Awards

MLA Awards The Best of 2009

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 2009 winners and nominees!

Awards

Fellowships

Honorary Member

Grants and Scholarships

Awards

Janet Doe Lectureship for 2010

Ana D. Cleveland, College of Information, Library Science, and Technologies, University of North Texas-Denton

Ida and George Eliot Prize

Daniel E. Banks, Department of Medicine; Runhua Shi, Department of Medicine; Donna F. Timm, AHIP, Medical Library; Kerri Ann Christopher, AHIP, Medical Library; David Charles Duggar, AHIP, Medical Library; Marianne Comegys, Medical Library; and Jerry McLarty, Department of Medicine and Feist-Weiller Cancer Center; Louisiana State University School of Medicine-Shreveport, for "Decreased Hospital Length of Stay Associated with Presentation of Cases at Morning Report with Librarian Support

Carla J. Funk Governmental Relations Award

Marianne Comegys, Medical Center Library, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport

Murray Gottlieb Prize

Trenton Boyd, AHIP, Zalk Veterinary Medical Library, University of Missouri-Columbia, for "The Lost History of American Veterinary Medicine: The Need for Preservation"

T. Mark Hodges International Service Award

Donna B. Flake, AHIP, Medical Library, South East Area Health Education Center, Wilmington, NC

Joseph Leiter NLM/MLA Lectureship

Ben Young, retired, Native Hawaiian Center of Excellence, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii-Manoa

Majors/MLA Chapter Project of the Year Award

Pacific Northwest Chapter of MLA for "Awakening the Searcher Within: An Online Seminar on Expert Searching," at the chapter level

Lucretia W. McClure Excellence in Education Award

K. Ann McKibbon, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

Marcia C. Noyes Award

Wayne J. Peay, FMLA, retired, Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah-Salt Lake City

President's Award

Clinton (Marty) Thompson Jr., AHIP, Robert M. Bird Health Sciences Library, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center-Oklahoma City

Thomson Reuters/Frank Bradway Rogers Information Advancement Award

Robert T. Mackes, AHIP, Delaware Academy of Medicine-Newark, for the Delaware Medical Information Resource Alliance (DelMIRA)

MLA Fellows

Holly Shipp Buchanan, AHIP, FMLA, Health Sciences Library and Information Center, University of New Mexico-Albuquerque
Gary D. Byrd, AHIP, FMLA, Health Sciences Library, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Logan Ludwig, AHIP, FMLA, Medical Center Library, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL
Jean Pugh Shipman, AHIP, FMLA, Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah-Salt Lake City
M.J. Tooey, AHIP, FMLA, Health Sciences and Human Services Library, University of Maryland-Baltimore

MLA Honorary Member

Carla J. Funk, CAE, Medical Library Association, Chicago, IL

Grants and Scholarships

MLA is pleased to announce the winners of its 2009 grants and scholarships. The association will recognize these achievements during MLA '09 in Honolulu, HI, at the Awards Ceremony and Luncheon.

Continuing Education Award

Lauren Maggio, AHIP, Lane Medical Library and Knowledge Management Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Cunningham Memorial International Fellowships for 2010

Petros Demilew Miskir, Faculty of Medicine Library, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Marie-Therese Alam Mitri, Byblos Campus Library, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon

EBSCO/MLA Annual Meeting Grants

Jamie L. Furrh, Gibson D. Lewis Library, University of North Texas Health Science Center-Fort Worth
Andrea Harrow, Medical Library, Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, CA
Trey Lemley, Biomedical Library, University of South Alabama-Mobile
Heidi Schroeder, AHIP, Michigan State University Libraries, Michigan State University-East Lansing

Hospital Libraries Section/MLA Professional Development Grants

Lois Culler, Health Sciences Library, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, VA
Lisa A. Marks, AHIP, Health Sciences Library, Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center, Burbank, CA

David A. Kronick Traveling Fellowship

Mary Piorun, AHIP, Lamar Soutter Library, UMass Medical School, Worcester, MA

Donald A. B. Lindberg Research Fellowship

Sujin Kim, School of Library and Information Science, University of Kentucky-Lexington

Medical Informatics Section//MLA Career Development Grant

Kristine M. Alpi, AHIP, William Rand Kenan, Jr., Library of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University-Raleigh

MLA Research, Development, and Demonstration Project Grant

Naomi C. Broering, AHIP, FMLA, Library, Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, San Diego, CA

MLA Scholarship

Elaine Hicks, School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign

MLA Scholarship for Minority Students

Vivian Okyere, School of Library and Information Studies, University of Rhode Island-Kingston

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

Margarita Shawcross, School of Library and Information Science, University of Denver, Denver, CO

For consideration for 2010 awards, applications must be received by November 1, 2009. Grants and scholarship applications must be received by December 1, 2009, unless otherwise noted.