MLA Fellow Brief Vitae

Bernice M. Hetzner, 1909-1998

Fellowship Conferred: 1974

MLA Elected Offices and Committee Chair Appointments

MLA

President, 1971-72
Finance Committee, chair, 1971-72
Central Office Committee, chair, 1971-74
Board of Directors, member, 1959-60; 1961-62; 1970-73

Honors and Awards

MLA

Fellow, 1974

Other

Board of Regents, National Library of Medicine, 1971-75.

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 http://pubmedcentral.gov/

Hetzner BM. Recommendations of the �Goals Committee� and Subsequent Actions by the Board of Directors. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1975 October; 63(4): 429�454.
Hetzner BM. The Midcontinental Regional Medical Library: A Decentralized Service
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1971 April; 59(2): 247�253.
Hetzner BM. Library Support of Medical Education and Research in Canada. Report of a Survey of the Medical College Libraries of Canada, Together with Suggestions for Improving and Extending Medical Library Service at Local, Regional, and National Levels. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1965 April; 53(2): 293�295.
Hetzner BM. Regional Plans for Medical Library Service The Nebraska Plan for Medical Library Extension Service. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1964 July; 52(3): 499�500.
Hetzner BM. Lifetime learning for physicians. Principles, practices, proposals.
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1962 October; 50(4): 798�799.

Positions

Director, Leon S. McGoogan Library of Medicine and Director, Midcontinental Regional Medical Library Program, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NB, 1948-1974.
Assistant Librarian for Cataloging, University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Omaha, NB, 1947-1948.

MLA published statements about the fellow

Medical Library Association Oral History Committee interview with Bernice M. Hetzner / by Ruth W. Wender. Chicago: Medical Library Association, 1984
Bishop D. Past-president Hetzner retires. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1974 July; 62(3): 328�329. [cited April 7, 2008] http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/pagerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=198803&pageindex=1
Darling L. Bernice M. Hetzner, President, Medical Library Association, 1971-72.
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1971 July; 59(3): 520�522. [cited April 7, 2008] http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=197628&blobtype=pdf

Contributed by: Alison Bunting
Edited April 7, 2008