Deborah Divis, MLIS
Research & Instruction Librarian – Health Sciences
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Deborah Divis, MLIS
Research & Instruction Librarian – Health Sciences
Biography:
Deborah Divis earned her Master of Library and Information Sciences from San Jose State University in 2011. Prior to that she completed the Bachelor of Information and Library Services degree from the University of Maine at Augusta in 2009.
Prior to joining Creighton University, she worked at Nebraska Methodist College where she served all campus programs, as well as the Nebraska Methodist Health System as the Reference and Interlibrary Loan Librarian, subsequently named the Reference and Resource Librarian. She has also worked in other academic libraries at UNMC and Northeast Lakeview College in Universal City, Texas. Ms. Divis began her library career as an intern at the Sarita East Kenedy Law Library at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas, followed by heading the Pope John Paul II Library at The Atonement Academy College Preparatory School in San Antonio, Texas. In addition to her Librarian position, she was appointed as Technology Applications Faculty for the Distinguished Diploma Track.
She is a member of the Medical Library Association, Midcontinental Chapter of the Medical Library Association, American Library Association, Reference & User Services Association, Nebraska Library Association, and ICON Library Consortium where she served on its Executive Board from 2018-2020 (Senior Member, 2020).
Education
- Master of Library and Information Sciences from San Jose State University in 2011
- Bachelor of Information and Library Services from the University of Maine at Augusta in 2009
Publications:
Divis, D. (2016, October 7). Wellness spotlight. McGoogan News.
Divis, D. (2013, August 3). No! Really! Learning about citations will be fun! libraryfunstruction. https://libraryfunstruction.wordpress.com/author/libraryfunstruction/
Borges, D., Giltner, H. L., King Cerda, K. C., Ortega, M., Ortega, S., Reiley, R., Rios, P., Singh, A., Szewc, V., & Weems, F. (2012). Scenes from the castle (L. A. Alderete, S. Alderete, K. Balderrama, D. Borges, P. Clarkson, J. Copes, C. Duda, D. Flores, S. Henriquez, S. Hilliard, G. King, I. Koch, C. Profenna, V. Szwec, J. Wadhwa, & F. Weems, Illus., D. Divis, Ed.). The Atonement Academy.
Presentations:
Pang X., & Glatthaar, P. “Controlled Digital Lending During Global COVID-19 and Beyond,” D. Divis, moderator, OCLC RSC 22, online, June 21, 2022.
Tull, L., & Divis, D. “Citation activities using SoftChalk and PowerPoint: Interactive instructional PowerPoint games.” Texas Library Association Instruction Roundtable Summit, San Antonio, Texas 27 September 2013. [invited]