Associate Fellow
National Library of Medicine
Kelly West graduated with her MLIS from Louisiana State University in 2022, and is currently an Associate Fellow of the National Library of Medicine (NLM). During her time as a student, she worked as the inaugural Dewey Editor-in-Residence at OCLC. In this position she helped develop proposals for terminology changes to promote equity and inclusion within the Dewey Decimal System. In addition to this, she worked as a virtual reference intern for Columbia University, and also contributed to the Columbia Web Archives. As an NLM fellow, Kelly engaged with curricula spanning collection development, grant management, policy, and research. She also participated in independent projects ranging from survey research to usability testing. After the fellowship, Kelly hopes to continue doing work related to data management, research, and health literacy.
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM EDT