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Awards

MLA Awards The Best of 2008

Each year, MLA gives a variety of awards, grants, and scholarships to individuals to recognize and support 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 2008 winners and nominees!

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Virginia L. and William K. Beatty MLA Volunteer Service Award

Logan Ludwig, AHIP, Medical Center Library, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL

Lois Ann Colaianni Award for Excellence and Achievement in Hospital Librarianship

Jan Orick, AHIP, Biomedical Library, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN

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

Grey Literature Report, New York Academy of Medicine-New York

Janet Doe Lectureship for 2009

J. Michael Homan, AHIP, FMLA, Mayo Clinic Libraries, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Ida and George Eliot Prize

Keith W. Cogdill, AHIP, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, for "Progress in Health Sciences Librarianship: 1970-2005"

Murray Gottlieb Prize

Heidi Heilemann, AHIP, Lane Medical Library, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, for "Envisioning the Unborn: Art, Anatomy and the Printing Press in the Early Modern Era"

T. Mark Hodges International Service Award

Carol Lefebvre, National Institute for Health Research, UK Cochrane Centre, Middleway, Oxford, United Kingdom

Joseph Leiter NLM/MLA Lectureship

Debra R. Lappin, B&D Consulting, Washington, DC

Majors/MLA Chapter Project of the Year Award

New York-New Jersey Chapter of MLA for their innovative project, "Digitization of Chapter Photographic Archives," at the chapter level

Lucretia W. McClure Excellence in Education Award

Sarah K. McCord, AHIP, Henrietta DeBenedictus Library, Massachusetts College-Boston

Marcia C. Noyes Award

Rick B. Forsman, AHIP, FMLA, retired, Health Sciences Library, University of Colorado-Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO

MLA Award for Distinguished Public Service Award

The Honorable David Obey, US House of Representatives, Wisconsin

Rittenhouse Award

Bob Gerth, Graduate School of Library Science, Dominican University, River Forest, IL, for "Varicose Veins Pathfinder"

Thomson Scientific/Frank Bradway Rogers Information Advancement Award

Digital Divide, Rural American Indian Communities, NM

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  • Suzanne Grefsheim, FMLA, NIH Library, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
  • Betsy Humphreys, AHIP, FMLA, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD
  • Linda Garr Markwell, AHIP, FMLA, Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
  • Diane McKenzie, FMLA, retired, Health Sciences Center Library, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
  • Lenny Rhine, FMLA, retired, Health Sciences Center Library, University of Florida-Gainesville

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MLA is pleased to announce the winners of its 2008 grants and scholarships. The association will recognize these achievements during MLA '08 in Chicago,IL, at the Awards Ceremony and Luncheon.

Continuing Education Awards
  • Patricia Hammond, AHIP, Immerman Memorial Library, Potomac Hospital, Woodbridge, VA
  • Susan Schleper, Health Science Library, St. Cloud Hospital, St. Cloud, MN
Cunningham Memorial International Fellowships for 2009
  • Hasballuh Atan, Library, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Stanslaus James Ngadaya, Hubert Kairuki Memorial Library, Hubert Kairuki Memorial University, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
EBSCO/MLA Annual Meeting Grants
  • Mary Lou Glazer, AHIP, Medical Library, DVA Medical Center, Northport, NY
  • Laura Haines, Dana Medical Library, University of Vermont-Burlington
  • Meredith Orlowski, Academic Information Technology and Libraries, University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center, Cincinnati, OH;
  • Jason Young, Health Sciences Library, Genesis Medical Center, Davenport, IA

Hospital Libraries Section/MLA Professional Development Grants
  • Amy Frey, AHIP, Health Sciences Library, Hospital for Special Care, New Britain, CT

  • Michelle Goodwin, Medical Library, Northwest Hospital & Medical Center, Seattle, WA

David A. Kronick Traveling Fellowship

Kathryn Kerdolff, AHIP, LSU Health Sciences Center Library, Louisiana State University-New Orleans

Donald A. B. Lindberg Research Fellowship

Mark Puterbaugh, Warner Memorial Library, Eastern University, St. Davids, PA

Medical Informatics Section//MLA Career Development Grant
  • Karen Albert, AHIP, Talbot Research Library, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA
  • Maureen Knapp, John P. Ische Library, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans
MLA Scholarship

Lisa O'Keefe, Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign

MLA Scholarship for Minority Students

Manju Tanwar, School of Library and Information Science, University of South Carolina-Columbia

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

Elana Churchill, School of Library and Information Science, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

Thomson Scientific/MLA Doctoral Fellowship

Lorie Kloda, Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

For consideration for 2009 awards, applications must be received by November 1, 2008. Grants and scholarship applications must be received by December 1, 2008, unless otherwise noted.

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