Jane Fama

Office: S1-604
Phone: 508-856-2099
Email: Jane.Fama@umassmed.edu

Title

Associate Director

Department

Library Operations

Brief Biography

Jane Fama, MLS, joined the University of Massachusetts Medical School in 2002 as the Associate Director for Access Services at the Lamar Soutter Library. Jane is a member of the library's Management Team. She earned her MLS degree from Simmons College in 1993. Jane did her undergraduate work right here in Worcester, at Clark University where she earned a BA in Government. Her first career was in education, in which she taught in an elementary school for 11 years. She also worked as a computer programmer in the Boston area. Jane started her library career at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, where she managed the circulation department, and has also worked at Harvard Business School's Baker Library as the Web Coordinator. Jane is a member of the Medical Library Association (MLA).

Partnerships and Affiliations

• Currently serving as a liaison to the Student Body Council (SBC) of the Medical School.
• Electronic Fund Transfer System (EFTS) Advisory Committee Member (Two Year Appointment: June 1, 2005 - May 31, 2007)
• North Atlantic Health Sciences Libraries (NAHSL) 2003 – Member of Hospitality Committee for NAHSL 2003 annual conference.

Areas of Interest and Expertise

Management; career ladders for support personnel; customer service; document delivery; electronic delivery; strategic planning; teaching; web development

Teaching and/or Research

• Health Sciences Librarianship: Access Services Section, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 2006.
• Developed and presented, with two colleagues, a workshop on "Intranets" at the 1998 Special Libraries Association (SLA) Annual Conference.

Publications

• Fama J., et al. "Inside outreach: a challenge for health science librarians." J Med Libr Assoc 2005 July; 93(3):327-337.
• Piorun, M. and Fama J. "Choosing the International Standards Organization's Interlibrary Loan Protocol (ISO) or Preserving the Status Quo." Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Electronic Resources 2007; 17(1): 53-65.

Presentations

• "Reaching New Levels," MLA Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, May, 2006
• "How diversity affects communication," James Comes, Jane Fama, Barbara Ingrassia, Mary Piorun, MLA Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, May, 2005
• "Journals, journals everywhere – not a shelf to spare" (poster presentation), Jane Fama, Barbara Ingrassia, Mary Piorun, MLA Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, May, 2005
• "But we made the easy cuts last year: staffing the library" (poster presentation), MLA Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., May, 2004