Robyn B Reed

Biomedical Informatics and Emerging Technologies Librarian
Librarian

Department Address

Harrell Health Sciences Library
500 University Dr.
Hershey, PA 17033
Office Phone
717-531-6137
Departmental Phone
717-531-8626 (department)
717-531-8635 (fax)
rbr11@psu.edu

Education History

CERT, Business Analytics - Penn State University - 2020
CERT, Biomedical Informatics - University of Pittsburgh - 2011
MLIS, Library and Information Science - University of Pittsburgh - 2010
MA, Pharmacology and Toxicology - State University of New York Buffalo - 1994
BS, Medical Technology and Chemistry (dual major) - State University of New York at Fredonia - 1992

Publications

Resource Highlight: Springer Nature Experiments , @Harrell.Lib - The Official Newsletter of the George T. Harrell Health Sciences Library, 2026

Assessing the Quality of Biomedical Boolean Search Strings Generated by Prompted and Unprompted Models Using ChatGPT: A Pilot Study, Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 2024

Research networking and the role of the medical librarian, Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2024

Elsevier Research Intelligence Tools, @Harrell.Lib - The Official Newsletter of the George T. Harrell Health Sciences Library, 2022

Changes in NCBI Account Login Coming Soon, @Harrell.Lib - The Official Newsletter of the George T. Harrell Health Sciences Library, 2021

Scopus Now Available at Penn State, @Harrell.Lib - The Official Newsletter of the George T. Harrell Health Sciences Library, 2019

Research Networking: Profiles to Pure Transition, @Harrell.Lib - The Official Newsletter of the George T. Harrell Health Sciences Library, 2018

Biomedical Sciences Career Development Resources, @Harrell.Lib - The Official Newsletter of the George T. Harrell Health Sciences Library, 2018

Introducing Pure: Penn State’s New Research Networking Tool, @Harrell.Lib - The Official Newsletter of the George T. Harrell Health Sciences Library, 2017

Comparison of data and informatics responsibilities and job titles between academic stem and medical librarians, Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2017

ORCID: Author Identifiers for Librarians, Pennsylvania Libraries: Research & Practice, 2017

New to the Website: Author Tools, @Harrell.Lib - The Official Newsletter of the George T. Harrell Health Sciences Library, 2016

PubMed Clinical Queries / Construction Update, Postdoctoral Scholars and Fellows CONNECT, 2016

Collaborative Partnerships, @Harrell.Lib - The Official Newsletter of the George T. Harrell Health Sciences Library, 2016

Saved Searches / Auto Updates in PubMed, Postdoctoral Scholars and Fellows CONNECT, 2016

Implementing a Dashboard of Library Statistics, Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2016

figshare for Institutions, Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2016

Career Development Collection / Library Renovation Update, Postdoctoral Scholars and Fellows CONNECT, 2015

Clipboard in PubMed / ORCID Registration, Postdoctoral Scholars and Fellows CONNECT, 2015

HHSL’s Research Data Event a Success, @Harrell.Lib - The Official Newsletter of the George T. Harrell Health Sciences Library, 2015

Diving into Data: Planning a Research Data Management Event, Journal of eScience Librarianship, 2015

Bioinformatics Resource Training Available In The Harrell Health Sciences Library, @Harrell.Lib - The Official Newsletter of the George T. Harrell Health Sciences Library, 2014

New PubMed Feature: PubMed Commons, @Harrell.Lib - The Official Newsletter of the George T. Harrell Health Sciences Library, 2014

Using Google Blogs and Discussions to Recommend Biomedical Resources: A Case Study, Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 2013

Microgrant Application Deadline is June 21, Library News, 2013

Data Management Symposium A Success!, @Harrell.Lib - The Official Newsletter of the George T. Harrell Health Sciences Library, 2013

Data Management Symposium, 2013

Penn State Profiles, @Harrell.Lib - The Official Newsletter of the George T. Harrell Health Sciences Library, 2012

Welcome New Library Faculty, Robyn Reed, @Harrell.Lib - The Official Newsletter of the George T. Harrell Health Sciences Library, 2012

Discovery of diverse small molecule chemotypes with cell-based PKD1 inhibitory activity, PLoS One, 2011

Identification of potent chemotypes targeting Leishmania major using a high-throughput, low-stringency, computationally enhanced, small molecule screen, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2009

Mutations in RRM4 uncouple the splicing repression and RNA-binding activities of polypyrimidine tract binding protein, RNA, 2002

Function of quaking in myelination: Regulation of alternative splicing, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2002

DNA sequence analysis and restriction fragment length polymorphisms of the P1 gene of Haemophilus influenzae biogroup aegyptius associated with Brazilian purpuric fever, Infection and Immunity, 1996

Other Publications

Blogs

Managing Research Output and Considering its Impact (or Influence), 2018

Publishing your research: How many papers can a project produce?, 2017

Newsletters

Bibliometrics and Research Assessment Symposium Feedback, Newsletter of the Special Libraries Association Maryland Chapter, 2016

Researcher Impact and Bibliometrics, Newsletter of the Central Pennsylvania Health Sciences Library Association, 2016

New Paths and Horizons, The Confluence - Newsletter of the Special Libraries Association Pittsburgh Chapter, 2011