Allan R. Barclay
MLIS, AHIP
Madison, WI 53704
USA
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EDUCATION:
Rosary College (now Dominican University)
River Forest, Illinois
MLIS
in Library and Information Science 1994
Wright State University
Dayton, Ohio
BA
in Psychology 1989
LIBRARY EXPERIENCE:
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ebling Library for the Health Sciences
Madison, Wisconsin
Information Architecture Librarian
11/00present
Responsible for development and maintenance of the libraries public website, staff
intranet and several other websites. Acts as a liaison between the Ebling Library and
other campus library and University departments in terms of web presence and other
information and technology needs. Provide support and training for staff working on Web
and other projects involving organization and use of information, particularly networked
information.
Current projects or interests include: Games and Simulation in Healthcare created and
maintain a portal of games & simulations, vendors, simulation labs, events, readings and
more. Working on developing a better taxonomy. Research Data Services working with a
campus group to provide consultation and education about data plans and other research
data curation and access issues webmaster and consultant.
Indiana University School of Medicine
Ruth Lilly Medical Library
Indianapolis, Indiana
Reference Librarian
4/959/00
Provided reference desk coverage. Taught classes in HTML, general Internet topics and
medical informatics. Also developed a number of web pages including ones devoted to the
Web portion of a medical informatics clerkship for 4th year students and ones devoted to
computer-assisted instruction.
Northwestern University
Galter Health Sciences Library
Chicago, Illinois
Library Assistant
I - Learning Resources Center2/93 - 3/95
Provided technical support for productivity and educational software in a lab of Macs and
PCs.
Library Assistant
I - Health Sciences Library1/91 - 2/93
Responsible for basic circulation functions as well as all print reserve readings
processing.
AFFILIATIONS:
Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP) - Distinguished Member 2003 -
present
American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIST) 1995 - present
Indiana Health Sciences Librarians Association 1995 - 2000
Information Architecture Institute 2003 - present
Medical Library Association (MLA) 1995 - present
Medical Informatics Section 1998 - 2006
Research Section 2005 - present
Midwest Chapter, Medical Library Association (MC/MLA) 1996 - present
Wisconsin Health Sciences Librarians Association (WHSLA) 2000 - present
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
HealthWeb project
Board chair 2005 - 2006
Chair, Technical working group 2001 - 2007
IUPUI Library Faculty - chair 1999 - 2000
Medical Library Ass n Relevant Issues Section - Chair-Elect/Chair/Past Chair 2006 -
2009
Midwest Chapter MLA Communications Committee - member 2002 - present
committee chair 2009 - 2010
Midwest Chapter MLA - webmaster 2006 - present
UW-Madison E-Research ad hoc committee - co-facilitator, webmaster 2008 2010
UW-Madison Interdisciplinary Health - committee member, webmaster 2003 - 2008
UW-Madison Library Website Redesign - committee member 2003 - 2004
UW-Madison Public Access Working Group - committee member 2008 - 2010
UW-Madison Research Data Services webmaster, member 2010 - present
UW-Madison Resource Discovery Exploratory Task Force - member 2008
Wisconsin Health Science Librarians Association
Communication Committee chair 2009 - present
Wisconsin Library & Information Technology Advisory Committee - member 2006 - 2008
Reference Services Quarterly (MRSQ), Vol. 18(2), Summer 1999, 1-9.
SELECTED POSTERS:
Barclay, Allan R., Bauman, Eric B. Games and Simulation in Healthcare: An Update .
Poster Presentation at the Committee on Academic Staff Issues Showcase, Madison, WI,
October 2010.
Barclay, Allan R., Bauman, Eric, Saini, Gaura, Seider, Sam. Building a Library for
Games and Simulation in Healthcare: A Continual Work in Progress . Poster Presentation at
the Games, Learning & Society 5.0 meeting, Madison, WI, June 2009.
Barclay, Allan R., Holz, Rebecca J., Hooper-Lane, Christopher, Johnson, Stephen M.,
Osmond, Andrew, Sevetson, Erika. Developing an RSS-Based Current Awareness Service .
Poster Presentation at the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, May
2008.
Barclay, Allan R., Combs, Ann M., Osmond, Andrew. Ebling Library s Role in the
Development, Launch and Growth of the Innovations in Medical Education Video Library and
Digital Portal . Poster Presentation at the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting,
Chicago, IL, May, 2008.
Barclay, Allan R., Combs, Ann M., Osmond, Andrew. License to Innovate: Ebling
Library s Role in the Development, Launch and Growth of a Digital Video Library . Poster
Presentation at the Midwest Chapter, Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, Omaha,
NE, October 2007.
Sevetson, Erika, Hooper-Lane, Chris, Boies, Andrew, Barclay, Allan R., Changing
Perspectives: Strategies to Generate Library Entry Points into Medical Education . Poster
Presentation at the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, May 2006.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS & CLASSES:
Gadgets, Widgets and other Embeddables: Microcontent for the Masses .
Presentation at WiLS World Conference, July 2010, Madison, WI.
Games & Simulation for Healthcare .
Presentation at Committee on Academic Staff Issues Showcase, March 2010, Madison, WI
(with Eric B. Bauman, website content guru).
Library Toolbars & the Future of Ubiquitous Computing .
Presentation at WiLS World Conference, July 2009, Madison, WI
(tag team presentation with Rebecca Holz, on Google Gadgets ).
RSS and Current Awareness . CE class (3 hrs MLA CE credit), May 4, 2009, LaCrosse, WI.
Part of WHSLA Annual Conference 2009.
Podcasts, Media Sharing & RSS .
Panel discussion & presentation for Technology Forum, Midwest Chapter, MLA Annual
Meeting, October 2008, Troy, MI.
Widgets and Bundles and Web Apps - Oh My! .
Presentation at the Midwest Chapter, MLA Annual Meeting, October 2008, Troy, MI.
Developing an RSS-Based Current Awareness Service .
Presentation at the Medicine 2.0 Congress, September 2008, Toronto, Canada.
Developing and Marketing an RSS Journal Service for Your Library .
Panel discussion & presentation with Chris Hooper-Lane & Erika Sevetson, Midwest Chapter,
MLA Annual Meeting, October 2007, Fargo, ND. http://projects.hsl.wisc.edu/rss/
The Politics of Health Information: Keeping the New Barbarians at Bay .
Panel presentation at the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, May 2007,
Philadelphia, PA.
Allan Barclay, moderator & coordinator; Paul Blobaum, Health Professions, Government
Information, and Grants Information Librarian, Governors State University Library; Prof.
Robert Field, Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Policy and Public Health @
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia; Julie Schneider, Information Resources
Coordinator, University of Wisconsin Ebling Library.
Strange Bedfellows: Radical Shifts in the Relationships between Libraries and their
Partners .
Panel presentation at the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, May 2007,
Philadelphia, PA.
Allan Barclay, moderator & coordinator; Tony McSean, Director of Library Relations,
Elsevier, London; Tom Richardson, Director of Institutional Sales & Service, NEJM; Warren
Holder, Electronic Resources Coordinator, University of Toronto Libraries; Niels Weertman,
Project Manager for SCOPUS, Elsevier, Amsterdam.
Introduction to Survey Design .
CE
User Interface Engineering Roadshow, Summer 2004, 2 Day Workshop on Web Design and
Usability, Minneapolis, MN
Manager Supervisor Development Series (MSD 110)
Fall 2003, University of Wisconsin-
Madison, Madison, WI. 30 credit hours.
Evidence Based Practice (EBP) in Two Parts. April 28, 2003, Wisconsin Health Sciences
Library Association Annual Meeting,, Madison, WI. 2 CE credits.
XML for Libraries: Potentials, Pleasures and Pitfalls. March 7-8, 2002, The Pyle
Center,
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.
Medical Informatics: A Course for Health Professsionals. MBL/NLM Course Fellow. October
1 - 7, 2000, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA. Sponsored by the National
Library of Medicine. Certificate, Fall Course.
OCLC CORC Participants Meeting. Online Computer Library Center Nov. 3 - 4, 1999,
Dublin, OH.
Dublin Core Metadata Initiative - 7th Workshop. October 25 - 27,1999, Die Deutsche
Bibliothek, Frankfurt, Germany.
How to Practice and Teach Evidence Based Medicine. August 30 - 31, 1999, Indianapolis,
IN.
7 hours MLA CE credit.
OCLC Institute seminar Understanding and Using Metadata, June 15-17, 1998, Dublin