Staff Profiles

Joseph H. Richard, MLIS
Institutional Repository and Instruction Librarian | Colorado Campus
Frank Ritchel Ames Memorial Library
jrichard@rvu.edu• (720) 875-2427 • Library 107

Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS)
University of Denver
Denver, CO
2016

Bachelor of Arts
History,
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana, PA
2012

Repository & Instruction Librarian
(2023-Present)
Frank Rithcel Ames Memorial Library
Rocky Vista University

Outreach Coordinator
(2017-2023)
Frank Ritchel Ames Memorial Library
Rocky Vista University

Circulation Clerk
(2016-2017)
Frank Ritchel Ames Memorial Library
Rocky Vista University

FCM Module Instructor
(2023-Present)

Guest Instructor
3rd-yr Surgery Course
(2018 - 2023)

Medicine in Film
Co-Director
(2020-Present)

Employee Events Committee
Chair
Rocky Vista University
(2019-Present)

Outreach Committee
Chair
Colorado Council of Medical Librarians
(2020-Present)

Tuition Reimbursement Committee
Rocky Vista University
(2019-Present)

Designing on a Budget: Using LibGuides to Transform Our Library's Website, ALA-Mid Winter, 2018

Colorado Council of Medical Librarian
(2018-Present)

Midcontinental Chapter of the Medical Library Association
(2021-2022)

Joseph Richard, MLIS is originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has lived in Colorado since 2014. He completed his Masters of Library and Information Science from the University of Denver in 2016, and a B.A. in History from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 2012. Joseph has been the Outreach Coordinator at the Frank Ritchel Ames Memorial Library in Colorado since 2017. As the Outreach Coordinator, he works across-campus to connect RVU's community members with library services and information resources. 

Joseph spends most of his free-time away from work watching B-Horror movies on Shudder and exploring all that Colorado has to offer.