Your Liaison Michele Tennant: Selected Presentations

Presentations and Posters: 

• Raising clinician genetics information literacy, refereed presentation, Medical Library Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, 7 May 2019 (Wu J [presenter], Ansell M, Pomputius A, Tennant MR)
• Assessing need and evaluating programs for a health science center library’s wellness initiative. Library Assessment Conference, Houston, TX, 7 Dec. 2018 (Pomputius A [presenter], Stoyan-Rosenzweig N, Ansell M, Morgan-Daniel J, Tennant MR, Lockwood R)
• Can you credit this? A credit-bearing information literacy course for graduate health science students. Southern Chapter of the Medical Library Association Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, 26 Oct 2018 (Edwards ME, Norton HF [presenter], Ansell M, Schaefer N, Tennant MR)
• Bringing Madagascar to Florida: A librarian’s experiences with the 8^th Continent.  American Library Association’s Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, 24 June 2018 (Tennant MR [co-presenter], Andriamihajanirina M, Gibson GL, Miyamoto MM [co-presenter], Nguyen ST, Ranaivoson J, Stoyan-Rosenzweig N)
• Assessing wellness needs of library users at a health sciences center. Medical Library Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, 22 May 2018 (Pomputius A [presenter], Ansell M, Morgan-Daniel J, Stoyan-Rosenzweig N, Lockwood R, Selfe TK, Tennant, MR)    
• Transforming through wellness programming at a health science center library. Medical Library Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, 22 May 2018 (Pomputius A [presenter], Morgan-Daniel J, Ansell M, Stoyan-Rosenzweig N, Selfe TK, Lockwood R, Tennant MR)
• From class project to published work: a librarian's role in publishing. Medical Library Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, 22 May 2018 (Tennant MR [co-presenter], Gibson GL [co-presenter], Nguyen ST [co-presenter], Andrianmihajanirina ME)
• Leadership in the interim or: how we learned to stop worrying and embrace the uncertainty. Medical Library Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, 21 May 2018 (Norton HF, Tennant MR, Edwards ME [all presenters])
• Development of bioinformatics services in the library: understanding researcher’s bioinformatics support needs. Medical Library Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, 20 May 2018 (Wu J [presenter], Tennant MR, Norton HF, Edwards ME)
• Keynote address. 10th Annual University of Massachusetts and New England Area Librarian e-Science Symposium. University of Massachusetts, 5 Apr. 2018 (invited 1-hr presentation; declined due to schedule conflict).
• Supporting genetics education and research: limitless possibilities. Medical Library Association Annual Conference, 17 May 2015, Austin, TX (MR Tennant [presenter])
• Outreach to clinicians, researchers, and students on sex and gender differences and women’s health research. Medical Library Association Annual Conference, 17 May 2015, Austin, TX (HF Norton [presenter], ME Edwards, N Schaefer, MR Tennant)
• Limitless collaboration - librarians, clinicians and researchers partnering to further national goals in sex and gender differences and women's health research. Medical Library Association Annual Conference, 17 May 2015, Austin, TX (MR Tennant, ME Edwards [presenter], HF Norton, N Schaefer)
• Promoting awareness of and access to sex and gender differences research. Society for Neuroscience annual conference, 15 Nov. 2014, Washington, D.C. (ME Edwards, HF Norton, N Schaefer, MR Tennant [presenter], NL Notterpek)
• Sex and gender differences in health: educational and collaborative outreach to genetics researchers, clinicians, and students. American Society for Human Genetics annual conference, 19 Oct. 2014, San Diego, CA (MR Tennant [presenter], ME Edwards, HF Norton, N Schaefer)
• Transforming biomedical research and practice:  promoting research and awareness of sex and gender differences in health. American Library Association Annual Conference, 29 June 2014, Las Vegas, NV (ME Edwards, MR Tennant [presenter], HF Norton, N Schaefer)
• Beyond the (standard) male: collaborating to increase faculty and student awareness of sex and gender differences in health research. Special Libraries Association Annual Conference, 8 June 2014, Vancouver, British Columbia (N Schaefer [presenter], MR Tennant, HF Norton, ME Edwards)
• Building interdisciplinary collaborations among researchers in sex and gender differences and women’s health. Medical Library Association Annual Conference, 19 May 2014, Chicago, IL (HF Norton, ME Edwards [presenter], N Schaefer, MR Tennant)
• Building interdisciplinary collaborations among researchers in sex and gender differences and women’s health. Medical Library Association Annual Conference, 19 May 2014, Chicago, IL (HF Norton [presenter], ME Edwards, N Schaefer, MR Tennant)
• Toward a comprehensive bioinformatics education for undergraduate biology majors: core coursework and integrative learning experiences. Fifth RECOMB Satellite Conference in Bioinformatics Education, 1 Apr. 2014, Pittsburgh, PA (V de Crecy-Lagard [co-presenter], B Kolaczkowski, R Garcia-Milian, S Galindo, MR Tennant [co-presenter], J Drew, E Triplett)
• Mergers and acquisitions: a road map for effective organizational change. American Library Association Annual Conference, 30 June 2013, Chicago, IL, (BW Keith [co-presenter], CE Botero [co-presenter], MR Tennant)
• The University of Florida’s Health Science Center Library, Norris Medical Library, University of Southern California, 4 June 2013, Los Angeles, CA (MR Tennant, HF Norton, R Garcia-Milian [co-presenters]) (invited presentation)
• Bioinformatics librarian, Information Careers in the Biosciences Seminar, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, 30 May 2013, Duarte, CA (invited presentation)
• Enhancing library-based services for clinical and translational researchers. One Health: Information in an Interdependent World - 113^th Medical Library Association Annual Conference, 11th International Congress on Medical Librarianship,7th International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists, and 6th International Clinical Librarian Conference, 6 May 2013, Boston, MA (MR Tennant, R Garcia-Milian [presenter], JA Lyon, HF Norton, CE Botero)
• Influencing patient-provider communication and promoting patient self-advocacy. One Health: Information in an Interdependent World - 113^th Medical Library Association Annual Conference, 11th International Congress on Medical Librarianship,7th International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists, and 6th International Clinical Librarian Conference, 6 May 2013, Boston, MA (LC Butson [presenter], RR Pauly, JA Lyon, MR Tennant)
• Supporting the local research data environment via cross-campus collaboration and leveraging of national expertise. One Health: Information in an Interdependent World - 113^th Medical Library Association Annual Conference, 11th International Congress on Medical Librarianship,7th International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists, and 6th International Clinical Librarian Conference, 6 May 2013, Boston, MA, (HF Norton [presenter], R Garcia-Milian, MR Tennant CE Botero)
• Utilizing reflective practice to enhance professional development. One Health: Information in an Interdependent World - 113^th Medical Library Association Annual Conference, 11th International Congress on Medical Librarianship,7th International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists, and 6th International Clinical Librarian Conference, 6 May 2013, Boston, MA (M Edwards [presenter], MR Tennant, R Garcia-Milian, JA Lyon, J Roberts)
• Interdisciplinary and inter-institutional collaborations: opportunities and challenges. One Health: Information in an Interdependent World - 113^th Medical Library Association Annual Conference, 11th International Congress on Medical Librarianship,7th International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists, and 6th International Clinical Librarian Conference, 5 May 2013, Boston, MA (JA Lyon [presenter], ME Edwards, MR Tennant, LC Butson, CB White, HF Norton, R Garcia-Milian)
• The University of Florida’s Health Science Center Library, National Institutes of Health Library, National Institutes of Health, 22 Apr. 2013, Bethesda, MD (MR Tennant, HF Norton, R Garcia-Milian [co-presenters]) (invited presentation)
• The University of Florida’s Health Science Center Library, Lane Medical Library, Stanford University, 28 Mar. 2013, Palo Alto, CA (invited presentation)
•  Around the horn: how the University of Florida successfully fielded a team that integrates health science and university libraries. Medical Library Association  annual conference, Seattle, WA, 22 May 2012 (MR Tennant, CE Botero, BW Keith [presenter])
• Biomedical librarians as information nodes in community research networks. Medical Library Association annual conference, Seattle, WA, 21 May 2012 (R Garcia-Milian [presenter], HF Norton, MR Tennant)
• Essential skills for biomedical librarians engaging in cross-disciplinary, multi-institutional team projects: experiences from the VIVO Collaboration. Medical Library Association  annual conference, Seattle, WA, 21 May 2012 (R Garcia-Milian, HF Norton [presenter], B Auten, VI Davis, KL Holmes, M Johnson, MR Tennant)
• Hitting a grand slam: the state of the art in library-based bioinformatics support. Medical Library Association annual conference, Seattle, WA, 20 May 2012 (MR Tennant, M Edwards [presenter], R Garcia-Milian, HF Norton)  
• Meeting the unique information needs of clinical and translational researchers: assessment, preparation, and intervention. Medical Library Association annual conference, Seattle, WA, 20 May 2012 (MR Tennant, JA Lyon [presenter], R Garcia-Milian, HF Norton, CE Botero)
• Research data needs assessment and program planning. Medical Library Association annual conference, Seattle, WA, 20 May 2012 (HF Norton [presenter], R Garcia-Milian, MR Tennant, C Botero)
• Electronic capture and analysis of librarian-mediated literature searches in the health sciences. 6^th Evidence Based Library and Information Practice conference, Sheffield, U.K., 28 June 2011 (JA Lyon [presenter], N Ferree, H Norton, MR Tennant)
• Looking forward: a critical role for the library in research, collaboration, and assessment.  Banbury Conference on Envisioning the Future of Science Libraries at Academic Research Institutions, Banbury Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, 2 Apr. 2012 (invited presentation)
• VIVO:  developing a national network of scientists. American Association for the Advancement of Science, Annual Conference, Feb. 2010, San Diego, CA (SR Gonzalez [presenter], MH Devare, V Davis, and KL Holmes).  
• Learning from users to create intuitive resources: not seeing the forest for the trees. International Congress on Medical Librarianship, Sept. 2009, Brisbane, Australia (MR Tennant [presenter], CE Botero, GO Hack).
• Library-based support for clinical and translational science initiatives: the University of Florida experience. International Congress on Medical Librarianship, Sept. 2009, Brisbane, Australia (MR Tennant [presenter], W McLendon).
• Reporting structures of academic health science libraries. International Congress on Medical Librarianship, Sept. 2009, Brisbane, Australia (MR Tennant [presenter], A Buhler, TT Catalso, N Ferree).
• Using E-learning technology and presentation software to enhance genetics education. International Congress on Medical Librarianship, Sept. 2009, Brisbane, Australia (MR Tennant [presenter], MM Miyamoto, M Horrell).
• Bioinformatics librarian, in "Models of embedded librarianship". Special Libraries Association Annual Conference, Washington, DD, June 2009 (invited panelist)
• Bioinformatics librarian - meeting the information needs of researchers and students. E-science Symposium, University of Massachusetts and New England Area Librarian Association, Worchester, MA, April 2009 (invited presentation)
• Assessing researchers' skills and attitudes concerning online bioinformatics resources. Special Libraries Association Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, June 2008.
• Library-based bioinformatics support: changing perceptions, changing roles. Special Libraries Association Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, June 2008.
• How (and how well) do researchers use bioinformatics resources? A preliminary analysis. Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, May 2008.
• A library-based bioinformatics program for first-year medical students. 9th International Congress on Medical Librarianship, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, Sept. 2005 (MR Tennant [presenter], MJ Koroly).
• The library's role in graduate bioinformatics education: applications of bioinformatics to genetics. 9th International Congress on Medical Librarianship, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, Sept. 2005 (MR Tennant [co-presenter], MM Miyamoto [co-presenter], L Zhou, HV Baker).
• A library-based bioinformatics educational program for students, researchers, and clinicians. Medical Library Association Annual Conference, Washington, DC, May 2004.
• Bioinformatics librarian. Undergraduate Women in Science Symposium. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, March 2004 (invited panelist).
• Bioinformatics resources. Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, PA, June 2003 (invited speaker).
• Bioinformationist. The Informationist Conference, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, 4 April 2002 (invited speaker).
• Molecular information services at the University of Florida. Karolinska Institut, Stockholm, Sweden, 27 Mar. 2001 (invited speaker).
• Integrating genetics information resources into the classroom. Malasanos Symposium, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 2 June 2000 (invited speaker).