Paul M. Blobaum
Assistant Professor, GovernorsStateUniversity Library
Vitae 2001-2006
December 17, 2006
2004-present Assistant Professor, GovernorsStateUniversity Library, University Park, IL.
Tenure-track position, reporting to the Dean ofthe University Library and Academic Computing Services. Originally appointed as “University Professor”; rank changed under the 2002-6 UPI Faculty Agreement to “Assistant Professor”. Assignment 2004-6 includes: coordination of grants information, coordination of copyright compliance information, coordination of government information, coordination of distance education services. Assignment 2002-6 includes scheduled reference desk service, subject liaison to the College of Health Professions programs in Health Administration, Nursing, Occupational Therapy Physical Therapy, Communication Disorders, Addictions Studies, Social Work, and Government Documents, as well as Integrative Studies and Board of Governors BA program. Responsibility for collection development and material selection in those areas. Liaison responsibilities include coordination of e-reserve material, development of subject and departmental web pages, and creation of instructional materials. Instruction assignment includes formal bibliographic instruction sessions for subject areas, AITT workshops,and informal one-on-one instruction.
2001-4 University Professor, GovernorsStateUniversity Library, University Park, IL.
Tenure-track faculty appointment, reporting to the Dean of the University Library and Academic Computing Services. Assignment in 2001-4 included: Coordination activities including Access Services Department of nine FTE civil service positions and five student workers covering interlibrary loan (ILL), reserves, circulation, stacks, media room, billing, and telecourses; coordination of updating of borrower database in online catalog, coordination of copyright compliance, and coordination of library policies and services for Distance Education students.
1996-2000 Medical Librarian, SilverCrossHospital, Joliet, IL.
Reported to the Vice President, Human Resources. Managed a busy library of books, journals, and online resources. Performed outreach to nurses, physicians, administrators, and consumers. Responsibilities included serving on the hospital’s Improving Operations and Performance committee, ILL and document delivery services, managing computer workstations, medical and business reference and database searching, collection development, and bibliographic instruction. Managed two part-time volunteers.
1990-1996 Medical Librarian, MidwesternUniversity Alumni Memorial Library,Olympia Fields Osteopathic Hospital and MedicalCenter, Olympia Fields, IL.
Reported to the Assistant Dean and University Librarian, MidwesternUniversity, Downers Grove, IL. Responsibilities included the management of an academic medical library branch primarily serving medical students, residents, interns, and physicians. Main activities included ILL, reference, bibliographic instruction, and faculty liaison. Supervised a .5 FTE Library Technician and two volunteers.
1989-1990 Graduate Assistant, Chemistry Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL.
Reported to the Chemistry Librarian. Responsible for evening hours reference and online searching of Chemical Abstracts. Catalogued Chemistry department theses and conducted bibliographic research of usage of the Chemistry collection.
1988-1989 Circulation Clerk, Chemistry Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL.
Managed the Reserve collection and circulation desk using the LCS/FBR system.Coordinated shelving with student worker. Answered ready reference questions. Special projects as assigned.
Education
1990 M.S., Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL.
1987 M.A., Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, IA.
1981 B.A., WartburgCollege, Waverly, IA. Major: Organ Performance
1979-1980 International Christian University, Mitaka City, Japan.
Instruction
2001-2:
OCCT 780, Research Methods for Occupational Therapy, Brady, January 7, 6 students
CDIS 802, Scientific and Professional Foundations of Communication Disorders,
Lubinsky, January 8th, 18 students
HLAD 325, Health Care Organization, Groebner, January 22, 10 students
HLAD 301, Introduction to Health Care Management Strategies,Groebner, May 6, 10 students
PHYT 743: Research in Physical Therapy Practice, Carter, August 26
Master of Occupational Therapy Student Orientation, Carr, August 27
2002-3:
HLAD325 Health Care Organization, Groebner, September 5
NURS400 Nursing Research, MacMullen, September 9
SOCW320 Intro to Social Work, Boline, September 16
New Communication Disorders Students, Lubinsky, September 26
PADM852 Seminar in Research Methods, Donaldson, October 14, 8students
PHYT743: Research in Physical Therapy Practice, Carter, October 21,
Review, 10 students
OCCT780 Research Methods in OT, Brady, Jan. 6
NSG 782 Health Policy & Nursing, Tymkow, Jan 27
NSG 400, Nursing Research, MacMullen, May 5, 6 students
NSG 306 , Gerontological Nursing, Tymkow, May 13, 15 students
.
2003-4:
New Master of Occupational Therapy students, September 2, 12 students
PHYT 743, Research in PT Practice, Carter, September 8, 17 students
HLAD 325, Health Care Organization, Groebner, September 11, 34 students
New Masters Communications Disorders students, Lubinsky, September 30, 1 student
OCCT780, Research Methods in OT, Brady, January 26, 12 students
NSG 782, Health Policy & Nursing, Tymkow, January 14, 17 students
NURS400, Nursing Research,MacMullen, May 26, 12 students
Bachelor of HealthAdministrationUniversity of Chicago Hospitals Cohort, Coleman,
August 26, 25 students
AITT Workshops – Microsoft Outlook and Copyright Compliance
2004-5:
PHYT 743, Research in PT Practice, Carter, September 10, 20 students
MOT Library Refresher, Carr, September 15, 2 students
SOCW 465, Social Work Research, Harris, September 16, 10 students
MOT Library Refresher, Carr, September 23, 1 student
NURS 320, Teaching Clients and Families, Tymkow, September 30, 18 students
SOCW 721, Integrative Seminar, Kim, October 6, 15 students
NURS 782, Health Care Policy & Nursing, Tymkow, January 19, 25 students
OCCT 780, Research Methods in OT, Brady & Kalvelage, January 31, 20 students
ENGL 301, Composition, Kayyal, August 1, 16 students
2005-6
CJUS 390, Junior Seminar in Criminal Justice, Ligamneni, September 13, 22 students
PADM 852, Seminar in Research Methods,Gaffney, September 13, 26 students
PHYT 743, Research in PT Practice,Carter, September 16, 16 students
NURS 782, Health Policy & Nursing, Tymkow, September 20, 16 students
SOCW 805B, Context/Theories in Practice, Essex, September 22, 19 students
NURS 782, Health Policy & Nursing, Comer, September 26, 17 students
ENGL 302, BOG BA Portfolio Writing, McMaster, October 11, 15 students
MOT Student Tutorials, Carr, October 19, 20, 25, 12 students
ENGL 302, BOG BA Portfolio Writing, Younker, January 17, 10 students
NURS 782, Health Policy & Nursing, Tymkow, January 23, 27 students
OCCT 780,Research Methods in OT, Kalvelage/Brady, February 20, 18 students
ENGL302, BOG BA Portfolio Writing, Younker, May 30, 2006, 15 students
OCCT 780, Research Methods in OT, Brady, May 30, 2006 – 25 students
Other Teaching
2003-4
Workshops on Microsoft Outlook and Copyright Compliance
2004-5
Workshops on Microsoft Outlook
2005-6
Workshops on The Scholarly Publishing Process, Microsoft Outlook, Basics of Grant Writing.
Professional Development
GSU Priorities, Quality, and Productivity (PQP) Sessions:
2001:
Joint Faculty Development Day with the South Metropolitan Regional Higher Education
Consortium, January 12.
Grant Writing and Faculty Research, February 9.
The Virtual Library, March 9.
2002:
Faculty Scholarship, April 5.
2003:
March 19, (2004), on Division Criteria, and the Boyer Scholarship Model, Panel Discussion.
Other GSU Professional Development Sessions:
2001:
WebCT Training with Gary Fisk, February 2
“Theory X vs. Theory Y”, presentation by David Parmetter, February 23
“Automated External Defibrillators” presentation by the American Heart Association
February 26
“Home Remedies, Nutritional Supplements and Chiropractic Care”, by Dr. Todd D.
Tucker, February 20
Portfolio Development Workshop, sponsored by UPI, September 12
Fall Convocation, October 3
“Problem Patron Workshop”, Presented by Professor Linda Geller, and Department of
Public Safety Officer Debra Boyd, December 11
2002:
Planned, coordinated, presided at, and arranged for speaker; and co-hosted with Colleen
Waltman:Governors State University LibraryEducational Program: “PubMed LinkOut” with Chris Shaffer, Greater Midwest Region, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Chicago, January 9
“Pathways to Accreditation: A Model For Program Review and Validation”, April 12
SMRHEC technology programs, “Streaming Media using Real Slideshow and Streaming
Media using Real Producer”
UPI Portfolio Workshop, September 25
ITS short courses with Ingrid Stevens: Access, FrontPage, and PowerPoint.
‘Realize The Dream”, Fall Convocation, October 9
“A.D.A. Issues and Requirements”, Satellite Videoconference, October 17
2003:
Coordinated “My Web Librarian” virtual reference training for GSU Library staff, May
Coordinated and hosted“Reading Between the Lines” Medical Library Association satellite teleconference, September
Convocation
2004:
Microsoft CMS (Content Management System) Training
IllinoisState Employees Ethics Training
Convocation
2005:
GSU Identity Theft Workshop, January 20
Planned, coordinated, and hosted “Federal Grants in the FastLane” workshop, March 16
UPI/CACOSH “Health Problems” workshop, March 30
GSU Faculty Summer Institute, June 7,8
“The State of Fair Use in Academia Today”, Academic Impressions web cast, August 23
Smart Classroom training
Elluminate training
Provost/Graduate Council Grant Procurement Workshop, November 18
Ulrich’s Serials in Print online training
Blackwell’s Selectors email alerts training
VoIP Telephone Training, December 7
Lexis/Nexis training, December 12
2006:
Travel Reimbursement Meeting, February 28
NACUA Computer Misconduct teleconference March 30 2006
Adventure of the American Mind April 27, 28; May 3-5, June 2
Faculty Summer Institute, June 13, 14
External Training and Professional Development:
2001-2:
OCLC Interlibrary Loan Basics Training
OCLC Interlibrary Loan Advanced Training
Medical Library Association “E Journals and Your Library” Teleconference
ILCSO Vendor Presentations: SIRSI, Innovative Systems, Ex Libris, and Endeavor.
Suburban Library System (SLS) ILL Workshop
Illinois Cooperative Collection Management Program “Doing Digital Projects: Best
Practices for Academic Libraries”
The National Library of Medicine program “Keeping Up with NLM’s PubMed, the NLM
Gateway, and ClinicalTrials.gov”
ILCSO informational program“Voyager Preview Sessions”
6th Annual Faculty Summer Institute, UIUC
ACRL Online Seminar, “All Users Are Local”
TLT Group, ACRL Web cast, “Best Practices in Information Literacy”
PubMed Linkout training
MLA Videoconference “Sync or Swim”, JolietJunior College
IllinoisState Library Government Documents Conference, IllinoisState Library,
Springfield
PDA Medical Applications and Content for Librarians, UICMedicalCenter and St.
FrancisMedicalCenter, Peoria joint program
Planned and coordinated, Chicago and South Consortium program “Dealing with
Difficult People”
Health Science Librarians of Illinois Annual Conference, Oak Brook
CE: “New Search Strategies and Searching the Hidden Web”
2002-3:
Chicago and South Consortium Education Day, hosted here at GSU
SMRHEC Copyright Workshop, MVCC
“Abracadabra! You’re a Virtual Librarian” conference, Illinois Wesleyan University,
Bloomington.
2003-4:
Planned, coordinated, and hosted the workshop, “Copyright Law for
Educators” with Dr. Laura Gasaway
Planned, coordinated, and hosted Health Science Librarians of Illinois Annual
Conference, hosted Continuing Education day at GSU
Midwest Chapter, Medical Library Association Meeting CE Sessions
EDUCAUSE Midwest Conference , Chicago
Medical Library Association Annual Conference, WashingtonDC
Illinois State Library LSTA Grant Reporting Workshop, Burr Ridge
Census Demographics Training Workshop, Chicago
2004-5:
Joint Meeting, Midwest Chapter, Medical Library Association, and Health Science
Librarians of Illinois, Springfield CE Sessions (presenter)
Illinois Online Conference (presenter)
Midwest EDUCAUSE conference, Chicago (presenter)
“Changing the Face of Medicine”, National Library of Medicine and American Library
Association traveling exhibit workshop, Washington, DC
“The Crisis in Scholarly Communication: Searching for Solutions” conference, Northern Illinois University
IllinoisState Library Government Documents Conference, Springfield
Medical Library Association Annual Conference, San Antonio (presenter)
2005-6:
Illinois Library Association Conference, Peoria
Midwest Chapter, Medical Library Association, Fargo (presenter)CE sessions
Health Science Librarians of Illinois Conference, Bloomington(presenter) CE sessions
IllinoisState Library Government Documents Conference, Springfield
1stInternational GLBT Archives Libraries and Museums Conference, University of
Minnesota (presenter)
Medical Library Association Annual Conference, Phoenix
CARLI Camtasia training, NorthCentralCollege
CARLI Statewide Serials conference UI-UC Urbana
2006-7:
Illinois Library Association Conference, Chicago
Health Science Librarians of Illinois Conference, Schaumburg, CE Sessions
Grant Writing Consultation Activities:
2002-3:
Federal support for minority students in Physical Therapy grant, with Robbie O’Shea
GSUCenter for Addiction, Technology, and Evaluation “Integrated Services Planning
Project”, Jan Engle, grant writer
Federal Personnel Training Grant, Communication Disorders Program, Dr. Sandra
Mayfield, grant writer
IDCCD Technology Training Across the Digital Divide Grant, University Library, Diane
Dates Casey, grant writer
2004-5:
Library Services and Technology Act Grant planning, “Integrating Library and Writing
Center Instruction and Support into the Occupational Therapy Research Curriculum”, University Library. Committee: Diane Dates Casey, grant writer, Becky Nugent, Catherine Brady, Beth Cada, Diane Nadler, Paul Blobaum. (not submitted)
Grant Writing:
Principal Investigator, National Library of Medicine AIDS Information Outreach Grant, “An HIV/AIDS Information Outreach Project in Chicago’s Far South Suburbs”. $49,545, submitted June 19,2003 (not accepted)
Principal Investigator, Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Grant, “All Aboard the Scholar-Ship: Navigating the Seven C’s”. $4,900, submitted July 19, 2003
Principal Investigator, Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Grant, “An Employee Health Resource Center”, $3,000, submitted July 19, 2003
Co-Writer, American Library Association Traveling Exhibit Grant, “Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America’s Women Physicians”, with Lydia Morrow Ruetten, submitted August 30, 2004
Assumed responsibility for Mari Ellen Leverence’s 2 LSTA Grants:
- “Reference Books”, and
- “Government Documents”, Fall 2004
Illinois State Library Depository Library Technology Grant, 2005: $500
Illinois Cooperative Collection Development Program (ICCMP)/CARLI grants, 2005:
- Research and Support of Health Care Information Needs of LGBT Persons and Caregivers, $3,000
- Research in Health Disparities and Minority Health, $4,000
Principal Investigator, Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Grant, “Weed and Feed: Enriching Scholarship for Research in the Health Professions”, $4,000, submitted May, 2005 (not accepted)
Principal Investigator, Illinois General Assembly Supplemental Appropriations Request, “Library Support for the GovernorsStateCenter for Excellence in Health Professions Education”, selection of materials and resources to support an online BSN completion program, $65,000 (over 2 years)
Project partner, National Library of Medicine’s MedlinePlus GoLocal contract, “Health-
E Illinois”. Dr.Logan Ludwig, Library of the Health Sciences, LoyolaUniversity, Principal Investigator. $25,000, awarded November, 2006
Accreditation Related Program Review Activities:
Physical Therapy, 2001
Nursing, 2002
Occupational Therapy, 2004
Health Administration, 2004
Social Work, 2006
Professional Presentations On Campus:
2001:
Joint Faculty Development Day with SMRHEC, Library Faculty program committee.
Presented the “Library Services” web page portion at Faculty PQP Day on “The Virtual
Library”
Taught Microsoft Office classes to Library Staff
2002-3
PHYT 500 Physical Therapy Workshop - “Evidence-Based Physical Therapy Practice”, team taught 20% with Professor Becky Wojcik, Professor Russ Carter, Fall Trimester, 2002, Winter Trimester 2003, Spring/Summer Trimester 2003.
2003:
GovernorsStateUniversity Library Educational Program: “PubMed LinkOut” taught by Paul Blobaum, Governors State University Library, March 13
2005:
Presented Library Reference and Technology Department training
“PubMed Medline”, January 27
“CINAHL” & “OT SEARCH”, April 14
Grant Writing Workshops
2006:
Grant Writing Workshops
Scholarly Publishing Workshops
Presenter, “Managing Rights and Permissions”, GSU Faculty Summer Institute, June 14, 2006.
Other Professional Presentations:
“A Brief History of the Chicago and South Consortium, 1972-2002”. Paper presented to the 30th Anniversary Meeting, Chicago and South Consortium, PalosHeights, December 5, 2002
“Illinois, Let’s GoLocal!”, Health Science Librarians of Illinois L.E.A.D. conference, Bloomington, IL, November 4, 2005
Juried Presentations:
2004-5:
Invited speaker, panel program, Virtual Reference Comes of Age in Illinois, presentation of “Arrested Development? The GSU Virtual Reference Experience Thus Far”, Illinois Library Association annual conference, Chicago, September 29, 2004
Presented paper, “A Multitype Library Virtual Reference Consortium”, at Midwest Chapter, Medical Library Association and Health Science Librarians of Illinois joint meeting, Springfield, October 9-12, 2004
Co-presented paper, “Foundations of Excellence: Support Services for Online Learning”, with Diane Dates Casey, Jan Engle, Barbara Mandel, and Gary Fisk. Illinois Online Conference for Teaching and Learning, February 16, 2005
Co-presented paper, “Foundations of Excellence: Support Services for Online Learning”, with Diane Dates Casey, Jan Engle, and Gary Fisk, Midwest EDUCAUSE conference, Chicago, March 22, 2005
Presented paper, “Collection Development Strategies for Health Care of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered People”, Diversity in Collection Development
Section Program, Medical Library Association Annual Conference, San Antonio, May 17, 2005
2005-6
Presented paper, “Charting the Course to Copyright Compliance”, Midwest Chapter, Medical Library Association, Fargo, ND, September 18, 2005
Poster session, “A Grants Information Service”, Midwest Chapter, Medical Library Association, Fargo, ND, September 19th, 2005
Presented Paper,“Collection Development Strategies for Health Care of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered People”, 1st International GLBT ALMS (Archives, Libraries, Museums, Special Collections and Collectors) Conference, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, May 17-19 2006.
Poster Session, “Using Digitized Primary Sources from the Library of Congress’ American Memory Collection to Enliven Nursing Issues and History Curriculum”. Co-author with Professor Shirley Comer and Professor Catherine Tymkow. AACN (American Association of Colleges of Nursing) Baccalaureate Education Conference, Orlando, FL, November 16-18.
Publications
Contributor, Health Science Librarians of Illinois Newsletter
Contributor, GSU Library Information Please
Blobaum, Paul M..; Ford, T. Michael; Hippchen, Tom; Petersen, Rodney; and Spellacy, Pat. “ACUPA: Exploring the Campus Policy Process”.
Bibliographies:
Selected Copyright Bibliography, GovernorsStateUniversity Library
Grant Writing: A Selected Bibliography, GovernorsStateUniversity Library
New Acquisitions in Health Professions, GovernorsStateUniversity Library
Web Publications:
GrantsInformationCenter
Copyright Resources and Guidelines, GovernorsStateUniversity Library:
The Bickerdyke Project, Adventure of the American Mind module
Contributing editor, Illinois Clicks! Drug Information, Men’s Health, Health Reference
(2003)
The Chicago and South Consortium (no longer published) (2002 edition)
Peer Reviewed:
Chrzastowski, Tina E., Blobaum, Paul M., and Welshmer, Margaret A., “A Cost/Use Analysis of Beilstein’s Handbuch Der Organischen Chemie at Two Academic Chemistry Libraries”, Serials Librarian, v 20:4, 1991