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Paul Blobaum
Professor of Library Science

Contact Information:

Telephone: 708.534.4139
Office Location: D2410
email: pblobaum@govst.edu 
LibGuide profile and Virtual Office  (make a link to http://libguides.govst.edu/profile.php?uid=10489 ) 

Academic Credentials

M.S., University of Illinois, 1990
M.A. Wartburg Theological Seminary, 1987
B.A., Wartburg College, 1981

Liaison Areas

Presentations

 2007-8
Poster Session, “Using Digitized Primary Sources from the Library of Congress’ American Memory Collection to Enliven Nursing Issues and History Curriculum”.  Co-author with Professor Shirley Comer and Professor Catherine Tymkow.  Health Science Librarians of Illinois Annual Conference, Urbana, IL, October 26, 2007.

2008-9
Presenter, “eBooks at GSU:  Challenges and Opportunities”. CARLI eBook  Symposium, March 4, 2009, Champaign, IL.  

2009-10
Contributed paper, “Towards Requiring a Medical Librarian in Hospitals: What We Learned from the Vital Pathways Medical Education Task Force”.  Co-authored with Diane G. Schwartz,  Linda Garr Markwell, Joan Gard Marshall, and Jean Shipman. Presented to the Midwest Chapter, Medical Library Association, Columbus, Ohio, October 4, 2009.

Contributed paper, “Evidence Based Nursing Practice: Hospital and Academic Librarian Roles”.  Co-Authored with Margaret (Peg) Allen, Joy C. Kennedy, Pamela Sherwill-Navarro.  Presented to the Midwest Chapter, Medical Library Association, Columbus, Ohio, October 4, 2009.

Publications

Blobaum, Paul M., “Uninvited Change:  The Governors State University Library’s Evolving Reference and Technology Desk”, in An Introduction to Reference Services in Academic Libraries, Elizabeth Connor, Editor, NY:  Haworth Press, 2006.

Blobaum, Paul, "Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro)", Journal of the Medical Library Association, vol. 94(4), October 2006, p. 477–478. 

Blobaum, Paul. “The Hospital Grantsmanship Center: A New Role for Hospital Librarians”.  The Journal of Hospital Librarianship, vol. 7(1), March 2007, p. 25-37. 

Blobaum, Paul, “Standard Precautions”, Journal of the Medical Library Association,  vol. 95(3), July 2007, p. 361-364.   

Blobaum, P. “Resources for Supporting the APA Publication Style”, The Journal of Hospital Librarianship. 9(2), April-June 2009, 204-209 .  

Blobaum, Paul M. “The Dreadful First Draft”, in Smallwood, Carol.  (Ed.) Writing and Publishing: The Librarians’ Handbook, Chicago: ALA Press, 2009.

Blobaum, Paul M. “Nurturing the Writer Within Using Mentors and Guides”, in Smallwood, Carol.  (Ed.) Writing and Publishing: The Librarian’s Handbook, Chicago: ALA Press, 2009.

Schwartz, Diane G., Blobaum, Paul M., Shipman, Jean P., Markwell, Linda Garr, Marshall, Joanne Gard.  “The Health Sciences Librarian in Medical Education: A Vital Pathways Task Force”, Journal of the Medical Library Association, 97(4), October, 2009, p. 280-284.

Blobaum, Paul M. “Update: Resources for Supporting the APA Publication Style”, Journal of Hospital Librarianship, 10(02), April-June 2010, pp. 197 - 200. DOI: 10.1080/15323261003681570 

Contributor, The Medical Library Association’s Master Guide to Authoritative Information Resources in the  Health Sciences, Laurie Thompson, et. al, Editors.  New York: Neal-Schuman, 2011.

Blobaum, Paul M.  “GLBT Issues on the Tenure Track” in Nectoux, Tracy (Ed.). Out Behind the Desk: Workplace Issues for LGBTQ Librarians, Duluth, MN:  Library Juice Press, 2011.   

MacMullen, Nancy J., Dulski, Laura A., and Blobaum, Paul M. “Evidence Based Interventions for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome”, manuscript submitted to Pediatric Nursing, August 2011 

Service

Service to the University: 

Chair, Honorary Degree Review Committee, 2007-November 2009
Faculty Senate President 2007-November 2009
Faculty Senate 
Institutional Review Board
 

Service to the profession, community, and state: 

 Health Science Librarians of Illinois, Past President 

National Service 

Medical Library Association,
Co-Editor, Specialty of the House column, The Journal of Hospital Librarianship.

Professional Memberships

Chicago and South Consortium
Medical Library Association, Hospital Libraries and Nursing and Allied Health Sections
Midwest Chapter, Medical Library Association
Illinois Library Association, Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries
 

Awards

Faculty Excellence Award, Governors State University, 2005, 2007, 2009