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City: Lakeland, FL

Teaching & Professional Interests

  • Administration and Management

Research Interests

  • Special and Corporate Libraries

Dr. Cheryl R. Dee

Lecturer

Cheryl Dee began her career as the director and medical researcher in two medical libraries in Lakeland, Florida. She also established and restructured many hospital libraries in the Southeastern U.S. Dr. Dee's research specialization focuses on medical information sources and the information seeking behavior of a variety of health information seekers including physicians, nurses, clinical PDA users, and senior citizens, particularly those with low vision. A current project works with the Director Emeritus of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to develop an annotated digital collection of his primary NLM speeches and NLM testimony to the U.S. House and U.S. Senate.

Dr. Dee is active in the Medical Library Association (MLA) and the Special Library Association (SLA) and encourages professional association participation by students with professional mentors. Teaching areas include Health Science Librarianship and Resources, Special Libraries and Library Administration and Management at the University of South Florida and Florida State University.

Courses Taught

Education

  • Ph.D. (Library Science) Florida State University, School of Library and Information Services, (1990)
  • MLS (Library Science) George Peabody College, Vanderbilt University
  • BA Michigan State University

Academic & Professional Experience

  • Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Sciecne, University of South Florida (2001-)
  • Visting Assistant Professor, School of Information, Florida State University (2003 -)
  • Director, Watson Clinic Medical Library, Watson Clinic (1975-1999)
  • Consultant, Hospital Library and Management (1980-2008)

Selected Publications  (last five years only)

For other publications and presentations, see Curriculum Vitae PDF above.

  • Dee, C. & Rankin, J. (in press). Medical and allied health sciences literatures and their users. In M. Bates (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences. Boca Raton, FL: Taylor & Francis.
  • Dee, C. (2008). Directories and Biographical Sources. In J. Boorkman & J. Huber (Eds.), Introduction to reference sources in the health sciences, (5th ed.) (pp. 303-325). New York, NY: Neal-Schuman Publishers.
  • Spink, A., & Dee, C. (2007). Cognitive shifts related to interactive information retrieval. Online Information Review, 31(6), 845-860.
  • Dee, C. (2007). MEDLARS: Development of MEDLARS (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System). Journal of the Medical Library Association, 95(4), 416-425. Retrieved December 17, 2008, from http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?iid=150885
  • Dee, C., & Allen, M. (2006). A survey of the usability of digital reference services on academic health science library websites. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 32(1), 69-78.
  • Moody, L., Dee, C., & Rogers, A. (2005). Seniors' Internet use and preferences for Web-based e-health resources. eHealth International, 2(2), 1-12. Retrieved December 17, 2008, from http://www.ehealthinternational.org/vol2num2/Vol2Num2p01.pdf
  • Dee, C., Teolis, M., & Todd, A. (2005). Physicians' use of the personal digital assistant (PDA) in clinical decision making. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 93(4), 480–486. Retrieved December 17, 2008, from http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1250324
  • Dee, C., & Newhouse, J. (2005). Digital chat reference in health science libraries: Challenges in initiating a new service. Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 24(3), 17-27.
  • Dee, C. (2005). Digital reference service: Trends in academic health science libraries. Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 24(1), 19-27.
  • Dee, C. (2005). Making the most of nursing's electronic resources: Accessing evidence-based Web sites. American Journal of Nursing, 105(9), 79, 81-5.
  • Dee, C., & Stanley, E. (2005). Nurses’ information needs: Nurses' and hospital librarians’ perspective. Journal of Hospital Librarianship, 5(2), 1-13.
  • Dee, C., & Stanley, E. (2005). Information-seeking behavior of nursing students and clinical nurses: Implications for health sciences Librarians. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 93(2), 213-222. Retrieved December 17, 2008, from http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=15858624.
  • Dee, C., & Turk, D. (2005). Digital Library Collection: The Martin M. Cummings’ Papers Digital Archive. University of South Florida Library. Special Collections' Institutional Repository Collection. USF currently hosts this material on behalf of C. Dee and D. Turk. USF M. M. Cummings' index page retrieved December 17, 2008, from http://kong.lib.usf.edu:8881/R/A25M9543TQ9Y3R2GUS2CGQMYDDB666IFST1GACHBCVRQ6GNXK8-04105?func=base-list
  • Dee, C. (2004). Directories and Biographical Sources Chapter 12. (pp. 295 – 325). In J. Boorkman, J. Huber, & F. Roper (eds.). Introduction to Reference Sources in the Health Sciences (4th ed.). New York, NY: Neal-Schuman Publishers.
  • Teolis, M., Dee, C., & Todd, A. (2004). Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs): Barriers but Opportunities. Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries, 1(4), 17-30.
  • Dee, C. (2003). Chat Reference Service in Medical Libraries: Part 1 - An Introduction. Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 22(2), 1-13.
  • Dee, C. (2003). Chat Reference Service in Medical Libraries: Part 2 - trends in Medical School Libraries. Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 22(2), 15-28.

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