Contact Information: Department of Library Public Services 103 Helm Library Western Kentucky University 1906 College Heights Blvd. #11067   Bowling Green, Kentucky 42101-1067  Phone: (270) 745-3912 FAX: (270) 745-2275 Email: carol.watwood@wku.edu

Education
Position Description
Research
Public Services


Education

• Graduate Student, Public Health, Western Kentucky University, 2005 to present
• A.M.L.S. Library Science, University of Michigan, 1978
• A.B. Zoology, Miami University (Ohio), 1977

Carol has served as Health Sciences Librarian since August 2004. Prior to that time, she was the Law Librarian at WKU. Carol was also a Medical Librarian at the Vanderbilt University Medial Center Library from 1979 to 1989.

Carol serves as liaison librarian to the College of Health and Human Services, and helps staff the Information Desk in the Reference Center.

Research interests include collections development, e-resources, and information literacy skills in the health sciences.

Articles:

• Watwood, Carol L. "Library Research Skills and the Nursing Curriculum: Engaging Students in the Post-Brandon-Hill Era." Journal of Hospital Librarianship, in press.
• Watwood, Carol L. “Book Review of Directory of Periodicals Online: Medical & Pharmaceutical and Directory of Periodicals Online: Science & Technology, 2 vols.” Medical Reference Services Quarterly, (25)2:121-122, 2, Summer 2006.
• Watwood, Carol L. "Better Health Sciences Collections with OCLC's WorldCat." Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries, 3(1): 17-30, 14, 4, 2006.
• Watwood, Carol. "NLM Gateway." Journal of the Medical Library Association 94(3):361-363, 3, July 2006.
• Watwood, Carol and Priscilla L.Stephenson. "Teen Health Web Sites." Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet 10(4): 65-73, 9, 2006.
• Watwood, Carol L. "The Janet Doe lecture: MLA's Professional Development: a Look Back at the Way Ahead." The One-Person Library, 22(4):5-6, August 2005.
• Watwood, Carol. "Building Kentucky collections with WorldCat." Kentucky Libraries 68(3):20-22, Summer 2004.

Presentations:

• March 28, 2007. Kentucky Public Health Association Annual Conference, Louisville, KY. Watwood, Carol L. and Jarboe, Pamela K. Bridging the digital divide in Kentucky: public health information and the underserved (poster session).
• October 9, 2006. Midwest Region, Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, Louisville, KY. Watwood, Carol and Carson, Bryan. Library Research and the Nursing Student: Integrating Library Skills into the Curriculum (poster session).
• May 21, 2006. Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ. Watwood, Carol L. Library Research Skills and the Nursing Curriculum: Engaging Students in the Post-Brandon/Hill Era (poster session).
• May 14-19, 2005. Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX. Watwood, Carol L. Building health sciences collections with WorldCat on FirstSearch (poster session).
• April 15, 2005. Watwood, Carol and Carson, Bryan. Integrating library research skills into the nursing curriculum at Western Kentucky University.
  

Affiliations:

• Certified by the Academy of Health Information Professionals
• Member, Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section, Medical Library Association
• Committee Member, MLA Grants & Scholarship Jury, 2005-2006
• Personal Member, Kentucky Library Association
• Student Member, Kentucky Public Health Association, 2005-present

For National/State:

• Chair, Library Workgroup, Kentucky Public Health Cooperative Education Program, 2006-present
• Medical Library Association, Continuing Education and Award Jury, 2005-2006
• Medical Library Association: EBSCO/MLA Annual Meeting Grant Jury, 2006-2007
• Incoming Chair, EBSCO/MLA Annual Meeting Grant Jury, 2007-present

For WKU

• University Libraries representative, Academic Program Review Committee, 2005-present
• University Senate, 2005-present
• University Curriculum Committee, 2005-present
• Assessment Committee, 2006-present
• University Curriculum Committee Steering Committee, 2006-2007

For University Libraries:

• DLPS Promotion and Tenure Guidelines Committee, Summer 2006

Community:

• Board of Directors, Friends of the Goodnight Library, Franklin, KY