Lisa Palmer

Office: S1-606
Phone: 508-856-4368
Email: Lisa.Palmer@umassmed.edu

Title

Acting Institutional Repository Librarian

Department

Community, Technology & Global Relations

Brief Biography

Lisa Palmer, MSLS, AHIP, is Acting Institutional Repository Librarian at the Lamar Soutter Library at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. In this position she oversees the daily operation of eScholarship@UMMS, a digital repository offering worldwide access to scholarly output of UMass Medical School. Prior to joining UMass in 2003, Lisa was a corporate librarian for Digital Equipment Corporation, Compaq Computer Corporation, and Hewlett-Packard. She earned her graduate degree in library science from Simmons College in Boston, Mass. Lisa is a member of various professional organizations: the American Library Association and its Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Division; the Medical Library Association (she serves on the Membership Committee for the Technical Services Section); the Association of College and Research Libraries New England Chapter; the North Atlantic Health Sciences Libraries; and the New England Library Association (she serves as Treasurer for the New England Technical Services Librarians).

Partnerships and Affiliations

Representative on the Office of Medical Education's Senior Scholars Committee, AY 2008-2009 - Present

Areas of Interest and Expertise

Metadata, especially for institutional repositories; cataloging and classification, AACR2, MARC, NLM Classification, MeSH; cataloging, organizing, and managing digital resources in libraries; integrated library systems

Publications

• Gore, Sally A., Nordberg, Judy M., Palmer, Lisa A., & Piorun, Mary E. (2009). Trends in health sciences library and information science research: an analysis of research publications in the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association and Journal of the Medical Library Association from 1991 to 2007 Journal of the Medical Library Association, 97(3):203-211.
• Piorun, Mary & Palmer, Lisa A. (2008). Digitizing Dissertations for an Institutional Repository: A Process and Cost Analysis. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 96(3):223–229.
• Piorun, Mary E., Palmer, Lisa A., & Comes, Jim. (2007). Challenges and Lessons Learned: Moving from Image Database to Institutional Repository. OCLC Systems & Services, 23(2):148-157.
• Palmer, Lisa A. & Ingrassia, Barbara C. (2005). Utilizing the Power of Continuous Process Improvement in Technical Services. Journal of Hospital Librarianship, 5(3):93-98.

Presentations

• Fama, Jane, Comes, James F., Frempong, Vivian, Ingrassia, Barbara, Mayotte, Kerry, Palmer, Lisa A., & Piorun, Mary E. (2008). "Levels Program: A Career Ladder for Support Staff." Poster presentation at the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
• Gore, Sally A., Nordberg, Judy, Palmer, Lisa A. & Piorun, Mary E. (2008). "Trends in Health Sciences Library and Information Science Research." Poster presentation at the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
• Palmer, Lisa A. (2007). "Anatomy of an Institutional Repository: Dissecting the Metadata Process." Poster presentation at the American Library Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
• Piorun, Mary E. & Palmer, Lisa A. (2007). "Anatomy of a Digitization Project: Dissecting the Process." Poster presentation at the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
• Comes, James F., Bianco, Cecile, Gore, Sally A., Palmer, Lisa A., & Piorun, Mary E. (2007). "Capturing Students' International Experiences: eScholarship@UMMS and International Medical Education." Poster presentation at the UMass Global Health Symposium, Shrewsbury, MA.
• Piorun, Mary E. & Palmer, Lisa A. (2006). "Anatomy of a Digitization Project: Dissecting the Process." Presentation at Scanning Forum 2006, Charlottesville, VA.
• Dadoly, Janet, Levin, Leonard, & Palmer, Lisa. (2005). "Samuel B. Woodward: A Nineteenth Century Pioneer in American Psychiatric Care." Poster presentation at the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
• Palmer, Lisa, & Ingrassia, Barbara C. (2005). "Coming Out of the Back Room: Technical Services Breaks Loose." Presentation at the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
• Palmer, Lisa, Ingrassia, Barbara C., Varney, Jennifer, Glassman, Penny, & Martin, Elaine R. (2004). "Utilizing the Power of Continuous Process Improvement in Technical Services." Poster presentation at the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Honors and Awards

• Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP), Senior Member
• New England Technical Services Librarians Award for Library Excellence, co-recipient (2007)
• Endeavor Information Systems $1000 Bon Voyage Grant to attend Endeavor Users Group Meeting, Chicago, IL (2004)
• NAHSL (North Atlantic Health Sciences Libraries) scholarship for Medical Library Association Annual Meeting registration, Washington, DC (2004)