Candidate Information

President-Elect (one to be elected)

The following candidates have been selected by the MLA Nominating Committee to stand for election for the 2004/05 association year (president-elect takes office in May 2004). Note: the order of candidate information was determined by a random drawing of names.

• Mary Joan (MJ) Tooey, AHIP
• Jean P. Shipman, AHIP

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Mary Joan (MJ) Tooey, AHIP Deputy Director/Director Designate, Health Sciences and Human Services Library, University of Maryland–Baltimore, 1999–

Career Highlights
Currently chair of the MLA 2004 National Program Committee, MJ Tooey has served on the MLA Board of Directors and as chair of Chapter Council. She chaired the MLA/Pew Credible Information Task Force. A Distinguished Member of the Academy of Health Information Professionals, she was the 1997 winner of the Estelle Brodman Award for Academic Medical Librarian of the Year. Tooey has been chair of the Public Services Section and of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of MLA (MAC). She was named MAC Librarian of the Year in 1996 and received their Marguerite Abel Service Recognition Award in 1991. She has over twenty years of experience in both hospital and academic libraries.

Previous Professional Positions
Deputy director, August 1999–; acting assistant director for computing and technology services, August-November 1999; associate director for external services and development, 1997–1999; project manager, New Health Sciences and Human Services Library Building, 1992–1999; assistant director for information and instructional services, 1993–1996; director, Reference and Information Management Services, 1992–1993; assistant director, Information Services; 1989–1992; head, Information Management Education, 1986–1989, Health Sciences and Human Services Library, University of Maryland–Baltimore.

MLA Official Activities
National: member 1985–; 2004 National Program Committee: chair 2001–2004; Annual Meeting Schedule Task Force: member 2001–2002; MLA/PEW Credible Information Task Force: chair 2001–2002; Board of Directors: chapter liaison 1998–2001; Chapter Council: member 1994–1997, chair 1998–2001, chair-elect 1997–1998; Chapter Council Centennial Work Group: chair 1995–1998; 1993 National Program Committee: member, 1990–1993; White House Conference on Library and Information Science Task Force: member 1991–1992. Section: Leadership and Management Section: member 2000–; Leadership Education Chapter Challenge Grant Committee: member 2003–. Medical Informatics Section: member 1993–. Public Services Section: member 1986–2001; chair-elect, chair, past-chair 1995–1998; secretary/treasurer 1990–1992; Nominating Committee, chair 1997–1998. Research Section: member 2000–. Chapter: Mid-Atlantic Chapter (MAC): member 1985–; Strategic Planning Task Force: chair 2001–2002; Local Arrangements Registration Committee: member 2001; Nominating Committee: member 2000; Local Arrangements: cochair 1996; MAC/MLA Centennial Committee: member 1995–1999; Chapter Council: representative 1994–1997; Honors and Awards Committee: chair 1992–1993; MAC nominee to MLA Nominating Committee 1992; Local Arrangements Exhibits Committee: chair 1992; Professional Recognition and Awards: chair 1991–1992; program chair, chair, immediate past chair 1988–1991; Bylaws Committee: chair 1990–1991; Ad Hoc Committee on Archival Materials: member 1990–1991; Governmental Relations Committee: member 1989–1991; Publications Committee: member 1988–1989.

Other Professional Activities
American Library Association: member 1991–; Association of College and Research Libraries: member 1991–; Library Administration and Management Association: member 1991–. Maryland Association of Health Sciences Librarians: member 1985–; Newsletter: coeditor 1988–1992; program chair, chair, immediate past chair 1986–1989. College of Library and Information Science, University of Maryland-College Park: adjunct faculty 1992, 1994 and 1996. Maryland State Department of Education, Division of Library Development and Services: Library Services Construction Act (LSCA) Advisory Committee: member 1991–1995; Task Force for Health Information in Public Libraries: member 1990–1992. White House Conference on Libraries and Information Services: delegate 1991. Maryland Governor's Conference on Libraries and Information Services: delegate 1990.

Professional Honors
Phi Kappa Phi Honorary Fraternity 2001. MLA Estelle Brodman Academic Medical Librarian of the Year 1997. MLA Academy of Health Information Professionals: distinguished member 1996–. Mid-Atlantic Chapter/Medical Library Association: Librarian of the Year 1996; Marguerite Abel Service Recognition Award 1991.

Education
B.S., education (school librarian) with minor in English/communication arts, Clarion University of Pennsylvania (formerly Clarion State College), Clarion, PA, 1976; M.L.S. (with a specialization in Information Science), University of Pittsburgh, 1982.

Publications
Tooey MJ. Handheld technologies in a clinical setting: state of the technology and resources. AACN Clin Issues 2003 Aug;14(3):342–9. Tooey MJ. Review of The Medical Library Association Guide to Managing Health Care Libraries. Bull Med Libr Assoc 2001 Jul;89(3):318–20. Weise FO, Tooey MJ. Planning for health sciences library facilities. In: Forsman R, ed. Administration and management in health sciences libraries. v.8. Metuchan, NJ: Medical Library Association and Scarecrow Press, 2000: 133–72. (Current Practice in Health Sciences Librarianship.) Tooey MJ. Review of Guardians of Medical Knowledge: The Genesis of the Medical Library Association. J Hosp Libr 2001;1(2):104–5. Weise FO, Tooey MJ. The Health Sciences and Human Services Library: this is one sweet library! Bull Med Libr Assoc 1999 Apr;87(2):170–7.

Jean P. Shipman, AHIP Director, Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, and Associate University Librarian, Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries, Virginia Commonwealth University–Richmond, 2000–

Career Highlights
Jean P. Shipman was secretary of the MLA Board of Directors from 2000 to 2002. She was liaison to the Mentoring Task Force, the Task Force to Plan Recruitment for the Twenty-first Century Workforce, and the Membership Committee. She chaired the Informationist Conference Task Force and was associate chair of the 2001 National Program Committee. She is currently a member of the MLA Task Force on the Information Specialist in Context and the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) Statistics Editorial Board. Shipman is editing a themed 2004 issue of Reference Services Review, which highlights the emerging roles of health sciences librarians.

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; coordinator, Resources Management, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Southeastern/Atlantic Region, Health Sciences Library, University of Maryland-Baltimore, 1990–1993. library and audiovisual services manager, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, 1988–1990.

MLA Official Activities
National: member 1980–; Information Specialist in Context Implementation Task Force: member 2003–2005; Nominating Committee: member 2002–2003; Task Force to Plan Recruitment of the 21st Century Workforce of Health Information Professionals: board liaison and member 2001–2003; Chapter Sharing Roundtable: 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/AAHSL Leadership Reconsidered Symposium Planning Team: member 2001–2002; 2002 Program Committee: member 2001–2002. Medical Informatics Section: member 1989–. Chapter: Mid Atlantic Chapter: member 1981–1993, 2000–, chair-elect/1993, program chair1992–1993; 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; MAC nominee to MLA Nominating Committee Candidates 1987–1988; Pacific Northwest Chapter: member 1993–2000. Southern Chapter: member 1991–1999.

Other Professional Activities
Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) Annual Statistics Editorial Board of Directors: member 2003–. Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries Editorial Board: member 2003–. Regional Advisory Council (RAC), Southeastern/Atlantic Regional Medical Library, National Network of Libraries of Medicine: member 2001–. North America Serials Interest Group (NASIG): member 1995–2002. Special Library 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, 1987–88; 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–.

Education
B.A., Biology, Gettysburg College, 1979; M.S.L.S., Case Western Reserve University, 1980.

Publications
Shipman JP, Watstein SB. Emerging roles of health sciences librarians (special themed issue). Ref Serv Rev 2004;32(1):[in press]. Shipman JP. Document delivery suppliers. [Web document.] 1995– (updated continually). [cited 14 Oct 2003]. <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. Libr J 2003 Apr;128(6):4950. 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. Shipman JP, Wright BA, Separ KR. Hypertension resources: an overview of Web resources. Health Care on the Internet 2001;5(3):41–8. Shipman JP, Gembala WL, Reeder JM, Zick BA, Rainwater MJ. Desktop document delivery using portable document format (PDF) files and the Web. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1998 Jul;86(3):307–15.

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