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VCU Libraries Faculty Vita

Cyrus

John WW Cyrus

Education and Research Librarian (Instructor)
Research and Education
Room, Tompkins-McCaw Library
(804) 828-1881
cyrusjw@vcu.edu

Education

M.L.I.S. Library and Information Science. Louisiana State University, 2009.

M.A. English. Virginia Commonwealth University, 2007.

B.A. English and History. Mary Washington College, 2003.

Previous Professional Experience

Liaison Librarian

LSU Health Shreveport Health Sciences Library, 2009 - 2012

Publications

Hamidian Jahromi, A., Cyrus, J. W., & Youssef, A. M. (2013). Platyabdominalgia: A Novel Medical Terminology Describing a Symptom. American Surgeon, 79(1), e40-e42.

Timm, D. F., Jones, D., Woodson, D. & Cyrus, J. W. (2012). Combining History of Medicine and Library Instruction: An Innovative Approach to Teaching Database Searching to Medical Students. Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 31(3), 258-266.

Cyrus, J., & Baggett, M. (2012). Mobile Technology: Implications for Privacy and Librarianship. The Reference Librarian, 53(3), 284-296

Cyrus, J., Duggar, D. C., Esparza, J. M., Adams, M. K., Dobbins, M., & Pullen, K. (2012). Connecting with Hospital Nurses through MINE. Journal of Hospital Librarianship, 12(2), 142-153.

Presentations

Dobbins, M., Cyrus, J. W., Tarver, T.A., & Adams, M. (October 2012). The YMCA of NWLA Project. Paper presented at the South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, Lubbock, TX.

Cyrus, J.W. & Tarver, T.A. (October 2012). So Far So Good: The first two years of an in-library writing service. Poster presented at the South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, Lubbock, TX.

Cyrus, J.W. & Tarver, T. A. (October 2011). The Writing Consultants Program at LSU Health Shreveport Health Sciences Library. Paper presented at the South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, Baton Rouge, LA.

Cyrus, J. W. & Baggett, M. P. (October 2010). Looming Ethical Dilemmas: Emerging Mobile Technologies and Prospective Roles for Medical Librarians. Poster presented at the South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, Austin, TX.

Baggett, M. P. & Cyrus, J. W. (July 2010). Augmented Reality and Geolocation: implications for librarianship. Paper presented at the Handheld Librarian Online Conference III, http://www.handheldlibrarian.org.

Duggar, D. C., Esparza, J. M., Pullen, K., Cyrus, J. W., Dobbins, M., & Adams, M.K. (May 2010). Connecting with Hospital Nurses through MINE: reflections on a new method of instruction. Paper presented at the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Baggett M. P, Cyrus J. W. (March 2010). A Concept Fully Realized: the beauty of developing an internally – housed wiki server. Poster presented at the Library Technology Conference, St. Paul, MN.

Professional Organizations

Medical Library Association, 2009 - Present.

South Central Chapter, 2009 - 1012.

Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Medical Library Association, 2012 - Present.

Academy of Health Information Professionals, Provisional Member, 2012 - Present