Nancy Allee

About

In her role as deputy director, Nancy Allee provides leadership for the day-to-day operations of the Health Sciences Libraries and works in close collaboration with the director and library coordinators to plan, implement, and evaluate programs and services, encompassing initiatives in liaison, information, outreach, and research & informatics services as well as library collections.

Background

Nancy previously held a joint appointment as Director, Public Health Informatics Services & Access in the School of Public Health and University Library and prior to this position was co-head of reference and resource coordinator in the areas of education, optometry, and nursing at Northeastern State University, located in the capital of the Cherokee Nation.  Nancy holds degrees in English literature from DePauw University, library science from Indiana University, and public health / health administration from the University of Oklahoma.  Her current areas of research interest and study are health information and health education, learning technologies, collaborative teaching and learning, and program evaluation and assessment.  

Responsibilities

Nancy has also served as project director for several projects funded by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Greater Midwest Region (NNLM GMR), including an NLM Internet Access to Digital Libraries grant, the MI-INFO (Michigan Informatics) and Public Health 2.0 subcontracts, and the Partners in Information Access' Public Health Information & Data Tutorials project.  Nancy is chair of the Partners in Information Access Public Health Training Subcommittee and chair-elect of the Leadership and Management Section of the Medical Library Association.  Nancy is also a member of the SACUA Government Relations Advisory Committee.