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Director, Health Sciences Library, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado–Denver, Aurora, CO, 2007–

Previous Professional Positions (Last Fifteen Years)

Interim director, 2006–2007, deputy director, 2003–2006, Denison Memorial Library/Health Sciences Library, University of Colorado–Denver; head of information services, Arizona Health Sciences Library, University of Arizona–Tucson, 1997–2003; reference manager/collection development specialist, Rush University, Chicago, IL, 1990–1997.

MLA Official Activities (Last Fifteen Years)

National: 2010 National Program Committee: member 2008–; Nominating Committee: member 2008; Task Force on MLA’s Research Policy Statement: member 2005–2007; Board of Directors: member 2002–2005; Journal of the Medical Library Association Editorial Board: member 2001–2004; MLANET Editorial Board: Section Council liaison 1999–2001. Section: Relevant Issues Section: Section Council representative 1998–2001; section chair 1998–1999. Leadership and Management Section: member 2006–. SIG: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Health Science Librarians SIG: member 1993–; program chair 1998–1999; cochair 1994–1995; co-convener 1993–1994. Chapter: Midcontinental Chapter: member 2003–. Medical Library Group of Southern California and Arizona: member 1997–2003; Joint Annual Meeting (with Northern California and Nevada Medical Library Group): program chair 2002. Midwest Chapter: member 1990–1997; Joint Annual Meeting (with Midcontinental Chapter): continuing education cochair 1992.

Other Professional Activities

National Networks of Libraries of Medicine, MidContinental Region: Regional Advisory Board: member 2008–. Colorado Academic Library Consortium: secretary 2007–2009. Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL): member 2007–; AAHSL Education Research Task Force: member 2008–. Colorado Council of Medical Librarians: member 2003–. Wingspan, Tucson’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Community Center: Board of Directors: member 1997–2000.

Professional Honors

MLA: Academy of Health Information Professionals: Distinguished Member 2006–2011. Commitment to Diversity Award for Faculty, University of Colorado Denver: recipient 2006 and 2005. Emerging Leaders Program, University Leadership Development Institute, Office of the President, University of Colorado System: recipient 2005–2006. National Library of Medicine/Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries Leadership Fellows Program: participant 2002–2003. University of Arizona: awarded continuing status (tenure), librarian rank 2001. University of Arizona Office of International Affairs Foreign Travel Grant: awarded $500 applied to attend the Eighth International Congress on Medical Librarianship, July 2000.

Education

MLS, School of Information and Library Studies, State University of New York–Buffalo, 1986; BA, anthropology/journalism, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 1979.

Publications

Grefshein SF, Rankin JA, Perry GJ, McKibbon KA. Affirming our commitment to research: the Medical Library Association’s research policy statement: the process and findings. J Med Libr Assoc. 2008 Apr;96(2):114–20.
Perry GJ, Kronenfeld MR. Evidence-based practice: a new paradigm brings new opportunities for health sciences librarians. Med Ref Serv Q. 2005;24(4):1–16.
Perry GJ, Weldon S. Consumer health informatics research: implications for consumers, health information professionals and researchers. J Consumer Health Internet. 2005;9(2):1–11.
Perry GJ, Roderer NK, Assar S. A current perspective on medical informatics and health sciences librarianship. J Med Libr Assoc. 2005 Apr;93(2):199–205.
Perry GJ, Schlimgen J, Howse DK. Indexing, abstracting, and digital database resources. In: Boorkman JA, Roper F, Huber J, eds. Introduction to reference sources in the health sciences. NY: Neal-Schuman; 2004. p. 53–98.

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