Curriculum Vitae

Charles B. Wessel, M.L.S.
cbw@pitt.edu

[Education] [Job Experience] [Areas of Responsibility and Assignments] [Committee Activities]
[Professional Activities] [Presentations] [Publications]

Education

1984 Master of Library Science, University of Pittsburgh
1978 Bachelor of Arts, English Literature, University of Pittsburgh

Job Experience

2007 - 1998. Coordinator of Affiliated Hospital Services, Health Sciences Library System, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261
Coordination of a variety of library services to hospitals in the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center|UPMC and outreach activities to various populations.
2004 - 1986. Reference Librarian, Falk Library of the Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261
Provide expert reference service to faculty, staff and students in the Schools of the Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh and to medical staff, residents, personnel and patients of the UPMC/University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
1986 - 1983. Medical Librarian, The Medical Center, Inc., Beaver, Pennsylvania 15009
Responsible for the daily operations, planning, budgeting, implementing new programs, collection development, on-line search services of the library and supervising 1.5 FTEs and several volunteers.
1983 - 1981. Library Specialist, Interlibrary Loan, Falk Library of the Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
Responsible for all interlibrary loan activity as a Resource Library under Region 1, New York Academy of Medicine and Region 3, College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Use of Docline, OCLC, Catline, Serline and other appropriate locator tools.
1980 - 1978. Library Specialist, Circulation Department, Falk Library of the Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
Maintain reserve book and journal collections, assist in stacks management, and all circulation functions.

Areas of Responsibility and Assignments, Health Sciences Library System - Falk Library of the Health Sciences

2007 - 2006. Clinical Medical Librarian. Assist in development, design and provision of Clinical Medical Librarian Services to the Department of General Internal Medicine, UPMC Presbyterian-Shadyside - University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
2004 - 2002. Author and Developer. Association of American Medical Colleges & the Office of Research Integrity, United States Department of Health and Human Services Cooperative Agreement with the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries for "Responsible Literature Searching for Research: A Self-Paced Interactive Educational Program" description at http://www.aamc.org/programs/ori/start.htm
2001 - 1999. HSLS Health Information for the Public. Mid-Atlantic Region subcontract, National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM). Manage the day-to-day operations of this program.
2000 - 1998. HSLS Partners in Information Access. Mid-Atlantic Region subcontract, National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM).Manage the day-to-day operations of this program.
2000 - 1996. Consultant to Armstrong County Memorial Hospital, Kittanning, Pennsylvania
Provide reference, collection development, budget and library program consultation, training to library staff and hospital personnel in fulfillment of library contract between Health Sciences Library System and Armstrong County Memorial Hospital.
2000 - 1992. Problem Based Learning, School of Medicine, Library Case Coordinator
Assist faculty case coordinator in the development of course for first year medical students. Participate in PBL sessions as library facilitator.
1999 - 1995. Internet Subject Page and Guide Development
Create, design, and instruct reference department on the creation of subject pages and guides for Health Sciences Library System http://www.hsls.pitt.edu/
1998 - 1988. Clinical Medical Librarian
Assist in development, design and provision of Clinical Medical Librarian Services to the Department of Medicine and Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
1998 - 1997. IAIMS Development Group Librarian
Assist Focal Activity Groups in locating, accessing and intergrating library resources in educational, decision support and research projects.
1998 - 1997. Curriculum Development
Development and maintenance of curriculum, handouts, independent study materials for Internet courses for Health Sciences Library System user education programs.
1995 - 1994. Coordinator, Hospital Library Services, Montefiore University Hospital, University of Pittsburgh Medical CenterCoordinate, integrate and assist in developing library services for Montefiore University Hospital. Arrange for transition of technical services and reference services to Falk Library personnel. Train 10 reference librarians on provision of services from Montefiore's Bergman Library. Provide and instruct medical staff and residents on the use of MEDLINE and other end-user databases. Develop core clinical collection . Supervise 1.5 FTEs.
1995 - 1988. Coordinator, Hospital Library Services, Presbyterian University Hospital, University of Pittsburgh Medical CenterCoordinate, integrate and assist in developing library services and programs for Presbyterian University Hospital. Develop a comprehensive Clinical Medical Library Services for the Departments of Medicine and Surgery. Provide patient care and research information support to the clinical departments. Assist in integrating service from Falk Library's reference and technical service departments. Maintain and develop clinical collection at Presbyterian's Medical Staff Library. Supervise 1.5 FTEs.
1991 - 1989. Library Liaison, School of Medicine

Committee Activities, Health Sciences Library System & Falk Library of the Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh

2007- Chair. HSLS Systematic Review Group
2007- HSLS Collection Development Selector - Reference Collection
2007 - 2004. Children Hospital's of Pittsburgh Libraries Integration Team
2007 - 1998. UPMC/University of Pittsburgh Medical Center System-wide Patient Education Committee 2004. Interim Librarian. UPMC Passavant. http://passavant.upmc.com/
2004-2003 Weeding Collection, Falk Library of the Health Sciences
2002. Reference Collection Development
2002 - 1998. Faculty Research Interests Database, IAIMS Focal Activity
2001 - 1999. Consumer Health Grant Committee Chair
2001 - 1999. HSLS Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Subcommittee, Curriculum Committee, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
2001. HSLS PDA Committee
2000-1999. Consumer Health Web Committee
2000-1999. HSLS Electronic Resources Committee
2000-1998. HSLS Web Committee
1998. Community-based Education Activity Group (IAIMS)
1998. Research Information System Advisory Committee (IAIMS)
1998 - 1996. Planning and Budgeting Committee FY97/98;FY96/97
1998 -1997. HSLS Web Redesign Committee
1996. Interns Curriculum Task Force
1995. World Wide Web Committee
1995 - 1990. New Technology Committee
1995 - 1990. Documentation Committee
1995 - 1988. Hospital Library Services Committee
1994 - 1993. Access Services Planning Task Force
1993. Rural Electrification Grant
1992 - 1990. User Education Committee
1991. Reference Service Planning Task Force
1991. User Education Planning Task Force
1991. Microcomputer and Media Center Task Force
1988. Library Moving, Implementation and Planning Committee
1987. Reference Collection Development

Professional Activities

2007 - 1998. Medical Library Association. Continuing Education Course. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM): Information Resources for Choice in Healing. Course Developer and Instructor.
2007 - 2006. Medical Library Association. Continuing Education Course. Number number who's got the number? or who's counting? Health Statistic Sources. Course Developer and Instructor.
2006-2004. Chair, Chair-Elect, Past Chair. Pittsburgh Regional Chapter, Medical Library Association.
2002. University of Pittsburgh. Center for Lifetime Learning. Third Age Enrichment Community. Faculty and course developer: Health Information on the Internet.
2002-2001. Medical Library Association. Continuing Education Course. Internet Resources and Databases. Course Developer and Instructor.
2001-2000. Medical Library Association. Continuing Education Course. Introduction to Medical Information. Course Developer and Instructor.
1992 - 1989. Editor. The Pittsburgh Pulse. Newsletter of the Pittsburgh Chapter. Medical Library Association.
1992 - 1984. Union List Committee. Pittsburgh Chapter. Medical Library Association.
1991 - 1989. Chapter Council Alternate. Pittsburgh Chapter. Medical Library Association.
1991 - 1990. Chair. Chapter Compliance and Formation Committee. Medical Library Association.
1988 - 1985. Telefax Subcommittee. Pittsburgh Chapter. Medical Library Association.
1987 - 1983. Founding Co-chair. Microcomputer User Group. (now called New Technology Committee) Pittsburgh Chapter. Medical Library Association.

Presentations

2004.Tannery NH, Wessel CB, Gladd CS and Epstein BA. Using outcome measures to assess the information-seeking behavior of clinicians after access to online resources: a longitudinal study. Medical Library Association. Annual Meeting, Washington D.C. [This paper won the MLA Research Honorable Metion Award]
2003. Epstein BA, Tannery NH, Wessel CB, and Gladd CS. What did they do before it was online? Measuring information-seeking behavior of clinicians prior to initiation of access to electronic resources. Medical Library Association. Annual Meeting, San Diego, California.
2001. Wessel CB. Why is complementary and alternative medicine an information oddity, and where are the reliable resources? Invited Speaker. Chiropractic Libraries, Hospital Libraries, Consumer and Patient Health Information Sections and the Mental Health and Complementary Medicine Special Interest Groups. Medical Library Association. Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida.
2001. Gregg AL, Epstein BA, Wessel CB, Wozar JA and Burick L. Designing a curriculum on Internet health resources for deaf high school students. Medical Library Association. Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida.
2001. Klein-Fedyshein M., Wessel CB, Williams R. Gregg A, Worona P, and Wozar J. Reconceptualizing the Web: designing and implementing a user-oriented consumer health web site. Medical Library Association. Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida.
2000. Epstein B; Wessel CB; Mickelson PC. Providing library services to an expanding health care enterprise: management challenges of a dynamic environment. Medical Library Association. Annual Meeting. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Presented May 7, 2000 - Medical school libraries approaches to organizational change: library services in health systems mergers.
2000. Wessel CB; Gregg A; Epstein B. HSLS Partners in Information Access. Partnerships for Health in the New Millennium: Launching Healthy People 2010: Abstracts. January 24-28, 2000, Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington DC. Abstract #320.
1998. Wessel CB; Powell D; Tannery NH. Virtual library orientation in a 3d environment: a web-based model. Medical Library Association. Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Contributed Paper. Presented May, 1998. Medical Informatics and Educational Media and Technologies.
1997. Wessel CB and Tannery NH. Academic Medical Center libraries on the World Wide Web. What are we providing? Medical Library Association. Annual Meeting. Seattle, Washington. Contributed Paper.
1996. Wessel CB. A Series of Internet workshops for the medical staff of Armstrong County Memorial Hospital. Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences. University of Pittsburgh. September 10, 1996; October 17, 1996; November 13, 1996; December 12, 1996.
1996. Wessel CB. Health Science Library System. Falk Library of the Health Sciences Web Site. Demonstration.Teaching with Technology. Annual Teaching Excellence Conference. Center for Instructional Development and Distance Education. University of Pittsburgh. UPMC Conference Center. March 29, 1996.
1996. Wessel CB and Struble C. Issues in creating and managing a library web site. Special Library Association, Pittsburgh Chapter. March 28, 1996.
1996. Wessel CB and Cefola R. Therapeutics and pharmacy resources on the Internet. Continuing Education Seminar. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pharmacy. January 8, 1996.
1995. Wessel CB, Folb B, Johnston BA. HIV / AIDS information on the Internet. Graduate School of Public Health's World AIDS Day. University of Pittsburgh. December 1, 1995. Poster Session.
1995. Wessel CB. Dental resources on the World Wide Web. Faculty Development Committee. School of Dental Medicine. University of Pittsburgh, November 29, 1995.
1995. Wessel CB and Curtis T. Hospital Librarian Internet Seminar. Part 1 - Locating resources. Part 2 - HTML and HotMetal. Microcomputer & Media Center. Falk Library of the Health Sciences. University of Pittsburgh. November 16, 1995.
1995. Wessel CB and Davoodifar HD. The Library without walls. Practical Approaches in Primary Care Medicine. Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Station Square, Pittsburgh, September 15, 1995.
1994. Wessel CB and Schilling K. Reference librarians' perceptions and use of Internet resources: results of a survey of academic health science libraries. Medical Library Association. Annual Meeting. San Antonio, Texas. Contributed Paper.
1993. Wessel CB and Detflesen EG. Using the Internet. Pittsburgh Chapter. Medical Library Association. Somerset, Pennsylvania. Half-day Seminar.
1992. Wessel CB, Kuller AB, Ginn DS, Martin TP. Quality filtering of the clinical literature by librarians and physicians. Medical Library Association. Annual Meeting. San Francisco, California. Contributed Paper.
1989. Wessel CB and Kuller AB. Integration of hospital library services into an academic reference department. Pennsylvania State Medical Library Meeting. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Poster Session.
1988. Wessel CB and Sakino-Spears N. Using CD-ROM technology in hospital libraries. Pittsburgh Chapter. Medical Library Association. Coraopolis, Pennsylvania. Half-day Seminar.
1986. Wessel C. Proposal for telefacsimilie network in western Pennsylvania hospital libraries. Pittsburgh Chapter. Medical Library Association. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1984. Wessel CB. Microcomputer applications in hospital libraries. Pittsburgh Chapter. Medical Library Association. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Full-day Seminar.

Publications

Wessel CB. The Alternative Medicine Homepage. http://www.pitt.edu/~cbw/altm.html
Tannery NH, Wessel CB, Epstein BA, Gadd CS. Hospital nurses' use of knowledge-based information resources. Nurs Outlook. 2007 Jan-Feb;55(1):15-9.
Wessel CB, Tannery NH, Epstein BA. Information-seeking behavior and use of information resources by clinical research coordinators. J Med Libr Assoc. 2006 Jan;94(1):48-54.
Wessel CB. Responsible Literature Searching for Research: A Self-Paced Interactive Program. MedEdPORTAL; 2005. Available from: http://www.aamc.org/mededportal, ID = 162.
Wessel CB, Wozar JA, Epstein BA. The Role of the Academic Medical Center Library in Training Public Librarians. Journal of the Medical Library Association 2003 July; 91(3):352-360.
Gregg A, Wozar J, Wessel CB, Epstein BA Designing a curriculum on Internet health resources for deaf high school students. Journal of the Medical Library Association 2002 October; 90(4):431-436.
Lauer B, Kuller K, Wessel CB MEDLINE and the new health care consumer Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association 1999 January/February 39(1):92.
Wessel CB Book Reviewer. Sections: Health and Alternative Medicine. Library Journal 1998.
Wessel CB and Tannery NH. Academic medical center library web sites. What are we providing? Bulletin of the Medical Library Association 1998 October 86:541-544.
Wessel CB; Johnston BA; Fetch TE. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) selected Internet resources for HIV/AIDS. Health Care on the Internet 1998; 2(2/3):105-123.
Wessel CB. Book Review. The Alternative Health & Medicine Encyclopedia. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association 1996 January 84(1):123-124.
Schilling K and Wessel CB. Reference librarians' perceptions and use of Internet resources: results of a survey of academic health science libraries . Bulletin of the Medical Library Association 1995 October 83(4):509-512.
Kuller AB and Wessel CB. Quality filtering of the clinical literature by librarians and physicians. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association 1993 January 81(1):38-43.
June 2007 cbw@pitt.edu