Annie Thompson

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Head, Norris Medical Library and Associate University Librarian
USC Libraries Norris Medical Library
Office: 2003 Zonal Ave.

Research Areas

Areas of Interest: Health Sciences, Organizational Change and Planning, Mentoring, Leadership, Research Services, Systematic Review Services, Curricular Integration.

Responsibilities

  • Provide oversight of information, clinical, and research services and programs at the Norris Medical Library located on USC's Health Sciences Campus (HSC).
  • Ensure stakeholders at HSC are aware of collections, resources and services that support programs.  
  • Assess and identify needs of HSC partners to develop new services.
  • Serve as liaison to Nurse Anesthesia, Physician Assistant, and Speech Language Pathology programs.

Education

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; Master of Science in Library Science (MSLS), 2008

The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA; BA in English, 2000 

Other relevant education: 

Higher Education Resources Services (HERS) Leadership Institute, Denver, CO, June 13th - 25th, 2016

Harvard Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians, Boston, MA, July 27th - 31st, 2015

American Dental Association/Forsyth Institute, Evidence-Based Dentistry Course, Boston, MA, September 19th - 23rd, 2011.

Certification: 

New York University, Summer Publishing Institute, New York, NY, Book, Magazine, and Digital Publishing Certification, 2000

Subject Matter Expertise

  • Medicine
  • Nursing
  • Physician Assistants

I can help you with...

  • Evidence Based Practice
  • Instruction
  • Reference Assistance
  • Research Strategies