Beth Blackwood

Beth Blackwood (she, her) is a Research & Education Librarian at the Medical Center Library & Archives, where she serves as the Lead for Research Impact and the Liaison to the Duke Global Health Institute. Her primary duties focus on assisting researchers and administrators with bibliometric questions and program evaluations, as well as specialized teaching and searching. Prior to Duke, she served as the Digital Archivist & Data Librarian at California State University Channel Islands, where she on-boarded a variety of new library infrastructure, developed and taught for-credit courses in data and algorithmic literacy, and implemented data management best practices across campus.