Rena Sheffer, M.L.S. Associate Professor, Librarian Electronic Journals Coordinator Phone: 501-686-6747 Email: shefferrenaa@uams.edu

Education: 

M.L.S. - SUNY@Buffalo
B.A. (history) - SUNY@Buffalo

Current position:  Electronic Journals Coordinator. 2004-present
Previous positions: (UAMS) Library Resources Instruction & Reference Librarian. 1990-2004
Union Memorial Hospital Library (Baltimore). Director. Reference & Clinical Resources Librarian; Monographs Manager. 1986-1990


Liaison To:

• College of Pharmacy

Areas of Emphasis:

• Electronic journals
  > Maintains links and compiles eJournals list
  > Provides assistance with access problems
  
• Bibliographic Management programs
  > Administrator for RefWorks (library subscription)
  > Consultant and teacher for RefWorks
  
  Other areas of interest are education and literature searching

Instructor For:

• RefWorks
• eJournals: finding and accessing them

Selected Publications, Presentations:

Sheffer R.A. Increasing Information Competence in Medical School Faculty.  Academic Exchange Quarterly. 2003 Winter;7(4):185-8

Use of Open URL Access (various presentations).  SCC/MLA  Annual Conferences 2005, 2006

Current Memberships:

• SCC/MLA (South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association)
• NASIG (North American Serials Interest Group)