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Awards

MLA Awards
The Best of 2005

Each year, MLA gives a variety of awards, grants, and scholarships to individuals in recognition and support of the valuable contributions they have made to the health sciences librarianship profession. From research and instruction to outstanding service and leadership, MLA's professional recognition program supports and encourages the best and brightest in the field. Congratulations to the 2005 winners and nominees!

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Estelle Brodman Award for the Academic Medical Librarian of the Year

Michele Tennant, AHIP, Health Science Center Libraries and University of Florida Genetics Institute, University of Florida-Gainesville

Lois Ann Colaianni Award for Excellence and Achievement in Hospital Librarianship

Mary Fran Prottsman, AHIP, Medical Library, Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Jackson, MS

Louise Darling Medal for Distinguished Achievement in Collection Development in the Health Sciences

Deborah Blecic, AHIP, Richard J. Daley Library, University of Illinois-Chicago

Janet Doe Lectureship for 2006

Julie J. McGowan, AHIP, FMLA, Ruth Lilly Medical Library, Indiana University-Indianapolis

Ida and George Eliot Prize

Pamela Sherwill-Navarro, AHIP, Health Science Center Libraries, University of Florida-Gainesville, and Addajane Wallace, AHIP, Medical Library, Halifax Medical Center, Daytona Beach, FL, for "Research on the Value of Medical Library Services: Does It Make an Impact in the Health Care Literature?"

Murray Gottlieb Prize

Ursula Ellis, AHIP, Robert M. Bird Library, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center-Oklahoma City, for "The Japanese Adoption of Western Medicine: From Sakoku to the Meiji Era"

Joseph Leiter NLM/MLA Lectureship

Joycelyn Elders, former US surgeon general and retired, University of Arkansas Medical Center-Little Rock

Majors/MLA Chapter Project of the Year Award

Pacific Northwest Chapter of MLA for their innovative e-journal group project on consortial buying for librarians at both the chapter and national level

Lucretia W. McClure Excellence in Education Award

Jo Dorsch, AHIP, Library of the Health Sciences-Peoria, University of Illinois-Chicago

Marcia C. Noyes Award

Judith Messerle, AHIP, FMLA, retired, Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, MA

President's Award

Patricia L. Thibodeau, AHIP, Medical Center Library, Duke University, Durham, NC; Linda A. Watson, AHIP, FMLA, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, University of Virginia Health System-Charlottesville; and Carla J. Funk, CAE, Medical Library Association, Chicago, IL

Rittenhouse Award

Ann Bett-Madhavan, College of Information Science and Technology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, for "The Information Needs of Medical Journalists: A Role for Information Specialists"

Thomson Scientific/Frank Bradway Rogers Information Advancement Award

Arizona Health Information Network (AZHIN)

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  • Julie J. McGowan, AHIP, FMLA, Ruth Lilly Medical Library, Indiana University-Indianapolis
  • Kent A. Smith, FMLA, retired, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD
  • Julia F. Sollenberger, AHIP, FMLA, Edward G. Miner Library, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
  • Linda A. Watson, AHIP, FMLA, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, University of Virginia Health System-Charlottesville
  • Gail A. Yokote, AHIP, FMLA, Peter J. Shields Library, University of California-Davis

To top of page Grants and Scholarships

MLA is pleased to announce the winners of its 2005 grants and scholarships. The association will recognize these achievements during MLA '05 in San Antonio, TX at the Awards Ceremony and Luncheon.

Continuing Education Award

Andrea Ketchum, AHIP, Health Sciences Library System, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

2006 Cunningham Memorial International Fellowship

Hanne Caspersen, State and University Library, Aarhus, Denmark

EBSCO/MLA Annual Meeting Grant
  • Kelly Klinke, Medical Library, Liberty Hospital, Liberty, MO
  • Molly J. Montgomery, AHIP, Library, American Heart Association, Richardson, TX
  • Carolyn M. Papa, Library and Community Resource Center, All Saints Healthcare, Racine, WI
  • Paula Whannell, Health Sciences Library, Iowa Methodist Medical Center—Des Moines
Hospital Libraries Section/MLA Professional Development Grant

Marcy Brown, Health Sciences Library, Forbes Regional Hospital, Monroeville, PA, and Sharon Kambeitz, AHIP, Library Services, Allina Hospitals and Clinics, St. Paul, MN

David A. Kronick Traveling Fellowship

Kristine M. Alpi, AHIP, Public Health Library, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY

Donald A. B. Lindberg Research Fellowship

Yin Aphinyanaphongs, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Medical Informatics Section/MLA Career Development Grant

Ruiling Guo, AHIP, Idaho Health Sciences Library, Idaho State University-Pocatello, and Christine F. Marton, College of Information Studies, University of British Columbia-Vancouver, Canada

MLA Research, Development, and Demonstration Project Grant

Peggy Mullaly-Quijas, AHIP, Health Sciences Library, University of Missouri-Kansas City

MLA Scholarship

Teresa Hammett, College of Information, Florida State University-Tallahassee

MLA Scholarship for Minority Students

Shamsha Damani, School of Library and Information Sciences, University of North Texas-Denton


For consideration for 2006 awards, applications must be received by November 1, 2005. Grants and scholarship applications must be received by December 1, 2005, unless otherwise noted.

Questions should be directed to Lisa C. Fried, mlapd2@mlahq.org, 312.419.9094 x28.
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