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

MLA Fellow Brief Vitae

Joan S. Zenan

Fellowship Conferred: 2001

MLA Elected Offices and Committee Chair Appointments

MLA

Janet Doe Lectureship Jury, chair, 2001-02
1998 National Conference Program Committee, co-chair, 1995-98
Nominating Committee, elected member, 1994-95
Board of Directors, member, 1989-93
MLA Treasurer, 1990-93
Academic Medical Librarian of the Year Jury, chair, 1988-89
Publication Panel, chair 1986-87
1987 National Conference Program Committee, associate chair, 1985-87
Medical School Libraries Section, secretary - 1982-84
Proceedings Editor, Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 1979-82
Exchange Committee, chair, 1980-82

Chapter

Northern California/Nevada Medical Library Group
- Legislation Committee, Chair, 1988

Honors and Awards

MLA

Fellow, 2001
Academy of Health Information Professionals, Distinguished Member, 1991–present
Medical Library Association Certification, 1976–1991

Other

Health Sciences Library Management Fellowship Award, National Library of Medicine, 1980-81
Medical Librarianship Internship Award, U.S. Public Health Service, UCLA Biomedical Library, 1967-68

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/>.

Zenan, JS. Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries’ legislative activities and the Joint Medical Library Association/Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries Legislative Task Force. J Med Libr Assoc 2003 April; 91(2):168-72. [Cited Dec. 21, 2006]. Web document. <http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=153157>
Zenan, JS et al. Public Health Outreach Forum: report. Bull Med Libr Assoc 2001 Oct; 89(4):400-403. [Cited Dec. 21, 2006]. Web document. <http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=57971>
Zenan, JS. Frieda O. Weise, Medical Library Association President 1999-2000. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1999 Jul; 87(3):357-60. [Cited Dec. 21, 2006]. Web document. <http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/pagerender.fcgi?artid=226599&pageindex=1>
Potter, LA and Zenan, JS. Expanding the DOCLINE network to include non-medical libraries in the state of Nevada. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1993 Jan; 81(1):54-55. [Cited Dec. 21, 2006]. Web document. <http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/pagerender.fcgi?artid=225730&pageindex=1>
Zenan, JS. “Information Dissemination: AHEC’s challenge for the 90’s.” The National AHEC Bulletin 1992 (Spring) 9(2):5, 9.

Positions

Director, Savitt Medical Library and Information Technology Department, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada, 2002-2004
Director, Savitt Medical Library, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada, 1977-2004
National Library of Medicine/Council on Library Resources, Health Sciences Library Management Internship, Columbia University Health Sciences Library, New York, NY, 1980-1981
Life and Health Sciences Librarian, Life and Health Sciences Library, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, 1976-1977
Librarian, Arctic Environmental Information and Data Center, University of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska, 1974-1976
School Librarian, Greater Anchorage Area Borough School District, Anchorage, Alaska, 1974

MLA published statements about the fellow

Presentation of awards. Proceedings of the 101st Annual Meeting. J Med Libr Assoc 2002 Jan; 90(1):142. [Cited May 9, 2005]. Web document. <http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=99170>. .

Edited June 19, 2006