Professional Responsibilities

Science and Engineering Reference Services

Liaison and Collection Development

• Subject Specialist for Biomedical Engineering
• Subject Specialist for Chemistry (temporary assignment, with Dr. Rob McGeachin)
• Subject Specialist for Statistics

Biography

After 25 years as a research and clinical veterinarian caring for nonhuman primates, Dr. Alford pursued interests in research methodology and medical informatics, obtaining a degree in epidemiology from Texas A&M's College of Veterinary Medicine and a degree from the University of North Texas School of Library and Information Science, while providing reference services at TAMU's Evans library.

Research Interests

Bibliometrics, Scholarly Publishing in the Online Environment, Collaborative Information Environments, and Public Health Informatics