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Associate Librarian
Health Sciences Library
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Katherine Chew, MLS, is an Associate Librarian and the Research/Outreach Services & Mortuary Science, Center for Allied Health Programs and Center for Bioethics Liaison Librarian for the Health Sciences Library at the University of Minnesota. She provides instructional/research support and consultation to University of Minnesota students, staff and researchers in the Health Sciences including support for federal Public Access Policy Compliance. As Outreach Librarian, Katherine provides education and training on consumer health and health information literacy issues to health professionals, public librarians, and the general public across the state, including exhibiting at health fairs and other health oriented events on National Library of Medicine resources. Before becoming the Research/Outreach Services & Mortuary Science, Center for Allied Health Programs and Center for Bioethics Librarian Librarian, Katherine was the Collections Librarian for the Health Sciences Libraries for over 10 years. Prior to joining the University of Minnesota in 2001, Katherine has been an Air Force Base Librarian in Montana, Colorado (Air Force Academy) and Germany (Sembach Air Base), before switching career paths into medical librarianship. As a medical librarian she has worked in community, urban and academic health sciences libraries and has presented at regional and national conferences on collections, scholarly communications, metrics and outreach services.
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
