Education
Master of Science in Library and Information Studies; December 2014
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
Certificate in Information Architecture; May 2014
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
Bachelor of Arts in English Literature (Geography Minor); December 1995
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
Credentials and Certificates
Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP); 2018 – current, Provisional Member
Consumer Health Information Specialist, May 2019
Medical Library Association
Copyright Leadership Certificate, June 2018
Copyrightlaws.com
Experience
Scholarly Communications and Medical Librarianship
Lead the Health Sciences Library in scholarly communications endeavors.
In collaboration with the Faculty Life Office and the College of Medicine Research Office conducted a survey on the research and publishing needs of the faculty.
The output from the survey was a contact list to connect faculty members with the right support services at the time of need.
Assessed faculty for interest in scholarly communications topics, delivery preferences and preferred communication channel.
The assessment lead to the creation of From Idea to Submission: A Getting Published Workshop and one-one-one EndNote training sessions that are offered year round at the time of need.
Based on the From Idea to Submission workshop created the self-learning module Finding and Evaluating a Journal available online to provide the information at the time of need. The interactive module includes a worksheet, is ADA compliant, and uses a two question assessment for evaluation.
Assist faculty pursuing scholarly publishing with citation, reference and copyright information.
Conduct one-on-one EndNote sessions with faculty to increase the use of the reference management software provided by the library.
Support the publishing goals of authors by providing pre-peer review editing of manuscripts.
Presented Five Minute Topic Talks at department meetings on a bi-monthly basis. Topics covered include: open access, scholarly metrics, medical image and copyright, who is an author, ORCid, and other scholarly topics.
Created the 10 Day Scholarly Impact Challenge to assist faculty with identifying appropriate metrics for use in evaluation, promotion and tenure, grant, and award applications.
In collaboration with the Faculty Life Office presented Scholarship 101 to the the Clinical Skills team.
Created journal lists for case reports and medical education, displayed list on LibGuides and promoted at departmental meetings.
Channel administrator for Flagship, a channel in the open access, peer reviewed journal Cureus.
Co-facilitator for the Wiki Medicine Module, an elective for fourth year medical students.
Participated in the personal librarian program, a program that assigns each librarian 50 first and second year students to be their personal contact for their library needs. Personal librarians provide feedback on student research proposals and CQRA assignments.
Support curriculum needs for two courses through the module liaison program.
Developed and presented a mini-workshop, I Have No Idea What to Write, to help faculty with ideas for non-traditional scholarship.
The information from the workshop was published in the MedEd Minute newsletter, a graduate medical education resource for faculty members.
For the Health Sciences Library Info Expo, developed and presented to staff, Trust It or Trash It, a tool to evaluate health information on the internet and for the Lunch and Learn series presented, Bring Your Own Story, Awesome Audio Books and Where to Find Them, and Hashtags to TikTok: Tips for Social Media Users.
Reference and Research Experience
Assisted patrons with research and reference needs in person at the Research & Information Desk and virtually via the Ask A Librarian Service.
Assisted patrons with catalog and database searching using the library website.
Recorded statistical data in LibAnalytics.
Co-created LibGuides for Copyright and Intellectual Property.
Created instructional video for InterLibrary Loan using screen capturing software.
Worked as a part of team to capture data used for the “Value of Libraries Assessment” project.
Instruction Experience
Produced the instructional videos “How to Cite While You Write Using EndNote and Word” and “Moving or Sharing an EndNote Library”
Produced the instructional video “How to Search PubMed” for undergraduate students in Biomedical Science department.
Developed Simple Data Visuals: Using Tools You Already Have The workshop included a live demonstration, hands-on practice, and real time assessment of learning objectives. The workshop was taught at a library lunch and learn and the UCF Summer Faculty Research Conference.
The face to face workshop was transformed into a webinar for the University of Washington Health Sciences Library (invited).
Taught Biomedical Science library orientation to honors in the major students.
For all Biomedical Science students provided an introduction to the library on a LibGuide accessible any time, on any device, from anywhere.
Co-facilitator for the Wiki Medicine Module, an elective for fourth year medical students.
Developed and presented “Colleges and Careers” workshop for an Orange County youth leadership program.
Co-taught the Library Informational session for summer orientation.
Assisted in classroom instruction for international students from Mexico and Pakistan for the Department of Education.
Taught subject specific research skills for undergraduate students in Ecology.
Taught library skills and information literacy concepts to students in ENC1102.
Served as Library Instruction Coordinator.
Assign Library Instruction classes to librarians in RIS and ILO departments according to their percentage of assigned duties and subject areas.
Collect, maintain and report on Library Instruction statistics.
Scheduled classrooms for library instruction and updated calendar.
Graphic Design and Marketing
Promoted university research and intellectual property at conferences, and through web, print and social media.
Reviewed scientific and patent information to support editing of technology promotional material.
Represented department on the UCF Marketing Taskforce and Social Media Managers Group.
Created taxonomy and definitions for categorizing University patented technologies.
As a graphic designer, managed, coordinated and implemented communication and marketing strategies.
Manged social media accounts.
Collaborated with a communications team to produce print and online materials using InDesign, Photoshop, and Publisher.
Tracked ROI of marketing materials through Google Analytics.
Designed, produced, edited and proofread publications including calendars, magazines, newsletters and brochures.
Used HTML and CSS3 to maintain and code website content in Business Catalyst, WordPress and Expression Web.
Designed email marketing materials and maintained database utilizing ConstantContact.
Ensured proper graphic standards were utilized in print, website and electronic communications.
Office Manager
Managed day-to-day operation of the office for the Research and Information Services and Information Literacy Outreach Departments.
Maintained weekly, monthly and annual statistics and created cross-departmental reports using Access, Obojobo, Excel, LibAnalytics.
Processed streaming video requests from faculty members and maintained Digital Campus LibGuide.
Created SQL statements, and custom reports in Access Database to improve monthly library instruction statistics reporting and expanded reports to include regional campuses.
Provided scheduling assistance for the research and information services desk.
Supervised student assistants.
Hired student assistants according to the library hiring policies and terminated student assistants leaving the library’s employment.
Trained student assistants on using Library of Congress call number system, office equipment and library policy and procedures.
Supervised student assistants with the day-to-day tasks of the department.
Assisted with Research Consultation Coordinating.
Follow up with patrons to complete satisfaction survey.
Reported statistics in monthly report.
Wrote and distributed departmental minutes.
Coordinated and managed office volunteer staff overseeing accounts payable, contributions, human resources and payroll.
Provided staff training on software and office equipment.
Technology Skills
Microsoft Office: Excel, Publisher, Word, Power Point, Outlook
Web: HTML5, CSS3, WordPress, Expression Web, Business Catalyst, Balsamiq Wireframing, Lucid Charts, ConstantContact
Instructional Design: Camtasia, Captivate, Storyline
Graphic Design: Adobe InDesign CS6, Adobe Photoshop CS6, Adobe Acrobat
Database: Microsoft Access, Nouvant, ARGIS, AUTM GPS, LSB and ACS Databases
Basic Knowledge: Canvas, Blackboard
Project Management: Asana
Awards
Excellence in Librarianship Award 2021. University of Central Florida College of Medicine.
Team of the Year Award 2021. University of Central Florida College of Medicine.
Grant/Scholarship
Gotschall, T. (2018, September). Medical Library Association InSight Summit 2 Travel Award. Medical Library Association. $800.
Dexter, N., Walton, D., Gillum, S., Williams, N., Herring, P., Gotschall, T. (2018, May). Research, Development and Demonstration Project Grant. Medical Library Association. $1,000.
John M. Goudeau Scholarship, 2014
Continuing Education Credits Taught
Gotschall, T. & Gillum, S. (2020, October). Stop Stressing About Predatory Journals: How to Find and Evaluate the Right Journal for Publication. Taught at the Florida Health Sciences Library Association Annual Meeting. MLA CE 2.0.
- The worksheets from this webinar are being used by the Coordinator of Reference Services librarian at the University at Buffalo in New York for their workshop on evaluating journals.
- Some of the content from this webinar was incorporated into a library guide at the Medical College of Wisconsin Libraries.
Publications
Gotschall T, Spencer A, Hoogland MA, Cortez E, Irish E. Journals Accepting Case Reports. JMLA. 2023(111)4, 819-822, https://doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2023.1747 (open access)
Gotschall T. Resource review: EndNote 21 desktop version. JMLA. 2023(111)4, 852-853, https://doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2023.1803 (open access)
Gillum S, Gotschall T, Herring P, Walton D, Williams N, Dexter N. Themes in health sciences librarianship literature, 2016–2020: A keyword and subject analysis. Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 2023(42)3, 228-239, 10.1080/02763869.2023.2225351
Gotschall T, Collins R. Teaching a Beginner-Level Data Visualization Workshop Po’boy. Ed: Buljung, B., Bongiovanni, E. In: The Scholarly Communications Cookbook. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2021.
Gotschall T. (2021) Resource Review EndNote 20 Desktop Version for Personal Computer Users. JMLA, (109)3, 520-522, 10.5195/jmla.2021.1260
Gotschall T. (2021) A Call for Authors: Getting Started with Publishing in Academia. MLAConnect. https://www.mlanet.org/blog/a-call-for-authors-getting-started-with-publishing-in-academia (Invited, featured article)
Gotschall T, Gillum S, Herring P, Lambert C, Collins R, Dexter N. (2021) When One Library Door Closes, Another Virtual One Opens: A Team Response to the Remote Library, Medical Reference Services Quarterly, (40)1, 11-22, 10.1080/02763869.2021.1873612
Gotschall T, Gillum S, Dexter N. (2020) A Practical Guide to Scholarly Activity for Health Sciences Librarians. Medical Reference Services Quarterly, (39)3,220-237, 10.1080/02763869.2020.1769422
Gotschall T, Gardner M. (2020) Get the skills you need to land the job you want. ALA Work Life. (17)3. https://ala-apa.org/newsletter/2020/03/10/get-the-skills-you-need-to-land-the-job-you-want/
Gotschall T. (2019) Review of Pediatric Care Online. Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries. 10.1080/15424065.2019.1638867
Gotschall T, Ogawa R, Arora P. (2019) Pathways to content: How users, libraries and content providers meet. Infographic. Product of the MLA InSight Summit 2. View Infographic.
Gotschall T. (2018). [Review of the book Library as publisher: New models of scholarly communication for a new era.] The Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication. 6(1) http://doi.org/10.7710/2162-3309.2264
Gotschall T. (2015). The day long interview. Footnotes: A Journal of the New Members Round Table, (44)5. http://www.ala.org/rt/nmrt/news/footnotes/august2015/the-day-long-interview
Gotschall T. (2015). [Review of the book Rightsizing the academy library collection, by Suzanne M. Ward] Endnotes: A Journal of the New Members Round Table, (6)1, 148.
Presentations
Bogino M, Gotschall T, Morales J, Ware E, Bates S, Mamo E, Benfield M, Wilson G, Darwin J, Freeman E, Craven H. Scholarly Writing and Publishing Support Services. MLA Scholarly Communications Caucus Shop Talk Series. 2023. Virtual.
Hoskins K, Gore S, Gotschall T, Shin N. Perspectives on teaching scholarly communications topics. MLA Scholarly Communications Caucus Shop Talk Series. 2023. Virtual.
Gillum, S., Gotschall, T., Herring, P., Walton, D., Williams, N.,
Dexter, N. (2022, May) Reflecting on article keywords from health sciences librarianship
journals: Creating a taxonomy for trend analysis. Video. Presentation at the
Medical Library Association Annual Conference. Virtual. Accepted.
Gillum, S., Gotschall, T., Herring, P., Walton, D., Williams, N., Dexter, N. (2021, October) Creating a Medical Library Terms Taxonomy for Trend Analysis. Video Presentation at the Southern Chapter of the Medical Library Association Annual Conference. Virtual.
Gotschall, T., Collins, R., Lambert, C. (2020, November) Librarians in Hollywood: Tips and software for creating and communicating with video. Video Presentation at the Southern Chapter of the Medical Library Association Annual Conference. Virtual.
Gillum, S., Gotschall, T., Williams, N. (2020, November) The library may be closed, but we’re still here for you: Staying connected and promoting wellness during remote work. Video Presentation at the Southern Chapter of the Medical Library Association Annual Conference. Virtual.
Gotschall, T. (2020) A 10-Day Scholarly Impact Challenge Online Program. Poster Presentation at the National Institutes of Health Bibliometrics and Research Assessment Symposium 2020, Virtual. View poster.
Patridge, E., Gotschall, T., Vaidhyanathan, V., Hoover, B., & Beard, L. (2019). Establishing a successful data visualization service: Lessons from the field. Immersion Session at the Medical Library Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
Gillum, S., Gotschall, T., & Williams, N. (2019). A year of creative assessment: Incorporating micro-assessments into the library. Presentation at the Medical Library Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
Gotschall, T. & Gillum, S. (2018). Changing the Conversation from Avoiding Predatory Journals to Finding and Evaluating the Right Journal. Presentation at the Southern Chapter of the Medical Library Association Annual Conference, Orlando, FL. View presentation.
Gillum, S., Williams, N., & Gotschall, T. (2018). Keeping up with Trends in your Library: Simple and Speedy ways to Assess Users’ Needs. Presentation at the Southern Chapter of the Medical Library Association Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.
Gotschall, T. (2018). Transforming data into a visual story. Presentation at the Medical Library Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Gotschall, T., Beile, P., & Mulvihill, R. (2017). 25,000 students can’t be wrong: Correlating use of library services with student GPA. Poster presentation at the American Library Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL. View poster.
Beile, P., Mulvihill, R., & Gotschall, T. (2016). Aligning library assessment with institutional goals: A correlation study of student academic performance and use of five library services. Presentation at the Florida Association of College and Research Libraries Annual Conference, Jacksonville, FL. View presentation.
Kisby, C., Gotschall, T., & Zayas Ruiz, K. (2016). Match4Resumes. Presentation at the American Library Association Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.
England, E., Gotschall, T., & Brown, S. (2014). What MLIS students need to know before graduation. Poster session presented at the Florida Library Association Annual Conference, Orlando, FL. View poster.
Display
Mendelsohn, H., & Gotschall, T. (2014, April). World Intellectual Property Day Display. Display presented at the University of Central Florida, John C. Hitt Library, Orlando, FL.
Service
University
UCF Internal Review Board, non-scientist, member, 2018-2022
College of Medicine
College of Medicine Admissions Interviewer, 2018-current
College of Medicine Research Incentive Award Committee, 2019-2021
College of Medicine Faculty Award Subcommittee, 2019-2021
College of Medicine Evaluation Review Taskforce, 2020
College of Medicine Faculty Advocate Committee, 2019
External
Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries, Book Review Column, Editor, 2020-current
MLAConnect, Information Management Column, Co-editor, 2021-2023
SC/MLA Southern Expressions Newsletter, Co-editor, 2020-current
MLA Information Services Curriculum Committee, Member, 2020-2023
MLA Scholarly Communication Caucus Nominating
Committee, 2023
MLA Beatty Volunteer Service Award Jury, Member, 2021-2022
SC/MLA Poster Abstract Reviewer, 2019, 2021
MLA Annual Conference Resume Reviewer, 2018, 2019, 2020
MLA Cunningham Memorial International Fellowship Jury, Member, 2019
Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication, Peer Reviewer, 2019, 2022
Professional Organizations
Medical Library Association, 2017-current
American Library Association, 2013-current
Southern Chapter, Medical Library Association, 2018-current
Florida Health Sciences Library Association, 2017-current
Association of University Technology Management, 2017
Florida Library Association, 2013-16
Work History
AI Librarin (August 2024 to current)
Olin Library
Rollins College
Scholarly Communications Librarian (October 2017 to July 2024)
College of Medicine
University of Central Florida; Orlando, Florida
Research Promotion Coordinator (January 2016 to October 2017)
Office of Technology Transfer
University of Central Florida; Orlando, Florida
Office Manager for Research and Information Services and Information, Literacy and Outreach Departments (July 2013 to December 2015)
University of Central Florida, John C. Hitt Library; Orlando, Florida
Adjunct Librarian (part time) (July 2015 to November 2015)
Valencia College; Winter Park, Florida
Communication Coordinator (February 2006 to June 2013)
St. Luke’s Lutheran Church and School; Oviedo, Florida
Office Manager (May 2000 to November 2005)
Church of the Resurrection; Tampa, Florida
Administrative Assistant (February 1999 to May 2000)
Sunset Hills Country Club; Edwardsville, Illinois
Wedding Program Director (September 1996 to July 1998)
Central Union Church; Honolulu, Hawaii