VTCSOM Library & Learning Commons

Tim Mey



tmey@vt.edu

540-526-2172

Areas of expertise:

• Literature searches
• Search strategies and research assistance
• Resource evaluation
• Citation management and collaboration

Kris Teaford

kteaford@vt.edu 

540-526-2407

Areas of expertise:

• Circulation & Interlibrary Loan
• Course reserves
• Providing assistance locating resources
• Finding (and sending) PDFs 

Kiri DeBose

kdebose@vt.edu

540-231-0495

Kiri oversees all three Health Sciences Libraries (FBRI HS&T, VetMed, VTCSOM) for Virginia Tech. Her subject background is in Animal Science and she also serves as the Head of the Veterinary Medicine Library. She is also the subject liaison to School of Animal Sciences, Veterinary Medicine, and Population Health Sciences and works closely with VTCSOM. Prior to her current role, she served as the College Librarian for Natural Resources & Environment and brings a OneHealth approach to supporting those in the health sciences.  

Kiri provides a wide variety of services including support for:

• Citation managers
• Collections/information resources
• collaboration and team science practices
• Data management
• Elements
• IACUC literature searching
• Instruction (online and in-person)
  • Credit and non-credit courses
  • Single session, multi-session, full semester 
  • Tailored instruction sessions (e.g. Quick Dive series)
  • Workshops 
• Open Science and research practices 
• Research assistance
• 3D printer (in Vet Med Library)
• Scholarly metrics
• Scholarly profiles
• Subject and course guides
• Systematic reviews & evidence synthesis