University Libraries

Email me with a question or for an appointment, wiswellj@ .  For appointments, please suggest a few times and state your topic.  I can meet in Zoom, at Levine, or on main campus.

Liaison Responsibilities, including instruction, consulting, and collections

• Rehabilitation Sciences:  Communication Sciences & Disorders, Athletic Training, and Occupational Therapy
• Public Health and Exercise Science
• Nursing
• Nutrition & Health Care Management
• Physics & Astronomy
• Recreation Management
• Veterinary Technology
• Wake Forest University School of Medicine Physician Assistant program

Other Library Responsibilities

• Collection strategy and scholarly communication.  Evaluate, monitor, and select information sources for liaison programs
• Liaison. Consult with faculty and others concerning curricular and research needs
• Teaching.  Evidence-based practice and information literacy instruction for students, in classes and individually
• Develop and manage learning objects, such as library guides and short videos.

Scholarly Interests

• Information behavior of students and faculty
• Collection management and scholarly communication for health and physical sciences
• LIS and health science methodologies and data
• Evidence-based practice in libraries and health services, evidence-based assessment
• Public health and epidemiology

Education

• Masters in Library and Information Studies, 2007, UNC Greensboro.
• Masters in Public Health 1997, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey/Rutgers University, concentration in Epidemiology and Quantitative Methods
• BA, Texas

Activities

• American Public Health Association, ALA/ACRL, NCLA, Mid Atlantic Chapter of the Medical Library Association, MLA, ANCHASL
• University: University Research Council, Work-Life Council
• Libraries: STEM/Sciences and Social Sciences Liaison Groups

Selected Presentations

Wiswell, John. 2018. “What would you do if your collections budget was cut 20%?” Carolina Consortium annual meeting. Greensboro, May 2018.

Wiswell, John. 2017. “Comparing use and usability of ebooks to near-at-hand pbooks.” ER&L Conference, April 2-5, 2017, Austin, Texas.

Wiswell, John. 2016.  "Delays in Availability of Faculty Journal Articles?: Local Effects of Open Access Policies(link is external)."  Poster presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association, May 13-18, Toronto.

Wiswell, John. 2015.  "Delays in Open Access Availability of Faculty Journal Articles(link is external)."  Poster presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter/MAC of the Medical Library Association/MLA, October 18-20, Asheville, NC.

Publications

Johnson, Megan, Andrea Leonard, and John Wiswell. 2015. “Deciding to Change OpenURL Link Resolvers(link is external).” Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship 27 (1): 10–25. doi:10.1080/1941126X.2015.999519.