mediaeval periods spanning through the French Revolution
MSLS, Library Science; University of Kentucky, 1993
- Emphases: Cataloguing under Dr. Lois Mai Chan, archives preservation under George Cunha, computer resource management, and library services to children/young adults
BA, History, Sociology, and Honors Program; University of Kentucky, 1989
- Additional majors completed: Classical Civilization, 1994
- Additional minor completed: Judaic Studies, 1997
Experience
Humanities Teacher Assistant, Distance Learning, KET, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
(October 2003 - present, part-time 5 hours per week)
- Created, proofread, and amended materials for the Internet and maintained Web pages
- Converted documents to an HTML format for use on the website
- Graded, added comments to, and recorded grades for written homework
- Managed mailings of testing materials, memos, and special project information to enrolled sites
- Worked with facilitators and students to answer questions and give direction on research and projects; answered student mail
- Maintained contact with a network of schools, teachers, and administrators
- Assisted with school visits and professional development
- Performed other duties as assigned
Hospital Librarian, Shriners Hospital for Children, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
(March 1997 - present)
- Managed all aspects of paediatric orthopaedic library in a tertiary-care facility with a focus on family-centred care, clinical research, and teaching
- Developed and managed a budget of $42,000
- Conducted literature reviews and Internet searches
- Provided interlibrary loan service via DOCLINE, the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, the Greater Midwest Region, and library consortia
- Provided quality reference service
- Participated in several interdisciplinary committees, including: Library, Website, Team Leaders, Health Information Management, Continuing Medical Education, Patient and Family Education, Employee Appreciation, Performance Improvement, Newsletter, and Parent Advisory Council
- Coordinated early literacy project (Reach Out and Read)
- Implemented a family resource centre
- Conducted a retrospective conversion to electronic catalog
- Fostered communication between Shrine system librarians
- Provided inservices to hospital personnel and outside groups
- Designed and maintained hospital Web pages
Cataloger, Book Wholesalers, Inc., Lexington, Kentucky, USA [a subsidiary of Follette, Inc.]
(April 2000-June 2000, part-time 12 hours per week)
- Cataloged children's books for a major distributor serving public libraries
Assistant Manager, Comic Interlude, Inc., Lexington, Kentucky, USA
(January 1996-November 1996, variable hours)
- Organized and increased access to 10,000 active and backstock issues
- Developed a secure database of titles, items ordered, and customers
- Managed a database of over 200 reserve files (subscribers' lists)
- Ordered, received, and claimed weekly shipments from vendors
- Supervised four part-time workers
Graduate Assistant, M. I. King Library, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
(August 1992-August 1993; part-time 15 hours per week)
- Created original catalog records of special collections materials 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
(June 1992-August 1992)
- Organized items published by the Commonwealth from 1986-1988
- Entered bibliographic information into R-base system
- Compiled 1986 titles into a published guide for easier access
Research Interests
- Ancient religious practices among women in the Mediterranean (100 BCE-600CE)
- Mediaeval fringe groups based on religion, gender, ethnicity, and social factors
- The 'feminist' treatises of the early Humanists
- Social aspects of the Holocaust and its effects
- The Internet, global community, and the fostering of tolerance
- The Internet as a means of education
- Internet communities as a means of coping with disease
- Quantity/quality of consumer access to information on rare disorders
- Social aspects of the integration of the Internet and other electronic media into the greater society
- Changes in literacy issues from print to electronic media
Special Skills
Languages studied (in order of proficiency)
- English
- Latin (Classical/Mediaeval/Humanist)
- German
- Spanish
- Ancient Greek
- Biblical Hebrew
- French (reading knowledge only)
Computer skills
- Internet/online database searching
- Evaluation of websites
- Programming theory
- Database management
- Web design
- Productivity: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access, Outlook
- Platforms: DOS, Windows, OS X, some Unix
Computer languages
- BASIC
- Pascal
- HTML
- CSS
- Learning VisualBasic, JAVA, and XML
Grants and Fundraising
- Early Literacy Start-up Grant, Reach Out and Read, Inc., $1000 + 2000 free book credits available through Scholastic, Inc., for developmentally-appropriate books to be given away in an early literacy project targeting children 6 months-5 years of age visiting the clinic at Shriners Hospital for Children.
- Gift from Xerox, Inc. $1000 for Reach Out and Read
- Sustainability grants ranging from $300 to $1780 for Reach Out and Read
- In-kind donations for Reach Out and Read through several book drives.
Publications: Writing, Editing, and Moderating
- Editrix: The Trellis, a quarterly journal. Lexington, Ky: Rosemoon Guild, 1991-1995.
- Broadbent, LK, 1986 Checklist of Kentucky State Publications. Frankfort, Ky.: KDLA, 1992 (under former name).
- Rowan, E. The Rabid Librarian's Ravings in the Wind: A Library Blog
- Moderatrix: Shrinelib-l list (Shriners librarians) [2000-2002]
- Owner/Moderatrix: Insulin_resistance list (A support group for insulin resistance issues with over 300 members) [2000-present]
- Moderatrix: SisterSound list (A community women's chorus with over 40 members) [1998-present]
- Web Designer/Coordinatrix: http://www.shrinershq.org/shc/lexington
- Co-editrix: A Heap of Broken Images (An online creative writing journal)
- Rowan, E. Practicing Safer Sex with Latex Allergy. (Part of the now-defunct Femme Fatalia website, published May, 2002.
- Contributing Designer/Editrix: Humanities
- Rowan, E. Providing Library Services in a Unique Pediatric Orthopaedic Setting: Experiences at the Shriners Hospitals for Children. Journal of Hospital Librarianship, 5(2): 2005, 65-72.<.
- Rowan, EE, "Pediatric Medical Librarian," A Day in the Life. Ed. Priscilla Shontz. Libraries Unlimited/Teacher Ideas Press [forthcoming].
Presentations and Demonstrations
- Interdisciplinary Grand Rounds, Shriners Hospital for Children, Lexington, KY, May 12, 2000
Topic: Reach Out and Read Early Literacy Program
Co-presenters: Robert Turley, Board Member; Macki Warren, Volunteer Coordinator - Every Child Deserves a Medical Home, Shriners Hospital for Children, Lexington, KY, December 2, 2000
Topic: Internet Resources [vendor-style demonstrations]
Co-presenters: Bev Hilton and Frank Davis, UK Medical Centre Library
- Eastern District Dietetic Association Meeting, Morehead, KY, March 2, 2001
Topic: Finding What You Need, Trusting What You Find: The Perils of Nutritional Information on the Internet
- Hospital Inservice, Shriners Hospital for Children, Lexington, KY
Topic: Finding and Evaluating Information on the Internet
- Hospital Inservice, Shriners Hospital for Children, Lexington, KY, October 5/10, 2001
Topic: Cerner/SHCIS Electronic Medical Record Computer-Training
Proctor - Hospital Inservice, Shriners Hospital for Children, Lexington, KY, January 30-31, 2002
Topic: Using Microsoft Outlook's Calendar for Scheduling Hospital Meetings and Resources
Co-presenters: Nancy Charley and Carrie Keizer, SHC Information Systems
Teaching Experience
- Internet overviews for individuals and departments upon receiving LAN-based Internet access (Fall 1999)
- Informal orientations for nursing students and residents on pediatric orthopaedic resources/bibliographic instruction
- Self-guided materials for:
- Basic Internet Overview
- Beginning Internet Searching
- Advanced Internet Searching
- PubMed for the Enduser
- Basic Netiquette
- Internet Privacy Issues
- Evaluation of Online Information
- Digital copying techniques
- Assisted with humanities distance learning classes
Library Programming
- Harry Potter Festival, November, 2001
Honors/Awards
- Scroll of Exemplary Service, Hospital Libraries Section, Medical Library Association (2003)
- Phi Alpha Theta History Honorary Society (1989)
- Alpha Lambda Delta Freshman Honorary Society (1985)
Professional Activities
- Offices Held
- Bluegrass Medical Libraries, President (2002)
- Kentucky Library Association, Special Library Section, Archivist (2003)
- Association Memberships
- Medical Library Association, member, 1998-
- Bluegrass Medical Libraries, member, 1997-
- American Library Association, member, 1992-1994, 1997-1998
- New Member Roundtable, 1992-1994
- Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, 1992-1994, 1997-1998
- Kentucky Library Association, 2000-
- Children's/Young Adult Section, 2000-
- Special Library Section, 2000-
- Information & Technology Roundtable, 2000-
- FreeShare [informal group of libraries providing free reciprocal interlibrary loans], 2000-
- Conferences Attended
- McConnell Children's Literature Conference, March 2001, Lexington, KY
- Every Child Deserves a Medical Home, December 2000, Lexington, KY Midwest Chapter Meeting of the MLA, October 1998, Lexington, KY
- Spina Bifida Association Conference, June 1997, Louisville, KY
- Reviews/Selections
- 2006 Doody's Core Titles, Orthopaedics
- 2005 MLA Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX; Section: Between �Madness� and Mental Health: Changing Perceptions and Treatment, 5 abstracts
- 2001 MLA Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL; Section: Cross-Cultural Encounters of the Third Kind, 2 abstracts
- Juries
- MLA Colaianni Jury, 2006-2007
- Continuing Education (in addition to bimonthly programs through Bluegrass Medical Libraries & inservices at Shriners Hospital)
- PDAs and Medical Libraries, University of Kentucky, April 2005
- Partnering for Public Health: Information, Librarians, and the Public Health Workforce, March 2005
- NLM System Update, Getting Started with LinkOut, Prescription for Success: Consumer Health Information on the Internet, GMR/NNLM, July 2004
- Roles and Essential Skills for the Expert Searcher Teleconference, MLA, University of Kentucky, March 2004
- Reading Betweeen the Lines Health Information Literacy Teleconference, MLA, University of Kentucky, September 2003
- HIPPA Teleconference, MLA, University of Kentucky, March 2003
- USA-PATRIOT Act Teleconference, MLA,University of Kentucky, December 2002
- Sync or Swim: PDAs Teleconference, University of Kentucky, February 2002
- E-Journal Video Conference, Veterans Administration, Lexington, KY, March 2001
- The Myth and Reality of Electronic Publishing, University of Kentucky, November 2000
- Stress Management for Women, Pryor Seminars, August 2000
- PubMed, NNLM/MLA, University of Kentucky, July 2000
- New Docline, NNLM/MLA, University of Kentucky, July 2000
- Domestic Violence, Shriners Hospital for Children, July 1999
- Teaching the Adult Learner, MLA, MC/MLA Conference, October 1998
- HIV/AIDS Course, Shriners Hospital for Children, August 1998
- Workplace Violence, Shriners Hospital for Children, August 1998
- Health Science Libraries, University of Kentucky, Spring 1998,
- Alternative Medicine, KHSLC, May 1998
- Children's Literature, University of Kentucky, Fall 1997
- Creative Library Programs for Children, Fall 1997
- CEKOUG Medical and Scientific Websites, UK Gluck Equine Research Centre, December 1997
- Microsoft Access Advanced Database Management, Executrain, December 1997
- Thinking Outside the Box, Marriot Hotel, November 1997
- Microsoft Access Forms & Reports, Executrain, October 1997
- MLA/KLA Teleconference: Future of Librarians, University of Kentucky, March 1997
References
Available upon request