Liaison Librarian Profile - Theresa Arndt

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Theresa Arndt
Associate Director for Research & Instructional Services

MLS, SUNY-Buffalo, 1993
BA, Psychology & English, Case Western Reserve Univ., 1984

Email: arndtt@dickinson.edu
Phone: (717) 245-1750
office hours by appointment

If I am unavailable, please ask at the circulation desk (717-245-1397) to see if there is another librarian available, or send an email to library@dickinson.edu describing your research need.

Liaison Librarian to:

Anthropology (subject guide)
Health Studies (subject guide)
Sociology (subject guide)
Women's Studies (subject guide)
Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues
 Community Studies
Interdisciplinary Studies
Physical Education

Background and areas of expertise :

I began at Dickinson College in July 2006.  As Associate Director for Research & Instructional Services I am responsible for supervising the librarian liaison program, including research/reference services and instruction/information literacy programs.

Before coming to Dickinson College, I spent over 10 years as an academic pharmacy and medical librarian working at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and the University of Michigan Medical and Public Health libraries.            

My areas of interest include curriculum-integrated information literacy instruction, evidence-based practice, and the barriers to translation of research into practice.  I am particularly interested in helping students acquire the critical appraisal skills they need to evaluate information, given the political, social, ethical, and economic issues that can affect the way in which information is produced and disseminated. 

Recent Publications:

Martin PW, Arndt TS, Rana GK.  Clinical use of PDAs: the library’s role in bringing medical information to the point of care.  Journal of electronic resources in medical libraries. 2006; 3 (2): 83-90.

Gruppen L, Rana GK, Arndt TS. A controlled comparison study of the efficacy of training medical students in evidence based medicine searching skills.  Academic medicine. 2005 Oct; 80 (10): 940-4.

Depression and Depressive Disorders.  In: Anderson PF, Allee NJ.  Medical Library Association Encyclopedic Guide to Searching and Finding Health Information on the Web.  Volume 1: Diseases and Disorders/Mental Disorders. NY, NY:  Neil-Shuman Publishers, 2004.