Shannon D. Jones, EdD, MEd, MLS, AHIP, FMLA

Director of Libraries and Chair of the Academic Affairs Faculty · Medical University of South Carolina · company speakers →

Shannon D. Jones is the director of Libraries and serves as chair of the Academic Affairs Faculty for the Medical University of South Carolina. She is also the director for Region 2 of the Network of the National Library of Medicine. Before she arrived at MUSC, she worked as the Associate Director for Research and Education for Virginia Commonwealth University’s Health Sciences Library in Richmond. A long-time volunteer of the Medical Library Association, Jones has served the Association in many capacities, including the 2022-2023 MLA President. During her term as MLA President, she established the Be Well MLA initiative to encourage MLA members to prioritize their wellness and well-being. In 2018, she co-founded the MLA Reads Virtual Book Discussion Club to provide a forum where participants engage in critical conversations related to their work as information professionals and in their personal lives. She is the coeditor of Diversity and Inclusion in Libraries: A Call to Action and Strategies for Success and Cultural Humility in Libraries. She focuses her research on staff recruitment and retention, belonging in libraries, wellness and wellbeing for information professionals, and leadership in academic health sciences libraries.

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