IOA Staff
Joanne Gard Marshall
Senior Research Scientist
At the Institute, Dr. Marshall is Principal Investigator of the WILIS project and Co-Investigator of the WANE project.
Dr. Marshall joined the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) as Dean and Professor in January 1999. In July 2004, she returned to the faculty as an Alumni Distinguished Professor. Prior to 1999, Dr. Marshall was a faculty member at the Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto for 12 years, where she taught courses in health sciences information, special libraries, research methods and online information retrieval. She received a B.A. from the University of Calgary; an M.H.Sc. from McMaster University; an M.L.S. from McGill University; and a PhD from the University of Toronto. Her areas of research interest include health information needs and services; value and impact of library and information services; aging workforce issues; and competencies of library and information professionals. Joanne is author of numerous library and information science (LIS) publications that are widely cited. She is Past President of the Medical Library Association.
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