Lisa A. Oberg
lisanne@u.washington.edu

  

EDUCATION Master of Librarianship, University of Washington, Seattle, 1991
B.S. Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1987
  
EXPERIENCE  Health Sciences Library, University of Washington
Box 357155, Seattle, WA 98195-7155

Head, Information Services
1999 - present

Manage the Library's Information Desk, which serves as the primary point of contact for in-person, phone and email assistance. Coordinate and train 28 staff members who staff the Information Desk, develop policies and procedures, and supervise core desk staff who provide the backbone of service evenings and weekends.

Information Management Librarian
1995 - 1999

Served as the liaison to the basic sciences departments, including library instruction, orientation, selection and other related-activities. Coordinated the Library's reference collection, together with Janet Schnall; responsible for selection, weeding and maintaining reference collection policies.

Information Services and Education Librarian
1992 - 1995

Coordinated the Information Management Education (IME) program, which involved scheduling Library's instruction, developing new courses and evaluation and assessment of offerings. Served as one of the library's Macintosh experts, as well as the liaison to patrons using personal files management software, such as EndNote.
  
GRANTS Seattle Virtual Libraries Consortium
LSTA-funded virtual reference consortium of Seattle Public Library, King County Law Library and the University of Washington Health Sciences Library, to provide reference services via e-mail and interactive chat. The project will provide triaged legal and medical reference to the general public and general reference assistance to customers of the law and health libraries, as part of the Washington State Library's Statewide Virtual Reference Project. Grant cycle: August 2002 - August 2003.
  
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES  Offices & Chairs
President, WMLA, 2001.
Chair, Continuing Education, PNC/MLA, 1997 - 2000.
Recording Secretary, WMLA, 1996 and 1997.
Chair, WMLA Annual Meeting Program, 1996.

Committees
MLA Estelle Brodman Jury, 1998/99 and 1999/2000, Jury Chair, 1999/2000.
UW Faculty Council on Research, 1997/98 - 1998/99. Ex officio member representing the Association of Librarians of the University of Washington (ALUW).
MLA 1997 Annual Meeting Local Arrangements Committee.

Hospitality Sub-Committee, created Library Guide to Seattle.
WMLA Annual Meeting Program Planning Committee, 1995 and 1998.
PNC/MLA Annual Meeting Program Planning Committee, 1995.

Other
Co-coordinator, with Maryanne Blake, "Sync or Swim: Managing the Flood of PDAs in Health Care". MLA satellite teleconference, 6 Feb 2002, University of Washington, Seattle.
Co-coordinator, with Maryanne Blake, "Evidence-Based Health Care in Action". MLA satellite teleconference, 16 Sep 1998, University of Washington, Seattle.

  
PUBLICATIONS Schaad DC, Walker EA, Wolf FM, Brock DM, Thielke SM, Oberg L. Evaluating the serial migration of an existing required course to the World Wide Web. Academic Medicine 1999 Oct;74(10 Suppl):S84-6.

Walker EA, Wolf FM, Thielke S, Oberg L, Brock D, Schaad D. Formative evaluation of Web Problem-based Learning: Virtual Primary Care Clinics in Human Behavior/Developmental Medicine. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 1999 6(AMIA Fall Symposium Supplement):1186.

Oberg LA. The Moving Target: Internet Instruction at the University of Washington's Health Sciences Library and Information Center. Medical Reference Services Quarterly 1996 Fall;15(3):73-9.

Oberg LA, Wirkkula J, Mourich D, Leong JC. Bacterially expressed nucleoprotein of infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus augments protective immunity induced by the glycoprotein vaccine in fish. Journal of Virology 1991 Aug;65(8):4486-9.

  
PRESENTATIONS Hull, Emily, Lisa Oberg and Janet Schnall. "Finding the Figures: Leveraging an Existing Database to Connect Consumers and Clinicians to Statistical Resources on the Web". Contributed Paper. PNC/MLA Annual Meeting, Oct 19-22, 2002, Vancouver, BC.

Oberg, Lisa A. "Seek and ye shall find: Favorite search engines of UW librarians". Presentation. ALUW Spring Meeting, 31 May 2001, University of Washington, Seattle.

Oberg, Lisa A. "Developing Web-Based Resources for Supporting EndNote Users". Presentation and panel discussion hosted by Niles & Associates. MLA Annual Meeting, May 15-19, 1999, Chicago, IL.

Oberg, Lisa A. "Getting Started with EndNote". Presentation. Western Washington Internet Users Group (WWIUG), 17 Jul 1998, Seattle, WA.

Oberg, Lisa and Lou Pray. "Problem-Based Learning and the Library". Presentation. Dental Librarians Section, American Association of Dental Schools, 14 Mar 1994, Seattle, WA.

Oberg, Lisa. "Expressed nucleocapsid gene enhances immunity when combined with a bacterially expressed glycoprotein vaccine in trout." American Society for Virology Annual Meeting, 11 Jul 1990, University of Utah, Salt Lake.

  
POSTERS Weum CM, Dodson S, Jankowski TA, Oberg LA, Shipman JP, Worley CS, "For Richer or Poorer: Outreach via Serials Cancellations". Poster Session. MLA Annual Meeting, May 5-11, 2000, Vancouver, BC.

Oberg, Lisa. "Quincy, MLS?: Providing Service to a Clinical Autopsy Program". Poster Session. PNC/MLA Annual Meeting, 7 Oct 1996, Whitefish, MT.

Oberg, Lisa and Paula Palmer. "World Wide Web Instruction at the UW Health Sciences Library", Poster Session. PNC/MLA Annual Meeting, 15 Sep 1995, Bellevue, WA.

  
TEACHING Schnall, Janet G., Lisa A. Oberg and William L. Gembala. "Finding the Figures: An Introduction to Health Statistics Resources". Continuing Education Course. PNC/MLA Annual Meeting, 27 Oct 1998, Boise, ID.
  
MEMBERSHIPS  Medical Library Association (MLA) 1992 -
Pacific Northwest Chapter of MLA (PNC/MLA) 1992 -
Washington Medical Librarians Association (WMLA) 1992 -
American Library Association (ALA) 1999 -

 

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