Jennifer Roach is VCU Libraries' new Research Librarian for the Sciences and Engineering.
Roach will work closely with faculty colleagues in VCU Life Sciences, the School of Engineering
and appropriate departments in the College of Humanities and Sciences to meet teaching and research needs of faculty and students in areas related to engineering and the sciences. She will teach research and information skills tailored to those disciplines, create online teaching and learning tools for developing information competency. In addition, she will develop and extend research consultation services, including appointment-based, discipline-specific research guidance. Roach also will help develop the print and digital reference collections supporting the sciences and engineering and will work closely with colleagues at Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences to meet the needs of faculty and students in VCU Life Sciences and related areas.
To her new role, she brings a strong background in teaching, research and discipline-appropriate education and practice. As an undergraduate services specialist and learning technologies specialist at VCU since 2007, she has well-grounded experience in consulting with and teaching faculty and students in sciences and engineering.
Before arriving in Richmond, she oversaw the Learning Resource Center at Tennessee Technological University with its five satellite libraries and she worked as an aerospace engineer at the Goddard Space Flight Center, providing engineering support for scientific satellite design and development.
Roach holds the B.S. in aerospace engineering from Virginia Tech, the M.A. in curriculum and instruction from Tennessee Technological University, and the M.S. in library and information studies from Florida State University.
Roach's CV
Roach will work closely with faculty colleagues in VCU Life Sciences, the School of Engineering
and appropriate departments in the College of Humanities and Sciences to meet teaching and research needs of faculty and students in areas related to engineering and the sciences. She will teach research and information skills tailored to those disciplines, create online teaching and learning tools for developing information competency. In addition, she will develop and extend research consultation services, including appointment-based, discipline-specific research guidance. Roach also will help develop the print and digital reference collections supporting the sciences and engineering and will work closely with colleagues at Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences to meet the needs of faculty and students in VCU Life Sciences and related areas.To her new role, she brings a strong background in teaching, research and discipline-appropriate education and practice. As an undergraduate services specialist and learning technologies specialist at VCU since 2007, she has well-grounded experience in consulting with and teaching faculty and students in sciences and engineering.
Before arriving in Richmond, she oversaw the Learning Resource Center at Tennessee Technological University with its five satellite libraries and she worked as an aerospace engineer at the Goddard Space Flight Center, providing engineering support for scientific satellite design and development.
Roach holds the B.S. in aerospace engineering from Virginia Tech, the M.A. in curriculum and instruction from Tennessee Technological University, and the M.S. in library and information studies from Florida State University.
Roach's CV