Teresa L. Knott

Director, TML and Associate University Librarian

Associate Professor
Administration
Tompkins-McCaw Library

(804) 828-0634
Tompkins-McCaw Library, Room 142
tlknott@vcu.edu

Education

• M.P.A. Public Administration, University of Texas at El Paso, 1990 
• M.L.S. Library Science, University of Oklahoma, 1982
• B.U.S. University Studies, University of New Mexico, 1980

Previous professional experience

• Deputy Director, Health Sciences and Human Services Library, University of Maryland, 2004-2009
• Associate Director and Faculty Associate, Delia-Montes Gallo Library of the Health Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 1985-2004
• Reference Librarian and Faculty Associate, Library of the Health Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 1984-1985
• Assistant Reference Librarian and Faculty Associate, Library of the Health Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 1983-1984

Awards and honors

• Distinguished Member, Academy of Health Information Professionals
• NLM/AAHSL Leadership Fellow, 2005-2006
• South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association Distinguished Service Award, 2004
• Medical Informatics MBL/NLM Course Fellow, 2003

Selected presentations

• Bodamer, C.N., Byrne, B.E., Bryk, M.L., Jones, S.D., Knott, T.L., Pellegrini, J.M., Weaver, M.G., Wood, I. (2012). Growing knowledge and connections across disciplines: An interdisciplinary faculty learning community focused on active learning. Presented at Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.
• Green, M.J., Henderson, M., Hughes, K, Knott, T.L. (2010). Lightning poster: Passport to excellence: A training program to encourage active learning. Poster presented at Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
• Green, M.J., Henderson, M., Hughes, K., Knott, T.L. (2009). Passport to excellence: A training program to encourage active learning. Presented at Three by the Sea: MLA TriChapter/MLA Meeting, Atlantic City, NJ.
• Knott, T.L. (2008). Online social networking services 101. Presented at "Are You Connect.ed?: Social Networking Tools for Collaborating, Teaching & Learning," Health Sciences and Human Services Library, Baltimore, MD. 

Selected publications

• Knott, T.L. (2013). Succession Planning. MLA News, 53(1), 14. [column]
• Knott, T.L. (2012). Leadership Development: Positioning Yourself for the Next Step. MLA News, 52 (9), 6. [column]
• Knott, T.L., Scott, U.K. (1994). New Perspectives in Information Retrieval. Clinical Reviews in Allergy, 12 (2), 201-210.
• Knott, T.L. (2007). Evolving internet reference resources. [Review of the book Evolving internet reference resources edited by W. Miller and R.M. Pellen] Journal of the Medical Library Association, 95 (3), 360. 
• Knott, T. (2004). Medical librarianship. HOSA E-magazine.

Selected university service 

• MCV Campus Associate and Assistant Deans Committee
• VCU Residency Appeals Committee

Selected VCU Libraries service 

• Electronic Resources Committee, Administrative Council Liaison
• Development and Public Relations Coordinating Committee, Chair

Professional organizations

• Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries
  • Future Leadership Committee
• Association of American Medical Colleges
  • Group on Information Resources, VCU Institutional Representative
• Medical Library Association
  • Board of Directors
  • Leadership and Management Section 
  • Medical Informatics Section

• Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Medical Library Association
• South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association 

Community activities

• VCU Institute for Women's Health, Professional Advisory Committee
• New England Journal of Medicine Library Advisory Board