School of Library and Information Science

PROFESSIONAL & RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor, School of Library & Information Science, University of Southern Mississippi, 2009-
Assistant Professor, School of Library & Information Science, University of Southern Mississippi, 2003-09

Southern Miss College of Education & Psychology Excellence in Teaching Award, 2007

Assistant Director, Katrina Research Center, Information Clearinghouse and Repository, 2006-

Clinical Instructor, School of Information Science & Learning Technologies, University of Missouri, 2002-03
MU College of Education High Flyer Award for Excellence in Scholarship of Teaching, 2002-03

Graduate Teaching Associate, School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1997-02

Evaluation Researcher, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, 1997-02
Rural Health Care Through Telemedicine: An Interdisciplinary Approach, U.S. Office of Rural Health Policy grant
Trauma Care Through Telemedicine: A Rural Network of Health Services Information in East Tennessee, U.S. Department of Commerce grant

Database Consultant, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, May-September 1998
IRIS Image Database Development and Documentation

Senior Research Assistant, Oak Ridge National Laboratory,1994-96
Human Radiation Studies Project
Radiation Dose Reconstruction Project

Assistant Archivist, Special Collections, University of Tennessee Hoskins Library, Knoxville, 1992

PUBLICATIONS
Scholarly Book, Book Chapters

Welsh, Teresa S. and Melissa S. Wright
Information Literacy in the Digital Age, scholarly book, Chandos Publishing, February 2010.

Welsh, Teresa S.
"Information Repositories: Background and Historic Overview" in Ed. M.J. Norton, Introductory Concepts in Information Science, 2nd Edition, ASIS Monograph Series, 2009.

Welsh, Teresa S.
"Information Repositories: New Technologies and Trends" in Ed. M.J. Norton, Introductory Concepts in Information Science, 2nd Edition, ASIS Monograph Series, 2009.

Welsh, Teresa S. and Melissa S. Wright
"Organisational Storytelling as a Creative Strategy" in Business Creativity: Practitioner's Handbook, edited by Dr. Kanes Rajah, Chapter 12: 219-232, Greenwich University Press, UK, 2007.

Peer-Reviewed Articles, Juried Conference Proceedings

Higgins, Susan E. and Teresa S. Welsh
"The Tenure Process in LIS: A Survey of LIS/IS Program Directors,” Journal of Education for Library and Information Science (JELIS) 50(3): 176-89, 2009.
Welsh, Teresa S. and Susan E. Higgins
"Reflections on the Katrina Experience: LIS Students' Stories," Hawaii International Conference on Education Conference Proceedings, 1245-1258, 2008.
Michalec, Mychaelyn and Teresa S. Welsh
"Quantity and Authorship of GIS Articles in Library and Information Science Literature, 1990-2005"
Science & Technology Libraries, 27(3):65-77, 2007.
Manley, Cynthia G. and Teresa S. Welsh
"Publishing Patterns and Core Journals of the 'Nano' Research Front"
SLA Conference Proceedings, June 2005. (Archived Copy in HTML)
Welsh, Teresa S.
"The Literature of Telemedicine: A Bibliometric Study"
Science & Technology Libraries, 25(3): 21-34, 2004.
Welsh, Teresa S.
"An Evaluation of Online Syllabi in The University of Tennessee College of Communications"
Asynchronous Learning Networks, 4(2), December 2000.
Dimmick, Susan L., Carole Mustaleski, Samuel G. Burgiss, Teresa S. Welsh
"A Case Study of Benefits & Potential Savings in Rural Home Telemedicine"
Home Healthcare Nurse 18(2): 125-135, February 2000.

Invited Articles

Welsh, Teresa S.
"Writing a Research Report"
Southern Expressions 23(2): 12-16, Spring 2007.
Welsh, Teresa S.
"Report on Articles in the Journal of the Medical Library Association by Authors in the Southern Chapter/MLA States"
Southern Expressions 22(3): 23-27, Summer 2006.
Welsh, Teresa S.
"Organizational Structure of Telehealth Care: Factors That Contribute to Growth and Sustainability"
Telehealth Practice Report 8(3): 3,9-11, July/Aug 2003.
Burgiss, Samuel G., Gary T. Smith, Susan L. Dimmick, Teresa S. Welsh
"Improving Telepresence During Consultations," Telemedicine Today 6(4): 14-15, August 1998.

Abstracts

Welsh, Teresa S.
"An Analysis of Information Needs and Satisfaction of Clients of KORRnet Community Computing Laboratory" The Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science 25(1): 47, April 2000.
Welsh, Teresa S.
"The Development and Construction of a Relational Database for a University of Tennessee Telemedicine Project" The Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science 24(2-3): 66, June-September 1999.
Dimmick, Susan L., Teresa S. Welsh, Blaine L. Enderson, Samuel G. Burgiss, Gary T. Smith
"Using a Geographic Information System for Decreasing Response Time in a Trauma Care Telemedicine Project" Telemedicine Journal 5(1): 25, Spring 1999.

Other

Welsh, Teresa S.
"Organizational Structure of Telehealth Care: An Examination of Four Types of Telemedicine Systems" [dissertation] The University of Tennessee, August 2002.
Welsh, Teresa S.
"IRIS (Image Retrieval Information System) Guidelines, Subject Guide, Data Field Definitions," [technical paper] Oak Ridge National Laboratory, September 1998.

PRESENTATIONS
Proposal-Refereed

Welsh, Teresa S.
"The Creation and Development of a Multi-Disciplinary Research Centre in an Academic Library" - International Conference on Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries, Chania, Crete, May 26-29, 2009.
Welsh, Teresa S. and Susan E. Higgins
"Reflections on the Katrina Experience: LIS Students' Stories" - poster presentation, Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, January 5, 2008.
Welsh, Teresa and Melissa Wright
"Using Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) and Web 2.0 to Enhance an Information Literacy Course" - Poster Presentation, Mississippi Library Association Annual Meeting, Vicksburg, MS, Oct 25, 2007.
Davis, Sharon and Teresa Welsh
"Development and Evaluation of an Academic Information Literacy Course" - Poster Presentation, Mississippi Library Association Annual Meeting, Tunica, MS, Oct 26, 2006.
Welsh, Teresa and Melissa Wright
"The Role of Storytelling in Capturing and Transmitting Past and Present Knowledge" - Presentation, Third International Conference on Knowledge Management, University of Greenwich, London, UK, August 2, 2006.
Cissell, Mary and Teresa Welsh
"Adoption of PDA Technology in the USM School of Library & Information Science" - Presentation, Creating Futures Through Technology Conference, Tunica, Mississippi, March 23, 2006.
Higgins, Susan E. and Teresa S. Welsh
"Tenure: The Moving Target" - Juried Paper, Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas, January 19, 2006.
Manley, Cynthia G. and Teresa S. Welsh
"Publishing Patterns and Core Journals of the 'Nano' Research Front" - Presentation, Special Libraries Association Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada, June 8, 2005.
Welsh, Teresa S.
"GIS and Geospatial Resources: An Examination of the Literature" - Presentation and Poster, Mississippi Gulf Coast Geospatial Conference, Biloxi, MS, October 19-22, 2004.
Welsh, Teresa S.
"USM School of Library & Information Science: A Spatial Analysis" - Poster, Mississippi Gulf Coast Geospatial Conference, Biloxi, MS, October 21-24, 2003.
Welsh, Teresa S.
"Visualization of Information" - Presentation, Tennessee Library Association Annual Conference, Nashville, TN, March 28, 2002.
Welsh, Teresa and Gretchen Whitney, Ph.D.
"Analysis of Information Needs and Satisfaction of Clients of the KORRnet Computing Laboratory, County Walk, Knoxville" - Presentation, Connections 2000 Conference, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, October 28, 2000.
Welsh, Teresa S.
"Telemedicine in East Tennessee: Evaluative Research" - Presentation, Kentucky Conference on Health Communication, Lexington, KY, April 14, 2000.
Welsh, Teresa S.
"An Evaluation of Academic Course Syllabi in the UT College of Communications" - Presentation, Connections '99 Conference, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, October 23, 1999.
Dimmick, S.L., Welsh, T.S., Enderson, B.L., Burgiss, S.G., Smith, G.T.
"Using a Geographic Information System for Decreasing Response Time in a Trauma Care Telemedicine Project" - Presentation, 4th Annual American Telemedicine Association Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 19, 1999.
Burgiss, S.G., Smith, G.T., Dimmick, S.L., Welsh, T.S., Kincaid, B., Jarnagin, B.T.
"Telemedicine Exam Room Protocol: The Virtual Office Visit" - Poster, 4th Annual American Telemedicine Association Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 18-22, 1999.
Dimmick, S.L., Welsh, T.S., Burgiss, S.G., Smith, G.T., Mustaleski, C., Foster, C., Kincaid, B.M., Jarnagin, B.
"Cost-Benefit Analysis: Valuation Rationales for Patient-Articulated Benefits of Telemedicine" - Poster, 4th Annual American Telemedicine Association Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 18-22, 1999.
Welsh, Teresa S.
"An Evaluation of Academic Course Web Pages in the UT College of Communications" - Presentation, 21st Annual University of Tennessee College of Communications Research Symposium, Knoxville, Tennessee, April 16, 1999.
Dimmick, S.L., Welsh, T.S., Enderson, B.L., Burgiss, S.G., Smith, G.T.
"Using a Geographic Information System to Plan and Manage Trauma Resources: A Case Study" - Poster, Third Annual Research Day, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, April 8, 1999.
Welsh, Teresa S.
"The Development and Construction of a Relational Database for a University of Tennessee Telemedicine Project" - Presentation, Connections '98 Conference, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, October 24, 1998.

Invited

MLA Information Literacy Committee (Michael Mounce, Teresa Welsh, Melissa Wright)
"EBSCOhost 2.0" - Training Workshops, Mississippi Library Association Annual Meeting, Natchez, MS, Oct 22, 23, 2008.
Welsh, Teresa S.
"Using Organizational Storytelling as a Creative Leadership Strategy," 8th International Creativity Conference, University of Greenwich, UK, July 4, 2008.
Welsh, Teresa S.
"Careers in LIS," Student Library Assistants for Mississippi (SLAM) meeting, East Central Community College, Decatur, MS, November 16, 2007.
Wright, Melissa and Teresa S. Welsh
"Free Resources for Teaching Information Literacy @ Your Library" - Presentation Workshops, Mississippi Library Association Annual Meeting, Vicksburg, MS, Oct 24 & 25, 2007.
Welsh, Teresa S.
"Developing Your Collection" - Presentation, Mississippi Library and Media Professionals (MS LAMP), Tupelo, Aug 27, and Batesville, Aug 28, 2007.
Welsh, Teresa S. and Tracy Carr
"Law for Librarians" - Presentation, Mississippi Library Association Annual Meeting, Tunica, MS, Oct 26, 2006.
Welsh, Teresa S.
"GIS and Librarianship" - Poster, USM GIS Day 2003, Hattiesburg Lake Terrace Convention Center, November 19, 2003.
Welsh, Teresa S.
"Managing the Dissertation Process from Start to Finish: Strategies for Success" - Presentation, ALISE 2003 Annual Conference, Philadelphia, January 22, 2003.
Welsh, Teresa S.
"Digitizing an Historical Research Project: The Photography of Ed Westcott, 1942-59" - Presentation, Tennessee Library Association 1999 Annual Conference, Nashville Convention Center, April 28, 1999.
Welsh, Teresa S.
"Development of a Web Site for Historic Mabry-Hazen House" - Demonstration, Museums and the Web Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 14, 1999.
Welsh, Teresa S.
"J.E. Westcott: Photo-Documenting the Manhattan Project at Oak Ridge" - Presentation, Oak Ridge Rotary Club, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, January 21, 1999.
Welsh, Teresa S.
"Health Studies Research at The University of Tennessee: Telemedicine" - Presentation, UT College of Communications Board of Visitors, Hilton Hotel, Knoxville, Tennessee, September 26, 1998.
Welsh, Teresa S.
"J.E. Westcott: Photographer and Photographic Recorder" - Presentation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, August 24, 1998.

WEB SITES

British Studies 09 LIS Course Blog
British Studies 08 LIS Course Blog
British Studies 07 LIS Course Blog
"Information Literacy Resources for Miss. Educators, Librarians, and Media Specialists"
www.usm.edu/slis/EduLiteracy.htm
The Art of Joseph Delaney
http://sunsite.utk.edu/delaney/
Divine Humility: Jesus Icons in Contemporary Mexico
http://sunsite.utk.edu/lewis/
The Early Photography of Ed Westcott: From the Manhattan Project to the Cold War, 1942-59
http://sunsite.utk.edu/westcott/
Art 403: History of Photography (part of team that designed and developed password-protected class site)
http://web.utk.edu/~twh/photo.htm
The Development of Telemedicine in Improving Access to HealthCare in Rural Areas of East Tennessee
http://ocean.otr.usm.edu/~w146169/telemed.htm

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Science, University of Southern Mississippi, 2009-
Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Science, University of Southern Mississippi, 2003-09
Teaching courses on archival organization, history of libraries, information literacy, information retrieval, government publications, information science and bibliometric research

Clinical Instructor, School of Information Science & Learning Technologies, University of Missouri, 2002-03
Taught courses in Web development, information technologies, history of the Internet, and libraries in the ancient world

Graduate Teaching Associate, School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee
Taught Information Sciences 310: Information Seeking: Resources and Strategies, Fall 1997 - Spring 2000
Provided assistance and support for SIS Distance Education courses.

COURSES

The University of Southern Mississippi

LIS 201: Introduction to Information Literacy

LIS 411/511: Collection Development and Management

LIS 458/558: Internet Resources & Applications

LIS 580/587: British Libraries & Information Centers

LIS 605: Library Management

LIS 631: History of Libraries

LIS 642: Special Libraries

LIS 647: Introduction to Archival Organization

LIS 651: Introduction to Information Science

LIS 656: Online Public Services

LIS 664: US Government Publications

LIS 668: Research Methods

LIS 695: Master's Project

Mentored Students' Web Projects

Mentored Students' Publications/Presentations

University of Missouri

Q400: Introduction to Information Technology

Q310: History of the Internet

Q310: Libraries in the Ancient World

University of Tennessee

IS310: Information Seeking: Resources and Strategies

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SERVICE ACTIVITIES

University Service
Curious George Ad Hoc Committee, de Grummond Children's Literature Collection, February 2006
USM Web Page Tutorial, 2004-
Member, Cook Library Fine Appeals Committee, 2003-

College of Education & Psychology Service
Dean's Search Committee, 2007-09
Faculty Awards Committee, 2005-08
Research Committee, 2007
Dean's Graduate Education Advisory Committee, 2005

SLIS Service
Co-Advisor, LISSA, LIS Student Association, 2003-08 (LISSA awarded 2005 Outstanding Student Organization of the Year by the USM Student Activities Council)
Co-Chair, SLIS Student Activities Committee, 2003-08
Technology Committee, 2005-07
Advisory Board Member, Exhibit Coordinator, Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival, 2005-07
"Standard III, Faculty," ALA Committee on Accreditation Report, 2004

Community Service
Judge, Hattiesburg Public School District Reading Fair Art Competition, January 2007
Pronouncer, Forrest County School District Spelling Bee, Hattiesburg, MS, 2006
Judge, Forrest County School District Spelling Bee, Hattiesburg, MS, February 2004, 2005
Judge, Thames Elementary School Reading Fair Art Competition, Hattiesburg, MS, November 2004
Judge, Forrest County School District Reading Fair Art Competition, Hattiesburg, MS, October 2003

State/Regional Service
The University of Tennessee SIS Advisory Board, 2006-09
Mississippi Library Association, Peggy May Scholarship Award Committee, 2008
Mississippi Library Association, Information Literacy Committee, 2007-08
Moderator for Disaster Experience, Preparation, and Discovery, Southern Archivist's Conference, Lafayette, LA, April 20, 2006
Moderator, Archive Education Breakout Session, Society of MS Archivists Annual Meeting, Hattiesburg, April 25, 2005
Research Committee, Southern Chapter, Medical Library Association, 2004-07

National/International Service
ALISE Membership Advisory Committee, 2006-08
Association for Library & Information Science Education (ALISE) School Representative, 2006-08
Association for Library & Information Science Education (ALISE) Garfield Dissertation Award Committee, 2005-06
Co-Chair, Connections 2000 Conference, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, October 28, 2000
Panel Moderator, "Telemedicine: To Mount Everest and Beyond" by Brett Harnett, American Society for Information Science 1999 Conference, Washington, D.C., November 3, 1999

PROFESSIONALORGANIZATIONS

American Association for State and Local History

American Library Association

American Society for Information Science & Technology

Association for Library and Information Science Education

Mississippi Library Association

Society of American Archivists

Society of Mississippi Archivists

Southeastern Library Association

Southern Chapter, Medical Library Association

Special Libraries Association