Cindy began her library career at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions with a focus on Evidenced Based Medicine. While at the Welch Medical Library she progressed in roles, leaving Hopkins as the Associate Director of Education Services. Cindy went on to work at several federal agencies including the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Health and Human Services. Cindy has worked with both the National Institutes of Health and the Federal Drug Administration. In each instance whether establishing a specialized collection, or working on a full institutional library system, she worked to identify the scope of content, determine the most relevant information for users, and organized the content to enable its discoverability.
Education
MLS, Syracuse University
MBA, Johns Hopkins University
Selected Publications, Papers, Presentations
Sheffield CL, Chakroborty S, Martin Z, Petanceska S, Refolo LM (2019) Evaluating Text Mining Tools to Help Improve Rigor in Research, Special Libraries Association, Cleveland, OH.
Sheffield CL, Refolo LM, Petanceska SS, King RJ (2017) A Librarian’s Role in Improving Rigor in Research – AlzPED: Alzheimer’s Disease Preclinical Efficacy Database, Science & Technology Libraries, 36 (3): 296-308, June 2017.
Sheffield CL (2017) AlzPED – Rigor, Reproducibility, Transparency, Special Libraries Association, Phoenix, AZ.
Sheffield CL, Refolo LM, Petanceska SS, King RJ (2016) Leading the Path Forward in Translational Studies, Mid-Atlantic Chapter, Medical Library Association, Philadelphia, PA.
Sheffield, Cindy, Burns, Bridget, Patel, Sanjay (2016) AlzPED: Creating Tools for the Scientific Community. Paper presented at the Computers in Libraries, Washington, DC.
Sheffield CL, Refolo LM, Petanceska SS, King RJ (2015) Preclinical Research: The Information Professionals’ Role in Inspiring Preclinical Efficacy and Improved Outcomes, Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Medical Library Association, Asheville, NC.