Katherine Chew Librarian

Katherine Chew headshot
Email
chewx002@umn.edu
Phone
612-626-3017
ORCID iD
ORCID logo 0000-0003-0788-3179
Experts
Experts@UMN
Full position title(s)
Research/Outreach Services, Mortuary Science, Center for Allied Health Programs and Center for Bioethics Librarian
Libraries department
Health Sciences
Alternate profile
Full profile at the Health Sciences Library site
Subject Librarian for
Bioethics
Center for Allied Health
Mortuary Science
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy

About

Katherine Chew, MLS, is an Associate Librarian and the Research/Outreach Services, Mortuary Science, Center for Allied Health Programs and Center for Bioethics Librarian for the Health Sciences Library at the University of Minnesota.  She provides research support and consultation to University of Minnesota researchers in the health sciences including support for NIH Public Access Policy Compliance.  As Outreach Librarian, Katherine provides education and training on consumer health and health information literacy issues to health professionals, public librarians, and the general public across the state, including exhibiting at health fairs and other health oriented events on National Library of Medicine resources. 

Before becoming the Research/Outreach Services Librarian, Katherine was the Collections Librarian for the Health Sciences Libraries for over 10 years. Prior to joining the University of Minnesota in 2001, Katherine has been an Air Force Base Librarian in Montana, Colorado (Air Force Academy) and Germany (Sembach Air Base), before switching career paths into medical librarianship.  As a medical librarian she has worked in community, urban and academic health sciences libraries and has presented at regional and national conferences on collections, scholarly communications, metrics and NIH public access polices.

Publications

Aspinall, E., Hunt, S.L., Theis-Mahon, N.R., Chew, K.V. & Olawasky, E. (2020)     Addressing Disparities in Physician Access to Information in Support of Evidence-based Practice, Health Communication, DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2020.1723049  

Bakker, C., McBurney, J., Chew, K., Aho, M., & Reed, D. (2019). Implementing and assessing a service to demonstrate public impact of faculty research in news and policy sources. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 107(4), 579–587. doi: https://doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2019.709  

Chew, K.  (2018). Helping decipher doctorspeak: health literacy and the library community.  Against the Grain, 30(4), 22, 24-25.  https://www.against-the-grain.com/2018/10/v304-helping-decipher-doctorspeak-health-literacy-and-the-library-community

Chew, K., Schoenborn, M., Stemper, J., & Lilyard, C. (2016). E-Journal Metrics for Collection Management: Exploring Disciplinary Usage Differences in Scopus and Web of Science. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 11(2), 97-120. 35% contribution.  http://dx.doi.org/10.18438/B85P87

Aspinall, Erinn; Chew, Katherine; Watson, Linda; Parker, Mary. (200(). A Case Study: Planning a state-wide information resource for health professionals: an evidence-based approach. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 97(4):246-252.

Lindell, Colleen and Chew, Katherine. "Wading through the Web: Internet research for the health care professional." NursingMatters 14(3):7 March 2003.

Select Presentations

“Health misinformation / disinformation / malinformation: what you need to know to provide quality health information to your patrons.” 50 minute session presented at the 2022 Minnesota Library Association Annual Conference, Duluth, MN, October 27-28, 2022.

 “Leveraging Knowledge: Collaborating with the Sponsored Projects Administration to Support National Science Foundation Researchers New to the SciENcv Biographical Sketch Requirement.” Lightning talk presentation at the 2022 Medical Library Association Annual Conference, Virtual sessions, 29 April 2023.

 “DoctorSpeak: Health Literacy & Healthcare Professionals: Creating a Partners in Outreach Program Resource.” Invited lightning session presentation during the NNLM Day at the 2022 Medical Library Association Annual Conference, Virtual Session, 28 April 2023. 

 “FlashCards Deluxe: My Favorite Tool.” Katherine Chew.  3 minute presentation at the 2021 Medical Library Association Virtual Annual Conference, May 25, 2021.

“Health Reference: The Basics in Less Than 60 Minutes.” Katherine Chew. 50 minute session presented at the 2020 Minnesota Library Association Virtual annual conference, October 1, 2020.

“Engagement: Outreach Librarianship and Connecting With Your Community.”  Katherine Chew.  50 minute session presented at the 2019 Minnesota Library Association annual conference, September 19, 2019, Prior Lake, MN

“Beyond Citation Counts: Policy & New Media Impact.”   Caitlin Bakker, Katherine Chew, Jenny McBurney, Melissa Aho.   50 minute presentation at the 2019 ARLD Day, April 26, 2019 at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Chaska, MN.

“Untethered: Utilizing An iPad Flashcard App To Interactively Engage And Educate Attendees At Outreach Activities.”  Katherine Chew.  50 minute session presented at the 2019 LibTech Conference, March 19-20, 2019, St. Paul, MN.

 “Demonstrating Policy and Media Impact:  Assessment of a Pilot Project.”  Caitlin Bakker, Katherine Chew, Jenny McBurney, Del Reed.  Contributed paper presented at the 2018 Midwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association annual conference, Oct 5-8, 2018, Cleveland, OH. 

“Measuring Impact With Altmetrics: Is There One Tool to Rule Them All?”  Caitlin Bakker, Katherine Chew, Jenny McBurney, Del Reed, Melissa Aho.  Poster presentation.  2018 Midwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association annual conference, Oct 5-8, 2018, Cleveland, OH.

 “Information Literacy of Online Health Consumers in Minnesota.”  Shanda Hunt, Nicole Theis-Mahon, Katherine Chew.  Contributed paper presented at the 2018 Georgia International Conference on Literacy, September 27-29, 2018, Savannah, GA.

“Adapting – Transforming – Leading: A Year in the Life of a NNLM Sponsored Outreach Librarian.”  Katherine Chew.  Poster presentation.  Medical Library Association Annual Meeting  Adapting – Leading – Transforming., 18-23 May, 2018, Atlanta, GA.