Liz Fine, MLIS, is an Assistant Librarian and liaison to the School of Nursing, Allied Health programs, and the Center for Spirituality and Healing. Liz holds a B.A. in Classics from Colby College in Waterville, Maine, and a MLIS from Dominican University in River Forest, IL (through the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, MN). Liz started her library career as a student assistant in Miller Library at Colby College, and worked from 2001-2005 as a library assistant in the Biomedical Information Service at the University of Minnesota.  She has been a librarian since July 2005.  In her spare time Liz enjoys running, camping, canoeing, playing handbells, and ensemble singing.

My Liaison Blogs

• School of Nursing

IM Screen Names

• Google Talk: evfine@gmail.com
  Yahoo: LizMLIS
  AIM: LizMLIS
  MSN: elizabeth_fine@hotmail.com

Academic departments and library collections areas

Areas of Interest

Workshops I Regularly Teach

Publications and Major Presentations

Katherine Chew, MLS, Elizabeth Fine, MLIS, Cindy Gruwell, MLS, Wayne Loftus, MLS, AHIP.  “Teaching The Publication Process: Road to Collaboration at the University of Minnesota.”  Poster Exhibit, Midcontinental and Midwest Chapters/MLA Joint Annual Meeting, License to Learn / License to Lead, October 13-17, 2007, Omaha, NE

Fine, Elizabeth V., Donna Zimmaro Bliss.  “Searching the Literature: Understanding and Using Structured Electronic Databases,” Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing 2006 Nov/Dec, 33(6):594-605.  full text

Fine, Elizabeth V.  “Creating an online repository of library workshop recordings: It’s a Breeze!”  Poster presented at the Midwest Chapter Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, Louisville, KY, October 9, 2006.   link

Fine, Elizabeth V., Donna Zimmaro Bliss.  “The How To’s of Doing a Literature Search.”  Talk at Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society 38th Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN. June 26, 2006

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