Biographical Sketch

Stewart Brower received his Master of Library and Information Studies from the University of Oklahoma in 1993. He served as Reference and Instructional Services Librarian at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences library from 1993 to 1998, then went on to become Technology Development and Promotions Librarian at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis from 1998 to 2000. More recently, Stew served as Coordinator of Information Management Education at the University at Buffalo Health Sciences Library, and as library liaison to the UB School of Pharmacy. In October 2007, Stew was appointed to be Library Director at the University of Oklahoma-Tulsa Schusterman Center campus.

In 2007, Stew and his UB Libraries colleague Chris Hollister founded Communications in Information Literacy, an independent, peer-reviewed e-journal. Stew is also the founder of PubDrug.org, an open access repository of pharmacy information.

Stew lives in Tulsa with his wife Molly and their son Christopher.

Abbreviated Bibliography

Brower, S. (2008) Information Literacy in Health Sciences Libraries, in Introduction to Health Sciences Librarianship, ed. M. Sandra Wood. (WorldCat)

Brower, S., Hollister, C. V., Tysick, C., & Pirrung, T. (2006). Tenure and recruitment: a survey of library human resources officers. JLAMS: Journal of the Library Administration and Management Section of the New York Library Association, 2(2), 5-20. (Full text)

Brower, S. (2005). Book review: “The Virtual Reference Experience: Integrating Theory into Practice.” Journal of the Medical Library Association, 93(3), 407-408. (Full text)

Brower, S. M. (2004). Academic Health Sciences Library Website Navigation: An Analysis of Forty-One Websites and Their Navigation Tools. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 92(4), 412-420. (Full text)

Brower, S. (2004). Millennials in action: A student-guided effort in curriculum-integration of library skills. Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 23, 81-88.

Schunemann, H. J., Munger, H., Brower, S., O’Donnell, M., Crowther, M., Cook, D., et al. (2004). Methodology for Guideline Development for the Seventh American College of Chest Physicians Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy: The Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy. Chest, 126(3 Suppl), 174S-178S.

Brower, S. (2002) Book review: “Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned.” Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention & Education for Adolescents & Children 4(4), 79-80.

Brower, S. (2002). Teaching Electronic Journals: Building a Workshop for an Academic Health Sciences Library. Serials Review, 28(2), 88-92.

Gray, S. A., Brower, S., Munger, H., Start, A., & White, P. (2001). Redefining Reference in an Academic Health Sciences Library: Planning for Change. Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 20(3), 1-11.

Recent Presentations

Teaching the Millennials

• Invited presentation, “Information Literacy Equation,” Emerging Literacies symposium, SUNY Fredonia, March 2007
• Invited keynote, ICCD/Cornell Successful Teaching Conference, November 2006.
• Invited keynote, Jamestown Community College Teaching & Learning conference, October 2006
• Invited presentation, SUNY Orange, August 2006
• Invited presentations, Westchester Library Association and Westchester Community College, May 2006
• Invited webcast, SUNY Training Center, October 2005.
• Invited presentation, Trocaire College, April 2005.
• Invited presentation, Niagara County Community College, April 2005.
• Invited keynote, Niagara University Active Learning Conference, March 2005.

Brower, S.; Hollister, C. “A Journal Whose Time Has Come: Communications in Information Literacy.” Contributed presentation, WILU 36th Annual Conference, May 2007, Toronto, ON.

Brower, S.; Zafron, M. “Rules of Evidence: Information literacy training in the health sciences and its applicability to other disciplines.” Contributed paper and workshop, LOEX 33rd National Conference 2005, Louisville, KY.

Brower, S.; Zafron, M.; Brower, M. “Blogging at the Desk: Using blogs to coordinate reference service in an academic health sciences library.” Contributed poster, Medical Library Association Annual Meeting 2005, San Antonio, TX.

“Millennials in Action: A student-guided effort in curriculum integration of library skills.” Contributed poster, Medical Library Association Annual Meeting 2003, San Diego, CA.