Shannon D Jones EdD, M.Ed, MLS, AHIP, FMLA
Director, Libraries and Learning Resource Centers
(843) 792-8839
JoneShan@musc.edu
171 Ashley Avenue, Suite 419, MSC 403 Room 419
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Academic Focus
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Staff recruitment and retention
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leadership in academic health sciences libraries
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Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in libraries
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Biography
Shannon Jones (she/her/hers) is the Director of Libraries for the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. Shannon is also Director for Region 2 of the Network of the National Library of Medicine headquartered at MUSC. Prior to her arrival at MUSC, Shannon worked as the Associate Director for Research and Education for Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. Shannon focuses her research on staff recruitment and retention, diversity, equity, and inclusion in libraries, and leadership in academic health sciences libraries. In 2018, Shannon co-founded the MLA Reads Virtual Book Discussion Club with the goal of providing a forum where participants can learn, discuss, and process the implications of a variety of DEI topics on their work as information professionals and in their personal lives. Shannon is the co-editor of Diversity and Inclusion in Libraries: A Call to Action and Strategies for Success. She holds an MLS from North Carolina Central University and an M.Ed. in Adult Learning from Virginia Commonwealth University. She is currently pursuing an Ed.D in Educational Leadership at Charleston Southern University.
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