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MLA Fellow Brief Vitae

Helen T. Yast, 1917–1999

Fellowship Conferred: 1977

To top of page MLA Elected Offices and Committee Chair Appointments

MLA
  • Board of Directors, Member, 1972–1975
  • Ad Hoc Committee to Review Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals Accreditation Manual for Hospitals, Chair, 1974
  • Treasurer and Finance Committee Chair, 1972–1974
  • Ad Hoc Executive Director Search Committee, Member, 1973
  • Annual Meeting Program Committee, Co-Chair, 1972
  • Ad Hoc Committee to Develop a New Certification Code, Member, 1972
  • Nominating Committee, Member, 1967–1969
  • Committee on Standards for Medical Library Technician Training, Chair, 1967–1969
  • Ad Hoc Committee on Small Medical Libraries, Member, 1963–1965
  • Representative to the Joint Commission on Hospital Libraries, 1963–1965
  • Hospital Library Section, Chair, 1963–1964
  • Annual Meeting Program Committee, Co-Chair, 1962
  • “The Small Medical Library in the Hospital,” Designer and Teacher, 1960
Chapter
  • Midwest Regional Group
    • Bylaws Committee, Chair, 1967–1969
    • Subcommittee on User Needs, Chair, 1967
    • Chair, 1957–1958
    • Treasurer, 1956–1957
To top of page Other Accomplishments and Activities
  • American Library Association. Elections Committee, Member, 1972–1973; Chair, 1974–1975
  • American Library Association, Council Member, 1967–1971
  • American Hospital Association, Committee on Library Services, Member
  • Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals, Advisory Committee to Revise Library Standards, Member, 1968–1971
  • Association of Hospital and Institutional Libraries, President, 1959–1960
  • Cumulative Index to Hospital Literature, Editor, 1947–1954

To top of page Honors and Awards

MLA
  • MLA Most Notables
  • Marcia C Noyes Award, 1980
  • Fellow, 1977
Other Awards
  • American Hospital Association Trustees Award, 1975
  • Association of Hospital and Institutional Libraries, Exceptional Services Award, 1976
  • Beta Phi Mu
  • Phi Beta Kappa, 1937

To top of page 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.

To top of page Positions

  • Director, Division of Library Services, American Hospital Association, 1954–1975
  • Assistant Librarian, American Hospital Association, Chicago, 1947–1954
  • Librarian, Public Health Service, 1942–1947

To top of page MLA published statements about the fellow

To top of page Education

  • MS, Library Science, Rosary College, River Forest, IL, 1967
  • AB, Latin, Indiana University, 1937

Contributed by Diane McKenzie; 2012

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