Carol Perryman, MS LIS 

Instructor II
School of Library and Information Studies

Professional Preparation

Ph.D., Expected 2010, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Information & Library Science

M.S. L.I.S., 2004, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana
Library and Information Science

B.S., 2001, Friends University, Wichita, Kansas
Business Management

Professional Experience

• Project Coordinator, National Library of Medicine grant funded projects, Second Life
• IMLS/TRLN Research Fellow, University of North Carolina and Duke University
• Consultant, LSTA funded grant, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center Library & Resource Center, Peoria, IL
• Medical & Consumer Health Librarian, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center Library & Resource Center, Peoria, IL
• Information Specialist, Johnson County Public Library System
• Circulation Supervisor, KS Public Library, Kansas City

Teaching

• Teaching Assistant,  University of North Carolina School of Information and Library Science: Professional Field Experience, Consumer Health Information, Cultural Institutions
• Master’s level courses: LS 5013 Information Storage and Retrieval; Evidence-based Library and Information Practice, University of North Carolina School of Information and Library Science
• Consumer health teaching: multiple workshops in Second Life

Scholarship

• Perryman C. (2006, July). Medicus deus: A review of factors affecting hospital library services to patients between 1790-1950. JMLA, 94(3):263-270.
• Wildemuth B & Perryman C. Discourse analysis. In B Wildemuth (Ed.). Applications of social research methods to questions in information and library science, London, UK: Libraries Unlimited, 2009.
• Perryman C & Wildemuth B. Researching special populations. In B. Wildemuth (Ed.), Applications of social research methods to questions in information and library science. London, UK: Libraries Unlimited, 2009.
• Perryman C & van den Brekel G. Health libraries in Second Life. In L Bell & RB Trueman (Eds.). Virtual Worlds, Real Libraries: Librarians and Educators in Second Life and Other Multi-User Virtual Environments. Medford, NJ: Information Today, 2008.
• Perryman C & Marshall JG. Designing a curriculum in evidence-based practice for Master’s students in library and information science. In E. Connor (Ed.), Evidence-based librarianship: Case studies and active learning exercises, Oxford: Chandos Publications, 2007.
• Perryman C. Finding our foundation: Analysis of the LISA database for research retrievability. 2006 MLA Annual Meeting, Phoenix. Second place for research, MLA Research Section.
• Perryman C. Information behaviors in an online smoking cessation community. 2005 MLA Annual Meeting, San Antonio. First place for research, MLA Research Section
• Gomez M, Samplin-Salgado M, & Perryman C. Getting virtual for the 20th World AIDS Day: Lessons learned about Second Life from AIDS.gov and the Alliance Library System. Poster presentation, American Public Health Association 2009 Conference
• Perryman C, James R, Lackey CS, & Peterson R. Assessing the future: Developing information technology skills for new staff roles in academic medical libraries. Poster presentation, 2007 EBLIP4 Conference, and 2007 MLA Annual Meeting.
• Consumer Health Information Gets a Second Life. Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries Technology Days, Invited speaker, 2007.
• Rochester University, River Campus Libraries, invited speaker (using Dimdim conferencing, and Second Life, live). March 3, 2009.
• Association of American Publishers (AAP) Publisher’s Advisory Panel to the National Library of Medicine, educational conference for health science librarians and publishers. MashUp at the Library: Managing Colliding User Needs, Technologies and the Ability to Deliver. Invited speaker, February 2009.
• SLymposium200811: SLA in Second Life.  "The first ALA SLymposium to be held in the virtual world of Second Life on ALA island on Saturday November 8”. Invited speaker, November 2008.

Service

• International program committee and invited referee (papers), 5th International Conference, Evidence Based Library & Information Practice, Stockholm, Sweden, May 2009.
• Evidence summaries team member, 2006-2009, Evidence Based Library and Information Practice.
• Treasurer/Webmaster/Secretary, Medical Library Education Section, Medical Library Association, 2007-2009.
• Member, MLA Task Force on Research Policy Statement Revision, 2005-2007.
• Invited referee (papers), 2007 – 2009, MLA Annual Meeting, Medical Library Education Section.
• Co-organizer, with Joanne Gard Marshall, 4th International Conference on Evidence-based Library & Information Practice, Chapel Hill, May 2007.
• Member, Medical Library Association, ALISE, South Central Chapter, MLA, Special Library Association.