MLA President 2002/03

Linda Anne Watson, AHIP Activities and Professional Accomplishments Director, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library; Lecturer, School of Medicine Department of Health Evaluation Sciences, University of Virginia-Charlottesville, 1990-

Previous Professional Positions
Associate executive director for library operations 1989-1990; associate director for public services 1986-1989; director, Information Services 1985-1986; Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library, Houston, Texas; various positions at the National Library of Medicine, 1976-1985.

MLA Official Activities
National: Board of Directors: member 1996-1999; treasurer, 1997-1999; 1995 National Program Committee: chair 1992-1995; 1991 National Program Committee: member 1989-1991; Consulting Editors Panel for the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association: member 1986-1989; ISI/Frank Bradway Rogers Information Advancement Award Jury: member 1986-1988, chair 1987-1988; MLA News "Media News" column: editor 1984-1985. Section: Medical Informatics Section: member 1990-; Hospital Libraries Section: member 1990-; Leadership and Management (formerly Medical School Libraries) Section: member 1985-, treasurer 1988-1990; Research Section: member 1997-. Chapter: Mid-Atlantic Chapter: member 1990-.

Other Professional Activities
National Library of Medicine PubMedCentral National Advisory Committee, member 2002-; Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries: member 1990-; AAHSL Future Leadership Task Force, member 2001-; Annual Statistics of Medical School Libraries in the United States & Canada: Editorial Board: member 1997-1999; Joint Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries/MLA Legislative Task Force: vice chair 1990-1994; Association of American Medical Colleges/Group on Information Resources: University of Virginia School of Medicine representative 1999-; Virginia State Networking Users Advisory Board: member 1994-1997; Virginia Council of Health Sciences Librarians: member 1990-, chair 1991-1994; National Library of Medicine: Planning Panel on the Education and Training of Health Sciences Librarians: member 1993-1994; American Medical Informatics Association: member 1990-; Health Sciences Communications Association: member 1977-1986, Board of Directors 1981-1983; Journal of Biocommunication: Editorial Review Board: member 1980-1985, Bylaws Revision Committee: chair 1982-1984, Membership Committee: chair 1982; HeSCA/NLM Liaison Committee: member 1977-1985.

Professional Honors
Academy of Health Information Professionals: distinguished member 1990-; Mid-Atlantic Chapter/MLA Librarian of the Year 1995; University of Virginia Executive Leadership Network 1997-; Frye Institute, 2001.

Education
B.A., French, University of Connecticut-Storrs, 1973; M.L.S., Simmons College School of Library Science, Boston, MA, 1974; postgraduate internship, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, 1975-1976.

Publications
Watson L. Health sciences environment. In: McClure L, ed. Health sciences environment and librarianship. New York, NY: Forbes Custom Publishing, 1999 (Current practice in health sciences librarianship, v.7). Grandage KK, Watson L. Partnering for better health care: the role of academic health sciences librarians. Virginia Libraries 1999 Apr/May/Jun;45(2):8-9. Watson L, Arnold GN, Banner EM, Robinson JG, Self PC. Library outreach across the Commonwealth: pathways to improved health. Virginia Medical Quarterly 1996 Jul/Aug/Sep;123(3):173-5. McCall K, Watson L. The Virginia Medical Information System Project: a network in the making. Virginia Libraries 1996 Apr/May/Jun;42(2):15-7. Humphries AW, Kochi JK, Watson L. Seizing golden opportunities: making health care information available at the point of need through networked resources. Virginia Librarian 1994 Apr/May/Jun;40(2):5-8. Watson L, Jenkins C. Health care reform and the health sciences librarian: get involved now. MLA News 1994 May;265:8-9.