Joy Harriman has worked for over 20 years in the health care industry in marketing, library and information management, training, and research. She is currently the Medical Librarian at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions in Provo, UT. She was formerly the director of the Medical Library at the Mobile Infirmary, in Mobile, AL, and a consultant with Right Management Consultants, Inc. She was the CEO of InfoResearch, an information brokerage specializing in business, legal, and medical information located in Mobile, AL. Previously she was the Associate Director, Library of the Health Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) of the Permian Basin, Odessa, TX and an adjunct faculty member at the Physician Assistant Program, TTUHSC, in Midland, Texas. 

Ms. Harriman’s book, Creating Your Library’s Business Plan: A How-To-Do-It Manual, was published March 2008. Harriman graduated the University of West Florida, Florida State University, and the University of South Alabama. She holds a B.A. in Journalism and Communication.