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City: Winston-Salem, NC

Teaching & Professional Interests

  • Academic Libraries
  • Business Librarianship

Research Interests

  • Information Literacy and Instruction
  • Strategic Planning / Marketing / Lobbying

Elisabeth Leonard

Lecturer

Elisabeth has been Head of Reference, Instruction, & Outreach at the University of California, San Diego and Head of Reference at Wake Forest University. She has led strategic planning and marketing efforts, co-chaired the Leadership Institute for NCLA, and created an information literacy program. She has an MLS from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, an MBA in marketing from Wake Forest University, and is enrolled in the doctoral program at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Courses Taught

Education

  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. PhD coursework begun August 2007.
  • MBA (Marketing), Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC (2002)
  • MSLS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (1997)
  • BA (Foreign Language Management) Salem College, Winston-Salem, NC (1994)

Academic & Professional Experience

  • Instructor, Department of Library and Information Studies, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Spring 2007 (January-May)
  • Head of Reference, Instruction, and Outreach, Social Sciences & Humanities Library, University of California, San Diego (May 2004 - July 2006)
  • Head of Reference, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem NC (June 2003 - March 2004)
  • Acting Head of Reference, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem NC (August 2002 - January 2003)
  • Business and Economics Librarian, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem NC, (June 1998 - May 2003)
  • Reference Librarian, Greensboro College, Greensboro NC (May 1997 - May 1998)
  • German Instructor, R.J. Reynolds, Winston-Salem NC (May 1995 - June 1995)

Selected Publications  (last five years only)

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

  • Harwell, K., Leonard, E., Ross, C., & Tucker, C. (2006). Core competencies for business reference: An introduction to one of the Brass Education Committee's Web guides. RUSQ, 46(1): 40-43.
  • Leonard, E., Carr, A. & Farrell, K. (2005). This summer, worship a book. Library Journal, 130(19), 42-44.
  • Leonard, E.(2005). Forbes.com. Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship, 10(2), 47-53.
  • Leonard, E., et al. (2005). Investor education @ your library: A resource guide to investing. Chicago, IL: American Libraries Association.
  • Leonard, E. (2003). Weighing the benefits of an MBA: Survey results. Academic BRASS, 1(3). www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaourassoc/rusasections/ brass/brasspubs/academicbrass/acadarchives/vol1no3/academicbrassv.htm
  • Editor, Business and Economics, Infomine (infomine.ucr.edu), 2001 - present.

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