The University of Iowa Libraries

Science Education & Outreach Librarian
Physics Library
350 Van Allen Hall
(319) 335-3024
kari-kozak@uiowa.edu

Liaison Departments

• Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Geosciences
• Mathamatical Sciences
• Physics & Astronomy

Education:

• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
  • Master of Science in Library Science
    
• Iowa State University, Ames, IA
  • Bachelor of Science in Meteorology
    • Secondary Major in Environmental Studies
      

Publications:

• Sare, Laura and Kari A. Kozak. Researching Climate Change: Tends in US Government Publications.(In Press)
  


• Gutowski, W., K. Kozak, R. Arritt, J. Christensen, J. Patton, and E. Takle. A Possible Constraint on Regional Precipitation Intensity Changes under Global Warming. Journal of Hydrometeorology 8(Dec, 2007): 1382-1396.
  


• Master’s Paper: The Usage of Databases and Electronic Journals by Atmospheric Scientists
  


• Bachelor’s Thesis: Comparison of NEXRAD Stage IV Precipitation Analysis to Observed Precipitation using ArcGIS

Presentations:

• Kozak, Kari A. Science and Weather. Presentation. Iowa Book Festival. Univeristy of Iowa. July 18, 2009.
  Bibliography
  


• Kozak, Kari A. Star Charts. Presentation. Hour of Astronomy At the University of Iowa Libraries. April 3, 2009
  


• Kozak, Kari A. “Reference Books” Atmospheric Sciences 101 Workshop. Presentation. 12th Atmospheric Science Librarians International Annual Meeting, 89th Annual American Meteorological Society Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, January 13, 2009.
  


• Kozak, Kari A. and Laura Sare. “Researching Climate Change: Trends in U.S. Government Publications” Poster Session. American Library Association Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA. June 29, 2008.
  


• Kozak, Kari A. “The Usage of Article Databases and Electronic Journals by Academic Atmospheric Scientists”. Presentation. 11th Atmospheric Science Librarians International Annual Meeting, 88th Annual American Meteorological Society Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 23, 2008.
  


• Kozak, Kari A. “The Usage of Article Databases and Electronic Journals by Academic Atmospheric Scientists”. Presentation. Texas A&M University Libraries: Research Forum 2007, College Station, TX, November 2, 2007.
  


• Burk, William R., Kozak, Kari A., Shearer, Tim, Barnes, Mary Katherine, and Copenhaver, Gregory P. “Archiving Scientific Literature through the Digitization of the Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science”. Poster session. LANC-CH Annual Research Forum 2007, Chapel Hill, NC, May 23, 2007.
  


• Kozak, Kari A. “From the Warehouse to the Information Super-highway: Digitizing NOAA Documents”. Presentation. 10th Atmospheric Science Librarians International Annual Meeting. 87th Annual American Meteorological Society Meeting, San Antonio, TX, January 17, 2007