Profile: Jorge E. Perez
Jorge E. Perez joined the University of Miami at the Louis Calder Memorial Library at the Miller School of Medicine in February 2022 as the Instructional and Information Services Librarian and recently began a new role in May of 2024 as Emerging Technologies Librarian.
Before joining UM, Jorge served as the Digital Learning and Information Technology Librarian at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University (FIU) Medical Library. He has worked in academic libraries for over twenty years serving diverse students with their research needs while infusing emerging technologies into their learning experiences.
Jorge has attained an Educational Specialty Degree (EdS) from the Teaching and Learning program at FIU, a Master's of Science in Counseling and Psychology from TROY University, and a Master's of Library and Information Science from the University of South Florida (USF).
Jorge has been awarded the Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP) Distinguished Level certification and has Consumer Health Level II specialization through the Medical Library Association (MLA).
Before joining UM, Jorge served as the Digital Learning and Information Technology Librarian at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University (FIU) Medical Library. He has worked in academic libraries for over twenty years serving diverse students with their research needs while infusing emerging technologies into their learning experiences.
Jorge has attained an Educational Specialty Degree (EdS) from the Teaching and Learning program at FIU, a Master's of Science in Counseling and Psychology from TROY University, and a Master's of Library and Information Science from the University of South Florida (USF).
Jorge has been awarded the Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP) Distinguished Level certification and has Consumer Health Level II specialization through the Medical Library Association (MLA).