Currently: Head Librarian, Eastview Campus, Austin Community College, Austin, Texas

Margaret Peloquin Short Vita

Currently: Head Librarian, Eastview Campus, Austin Community College, Austin, Texas.

Past Positions: Austin Community College:  Acting Head Librarian of Technical Services / Library Automation (Dec 93 - Jun 94)  Head Librarian, Health Sciences Library (Jul 81 - Aug 89)  Project Director, Library Automation System (Jul 86 - Oct 87)  Adjunct Faculty Medical Terminology (Sep 82 – 2000) Other Institutions:  Adjunct Faculty, Graduate School of Library & Information Science, University of Texas at Austin (Sep 84 - 2001)  Continuing Education Instructor , Medical Library Association (Sep 85 - present)  Coordinator, Automated Information Services, Houston Academy of Medicine – Texas Medical Center Library, Houston, Texas (Jan 80 - Jun 81)  Head Librarian, Central Branch, Calcasieu Parish Library System, Lake Charles, Louisiana (Oct 78 - Jan 80)  Information Retrieval Specialist, University of Texas at Austin (Sep 77 - Sep 78)  Branch Supervisor, Pharmacy Library, University of Texas at Austin (Sep 72 - Jun 77)  Supervisor, Collections Deposit Library, University of Texas at Austin (Sep 71 - Aug 72)  Interlibrary Loan Supervisor, Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston, Tx (Jul 70 - Aug 71)  Library Assistant, Special Services Library, 5th Army Hospital, Bad Cannstatt, Germany (Oct 68 - Aug 69)  Teacher, Literature; Our Lady Immaculate School, Jennings, Louisiana  Teacher, Science; St. Mary's School, Temple, Texas  Clerk-Typist/Editor; Recorder of Documents of the State of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, Louisiana  Welfare Visitor; Department of Public Welfare, Jennings, Louisiana

Memberships and Activities: Member, Medical Library Association Continuing Education Instructor and course developer, Medical Library Association Member, Nursing & Allied Health Resources Section, Medical Library Association Past Chair, Strategic Planning Committee Member, Management & Leadeship Section, Medical Library Association South Central Chapter, Medical Library Association Past Chair, Credentialing Committee Past Chair, Continuing Education Committee Past Chair, Communications Committee Currently member, Credentialing Committee Current Chair, Local Arrangements Committee (Austin 2010) Member, Association of College & Research Libraries Member, American Library Association Member, Texas Library Association Member, Texas Community College Teachers' Association Distinguished Member, Academy of Health Information Professionals

College Activities: Member Library Leadership Team Webmaster, Library Services Web Site Team Leader – Library Services Web Team Member, Library Services Technology Team Member, Library Services Web Content Team Past Integrated Library System Committee, Library Services College-Wide – ACC Web Advisory Committee Advisory Board, Pharmacy Technology Program Recent Workshops and Presentations:

 Understanding and Using Medical Terminology, (numerous annual meetings, Medical Library Association; and in the South Central Region)  Communicating?? With Your Network People, (South Central Chapter, MLA.)  Introduction to Health Sciences Reference, (South Central Chapter, MLA)  Internet: Implications for Orthopaedic Nurses, (National Association for Orthopaedic Nurses, Dallas.  Internet: What is it? How do you access it? and Health Resources on the Web, (EC2, Future is Now! Conference, Austin.)  Leadership, CE & Personal Development (Library and Information Leadership Institute: Leadership in Medical Libraries, Austin.)  Create Your Own Web Page Using HTML (Texas Community College Teachers' Association)  Reference Roundtable, Innovative Uses of Technology, (Texas Library Association)  Live Reference Service to Distant Users (Texas Library Association, Dallas)  Using the Internet to Deliver Live Reference Service to Remote Health Professionals (Medical Library Association, Chicago.)  Getting There: Striving for Uniform Technical Skills for Library Staff , (South Central Chapter, MLA.)  Re-Imagining Staff Collaboration and Communication through a Dedicated Wiki, (South Central Chapter, MLA.)  Airborne or Stuck on the Ground: Technical Skills Revisited Two Years Later, (South Central Chapter, MLA.)  Del.icio.us in the Real World (Teaching & Technology Trends Symposium, ACC.)  Artistic Expression and the Delivery of Information (South Central Chapter, MLA)  Mobile on a Budget (South Central Chapter, MLA)  Tips and Tricks for Searching Medical Databases (Southwest Chapter Conference American Medical Writers Assn)