Tracy Shields, MSIS

Phone:
615-936-5787
Email:
tracy.shields@vanderbilt.edu
Office:
EBL 221

Job Related Information

Job Title:

Librarian

Department:

Knowledge Management
Eskind Biomedical Library

Area(s)of Responsibility:

  • Staff Training
  • Library Knowledge Management
  • Library Information Services - Public Service Functions
  • Filtering/Evidence-Based Services

Learning Framework Skills:

  •  Biomedical concepts
  •  Healthcare delivery and trends
  •  Medical terminology and concepts
  •  Collection management
  •  Integrated library systems
  •  Communication skills (oral and written)
  •  Comprehends communication from others
  •  Ensures understanding
  •  Listening skills
Collaborative software  
  •  Instant messaging
  •  Understanding of email applications and function
  •  Web 2.0 communication tools
Productivity tools  
  •  Internet browsers
  •  Presentation development software
  •  Word processing software
Web-based programming languages  
  •  Basic HTML
  •  Seeks to understand customers
  •  Adjusts to the audience
  •  Clarifies information
  •  Explains and demonstrates
  •  Staff development
  •  Targets learning needs
  •  Analyzes information
  •  Copyright laws
  •  Informatics principles
  •  Information needs assessment
  •  Information retrieval techniques
  •  Internet resources
  •  Organization of health sciences literature
  •  Organizes information
  •  Print resources
  •  Seeks information
  •  Intellectual property
  •  Database resources
  •  Digital libraries
  •  Consultation/reference interview
  •  Information delivery methods
  •  Information needs/info-seeking behavior
  •   Capturing appropriate institutional information/knowledge
  •  Information facilitation
  •  Information use
  •  Applies knowledge or skill
  •  Builds skills and performs complex tasks in area of expertise
  •  Intellectual curiosity/lifelong learning
  •  Knowledgeable
  •  Maximizes learning
  •  Scholarly communications
  •  Seeks learning activities
  •  Takes risks in learning
  •  Value of education
  •  Willingness to learn
  •  Biomedical informatics theory/application
  •  Current trends in librarianship
  •  Library technology
  •  NLM programs and policies
  •  Organization of information
  •  Multitasking
  •  Organized
  •  Stays focused
  •  Professional attitude
  •  Copyediting
  •  Developmental editing
  •  General editing
  •  Proofreading
  •  Publishing and publishing industry
  •  Scholarly writing
  •  Ability to work in teams
  •  Availability/Accessibility
  •  Collaborative
  •  Collaboratively establishes development plans
  •  Consensus building
  •  Coordinating
  •  Supports others
  •  Understanding of team processes