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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 2012/13 association year (president-elect takes office in May 2012). Note: The order of candidate information was determined by a random drawing of names.

To top of page Dixie A. Jones, AHIP

Associate Director, Medical Library, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center–Shreveport, 2009–

To top of page Previous Professional Positions (Last Fifteen Years)

Librarian, Overton Brooks VA Medical Center, Shreveport, LA, 2003–2009; head, Reference Section, Medical Library, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center–Shreveport, 1991–2003.

To top of page MLA Official Activities (Last Fifteen Years)

National: member 1984–; Continuing Education Committee: member 2010–; E-Patient Symposium Planning Committee: member 2009–2010; Nominating Committee: member 1999–2000, 2009–2010; Benchmarking Network Editorial Board: member 2007–2009; MLA/NLM Joint Electronic Personal Health Record Task Force: chair 2007–2008; Task Force on Vital Pathways for Hospital Librarians, Steering Committee: member 2006–2008; MLA treasurer 2005–2007; Board of Directors: member 2004–2007; Ad Hoc Professional Recruitment and Retention Committee: member 2003–2006; Academy of Health Information Professionals: mentor to Provisional Member 2002–2003, 2006–2010; Membership Committee (representing Section Council): member 2001–2004; Task Force to Plan Recruitment for the 21st Century Workforce of Health Information Professionals: member 2001–2003; 1996 and 2002 National Program Committees: member 1994–1996, 2000–2002; Centennial Celebration Fund Raising Team: member 1997–1998; Awards Committee: chair 1999–2000, member 1997–1998. Section: Federal Libraries Section: member 2004–2009; secretary 2007–2009. Hospital Libraries Section: member 1986–; Nominating Committee: member 2002–2003; Strategic Planning Committee: chair 2002–2004. Leadership and Management Section: member 1991–; Leading Edge: coeditor 2001–2006. Public Services Section: member: 1991–2008; Nominating Committee: member 1997–1998. Research Section: member 1996–; research presentations judge 2009–2011; Section Council representative 2000–2003; Research Mentors Program Task Force: member 1999–2001. Section Council: vice-chair 2002–2004; Communications Committee: chair 2002–2004; Section/SIG Review Committee: member 2001–2002. Chapter: South Central Chapter (SCC): 1980–; Credentialing Committee: member 2011– ; Membership Committee: member 2009–2011; Nominating Committee: chair 1997–1998, member 2007–2008; Program Committee: cochair 1996–1997, member 2008–2009; Contributed Paper Subcommittee: chair 2008–2009; Katrina Task Force: member 2005–2006; Communications Committee: chair 2003–2004; Local Arrangements Committee: member 2002–2003; Credentialing Committee: member 1999–2003; ad hoc MLA Centennial/SCC Silver Anniversary Committee: member 1997–1998; Finance Committee: member 1995–1997; president 1996–1997.

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National: Medical Reference Services Quarterly: Editorial Board: member 2008–; Journal of Hospital Librarianship: coeditor, Specialty of the House column 2003–. American Medical Informatics Association: Ethics Committee: member 2010–2011. Regional/State: National Network of Libraries of Medicine, South Central Region: Consumer Health Advisory Committee: member 1999–2001; Document Delivery Committee: member 2007–2009; Louisiana Go Local Advisory Committee: member 2006–2009; Louisiana Regional Advisory Council: member 2007–2009. Health Sciences Library Association of Louisiana: Continuing Education Committee: member 1998. Louisiana Library Association: Executive Board: member 1996–1997; Advisory Committee on Publications: member 1995–1996; Local Arrangements Committee: member 1997–1998; Scholarship Committee: member 1997–2000; Special Committee on Strategic Planning: member 1997–1998; Subject Specialists Section: chair 1996–1997. Local: Central Louisiana Medical Library Consortium: Board of Directors: member 2003–2009; vice president 2007–2009.

To top of page Professional Honors (Last Fifteen Years)

Academy of Health Information Professionals: Distinguished Member 1990–2015. Marquis Who’s Who in America, 2012 edition. MLA/Hospital Libraries Section Professional Development Award 2010; Scroll of Exemplary Service, 2002–. MLA/South Central Chapter William D. Postell, Sr. Professional Development Award 2010; Distinguished Service Award 2003. Overton Brooks VA Medical Center: Special Contribution Award 2004, 2008, 2009. MLA/Research Section Honorable Mention Research Award for coauthorship of contributed paper 2008. Marine Biological Laboratory/National Library of Medicine, Woods Hole, MA, Biomedical Informatics Course: fellow October 2000.

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BA, library science, Louisiana Tech University–Ruston, 1974; MLS, library science, Louisiana State University–Baton Rouge, 1975.

To top of page Publications (Last Five Years)

  • Jones DA, Esparza JM, Duggar DC. Initial entry of knowledge-based information (KBI) into the electronic health record and internal medicine residents’ perceptions of KBI resources in the record. J Hosp Libr 2011;11(4): in press.
  • Jones DA. Library camps and unconferences [book review]. J Med Libr Assoc. 2011 Oct;99(4):323–4. DOI: 10.3163/1536-5050.99.4.016.
  • Jones DA. Human resources management [chapter]. In: Bandy MM, Dudden RF, eds. The Medical Library Association guide to managing health care libraries. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Neal Schuman; 2011. pp. 79–97.
  • Jones DA, Poletti EJ, Stephenson P. Demonstrating the value of library services in South Central VA Health Care Network medical centers. J Hosp Libr 2010;10(3):211–23.
  • Jones DA, Shipman JP, Plaut DA, Selden CR. Characteristics of personal health records (PHRs): findings of the MLA/NLM Joint Electronic Personal Health Record Task Force. J Med Libr Assoc. 2010 Jul;98(3):243–9. DOI: 10.3163/1536-5050.98.3.013.
  • Jones DA. Management of and issues specific to hospital libraries [chapter]. In: Wood MS, ed. Introduction to health sciences librarianship. New York, NY: Haworth Press; 2008. pp. 341–67.

To top of page Cynthia L. Henderson, AHIP

Executive Director of the Louis Stokes Health Sciences Library and Assistant Professor, College of Dentistry, Howard University, Washington, DC, 2010–

To top of page Previous Professional Positions (Last Fifteen Years)

Director of the Morehouse School of Medicine Library (formerly, the Multi-Media Center) and research instructor, Department of Medical Education, 2004–2010, interim director of the Multi-Media Center, July 2004–October 2004, deputy director of the Multi-Media Center, 2000–2004, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA; director of the John A. Graziano Memorial Library and assistant professor, Health and Human Sciences Program, Samuel Merritt College (now Samuel Merritt University), Oakland, CA, 1997–2000; health sciences librarian, Urbana, and assistant professor, University of Illinois–Chicago, Urbana-Champaign, IL, 1995–1997.

To top of page MLA Official Activities (Last Fifteen Years)

National: member 1990–; secretary 2010–2012; Board of Directors: member 2009 – 2012; Fellows Jury: member 2006–2007; Joint MLA/Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) Legislative Task Force: member (MLA representative) 2002–2006; 2002 National Program Committee: member 2000–2002; Bulletin of the Medical Library Association Editorial Board: member 1999–2002; Governmental Relations Committee: member 1997–2000; MLA News: legislative editor 1995–1997. Section: Section Council: Credentialing Committee liaison 2009–2010. Relevant Issues Section: past chair 2009–2010, chair 2008–2009, chair-elect 2007–2008. Educational Media and Technologies Section: Section Council representative 2004–2006; secretary/treasurer 2001–2003; Bylaws Committee: member 1999–2001; newsletter editor 1997–1999. SIG: African American Medical Librarians Alliance SIG: member 1999–, co-convener 2006–2007. Chapter: Mid-Atlantic Chapter: member 2010–. Southern Chapter: member 2000–; Credentialing Committee liaison 2007–2009; Steering Committee for the Joint Meeting with the Mid-Atlantic Chapter held in October 2006, Atlanta, GA: member 2004–2006; Program Committee: member 2005–2006. Northern California and Nevada Medical Library Group (NCNMLG): member 1997–2000; Nominating Committee: elected member 1999–2000; newsletter editor 1998–2000. Midwest Chapter: member 1995–1997; archivist 1997; Archives Committee Member: member 1995–1997.

To top of page Other Professional Activities (Last Fifteen Years)

Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL): institutional representative 2004–; Joint MLA/AAHSL Legislative Task Force: member (AAHSL representative) 2010–2014; Future Leadership Committee: member 2007–2010; Outcomes and Assessment Committee: member 2005–2008. Friends of the National Library of Medicine Board: member 2010–. National Institutes of Health National Library of Medicine PubMed Central National Advisory Committee: member 2008–2012. Catholic University of America School of Library and Information Science Health Information Technology Program: adjunct faculty member 2011–. Historical Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Library Alliance: member 2004–; Board: member 2005–2012; vice chair 2010–2012. Atlanta Regional Consortium of Higher Education (ARCHE) Council of Library Directors: member 2004–2010; Council of Library Directors: member 2008–2009, vice chair 2007–2008. Atlanta/Macon Private Academic Libraries (AMPALS): member 2004–2010; chair 2007–2009. Consortium of Biomedical Libraries in the South (CONBLS): institutional representative 2004–2010; chair 2006–2007, chair elect 2005–2006. Atlanta Health Sciences Libraries Consortium (AHSLC): member 2000–2010. Georgia Health Sciences Libraries Association (GHSLA): member 2000–2010. Journal of the American Medical Association: journal reviewer 1997–2006. National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Southwest Region: Medical Library Regional Advisory Committee: member 1999–2000.

To top of page Professional Honors (Last Fifteen Years)

Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries/National Library of Medicine Leadership Fellows Program: mentor 2010–2011. MLA Academy of Health Information Professionals: Distinguished Member 2004–2014. Marine Biological Laboratory/National Library of Medicine, Woods Hole, MA, Biomedical Informatics Course: fellow fall 2006.

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MILS, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, May 1991; BS, cum laude, Alcorn State University, Lorman, MS, May 1987.

To top of page Publications (Last Five Years)

  • Henderson CL, Kelly DP, Swanson J, Arango XE, Welmaker R. Library disaster and emergency planning [Internet]. Proceedings of the 10th International Congress on Medical Librarianship; Brisbane, Australia; 3 Sep 2009. [cited 31 Aug 2011]. <http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/eserv/UQ:179800/n5_4_Thurs_Henderson_198.pdf>.
  • Henderson CL, Kelly DP, Swanson J, Welmaker R, Arango XE. Project uncover health information databases. J Consumer Health Internet. 2009;13(2):135–42.
  • Henderson CL. Access to medical knowledge: libraries, digitization and the public good [book review]. Libr Q. 2007;77(3):340–2.

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