[experience] [education] [activities] [skills] [references] [full vita]
Experience
Humanities Teacher Assistant, Distance Learning, KET, Lexington, Kentucky, USA (October 2003 - present, part-time 5 hours per week)
designed web-based distance learning materials
Hospital Librarian, Shriners Hospital for Children, Lexington, Kentucky, USA (March 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 with a budget of $42,000; provided quality reference service to professionals and consumers; conducted online searches; acquired interlibrary loans; coordinated early literacy project; created family resource center; conducted retrospective conversion to electronic catalogue; designed and maintained hospital Web pages; supervised student workers
Cataloger, Book Wholesalers, Inc., Lexington, Kentucky, USA [a subsidiary of Follett, 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 back stock serial issues; developed a secure database of titles, items ordered, and customers; managed a database of over 200 reserve files; 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)
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 (June 1992-August 1992)
collated and catalogued three years’ worth of publications; provided reference services to patrons in genealogy and local history
Education
MA, History; University of Kentucky, ABT
MSLS, Library Science; University of Kentucky, 1993
BA, History, Sociology, and Honors Program; University of Kentucky, 1989
- Additional majors completed: Classical Civilization, 1994
- Additional minor completed: Judaic Studies, 1997
Professional Activities
Memberships
- Medical Library Association, 1998-
- Bluegrass Medical Libraries, 1997-, president 2002
- 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-
Awards
Scroll of Exemplary Service, Hospital Libraries Section, Medical Library Association (2003)
Publications
Broadbent, LK, 1986 Checklist of Kentucky State Publications. Frankfort, Ky.: KDLA, 1992 (under former name).
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].
Skills/Interests
Languages studied (in order of proficiency)
English, Latin, German, Ancient Greek, Hebrew, Spanish, French
Interests
Genealogy, oral history, local history, gardening
References
Available upon request