MLA Fellow Brief Vitae

Frank Bradway Rogers, 1914-1987

Fellowship Conferred: 1975

MLA Elected Offices and Committee Chair Appointments

MLA

Chairman, Convention committee, 1967-68
President, 1962-63

Honors and Awards

MLA

John P. McGovern Award Lectureship, 1984
Frank Bradway Rogers Information Advancement Award, 1983
Fellow, 1975
Janet Doe Lectureship, 1968
Ida and George Eliot Prize (with Thelma Charen), 1963
Marcia C. Noyes Award, 1961

Other

Melvil Dewey Award (ALA), 1963

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/

Rogers, FB., Problems of medical subject cataloging. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1968 Oct; 56(4): 355-364. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/pagerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=200733&pageindex=1
Rogers, Frank Bradway, compiler and editor. Selected papers of John Shaw Billings: compiled, with a life of Billings. [Washington(DC)]: Medical Library Association; 1965. 300 p. (Medical Library Association Publication; no.2).
Rogers, FB., The development of MEDLARS. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1964 Jan; 52(1): 150-151. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/pagerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=198085&pageindex=1
Rogers, FB, Charen, T. Abbreviations for medical journal titles. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1962 July; 50(3): 311-352. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/pagerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=197853&pageindex=1
Rogers Frank B. Applications and limitations of subject headings: the pure and applied sciences. In Tauber Maurice F. ed. The Subject Analysis of Library Materials. N.Y. Columbia University School of Library Service, 1953.

Positions

Director, University of Colorado Medical Center Library, Denver, CO, 1963-1975
Director, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, 1949-1963

MLA published statements about the fellow

McClure, LW. Separate paths to greatness. J Med Libr Assoc. 2002 January; 90(1): 104-107. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=64767
Blake, JB, Obituaries � Frank Bradway Rogers 1914-1987. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1988 January; 76(1): 95-97. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=227250
Medical Library Association Oral History Interview with Frank Bradway Rogers. Interview conducted on January 19, 1979 by Nancy Whitten Zinn. Chicago: Medical Library Association, 1986? http://www.mlanet.org/about/history/rogers_f.html
Honors and Awards Luncheon. Proceedings, 74th Annual Meeting Medical Library Association, Inc. Cleveland, Ohio, June 2-5, 1975. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1976 January; 64(1): 81 [cited September 14, 2008] http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=198992&blobtype=pdf

Submitted by Steve Greenberg and Jim Labosier
Edited September 14, 2008