Beverly Murphy

As Assistant Director, Communications & Web Content, I manage and maintain the Library's Website, but I also serve as the Hospital Nursing Liaison for the Duke Health System, teaching and assisting nurses with their research needs for publication, quality improvement, performance evaluation, and graduate residency.

MLS, Library Science, North Carolina Central University, 1981
BS, Biology, North Carolina Central University, 1978
Distinguished Member, Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP)
Fellow, Medical Library Association (FMLA)

Office Hours

Medical Center Library & Archives (Rm 104A, Level 1)
Monday-Friday, 9:00a - 5:30p

Remote Office Hours also available Offsite
1st & 2nd Thursday monthly
11:30a - 1:00p
DUH Suite 1300 (past Starbucks)

Current Appointments and Affiliations

• Prof Library Staff, Medical Center Library & Archives, School of Medicine

Contact Information

316 Seeley G Mudd, Durham, NC 27710

beverly.murphy@duke.edu

Medical Center Library & Archives

• Subject Headings
  • Communication
  • Consumer behavior
  • Efficiency, Organizational
  • Librarians
  • Library Science
  • Library Services
  • Models, Organizational
  • Nursing
  • Nursing Research
  • Organizational Innovation
  • Professional Competence
  • Program Development
  • Staff Development
• Awards and Honors
  • Roadbuilder’s Award for Special Librarianship. Round Table for Ethnic Minority Concerns (REMCo), North Carolina Library Assoc..
  • Fellow. Medical Library Association.
  • Award of Excellence. Association of North Carolina Health And Science Libraries.
  • MAC Librarian of the Year Award. Mid-Atlantic Chapter, Medical Library Association.
  • Marguerite Abel Service Recognition Award. Mid-Atlantic Chapter, Medical Library Association.
• Professional Activities

  Service to Duke University

  • TRLN Diversity and Inclusion Committee. 2017
  • DUH Critical Care Standards Committee. 2016
  • Staff Saturation of Educational Materials (DRH). 2016
  • DUH/DUHS Clinical Practice Council. 2015
  • DUHS Nursing Research Council. 2015
  • DUH Patient and Family Education Council. 2014 - 2015
  • DUHS EBN Council. 2013 - 2015
  • School of Medicine Communicators. 2013

  Service to the Profession

  • President-Elect, Medical Library Association. May 2017
  • MLA Chapter Council Representative Alternate. 2015 - 2018
  • JMLA Editorial Board. 2014 - 2017
  • Board of Directors, Medical Library Association.. 2008 - 2011
  • Chair, Professional Recruitment and Retention Committee. 2006 - 2008
• Publications

  Journal Articles

  • Grier, PL, & Murphy, B. (2015, January 2). On the Trail of an EHR. Journal of Hospital Librarianship, 15 (1), 99-108.
  • Murphy, B, Peterson, RA, Vines, H, von Isenburg, M, Berney, E, James, R, Rodriguez, M, & Thibodeau, P. (2008). Revolution at the library service desk. Med Ref Serv Q, 27 (4), 379-393.
  • Woodburn, JI, Murphy, B, Peterson, RA, & Thibodeau, PL. (2005, December 13). Dealing with Journal Cuts — When the Sky's Not the Limit. Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries, 2 (4), 1-18.
  • Peterson, R, Murphy, B, Holmgren, S, & Thibodeau, PL. (2004, September 13). The LibQUAL+(™) Challenge. Journal of Library Administration, 40 (3-4), 83-98.

  Books

  • Murphy, B, & Jones, SD. (2016, December). Core Competencies Across the Profession. In JG Coghill and RG Russell (Eds.), Developing Librarian Competencies for the Digital Age (pp. 133-142). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. (Chapter)
  • Murphy, B, Peterson, RA, Holmgren, S, & Thibodeau, PL. (2004). The LibQUAL+ Challenge: An Academic Medical Center’s Perspective, Duke University. In FM Heath, M Kyrillidou & CA Askew (Eds.), Libraries Act on Their LibQUAL+ Findings: From Data to Action (pp. 83-98). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Haworth Information Press. (Chapter)

  Conference Papers

  • Carden, VRM, Cryer, E, Grigg, K, Murphy, B, Peterson, RA, Thibodeau, PL, & Thompson, AK. (2010). Marketing Open Access to Everyone [poster presentation].
  • Thibodeau, PL, Peterson, RA, Grigg, K, Cryer, E, Carden, VRM, & Murphy, B. (2010). Reflections on Lost Space: A Chance to Reconnect to the Community [poster presentation].
  • Grigg, K, Lackey, CS, Murphy, B, Peterson, RA, & Thibodeau, PL. (2008). Speed Weeding: When Space Needs are on the Horizon [poster presentation].
  • Loo, J, Langley, A, Murphy, B, & Thibodeau, PL. (2008). Global Health: Some First Steps to Serving This Interdisciplinary Field [poster presentation].
  • Murphy, B, Peterson, RA, Wardell, SI, & Thibodeau, PL. (2003). Surviving a Budget Tsunami [poster presentation].
  • Murphy, B, Peterson, RA, Sarah, IW, & Thibodeau, PL. (2002). Capturing the Big D $: Dollars and Data [poster presentation].
• Mentorship Availability
  
  Selected as a mentor for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region (NN/LM MAR) Mentoring Program for 2015-2016