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MLA Awards the Best of 2004

Each year, MLA gives a variety of awards, grants, and scholarships to individuals in recognition and support of the valuable contributions they have made to the health sciences librarianship profession. From research and instruction to outstanding service and leadership, MLA's professional recognition program supports and encourages the best and brightest in the field. Congratulations to the 2004 winners and nominees!

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Estelle Brodman Award for the Academic Medical Librarian of the Year
Kathryn (Katy) W. Nesbit, AHIP (posthumously)

Lois Ann Colaianni Award for Excellence and Achievement in Hospital Librarianship
Christine Chastain-Warheit, AHIP, Medical Library, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE

Louise Darling Medal for Distinguished Achievement in Collection Development in the Health Sciences
Gayle Willard, AHIP, Veterinary Medical Library, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University-Manhattan

Janet Doe Lectureship for 2005
Fred W. Roper, AHIP, FMLA, retired, College of Library and Information Science, University of South Carolina-Columbia

Ida and George Eliot Prize
Eileen Abels, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland-College Park; Keith Cogdill, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; and Lisl Zach, School of Library and Information Science, Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge, for "The Contributions of Library and Information Services to Hospitals and Academic Health Sciences Centers: A Preliminary Taxonomy"

Murray Gottlieb Prize
Beth Wagner, Division of Diagnostic Imaging Library, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center-Houston, for "History of Tumor Measurement Using Radiographs"

Joseph Leiter NLM/MLA Lectureship
Donald Henderson, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, for "Surveillance for Disease, Detection, Eradication and Biodefense"

Majors/MLA Chapter Project of the Year Award
Pacific Northwest Chapter of MLA for their innovative continuing education class on survey basics using survey software for librarians at both the chapter and national level

Lucretia W. McClure Excellence in Education Award
Janis Glover, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, and Kathryn (Katy) W. Nesbit, AHIP (posthumously)

MLA Award for Distinguished Public Service
The Honorable Arlen Specter (R), US Senate, Pennsylvania

Marcia C. Noyes Award
Nancy M. Lorenzi, AHIP, FMLA, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

President's Award
Martha R. Fishel and Betsy L. Humphreys, AHIP, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD

Rittenhouse Award
Derek Hansen, School of Information,University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, for "Adolescent Health Information Seeking on the Web: A Multidisciplinary Review"

Thomson ISI/Frank Bradway Rogers Information Advancement Award
Joyce E. B. Backus, Paula Kitendaugh, Lori J. Klein, Eve-Marie Lacroix, Wei Ma, Jennifer Marill, and Naomi Miller, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD

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  • Thomas G. Basler, FMLA, Medical Library, Medical University of South Carolina-Charleston
  • Carole M. Gilbert, AHIP, FMLA, Helen L. DeRoy Medical Library, Providence Hospital and Medical Center, Southfield, MI
  • Henry L. Lemkau Jr., FMLA, Louis Calder Memorial Library, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL
  • Faith A. Meakin, AHIP, FMLA, Health Science Center Libraries, University of Florida-Gainesville
  • Diane G. Schwartz, AHIP, FMLA, Kaleida Health Libraries, Kaleida Health, Buffalo, NY

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MLA is pleased to announce the winners of its 2004 grants and scholarships. The association will recognize these achievements during MLA '04 in Washington, DC, at the Awards Ceremony and Luncheon.

Continuing Education Grant
Bette Sydelko, AHIP, Fordham Health Sciences Library, Wright State University, Dayton, OH

2005 Cunningham Memorial International Fellowship
Raphael E. Euppah, Library, The Nairobi Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya (Alternate: Ayokangun Dimeji Onatola, Lagos, Nigeria)

EBSCO/MLA Annual Meeting Grant

  • Jon Crossno, AHIP, Library, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center-Dallas
  • Anne Heimann, AHIP, Library, BryanLGH Medical Center/BryanLGH College of Health Sciences, Lincoln, NE
  • Misa Mi, AHIP, Medical Library, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI
  • Lin Wu, Health Sciences Center Library, University of Tennessee-Memphis

Hospital Libraries Section/MLA Professional Development Grant
Lisa Blackwell, Grant Morrow, MD, Library, Columbus Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH and Pamela Barnard, AHIP, Library Services, Alina Hospitals and Clinics, Minneapolis, MN

David A. Kronick Traveling Fellowship
Ellen T. Crumley, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta-Edmonton, Canada

Donald A.B. Lindberg Research Fellowship
Timothy B. Patrick, Health Management and Informatics, School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia

Medical Informatics Section/MLA Career Development Grant
Margaret Gorman, Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona-Tucson, and Sara Anne Hook, School of Informatics, Indiana University-Indianapolis

MLA Research, Development, and Demonstration Project Grant
Ellen T. Crumley, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta-Edmonton, Canada

MLA Scholarship
Amanda Biggins, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign

MLA Scholarship for Minority Students
Rebecca Davies-Venn, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland-College Park


For consideration for 2005 awards, applications must be received by November 1, 2004. Grants and scholarship applications must be received by December 1, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

Questions should be directed to Lisa C. Fried, mlapd2@mlahq.org, 312.419.9094 x28.

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