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!
Awards
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
Fellowships
- 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
Grants and Scholarships
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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