See also Betsy L. Humphreys' published oral history
MLA Elected Offices and Committee Chair Appointments
MLA
- Nominating Committee, Elected Member, 1989/90, 1998/99
- Research Task Force, Member. 1992-1994
- Medical Informatics Section, Chair, 1992/93
- Awards Committee, Chair, 1988/89
Honors and Awards
MLA
- Fellow, 2008
- Marcia C. Noyes Award, 2007
- President's Award, 2004
- Janet Doe Lecture, 2001
- Distinguished Member, Academy of Health Information Professionals, 1996-
Other
- Member, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, 1999
- Fellow, American College of Medical Informatics, 1990
- Cornerstone Award (1st recipient), Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries, 2006
- President's Award, American Medical Informatics Association, 2002
- Alumna of the Year, University of Maryland College of Information Studies, 2002
- NLM Regents Award for Scholarship or Technical Achievement, 2001
- National Institutes of Health Director's Award, 1990
- National Library of Medicine Director's Award, 1988
- National Institutes of Health Award of Merit, 1978
- Phi Beta Kappa, 1968
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
- Humphreys BL. Building better connections: the National Library of Medicine and public health. J Med Libr Assoc. 2007 Jul;95(3):293-300.
- Lindberg DA, Humphreys BL. 2015--the future of medical libraries. N Engl J Med. 2005 Mar 17;352(11):1067-70
- Humphreys BL. Adjusting to Progress: interactions between NLM and health sciences librarians, 1961-2001. J Med Libr Assoc 2002 Jan;90(1):4-20.
- Humphreys BL. Electronic health record meets digital library: a new environment for achieving an old goal. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2000 Sep-Oct;7(5):444-52.
- Lindberg DAB, Humphreys BL, McCray AT. The Unified Medical Language System. Meth Inf Med 1993; 32: 281-91.
Positions
- Deputy Director, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, 2005 -
- Associate Director for Library Operations, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD,1999-2005
- Assistant Director for Health Services Research Information, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, 1993 -2006
- Project Director, Unified Medical Language System, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, 1986 - 2006
- Deputy Associate Director, Library Operations, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, 1984 - April 1999
- Chief, Technical Services Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, Dec. 1980-Jul. 1984
- Deputy Chief, Technical Services Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, Nov. 1979-Nov. 1980
- Assistant Head, Serial Records Section, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, Mar. 1976-Oct. 1979
- Librarian, Serial Records Section, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, Jan. 1973-Feb. 1976
MLA published statements about the fellow
- Proceedings of the 107th annual meeting of the Medical Library Association. J Med Libr Assoc. 2008 January; 96(1). [cited April 7, 2008]
- Awards ceremony. Proceedings of the 104th Annual Meeting. J Med Libr Assoc 2005 Jan; 93(1):162-3. [cited April 20, 2006]
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