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MLA Fellow Brief Vitae

Helen Kovacs [Ilona von Magyary-Kossa], 1912–1994

Fellowship Conferred: 1975

MLA Elected Offices and Committee Chair Appointments

MLA

MLA Annual Meeting, New York City, Cochair, 1971
Board of Directors, Member, 1969–1972
Membership Committee, Chair, 1959

Chapter

New York-New Jersey Chapter, Chair, 1954–1955

Honors and Awards

MLA

Fellow, 1975

Other Accomplishments and Activities

Academic Libraries of Brooklyn, President, 1969
State University of New York Task Force on Medical Libraries, Member, 1965–1966

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.

Koch MS, Kovacs H. Computer information project for monographs at the Medical Research Library of Brooklyn. Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1973 Jul;61(3):297–301.
Kovacs H. Medical libraries from Ankara to London. Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1967 Oct;55(4):418–27.
Kovacs H. Analysis of 1 year circulation at Downstate Medical Center Library. Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1966 Jan;54(1):42–7.
Kovacs H. Merger in Brooklyn: the Academy of Medicine and the Downstate Medical Center Libraries present and future plans. Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1963 Apr;51(2):176–80.
Kovacs H. Foreign dental periodicals . Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1953 Jan;41(1):44–50.

Positions

Director of Libraries, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, 1959–1974
Librarian, College of Dentistry, New York University, 1955–1959
Periodicals Librarian, School of Dentistry Library, University of Alabama–Birmingham, 1950–1955

MLA published statements about the fellow

Roy D. Helen Kovacs, 1912–1994: everything was extraordinary. Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1994 Jul;82(3):351–2.
Honors and awards. Proceedings, 74th annual meeting, Medical Library Association, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, June 2–5, 1975. Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1976 Jan;64(1):81.
Gregor D. A medical librarian—what’s that? (by Magyary-Kossa Ilona von (i.e. Helen Kovacs)) [book review]. Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1975 Jan;63(1):70.

Contributed by Diane McKenzie, 2011

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