MLA President 2003/04

Patricia L. Thibodeau, AHIP Activities and Professional Accomplishments Associate Dean for Library Services, Medical Center Library, Duke University, Durham, NC, 2000–

Previous Professional Positions
Acting director, Duke University Medical Center Library, Durham, NC, 1999–2000; associate director, Duke University Medical Center Library, Durham, NC, 1993–2000; director, Division of Information Services, Mountain Area Health Education Center, Asheville, NC,1990–1993; director, Information & Media Services, Mountain Area Health Education Center, Asheville, NC, 1983–1990.

MLA Official Activities
National: Bylaws Committee: member 2000–2001, chair 2001–; Nominating Committee: member 2001, 1995; Section Council: Web manager 1995–; Board of Directors: member 1996–1999; Section Council: chair 1996–1999, chair-elect 1995–1996; Academy of Health Information Professionals Mentor Program: member1995–1998; 1995 National Program Committee: member 1992–1995; Task Force on Certification of Hospital Libraries: member 1995–1996; Governance Task Force: member 1996; Oral History Committee: board liaison 1996–1998; Section Council Communication Committee: member 1991–1992, chair 1995–1996; Section Council Standards Committee: member 1991–1992, chair 1993–1995. Section: Leadership and Management Section: member 1993–, Bylaws Committee: chair 2000–; Hospital Libraries Section: member 1980–, Section Council representative 1993–1996, Section Council alternate 1990–1993, Automation Committee: chair 1988–1991, 1992–1993; Educational and Media Technologies Section: member 1984–, secretary/editor 1984–1988, Professional Concerns Committee: chair 1989–1991; Public Services Section: member 1993–; Technical Services Section: member 1994–; Medical Informatics: member 2000–. Chapter: Mid-Atlantic Chapter: member 1983–, Local Arrangements Committee Registration Committee:co-chair 1998–1999, Roundtable facilitator 1995–1996, 1994 Annual Meeting Local Arrangements Committee: chair 1993–1994.

Other Professional Activities
Association of Academic Health Science Libraries: member 1999–, Future Leadership Task Force: member 2000–; American Library Association: member 1976–; Association of North Carolina Health and Sciences Libraries: member 1983–, president 1985; Durham County Library Association: member 1993–; Educause: member 2000–; North Carolina Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Digital Library and Resource System Planning Committee: member 1998–, Selection Committee: chair 2000–2001; North Carolina AHEC Statewide Meeting Planning Committee: member 1992–1993, 1995–1996; North Carolina AHEC Statewide Electronic Network Task Force: member 1996–1998; North Carolina Health Information and Communication Association, Knowledge Resource Committee: member 1999–2000; North Carolina Library Association: member 1983–; North Carolina State Library Technology and Services Act Advisory Committee: member 2000–, chair 2001–; Special Libraries Association: member 1976–.

Professional Honors
Academy of Health Information Professionals: member 1989–1994, distinguished member 1994–; Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), Woods Hole, MA, Medical Informatics MBL/NLM Course Fellow, Certificate, spring course 2000; Certificate of Health Sciences Librarianship 1980–1988; Beta Gamma Sigma, the National Honor Society in Business and Management 1991; Beta Phi Mu 1975; University of Rhode Island Scholastic Excellence Award 1975; Phi Beta Kappa 1974; Pi Gamma Mu National Social Sciences Honor Society 1973.

Education
B.A., history, University of New Hampshire–Durham, 1974; M.L.S., University of Rhode Island–Kingston, 1976; M.B.A., Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC, 1991.

Publications
Melamut SJ, Thibodeau PL. Medical research for the legal world. Spectrum 2000 Jun;4(9):10–1,17. Melamut SJ, Thibodeau PL, Albright ED. Fair use or not use: that is the electronic reserves question. J Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Information Supply 2000;11(1):3–28. Thibodeau PL, Melamut SJ. Ergonomics in the electronic library. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1995 Jul;83(3):322–9.