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MLA President 2006/07

2006 Inaugural | Priorities | Activities and Accomplishments
Jean Mapping | JMLA Biography | President's Home

Activities and Professional Accomplishments

Previous Professional Positions

Associate director, Information Resources Management, 1995–2000, acting head, Access Services, 1993–1995, outreach information services librarian, 1993–1995, Health Sciences Libraries, University of Washington–Seattle, WA; coordinator, Resources Management, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Southeastern/Atlantic Region, Health Sciences Library, University of Maryland–Baltimore, 1990–1993; hospital library and audiovisual services manager, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, 1988–1990.

MLA Official Activities

National: member 1980–; Task Force on the Information Specialist in Context: member 2003–2005; Nominating Committee: member 2002–2003; Task Force to Plan Recruitment for the Twenty-first Century Workforce: board liaison and member 2001–2003; chapter roundtables: facilitator 2003, 2002, 2001; Informationist Conference Task Force: chair 2001–2002; Board of Directors: secretary 2000–2002, member 1999–2002; Membership Committee: board liaison 1999–2002; 2001 National Program Committee: associate chair 1998–2001; Mentoring Program Task Force: board liaison 1999–2001; 1998 National Program Committee: member 1994–1998; Ida and George Eliot Prize Jury: chair 1992–1993, member 1991–1992. Section: Public Services Section: member 1988–; secretary/treasurer 1998–2000; Access Services Special Interest Group: chair 1996–1998; 1996 Program Planning Committee: member 1995–1996. Leadership and Management Section: member 2001-; MLA/Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) Leadership Reconsidered Symposium Planning Team: member 2001–2002; 2002 Program Committee: member 2001–2002. Medical Informatics Section: member 1989-. Chapter: Mid-Atlantic Chapter (MAC): member 1981–1993, 2000–; chair-elect/1993 program chair October 1992-March 1993, secretary 1991–1992; Honors and Awards Committee: board liaison 1992–1993; Financial Planning Committee: member 1991; Local Arrangements Committee, Annual Meeting: cochair 1990–1992; Nominating Committee: member 1990; Program Committee: member 1989; MLA Nominating Committee: MAC nominee 1987–1988. Pacific Northwest Chapter: member 1993–2000. Southern Chapter: member 1991–1999.

To top of page Other Professional Activities

AAHSL Annual Statistics Editorial Board of Directors: member 2003–. Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries Editorial Board: member 2003–. National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Southeastern/Atlantic Regional Medical Library, Regional Advisory Council (RAC): member 2001–. North America Serials Interest Group (NASIG): member 1995–2002. Special Libraries Association: member 1993-1997; Pacific Northwest Chapter: member 1993–1997; Employment Committee: member 1994–1997; Library Management Section: member 1993–1997. Washington Medical Library Association: member 1993–2000; Semi-Annual Meeting Program Committee: member 1996. Seattle Area Health Library Consortium (SAHLC): treasurer 1995. International Congress of Medical Librarianship Special Presentations Committee: member 1993–1995. Maryland Association of Health Sciences Librarians: member 1981–1993, president 1990–1991, vice-president, program chair 1989–1990, treasurer/membership chair 1989–1990, 1987–1988; Professional Development Award Committee: chair 1991–1992; Bylaws Committee: chair 1991–1992, member 1988; Strategic Planning Committee: chair 1990–1991; Finance Committee: member 1990–1991.

Professional Honors

Emerald Literati Club Award for Excellence, Reference Services Review Outstanding Paper 2002; Academy of Health Information Professionals: distinguished member, 1991–; Beta Phi Mu: 1980–. Beta Beta Beta, Biology Honor Society: 1977–.

To top of page Education

BA, biology, Gettysburg College, 1979; MSLS, Case Western Reserve University, 1980.

Publications

Shipman JP, Daly DC, Henry JK. Partnering with the community: a woman's health network for multicultural communities. J Consumer Health on the Internet 2004;8(4):[in press].

Jones S, Shipman JP. Health information referral project: librarians and physicians collaborate to empower patients with quality health information. Virginia Libraries 2004 Apr/May/Jun;50(2):11–6.

Shipman JP, Watstein SB, eds. Emerging roles of health sciences librarians [special themed issue]. Ref Serv Rev 2004 Jan;32(1).

Shipman JP. Why emerging roles for health sciences librarians? Ref Serv Rev 2004 Jan;32(1):9–12.

Shipman JP. Document delivery suppliers. [Web document]. 1995– (updated continually). <http://www.library.vcu.edu/tml/docsupp/>.

Shipman J, Homan M. Medicine's library lifeline: librarians in the new role of "informationist" can help doctors and researchers stay ahead of the curve and may help save lives along the way. Lib J 2003 Apr;128(6):49–50.

Martin ER, Brown HA, Epstein BA, Lipscomb CE, Riley RA, Shipman JP. The leadership reconsidered symposium: report. J Med Libr Assoc 2003 Apr;91(2):251–7.

Shipman JP, Cunningham DJ, Holst R, Watson LA. The informationist conference: report. J Med Libr Assoc 2002 Oct;90(4):458–64.

Shipman JP, Morton AC. The new black bag: PDAs, health care, and library services. Ref Serv Rev 2001;29(3):229–37 (Emerald Literati Club Award for Excellence).

Shipman JP, Wright BA, Separ KR. Hypertension resources: an overview of Web resources. Health Care on the Internet 2001;5(3):41–8

2006 Inaugural | Priorities | Activities and Accomplishments
Jean Mapping | JMLA Biography | President's Home

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