Debra Lee Boddington, M.L.S. Assistant Professor, Librarian Liaison and Education Librarian Phone: 501-686-6748 Email:DLBoddington@uams.edu

Debra Lee Boddington, M.L.S., serves as the Liaison and Education Librarian in the UAMS Library, Education & Reference Services Department. Debra is the library liaison to the College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy, and numerous institutes and partners on the UAMS Little Rock campus. Debra is also involved with numerous outreach activities & events across the State, promoting and providing instruction on National Library of Medicine and UAMS Library resources and services.

Debra began her career as an academic research librarian at the University of Kentucky, Lexington in 1980 and continued her commitment to library and information service working in reference, collection management, web development, and numerous public service departments before retiring Emeritus Faculty from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville in 2007. Debra joined the UAMS Library in 2009. Debra is also employed with OCLC, Inc., as a QuestionPoint Virtual Reference Librarian. QuestionPoint is a unique online reference service, supported by a global network of cooperating libraries and research institutions worldwide, offering web based chat, cobrowse capabilities, and other cooperative reference tools and services.

Liaison To:

• College of Nursing
• College of Pharmacy
• Arkansas Geriatric Education Centers (AGEC)
• Cancer Institute, Winthrop P. Rockefeller
• Center for Diversity
• Institute on Aging, Donald W. Reynolds
• Jones Eye Institute, Harvey & Bernice
• Myeloma Institute
• Patient & Family Resource Center (Hospital)
• Spine & Neurosciences Institute, Jackson T. Stephens

Areas of Emphasis:

• Education and Instruction
• UAMS Campus Outreach
• Research Support
• Patient Education
• Consumer Health

Instructor For:

• PubMed
• Clinical and Research Databases (Including CINAHL, PsychINFO, Web of Science, etc.)
• RefWorks

Committees:

• Institute on Aging, Education Committee
• Women's Faculty Caucus, Education Committee
• Council of University of Arkansas Research Libraries, Staff Development Committee