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Awards

MLA Awards
The Best of 2007

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 2007 winners and nominees!

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Estelle Brodman Award for the Academic Medical Librarian of the Year

Jan LaBeause, AHIP, Medical Library and Learning Resources Center, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, GA

Lois Ann Colaianni Award for Excellence and Achievement in Hospital Librarianship

Ethel Madden, Medical Library and Archives, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA

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

Esther Carrigan, AHIP, Medical Sciences Library, Texas A&M University–College Station

Janet Doe Lectureship for 2008

Thomas G. Basler, FMLA, MUSC Library, Medical University of South Carolina–Charleston

Murray Gottlieb Prize

Elizabeth Connor, AHIP, Daniel Library, The Citadel, Charleston, SC, for "The Body Politic: The Contributions of Physician-Patriot Joseph Warren"

T. Mark Hodges International Service Award

T. Mark Hodges, FMLA, Annette and Irwin Eskind Biomedical Library, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (posthumously)

Joseph Leiter NLM/MLA Lectureship

Kent A. Smith, FMLA, retired, National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD

Majors/MLA Chapter Project of the Year Award

Upstate New York and Ontario Chapter of MLA for their innovative survey on membership recruitment and retention in the Academy of Health Information Professionals at both the chapter and national level

Lucretia W. McClure Excellence in Education Award

Renata Geer, National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD

Marcia C. Noyes Award

Betsy L. Humphreys, AHIP, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD

President's Award

Beth M. Wescott, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Rittenhouse Award

Susan Miller, Department of Library Science, Clarion University, Clarion, PA, for "The Necessity of the Hospital Library to the Institution and Community It Serves"

Thomson Scientific/Frank Bradway Rogers Information Advancement Award

Legacy Tobacco Documents Library

To top of page MLA Fellows

  • Nancy Clemmons, AHIP, FMLA, retired, Lister Hill Library, University of Alabama–Birmingham
  • Kathryn J. Hoffman, AHIP, FMLA, Research Medical Library, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
  • Sheldon Kotzin, FMLA, Library Operations, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD
  • James Shedlock, AHIP, FMLA, Galter Health Sciences Library, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
  • Patricia Thibodeau, AHIP, FMLA, Medical Center Library, Duke University, Durham, NC

To top of page Grants and Scholarships

MLA is pleased to announce the winners of its 2007 grants and scholarships. The association recognized these achievements during MLA '07 in Philadelphia, PA, at the Awards Ceremony and Luncheon.

Continuing Education Awards
  • Rick Wallace, AHIP, Quillen College of Medicine Library, East Tennessee State University–Johnson City
  • Alice Weber, Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah-Salt Lake City

Cunningham Memorial International Fellowships for 2008
  • Lisa Kruesi, Herston Medical Library, University of Queensland–Brisbane, Australia
  • Vijay Padwal, Institute of Immunohaematology of the Indian Council of Medical Research, Mumbai, India
EBSCO/MLA Annual Meeting Grants
  • Agnes Chikonzo, College of Health Sciences Library, University of Zimbabwe, Avondale, Harare, Zimbabwe
  • Ladonna Guillot, Baton Rouge Nursing Library, Southeastern Louisiana University–Baton Rouge
  • Maureen Knapp, John P. Isché Library, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center–New Orleans
  • Lauren Young, Rowland Medical Library, University of Mississippi Medical Center–Jackson
Hospital Libraries Section/MLA Professional Development Grants
  • Hella Bluhm-Stieber, AHIP, Milton J. Chatton Medical Library, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA
  • Brenda Wong, Medical Library, Johnson Memorial Hospital, Stafford Springs, CT

David A. Kronick Traveling Fellowship

Michele R. Tennant, AHIP, Health Science Center Libraries and Genetics Institute, University of Florida–Gainesville

Donald A. B. Lindberg Research Fellowship

Michele R. Tennant, AHIP, Health Science Center Libraries and Genetics Institute, University of Florida–Gainesville

MLA Research, Development and Demonstration Project Grant
  • Fern Cheek, AHIP and Lynda Hartel, Prior Health Sciences Library, Ohio State University–Columbus
  • Sally Harvey, AHIP, Merril W. Brown, MD, Health Sciences Library, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
MLA Scholarship

Catherine Murch, School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alabama–Tuscaloosa

MLA Scholarship for Minority Students

Paula Maez, School of Information Resources and Library Science, University of Arizona–Tucson

MLA Scholarship for Minority Students, Annual Meeting (one-time award)

Lisa Chow, School of Information and Library Science, Pratt Institute, New York, NY


For consideration for 2008 awards, applications must be received by November 1, 2007. Grants and scholarship applications must be received by December 1, 2007, unless otherwise noted.

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

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