LIS522LE: A glimpse into my science librarianshipLaksamee PutnamResearch & Instruction LibrarianTowson Universitylputnam@towson.edu

Hello! Laksamee Putnam Research &

Instruction Librarian at Towson University – Albert S. Cook Library

Graduated from GSLIS – May 2010

Started at Towson – January 2011

How did I get here? B.S. – Environmental

Biology from University of Colorado – Boulder

Spectrum Scholarship ARL Scholarship Assistantship with ITD Practicum/Alternative

Spring break Career advisors Focused Flexibility Luck

How did you get here? What’s your interest in science

librarianship? Do you have a background in science? What are you hoping to hear about from

me today?

About Towson University http://www.towson.edu/ Towson is 8 miles north of

downtown Baltimore I have not watched the Wire

20,000 students 15,000 undergrad 3,000 grad

Second/Third largest public university in Maryland

Originally a teacher college We are Maryland’s largest

producer of teachers

About the Albert S. Cook library http://cooklibrary.towson.e

du/

5 levels Houses the Baltimore

Hebrew Institute Collection Most computers on

campus Majority electronic

collection More current materials–

Dependent on USMAI

What do I do now? Liaison to: Biology,

Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Forensic Chemistry and Environmental Science

Teach roughly 20 library instruction sessions a semester

Present/write within library academia

Reference Committee work

Liaison work Collection

development Books Journal/Database

subscriptions Current

discussion on Scopus vs. Web of Science

Liaison Work Meet with faculty

More than just emailing them updates Go to orientations Go to campus events Embedded librarianship Market library instruction sessions Plan faculty workshops Help them with their research

Ex) Cell membrane biology reviews in the last 6 years

http://bit.ly/cellmembio

Liaison Work Roving Reference

Marketed the same way

Various locations for each liaison

Towson Opportunities in STEM (TOPS)

Library Instruction The first two months

of every semester Integrating

information literacy ACRL standards Develop critical

thinkers Range of levels

TSEM – Freshman Graduate Students

Library Instruction TSEM/Freshman

Introduce the basics Evaluate

Currency Reliability Authority Accuracy Purpose (CRAAP)

How to use the catalog How to use a database

Boolean operators Peer Reviewed

How to create a citation Example: http://bit.ly/GERO101c

Library Instruction Upper level/Graduate Students

Basics refresher More in-depth discussions on plagiarism

Intellectual property vs open access Bibliographic Management

RefWorks More subject specific databases More in-depth database searching Example: http://slidesha.re/z8DeQm

Library Instruction Utilizing Universal Design and emerging technology (aka

making it interesting) Google docs Poll everywhere

http://bit.ly/cosmicpoll1 http://bit.ly/cosmicpoll2

Mind42 TED videos

http://bit.ly/z25XIY Wikis Creative projects

Video mashups Glogster

Library Academia Promotion and Tenure track position One of my papers published in Issues in

Science and Technology Librarianship was a paper I wrote for a GSLIS class

Local/state presentation – MILEX ALA Emerging Leaders program Joint Conference of Librarians of Color (JCLC) Association of College & Research Libraries

(ACRL)

Reference At the desk

How do I print? Where are the bathrooms? I need a book about…. I need an article for…. How do I cite this?

Reference I was looking for assistance finding

scholarly articles on HFF and HT-1080 cells because I am not familiar with the database.

Reference I am currently working with Dr. H on

determining the elemental composition of vanilla using XRF and using discriminate analysis to determine origin. I had a few articles recommend to me, but was given very little information and was not very successful in finding any of them, and was hopeful that you may be able to help. 

Reference I hope all is well with you. I am

administrative assistant in the Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, and Bioinformatics Program and the program director, Dr. Larry Wimmers, wanted me to find review articles on the topic of cell membrane biology that was published in the last six  years

Reference I am currently trying to find information

for my Microbiology paper, and I am having difficulty finding what I need because everything seems to be too complex. I only need background information on Mycobacterium smegmatis or it's lifestyle, not any research involving this bacteria. If you have any suggestions, please let me know.

Committee work Library Marketing

committee Display

3rd and 4th Floor Video

http://youtu.be/XHd2tCWFXoA

Committee work Search Committee APALA literary

awards committee New Members

Round Table ACRL – Science

and Technology Section

That about sums it up Other things I do

Tweet - @LibrarianLaks Blog - http://librarianlaks.blogspot.com/ Go to webinars Attend conferences Mentoring A bunch of other stuff ….

Questions?

Thank you for your time! Good luck with your future careers! Feel free to contact me with any further

questions – about science, about job searching, about collaborating