Karen A. Butter, ML

University of California, Berkeley, AB, 1970 Sociology
Emporia State University, ML, 1972, Library Science

• 1972-74
  Reference Librarian, St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri
• 1974-78
  Extension Librarian, Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
• 1978-83
  Head Public Services, Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
• 1983-85
  Administrative Manager, NLM-IAIMS Contract, Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
• 1986-90
  Associate Director for Information Systems & Services, William H. Welch Medical Library, The Johns Hopkins University
• 1990-92
  Deputy Director & Research Associate, William H. Welch Medical Library, The Johns Hopkins University
• 1992-93
  Director, Information Resources & Services, Library & Center for Knowledge Management, UCSF
• 1993-2000
  Deputy Director, Library & Center for Knowledge Management, UCSF
• 1998-2000
  Acting University Librarian, Library & Center for Knowledge Management, UCSF
• 2000-present
  University Librarian and Assistant Vice Chancellor, Library Services and Instructional Technology, UCSF

• 1990
  Distinguished Member, Medical Library Association 2003-04
  NLM/AAHSL Leadership Fellows Program

• SCHMIDT H, BUTTER KA, RIDER C, "Building Digital Tobacco Industry Document Libraries at the University of California, San Francisco Library/Center for Knowledge Management." D-Lib Magazine. September 2002 http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september02/schmidt/09schmidt.html
• BUTTER KA, The Library in the Digital Age. Trends in Cell Biology. 1997 Oct:7:414-416.
• BUTTER K, CHANDLER R, KUNZE J. "The Cigarette Papers: Issues in Publishing Materials in Multiple Formats." D-Lib Magazine. November 1996. http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november96/11butter.html
• BUTTER, KA. Book Review: "Networked Scholarly Publishing." Bulletin of the Medical Library Association. 1996 Jul:84(3)449-451.
• BUTTER, KA. Resource Sharing. DLA Bulletin. 1994 Spr;14(1):12-13.
• BUTTER, KA. Medical Informatics Column. Red Sage: The next step in delivery of electronic journals. Medical Reference Services Quarterly. 1994 Fall;13(3):75-81.
• BUTTER KA. The next step in electronic publishing: Red Sage and TULIP. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Electronic Publishing. Tokyo, Japan:USACO, 1994:1-16.
• BUTTER KA. "New Technologies: Now and the Future." In: Wood S, ed. Current Practices in Health Sciences Librarianship. Volume I: Reference. Scarecrow Press. 1994.
• MATHESON NW, BUTTER KA. "Medical Libraries." In: Lester, J. ed. Libraries and Information Services Today. The Yearly Chronicle. Chicago: ALA. 1991.
• MATHESON NW, LUCIER RE, REYNOLDS RE, BUTTER KA. "The Expanding Role of Libraries in the Academic Health Center." In: Arms, C, ed. Campus Strategies for Libraries and Electronic Information. Bedford, MA:Digital Education Corporation, 1991:274-304.
• BUTTER KA. Book Review: "Public Access Microcomputers in Academic Libraries: the Mann Library Model at Cornell University." Information Processing and Management. 1989 (2);25:219.
• BUTTER KA. "Links for the Future: the Hopkins IAIMS Model." Library Technical Services Quarterly. 1988 Oct;6:41-50.
• LUCIER RE, MATHESON NW, BUTTER KA, REYNOLDS RE. "The Knowledge Workstation: an Electronic Environment for Knowledge Management. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association. 1988 Jul;76(3):248-55.
• PEAY WJ, BUTTER KA, DOUGHERTY NE. "IAIMS and the Library at the University of Utah." Bulletin of the Medical Library Association. 1986 Jul;74(3):238-42.
• BUTTER KA, ed. University of Utah Health Sciences Center. "IAIMS - Integrated Academic Information Management System. Final Report. Strategic Planning. Phase I." 1985.
• PEAY WJ, BUTTER KA, ELLIS S. "Production of a Union List of Serials using the PHILSOM Serials System." Bulletin of the Medical Library Association. 1984 Jan;72(1):28-29.