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Byrd, Gary D. (PhD)

MLA Elected Offices and Committee Chair Appointments

MLA
  • Nominating Committee, Elected Member, 2003, 1995
  • Joint MLA/Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries Legislative Task Force, Chair, 1998–2000
  • Ida and George Eliot Prize Jury, Chair, 1987–1988
  • Finance Committee, Chair, 1985–1986
  • Board of Directors, Member, 1984–1987
Section
  • Research Section, Chair, 1999–2000
  • Medical Informatics Section, Chair, 1989–1990
Chapter
  • Upstate New York and Ontario Chapter, MLA Nominating Committee Nominee, 2003

Honors and Awards

MLA
  • Fellow, 2009
  • Research Award, Research Section, 2003
  • Doctoral Fellowship, 1992
Other
  • Cornerstone Award, Association of Academic Health Sciences Library Directors, 2011
  • Medical Informatics Course Fellow, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, 2003
  • RS Blackwell North American Scholarship Award, Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, 1991

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

Positions

  • Co-Director (Research Associate Professor), Dept. of Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine, University at Buffalo (SUNY), Buffalo, NY, 2014-2016
  • Director, Health Sciences Library, University at Buffalo (SUNY), Buffalo, NY, 1995–2014
  • Project Coordinator, Cooperative Information Resources Development, Triangle Research Libraries Network, Chapel Hill, NC, 1991–1994
  • Assistant Director for Finance, Planning and Research, Health Sciences Library, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, 1989–1994
  • Associate Director, Health Sciences Library, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, 1983–1989
  • Acting Director, Health Sciences Library, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, 1986
  • Chief Librarian, Health Sciences Library, University of Missouri–Kansas City, 1976–1983
  • Assistant Director, Lommen Health Sciences Library, University of South Dakota–Vermillion, 1974–1976
  • Technical Information Specialist, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, 1973–1974
  • Library Associate, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, 1972–1973

MLA published statements about the fellow

Education

  • Ph.D., Information and Library Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1995
  • MALS, Library Science, University of Minnesota, 1972
  • MA, English Literature, University of Virginia, 1971
  • BA, English Literature, Rutgers University, 1967
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