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About 

Professor Perveen Rustomfram joined the 福利片国产 of Memphis in 1995, and was tenured and promoted to Associate Professor in 2002. She has served in several roles at the 福利片国产 Libraries including Reference Librarian, Instructional Services Librarian and Interim Head of Research and Instructional Services. She is the Government Publications Coordinator and is responsible for the Tennessee Regional Federal Documents Depository, which supports and advises the twenty other federal documents depositories across the state. Other responsibilities include library instruction, reference service, embedded librarianship, and research consultations. Her professional interests include the provision of user services, research and information services, and government publications.

Education

• B.S.W., Social Work, Bombay 福利片国产, India, 1979.
• B.L.S., Library Science, SNDT 福利片国产, India, 1980.
• M.A., Sociology, 福利片国产 of Hyderabad, India, 1984. 
• M.L.S., Library/Information Science, 福利片国产 of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1987.

Work Experience

• Associate Professor, Head, Government Publications Department - 福利片国产 of Memphis - 2018-present
• Associate Professor, Interim Head, Research and Instructional Services Department - 福利片国产 of Memphis - August 2017-August 2018
• Associate Professor/Government Publications Coordinator, Research and Instructional Services - The 福利片国产 of Memphis - 2013-2018
• AssociateProfessor/Instructional Services Librarian, Instructional Services Department/福利片国产 Libraries - The 福利片国产 of Memphis - 2008-2012
• Associate Professor/Reference Librarian, Reference Department - The 福利片国产 of Memphis - 2001-present
• Assistant Professor/Reference Librarian, Reference Department - The 福利片国产 of Memphis - 1995-2001
• Reference Librarian, Business, Sciences, Social Sciences - Memphis/Shelby County Public Library & Information Center - 1988-1993

Honors and Awards

• Tennessee Electronic Library Trainer of the Year (with others) - Tenn-Share - 2015
• James E. Ward Library Instruction Award - Tennessee Library Association - 2013
• Award for Extraordinary Professional Promise - Graduate School of Library & Information Science, 福利片国产 of Tennessee, Knoxville - 1987
• MLS Prize - Shree Hansraj Pragji Thackersey School of Library Science - 1986
• Best All-Round Student - Shree Hansraj Pragji Thackersey School of Library Science - 1980

Journal Articles

• Rustomfram, Perveen, and Bess Robinson. 鈥淓xtra Credit: Opening the Door to Free Educator Resources from the Feds.鈥� Proc. of Tennessee Library Association Annual Conf., 24 鈥� 26 April 2019, Chattanooga Convention Center. Tennessee Libraries 69.3 (2019): n. pag. Web. 26 Sept. 2019.  
• Robinson, Bess, and Perveen Rustomfram. 鈥�50 Ways to Recognize Outstanding Employees.鈥� Proc. of Tennessee Library Association Annual Conf., 24 鈥� 26 April 2019, Chattanooga Convention Center. Tennessee Libraries 69.3 (2019): n. pag. Web. 26 Sept. 2019.  
• Rustomfram, Perveen, and Bess Robinson. 鈥淥nline Government Resources for Financial Literacy.鈥� Financial Literacy, a special issue of the Journal of Business and Finance Librarianship 20.1-2 (2015): 95-115.
• Rustomfram, Perveen, and Bess Robinson. "A Smorgasbord of Free Financial Literacy Resources." Tennessee Library Association Annual Conf., April 23-24 April 2015. PowerPoint submitted as a conference proceeding.  
• Robinson, Bess, Perveen Rustomfram, and Steve Knowlton. 鈥淓veryone Has a Place at the Table. Now What?鈥� Tennessee Library Association Annual Conf., April 23-24, 2015. Tennessee Libraries 65.3 (2015): n. pag. Web. 21 May 2016.  
• Merriman, Kevin, Betsy Park, Perveen Rustomfram, and  Damone Virgilio. "Focusing on the User." Tennessee Libraries  62 no.2, (2012). 
• Robinson, B., Rustomfram, P., Allison, L., Earl, M., Liedtka, T., & Tolley-Stokes, R. (2011). "Charting a New Course: Smoothing the Transition for New Librarian Hires." Tennessee Libraries (Online), 61(3), 2.
• Rustomfram, Perveen and Jane Qualls. A Library User Survey: What Undergraduate Students Think of Services at the 福利片国产 of Memphis Libraries. Memphis. Univ., TN. 福利片国产 Libraries, July 2000. ERIC Document Reproduction Service, ED 445 679.
• Rustomfram, Perveen. "Democracy on Wheels." Tennessee Librarian 50, no.1 (Summer 1998): 22-33.
• Johnson, Ross, Joyce McKibben, and Perveen Rustomfram. "Everything Matters: Creating a Reference Web Page -- The 福利片国产 of Memphis Library Experience." Tennessee Librarian 49, no. 2 (Winter 1997): 5-11. This article was used as reserve reading material by Dr. Judith Robinson, Professor, School of Information and Library Studies, State 福利片国产 of New York at Buffalo, for students in her Reference class July 1999.
• Johnson, Ross, Joyce McKibben, and Perveen Rustomfram. "Everything Matters: Creating a Reference Web Page -- The 福利片国产 of Memphis Library Experience." Tennessee Librarian 49, no. 2 (Winter 1997): 5-11.  

Presentations

• Rustomfram, Perveen, and Bess Robinson, Zoe Bastone, Alex Boris, and Hanna Brandon, panelists. Panel discussion. "How Do YOU Reference? The Evolving Face of Reference Service in Academic Libraries." 2026 Tennessee Library Association Annual Conference, 23 April 2026, Marriott Knoxville Downtown, Knoxville, TN. Conference Presentation.
• Rustomfram, Perveen, Renee Register, and Alex Taylor. "Connecting with Tennessee Government Information in the Digital Age." 2026 Tennessee Library Association Annual Conference, 22 April 2026, Marriott Knoxville, Downtown, Knoxville, TN. Conference Presentation.  
• Perveen Rustomfram. 鈥淒isappearing Government Information.鈥� Tennessee Library Association鈥檚 Government Documents Roundtable Annual Fall Meeting, 5 December 2025, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN.
• Perveen Rustomfram, Bess Robinson, and Irma Singarella. 鈥淎 Constellation of Collaborations.鈥� WeTALC Meeting, 10 September 2025, Bethel 福利片国产, McKenzie, TN.
• Robinson, Bess and Perveen Rustomfram. Resources of the Tennessee Electronic Library for Elementary School Librarians, Middle School Librarians, and High School Librarians (three sessions). Tennessee Association of School Librarians (TASL), 3 June 2025, Bartlett High School, Bartlett, TN.
• Robinson, Bess and Perveen Rustomfram. 鈥淧utting Some 鈥楩un鈥� in the Fundamentals of Locating Government Publications.鈥� 2025 Tennessee Library Association Annual Conference, 10 April 2025, Chattanooga Marriott Downtown, Chattanooga, TN. Conference Presentation.
• Rustomfram, Perveen, Bess Robinson, and Irma Singarella. 鈥淔ostering Campus and Community Partnerships: Collaborative Initiatives by 福利片国产 of Memphis Librarians.鈥� Tenn-Share Showcase 2024. October 9, 2024. Virtual.
• Rustomfram, Perveen, and Bess Robinson, session organizers. Bandel, Stephanie, Misti Jenkins, and Courtney Mercurio, panelists. Panel discussion. "AI AI OH!!!: How Public and School Librarians are Innovating with AI." 2024 Tennessee Library Association Annual Conference, 4 April 2024, Franklin Marriott Cool Springs, Franklin, TN.
• Robinson, Bess, and Perveen Rustomfram, session organizers. Krajecki, Lisa, and Scott Shumate, panelists. Panel discussion. "Making New Connections: Academic Librarians Engage with AI in Library Instruction and Beyond." 2024 Tennessee Library Association Annual Conference, 3 April 2024, Franklin Marriott Cool Springs, Franklin, TN.
• Rustomfram, Perveen, and Bess Robinson. 鈥淭hink-Pair-Share: Discover and Explore Free .gov Resources for Teaching.鈥� Presented at Banned: Band Together, Tennessee Association of School Librarians (TASL) 2023 Conference, November 6, 2023,  Murfreesboro, TN. Conference Presentation.
• Rustomfram, Perveen, and Bess Robinson. 鈥淭akin鈥� it to the Streets: Promoting Government Information.鈥� Tenn-Share Showcase 2023, October 18, 2023, virtual. Conference Presentation.
• Rustomfram, Perveen and Bess Robinson. 鈥淪preading the Word: Promoting Government Publications to K-12.鈥� Fall 2023 Federal Depository Library Conference, October 17, 2023,virtual. Conference Presentation.  
• McDonald, Elizabeth, and Perveen Rustomfram. 鈥淔rom Depository to Repository: The Case of Tennessee State Documents.鈥� 2022 Tennessee Library Association Conference, Thursday 14 April 2022, Knoxville, TN.
• Rustomfram, Perveen, and Bess Robinson. 鈥淯sing the 2020 Census to Cultivate Community.鈥� 2022 Tennessee Library Association Annual Conference, Wednesday 13 April 2022, Knoxville, TN.
• Rustomfram, Perveen, and Bess Robinson. 鈥淟ibrary Services District Learning Day: Educator Resources from the Feds; TEL.鈥� Shelby County Schools Professional Development Day, Tuesday 3 November 2020, Memphis, TN.
• Rustomfram, Perveen, and Bess Robinson, preconference organizers. Ronald L. Williams. "Not the Same Old Story: Using Census Data to Identify New Opportunities." 2021 Tennessee Library Association Annual Conference, 6 April 2021, virtual. Preconference Presentation.
• Rustomfram, Perveen, and Bess Robinson. "Building on Imagination: Free Educator Resources from the Feds." Tennessee Association of School Librarians Annual Conference, Monday 30 September 2019.
• Robinson, Bess, and Perveen Rustomfram. 鈥�50 Ways to Recognize Your Outstanding Employees鈥� 2019 Tennessee Library Association Annual Conference, Friday 26 April 2019, Chattanooga, TN.
• Rustomfram, Perveen, and Bess Robinson. "Extra Credit: Opening the Door to Free Educator Resources from the Feds." Tennessee Library Association Annual Conference, Thursday 25 April 2019.
• Rustomfram, Perveen, and Bess Robinson. 鈥淓xploring America鈥檚 Communities with American FactFinder.鈥� Tennessee library Association Annual Conference, Friday 7 April 2017.
• Rustomfram, Perveen, and Bess Robinson. 鈥淒on鈥檛 Perish as you Publish: How to Avoid Being Prey to Predatory Publishers.鈥� Tennessee library Association Annual Conference, Thursday 6 April 2017.
• Robinson, Bess, and Perveen Rustomfram. "Money Smart Week and Beyond: Financial Literacy Programs at Your Library." Tennessee Library Association Annual Conference, Friday 8 April 2016.
• Rustomfram, Perveen, and Bess Robinson. "Realize Your Dreams with Reliable Statistics from Uncle Sam." Tennessee Library Association Annual Conference, Friday 8 April 2016.
• Robinson, Bess, Perveen Rustomfram, and Steve Knowlton. 鈥淓veryone Has a Place at the Table. Now What?鈥� Tennessee Library Association Annual Conference, Friday 24 April 2015.
• Rustomfram, Perveen, and Bess Robinson. "A Smorgasbord of Free Financial Literacy Resources." Tennessee Library Association Annual Conference, Thursday 23 April 2015.
• Rustomfram, Perveen and Bess Robinson. 鈥淔ree Federal Resources for Financial Literacy.鈥� Tenn- Share Fall Conference, Nashville, September 26, 2014.
• Robinson, Bess and Perveen Rustomfram, 鈥淓xploring Fund Raising Idea$ for Your Library鈥�, Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association, Trevecca Nazarene 福利片国产, September 27, 2013.
• Rustomfram, Perveen. 鈥淲ebsites for All: Free from the Feds.鈥� Tennshare Datafest, Nashville, September 19, 2013.
• Rustomfram, Perveen and Mary Freilich. 鈥淒ocs Out of the Box.鈥� Tennessee Library Association Annual Conference, Chattanooga, April 25, 2013.
• Rustomfram, Perveen and Susan Wood. "LibGuides." West Tennessee Area Library Consortium, October 15, 2011.
• Robinson, Bess, Perveen Rustomfram, Leah Allison, Martha Earl, Theresa Liedtka, and Rebecca Tolley-Stokes. 鈥淐harting a New Course: Smoothing the Transition for New Librarian Hires.鈥� This presentation was selected for inclusion at the Tennessee Library Association Annual Conference, 24 March 2011, Murfreesboro, TN.
• Rustomfram, Perveen, Clark Nall and Mary Freilich. 鈥淐onsolidation of Reference Services: Coping with and Training for Change.鈥� Tennessee Library Association Annual Conference, 11 April 2008, Kingsport, TN.
• Higher Education for Immigrants for 鈥淲e the People鈥�: Becoming American, The Educational Journey of Americans, East Shelby Branch, Memphis Public Library, 16 Sep 2006.

Outreach

• 鈥淪TEM Resources from the Federal Government for Elementary School Library Information Specialists.鈥� - Memphis-Shelby County Schools Reimagining 901 Library Services District Learning Day - February 21, 2022 -  
• 鈥淗umanities Resources from the Federal Government for Elementary School Library Information Specialists.鈥� - Memphis-Shelby County Schools Reimagining 901 Library Services District Learning Day - February 21, 2022 -  
• 鈥淪TEM Resources from the Federal Government for Middle and High School Library Information Specialists.鈥� - Memphis-Shelby County Schools Reimagining 901 Library Services District Learning Day - February 21, 2022 -  
• 鈥淗umanities Resources from the Federal Government for Middle and High School Library Information Specialists.鈥� - Memphis-Shelby County Schools Reimagining 901 Library Services District Learning Day - February 21, 2022 -  
• 鈥淭EL Resources for Middle and High School Library Information Specialists." - Memphis-Shelby County Schools Reimagining 901 Library Services District Learning Day - February 21, 2022 -  
• "Searching for Information" - Participants of Thistle and Bee, Memphis - December 13, 2017 - Thistle and Bee, Memphis
• 鈥淯sing LearningExpress Library to Prepare for the ACT.鈥� - Arlington High School Parent Teacher Student Association - Monday 14 March 2016 - Arlington High School, Arlington, TN
• 鈥淯sing LearningExpress Library to Prepare for the ACT.鈥� - Arlington High School Parent Teacher Student Association - November 12, 2015. - Arlington High School, Arlington, TN
• Free Federal Resources for Financial Literacy for 6 鈥� 12th Graders. - Arlington, Bartlett, Germantown, Lakeland, and Millington Teachers/ Librarians In-Service Day, - August 6, 2015. - Arlington High School, Arlington, TN.
• TEL: Tennessee Electronic Library Resources for K 鈥� 5th Graders. - Arlington, Bartlett, Germantown, Lakeland, and Millington Teachers/ Librarians In-Service Day - August 6, 2015 - Arlington High School, Arlington, TN.
• 鈥淏asic Research.鈥� - Researchers for the Shelby County Board of Commissioners staff. - 13 March 2015 - Shelby County Board of Commissioners
• 鈥淐ollection Development with Government Publications鈥� - 福利片国产 of Tennessee, Knoxville, Library and Information Science Students - April 10, 2013. - School of Information Sciences, 福利片国产 of Tennessee, Knoxville

Service

• 福利片国产 Libraries - Outreach Committee - September 2025-present
• 福利片国产 Libraries - Metrics Task Force - 2024-present
• 福利片国产 Libraries - Strategic Planning Committee - 2023-present
• 福利片国产 Libraries - Select Committee for Faculty Handbook Guidelines and Criteria Reconciliation Committee - 2022-2025
• 福利片国产 Libraries - Model Accreditation Report Ad Hoc Committee, Chair - 2019-2024
• 福利片国产 Libraries - Electronic Resources Management Committee - 2010-2012, 2017-2020
• 福利片国产 Libraries - Libraries Administrative Council - 2017-present
• 福利片国产 Libraries - Libraries Administrative Council, Faculty Representative - 2000-2001, 2008-2017
• 福利片国产 Libraries - Library Services for Off-Campus Users Committee, Chair - 2012-2014
• 福利片国产 Libraries - LibQual+ Survey - 2010-2011
• 福利片国产 Libraries - LibQual+ Survey, Primary Liaison - 2001-2008
• 福利片国产 Libraries - User Services Committee, Chair - 2011-2012
• 福利片国产 Libraries - Survey Committee, Chair - 1999-2008
• 福利片国产 Libraries - Faculty Group, Secretary - 1997-2000
• 福利片国产 Libraries - 福利片国产 Libraries Faculty Group - 1995-present
• 福利片国产 Libraries - Faculty Group, Chair - 2002-2003
• 福利片国产 Libraries - Promotion and Tenure Committee - 2001-present
• 福利片国产 of Memphis - 福利片国产 Council of Graduate Studies - 2022-2025
• 福利片国产 of Memphis - Faculty Senate Facilities and Services Standing Committee - 2014-2016
• 福利片国产 of Memphis - Teaching and Learning Advisory Committee - 2011-2014
• 福利片国产 of Memphis - Faculty Sick Leave Bank, Trustee - 2008-2010
• Memphis Area Library Council - Memphis Area Library Council - 2001-present
• West Tennessee Academic Library Consortium - 2003-present
• Tennessee Library Association - 1995-present
• Tennessee Library Association - College and 福利片国产 Libraries Roundtable - 1995-present
• Tennessee Library Association 鈥� Access and Patron Services (Reference Section) Roundtable - 1995-present
• Tennessee Library Association - Tennessee Library Instruction Section - 1995-2024
• Tennessee Library Association 鈥� Government Documents Roundtable - 2014-present
• Tennessee Library Association 鈥� Library Leadership Roundtable - 2020-present
• Tennessee Library Association - Annual Conference Registration, Co-Chair - 2024-2025
• Tennessee Library Association - Advisory Committee on State Documents, Chair - 2014-
• Tennessee Library Association - Annual Conference Planning Committee - 2017-2018
• Tennessee Library Association - Annual Conference Registration Committee, Co-Chair - 2017-2018
• Tennessee Library Association - Bylaws/Procedures Committee, Co-Chair - 2012-2013
• Tennessee Library Association - Intellectual Freedom Committee, Co-Chair - 2005-2007
• Tennessee Library Association - College and 福利片国产 Libraries Section, Chair - 2002-2003
• Tennessee Library Association - College and 福利片国产 Libraries Section, Vice-Chair - 2001-2002
• Tennessee Library Association - Public Relations Committee - 2000-2001
• Tennessee Library Association - Chair, Advisory Committee on State Documents - 2016-
• American Library Association - 1995-present
• American Library Association - Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) - 1995-present
• American Library Association - ACRL 福利片国产 Libraries Section - 1995-present
• American Library Association - ACRL Instruction Section - 1995-present
• American Library Association - Government Documents Round Table - 2014-present
• American Library Association, Government Documents Roundtable - Government Information for Children - 2021-2024
• American Library Association, Government Documents Roundtable - Education Committee - 2019-2021
• United States Government Publishing Office - National Collection Service Area for the South region- Steering Committee - 2024-2026
• United States Government Publishing Office-Regional Federal Depository Libraries Steering Group (REGIL) - Chair - 2017-2019
• United States Government Publishing Office-Regional Federal Depository Libraries Steering Group (REGIL) - 2016-2019