April 23, 2020
Over the past semester , we've had a few new hires, appointments and accomplishments from our team that we'd
like to share with you. Here's a recap:
David Brown
David Brown Regional Medical Library Membership Coordinator for the MidContinental Region of the
National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM)
David Brown holds a doctorate of education with a specialization in health education
from Teachers College, Columbia University and he holds a Masters of Library and Information
Science from Wayne State University. In addition he holds two Masters of Arts Degrees
from Columbia University - one in computers and education and another in health education.
He is a Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES®). He currently serves
as the Wyoming/Member Services Coordinator for the MidContinental region of the National
Network of Libraries of Medicine.
Dr. Brown has been involved in training public heath professionals for the last 15
years, teaching and supervising research in health education and public health at
a number of universities in both the United States and abroad. He has served on the
board of directors for the Society for Public Health Education. He currently serves
on the Divisional Board for the Certification of Health Education Specialists with
The National Commission for Health Education Credentialing Inc. He has also served
on several editorial boards related to health education and promotion.
Susan Wynne
Susan Wynne Discovery and Metadata Librarian
Susan Wynne is rejoining the University of Wyoming Libraries as the new Discovery
& Metadata Librarian. She was previously a Catalog Librarian at UW from 2006 - 2012.
Other prior positions include 5 years as the Cataloging & Metadata Librarian at Georgia
State University, and most recently, Catalog Management Librarian at the University
of Iowa Libraries.
In her 20+ year library career, Susan has published and presented on topics such as
RDA (Resource Description and Access), next-generation catalogs, oral histories, and
batch processes in library catalog systems. Since 2008, she has been active in state
and national professional organizations, highlighted by two terms as chair of the
ALCTS Cataloging & Metadata Management Section (CaMMS) from August 2016 - June 2018.
Currently, she serves on the programming subcommittee for the 2020 LITA/ALCTS/LLAMA
Forum.
Away from the Libraries, she enjoys running, hiking, and spending time with her cats,
Gonzo and Bingley.
Jennifer Strayer
Jennifer Strayer Collection Development Librarian
Jennifer Strayer will be joining the University of Wyoming Libraries as a Collection
Development Librarian in late May. She is coming to Wyoming from Indiana University
Libraries in Bloomington, Indiana where she served as an assistant in the Collection
Management Department.
During her three years at IU Libraries, Jennifer developed an appreciation for data-driven
collection management and aided in the replacement, withdrawal, and transfer of print
materials. She also revamped policies and procedures regarding gift materials and
held a leading role in collection assessment efforts. Jennifer holds an MLS from
Indiana University and a Bachelor of Arts in Musicology and History from Hastings
College (Hastings, Nebraska). She is a former recipient of a Fulbright English Teaching
Assistant Award and is an active alumna member of Sigma Alpha Iota, an international
women’s music fraternity.
Cass Kvenild
Cass Kvenild Associate Dean of Libraries
Cass was recently awarded the 2020 Education and Behavioral Sciences Section (EBSS) Distinguished Education and Behavioral Sciences
Librarian Award for her contributions as an education librarian.
The EBSS Distinguished Education and Behavioral Sciences Librarian Award is sponsored
by the American Psychological Association and administered by the Association of College
& Research Libraries. The award will be presented by the American Library Association. Read more about the award.
Dr. Yolanda Hood
Yolanda Hood Carol J. McMurry Distinguished Librarian for Academic Excellence
Dr. Hood was selected as the new editor of the Young Adult Library Services Association
(YALSA) quarterly, digital journal, Young Adult Library Services (YALSA).
The mission of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) is to support
library staff in alleviating the challenges teens face, and in putting all teens ‒
especially those with the greatest needs ‒ on the path to successful and fulfilling
lives. Read more about Hood's YALSA appointment.
Judy Pasek
Judy Pasek STEM Librarian
Dr. Judy Pasek, a STEM Liaison Librarian at the University of Wyoming since 2014,
won the Best Professional Written Paper Award from the 2020 Rocky Mountain Bioengineering
Symposium (RMBS) Board. Although this year’s symposium was canceled, her paper on
“Publication Trends in Bioengineering, 1963 – 2019” will be published in the journal
Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation. The paper analyzes characteristics of how publishing has evolved within the field
of bioengineering and biomedical engineering, including exponential increases in publication
rates of 29 topic areas since 2000.
