Dorothy A. Spencer, Ph.D, AHIP
spencerdo@ecu.edu
(252) 744-2212

Susan Simpson, MLS, AHIP
simpsons@ecu.edu
(252) 744-2904

Access Services
Oversees circulation of Laupus Library materials, operates a reserve collection for course support, maintains, manages, and circulates the library's audiovisual collection including videos, audio cassettes, anatomical models, slides, charts, microfilm, etc.

Administration
Provides leadership for planning, organization, operations, and evaluation of programs and services of the Laupus Library. Special responsibilities include human resources, budgeting and accounting, and facilities management.

Collection Development
To support the curricular, research, and professional needs of the Division of Health Sciences at East Carolina University by acquiring, organizing, and providing access to information in all formats in support of the Laupus Library’s mission.

Manages the print and electronic collections of the Laupus Library, catalogs and processes all materials, and provides maintenance for the book and journal stacks.

Computer Lab
Provides a full range of computer services to ECU faculty, staff, and students offering over 50 software titles in a variety of subject areas to compliment the Division of Health Sciences curriculum.

Country Doctor Museum, The
The Country Doctor Museum honors the work of rural health care providers by collecting, preserving, and interpreting medical artifacts that date primarily from the early 19th century through the early 20th century. In addition to two 19th century doctors’ offices reconfigured to house the medical collection, the Museum facility includes a medicinal herb garden, a carriage house, a nursing display and a gift shop. Through guided tours, education outreach and exhibits, the Museum offers insight into the history of rural health care in America.

Development
Responsible for coordinating Laupus Library public relations activities including special events and programs, as well as overseeing the marketing of Laupus Library promotions, and publications. This department also serves as a liaison to the Medical Foundation for the development and advancement of the Laupus Library including donor relations and the Friends of Laupus Library.

Document Delivery
Document Delivery is made up of Interlibrary Borrowing/Lending and Article Delivery.
Interlibrary Borrowing - Requests (or borrows) materials such as books, journal articles, and or videos from other libraries for Laupus Library clients.
Article Delivery - Delivers copies of journal articles and/or books and videos that are located here at Laupus Library to eligible clients.
Lending - Loans Laupus Library materials to other libraries.

History Collections
Collects, catalogs, preserves, and displays materials relevant to the history of health care. Users are invited to register and browse the stacks in the Reading Area and visit the Rare Books room by appointment.

Information Services
Librarians are available to guide clients to the most efficient and effective means of accessing the library’s resources. Laupus Library Liaisons are assigned to each department, college, and school within the Division of Health Sciences to provide information services, Laupus Library education programs, collection development assistance and curriculum coordination to faculty, staff and students. Services include tours and orientations for groups or individuals, instruction in use of the online catalog and bibliographic databases, and computerized literature searching. The department has handouts detailing the services available to every user category.

Information Technology Systems
Responsible for all computing and networking technologies within the Laupus Library including training, teleconferencing, operations support, server and workstation maintenance, customer support, maintaining the computer lab, and the Laupus Library web site.

Provides various multimedia services for the Division of Health Sciences, including photography, video recording, classroom technology support, ECU-TV, and more. Formerly known as Center for Health Sciences Communications (CHSC).

Outreach Services
Meets the needs of all primary care physicians, mid-level practitioners and health sciences students in community based teaching and practice sites within the 23-county Eastern AHEC region. Provides training and support for all health care professionals throughout the region in the application of emerging information technologies including one-on-one or small group instruction in community health agency clinics, preceptor's sites, hospitals, and teaching practices. The Laupus Library has access to numerous bibliographic and full-text databases. These databases are web-based and provide immediate access to information resources.