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Community Engagement and Outreach Specialist
National Network of the Library of Medicine Region 6, University of Iowa
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Bobbi Newman is the Community Engagement and Outreach Specialist at the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Greater Midwest Region. She holds a Masters of Arts in information research and library science, Masters of Arts in political science, and a Graduate Certificate in public management. She has received awards for her service and teaching. Bobbi is a librarian, writer, consultant, library advocate, and an international speaker.
She has been involved in national library initiatives including past service on the National Information Standards Organization committee to develop a Consensus Framework to Support Patron Privacy in Digital Library and Information Systems and the Pew Internet & American Life Project research on Libraries in the Digital Age. She is a regular speaker at local, national, and international events covering topics such as the future of libraries, digital literacy, ebooks, policy, and innovation and change.
Newman currently serves as a member of the Office of Information Technology Policy (OITP, ALA) Advisory Committee. In the past, she has served as an American Library Association Councilor-at-Large, a member of the OITP Advisory Committee, and a member of the OITP Digital Literacy Task Force. She is the author of the award-winning blog, Librarian by Day and in 2011 was named a Mover and Shaker by Library Journal. Her work has been featured by American Libraries Direct, the New York Times, The Guardian, BlogHer, O’Reilly Radar, The L.A. Times, Mental Floss, Techdirt, and GigaOm, and was used by Facebook in a smear campaign against Google. She is the co-editor of Protecting Patron Privacy: LITA Guide.
She is currently a Community Engagement and Outreach Specialist at the National Network of Libraries of Medicine where she helps public libraries meet the health information needs of their communities.
