Dr. Carol Perryman

Carol Perryman, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
School of Library and Information Studies

Professional Preparation

Ph.D., 2011, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Information & Library Science

MS, LIS, 2004, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana
Library and Information Science

BS, 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

• LS 5013 Information Organization & Retrieval
• LS 5363 Health Science Information Services
• LS 5083 Consumer Health Services and Resources
• LS 5473 Health Science Reference and Resources

Scholarship

• 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.
• 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 & 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.
• SLymposium2008: SLA in Second Life.  Invited speaker, November 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. (2006, July). Medicus deus: A review of factors affecting hospital library services to patients between 1790-1950. JMLA, 94(3):263-270.
• Perryman C. Information behaviors in an online smoking cessation community. 2005 MLA Annual Meeting, San Antonio. First place for research, MLA Research Section

Service

• MLA Research Section Ad-Hoc Strategic Planning Committee, 2010 - current.
• 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.
• 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.