Barb Ingrassia

Office: S1-840
Phone: 508-856-1041
Email: Barbara.Ingrassia@umassmed.edu
Curriculum Vitae

Title

Associate Director

Department

Strategic Initiatives and Work Force Development

Brief Biography

Barbara Combes Ingrassia, BA, MLS, AHIP, is Associate Director for Technical Services. Before joining UMass Medical School, she was Head Cataloger/Assistant Director of Technical Services at Clark University in Worcester, MA and Public Services Librarian at West Virginia Northern Community College in Wheeling, WV. She received her MLS from the State University of New York at Geneseo. Her undergraduate work is in History, with certification in Secondary Social Studies.

Partnerships and Affiliations

• Chair of Governmental Relations Committee for NAHSL
• Library Management Team
• Academic and Research Collaborative (Worcester)
• Boston Library Consortium – various committees

Areas of Interest and Expertise

Serials; licensing of electronic resources; scholarly communication; career ladders

Publications

• Palmer, L. ; Ingrassia, B. C. (2005). "Utilizing the Power of Continuous Process Improvement in Technical Services." Journal of Hospital Librarianship, 5 (3). Available on eScholarship@UMMS at http://escholarship.umassmed.edu/lib_articles/4/.

Presentations

• Ingrassia, B.C. "The Worcester Gateway: A Portal for Partners in Consumer Health." Presented at the 2000 NAHSL Annual Meeting, Newport, RI.
• Ingrassia, B.C. "The Worcester Gateway: Partners in Consumer Health Information." Presented at the 2001 MLA Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL.
• Piorun, M. ; Ingrassia, B.C. "Creating Digital Collections: The Original Research of Gregory Pincus, Sc.D." Presented at the 2002 MLA Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX.
• Ingrassia, B.C. "Tracking Usage of Non-circulating Print Journals in the Electronic Age." Presented at the 2003 MLA Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA and at the 2003 NAHSL Annual Meeting, Sturbridge, MA.
• Ingrassia, B.C. "But We Made the Easy Cuts Last Year! Maintaining a Quality Journal Collection in Tough Budget Times." Presented at the 2004 MLA Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
• Palmer, L. ; Ingrassia, B.C.; Varney, J. and Glassman, P. "Utilizing the Power of Continuous Process Improvement in Technical Services." Presented at the 2004 MLA Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
• Piorun, M. ; Fama, J. ; Ingrassia, B.C. "Journals, Journals Everywhere – Not a Shelf to Spare." Presented at the 2005 MLA Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
• Palmer, L. ; Ingrassia, B.C. "Coming Out of the Back Room: Technical Services Breaks Loose." Presented at the 2005 MLA Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
• Piorun, M. ; Comes, J. ; Fama, J. ; Ingrassia, B.C. "How Diversity Affects Communication." Presented at the 2005 MLA Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX.

Honors and Awards

• Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP) – Senior Member