VCU Libraries Faculty Vita
Virginia L. (Ginny) Stone
Librarian (Instructor)
Research and Education,
Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, 146
Email: vstone@vcu.edu |
(804) 828-1881
Education
M.S. Biology. New Mexico State University, 1980.
B.S. Secondary Education. University of Texas at El Paso, 1977.
Previous Professional Experience
Information Specialist
University of Maryland, Baltimore, 1993-2004
Graduate Assistant
University of Maryland/ National Agricultural Library, 1990-1993
Publications
Stone and Bongiorno R, Hinegardner PG, Williams MA. "Delivery of Web-Based Instruction Using Blackboard: A Collaborative Project." J Med Libr Assoc 92 (2004).
Stone and Fishman DL, Frese DB. "Searching online and Web-based resources for information on natural products used as drugs." Bull Med Libr Assoc 86 (1998).
Stone and Fishman DL, DiPaula BA. "Where should the pharmacy researcher look first? Comparing International Pharmaceutical Abstracts and MEDLINE." Bull Med Libr Assoc 84 (1996).
Presentations
"One Stop Shopping for Information Literacy Training" with Johnson RE, Canevari CS, Jones SD. Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association. 2007
"Delivery of web-based instruction using Blackboard: A collaborative project". Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association. 2002
"After the move: assessing pharmacy student perceptions of a new health sciences library". Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. 1999
"Natural products used as drugs". Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association. 1997
Teaching Experience
Introduction to Using RefWorks, Virginia Commonwealth University. 2005-2007
RefWorks: Beyond the Basics, Virginia Commonwealth University. 2005-2006
Drug Information Resources, Virginia Commonwealth University. 2004-2007
Introduction to Using Reference Manager, Virginia Commonwealth University. 2004-2005
Introduction to Writing a Research Paper (online), University of Maryland, Baltimore. 2003-2004
Professional Organizations
Medical Library Association. 2005 Chair, Pharmacy and Drug Information Section. 2002-2006.
Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Medical Library Association. 2003-2006.
Research Interests
Use of educational technologies to deliver effective instruction. Drug and supplement information resources.