Medical Library Association | Fellows and Honorary Members : MLA Awards and Honors

MLA Fellow Brief Vitae

Sarah Cole Brown

Fellowship Conferred: 1978

MLA Elected Offices and Committee Chair Appointments

MLA

President, Vice-President, Immediate Past President, 1972–1975
Board of Directors, Member, 1967–1970
Medical Library Association/National Library of Medicine Liaison Committee, Member, 1966–1969; Chair 1968–1969
Committee on Committees, 1968–1973; Chair, 1972–1973
Nominating Committee, 1960–1962; Chair, 1962–1963
Southern Regional Group, Charter Member, Chair, 1952–1954

Other Accomplishments and Activities

American Association of Dental Schools, Section on Dental Libraries and Information Services, Chair, 1970–1971
American Association for the History of Medicine, Conference Host, Birmingham, AL, 1970
Alabama Library Association, President, 1969–1970; Executive Council member, 1970–1971
Southeastern Regional Medical Library Program, Executive Council and Advisory Council, Member, 1969
Comprehensive Health Planning Office, State of Alabama, Department of Public Health, Consultant, 1968–1969

Honors and Awards

MLA

Fellow, 1978
Charter Certification, 1952
Academy of Health Information Professionals, Distinguished Member

Other Awards

Women’s Committee of 100 of Birmingham, 1978
Who’'s Who in America, 1980-81
Hendrix College Distinguished Alumni

Publications (5 representative)

Articles published in the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association or Journal of the Medical Library Association are available via PubMed Central.

Brown SC, Moore EA. Selected periodicals for the medical library/EBSCO Subscription Services, 1976.
Brown SC. Cunningham classification. Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1953 Oct;41(4):357–60. [cited 8 Feb 2012].
Brown SC. Presidents page. Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1973 Oct;61(4):449; Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1974 Jan;62(1):69; Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1974 Apr;62(2):158.

Positions

Professor, Library Science, University of Alabama–Birmingham, 1973–1977
Director, Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences, University of Alabama–Birmingham, 1973–1977
Assistant Professor, Medical and Dental Bibliography, University of Alabama Medical Cencter, 1955–1972
Director, Medical Center Library, Office of Learning Resources, University of Alabama Medical Center, 1955–1972
Head, Cataloguing and Assistant Librarian, University of Alabama Medical Center, 1948–1955
Librarian, US Army Air Force Combat Intelligence Four-Engine School, Maxwell Field, AL
Post Librarian, US Army Air Force Tactical School, Maxwell Field, AL
Assistant Librarian, Alabama College, Montevallo, AL

MLA published statements about the fellow

Wender R. Transcript of oral interview with Sarah C. Brown: March 23, 1985. (Print copies of the oral history can be found through the Regional Medical Libraries. An oral history summary and photo are available at http://www.mlanet.org/about/history/brown_s.html. [cited 8 Feb 2012].
Staats J, ed. Honors and awards. Proceedings, 78th annual meeting Medical Library Association, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, June 10–15, 1978. Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1979 Jan;67(1):82–184. [cited 12 Mar 2012]
Langner MC. Sarah Cole Brown, President, Medical Library Association, 1973/73. Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1973 Jul;61(3):352–4. [cited 8 Feb 2012].