Michelynn McKnight

Email Address: mmck@lsu.edu                                                                                  Full Curriculum Vitae

• Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Information Science from University of North Texas
• MS in Library and Information Science from University of Illinois
• MM from University of Illinois
• BA from Western Illinois University

Classes:

• LIS 7002    Information Services
• LIS 7202    Science and Technology Resources
• LIS 7404    Health Sciences Information Centers
• LIS 7906    Field Experience in Health Sciences Libraries
• LIS 7911 Special Topic: Publication for Librarians

Research Interests:

• Health Care Providers' Information Seeking Behavior
• Information Services During Community-Wide Disasters

Representative Publications

2007:  Grounded theory model of on-duty critical care nurses’ information behavior: The 
Patient-Chart Cycle of Informative Interactions, Journal of Documentation.

2006:  “Affective dimensions of critical care nurses’ informative interactions: Gentle Nurse Jekyll and 
Harried Nurse Hyde” chapter in iane Nahl and Dania Bilal, The Emotional Information Environment, 
ASIS&T.

2006:  Health sciences librarians’ reference services during a disaster: More than collection 
protection.Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 25 (3):1-12

2006:  The Information seeking of on duty critical care nurses: Evidence from participant observation 
and in context interviews”, Journal of the Medical Library Association, 94(2): 145-151.

Other Activities and Awards

• National Library of Medicine Biomedical Library and Informatics Review Committee
• Medical Library Association Board of Directors
• Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory Medical Informatics Fellow
• Medical Library Association Scholarly Publishing Task Force