Contact Us | Donate | Advertise Follow us on TwitterFollow us on facebookFollow us on LinkedIn

Markwell, Linda Garr

MLA Elected Offices and Committee Chair Appointments

MLA
  • Task Force on Vital Pathways for Hospital Librarians, Medical Education Committee, member, 2008–2009
  • Section Council, Elections Committee, member, 2006–2008
  • Nominating Committee, member, 2005–2006
  • Ad Hoc Group to Develop Charge for Status of Hospital Librarians, member, 2004
  • Board of Directors, member, 2001–2004
  • Ad Hoc Task Force on MLA Chapter Council Symposium, chair, 1999–2000
  • Chapter Council, chair, chair-elect, 2000–2004
  • MLA continuing education developer and instructor (“Providing and Evaluating Electronic Full-text Information Delivery”), 1997–1998
  • Continuing Education Committee, liaison 1996–1999
  • Continuing Education Issues Committee, chair, 1996–1999
  • Continuing Education Issues Newsletter, author and editor, 1996–1999
  • Directory of Chapter Sponsored Continuing Education Courses, compiler and editor, 1996–1998
  • Planning Committee for Chapter Sharing Roundtables, member, 1994–1995
  • MLA Task Force on Hospital Library Certification, member, 1994–1995
  • Hospital Libraries Section, member, 1985–
Chapter
  • Southern Chapter. Benchmarking Chapter Educator, 2000–; Chapter Council Representative 1997–2000, Alternate, 1994–1997; Bylaws Committee, Chair 1993–1994

 

Honors and Awards

MLA
  • Fellow, 2008
  • Southern Chapter, T. Mark Hodges Service Award, 2008; Honorary Membership, 2008
  • Hospital Libraries Section, Scroll of Exemplary Service, 2002
  • Lois Ann Colaianni Award for Excellence and Achievement in Hospital Librarianship, 1994
  • Academy of Health Information Professional's (AHIP), Distinguished Member
Other Awards
  • Informationist Conference, Bethesda, MD, invited attendee, April 4–5, 2002
Other Accomplishments and Activities
  • Medical Reference Services Quarterly, Hospital Information Services, column editor

 

Publications (5 representative)

  • Schwartz DG, Blobaum PM, Shipman JP, Markwell LG, Marshall JG. The health sciences librarian in medical education: a vital pathways project task force. J Med Lib Assoc. 2009 Oct;97(4):280–4. [Cited 9Oct 2013].
  • Dee CR, Markwell LG, Orick J. Bridges J, Barry M. What did they know and when did they know it: progress in helping clinicians reach decisions. Med Ref Serv Q. 2004;23 (4):75–85.
  • Dee C, Wellik K, Cowen J, Markwell L, Just M. New roles: professional staff sharing between a hospital and an academic library. Med Ref Serv Q. 2003;22(4):65–73.
  • Todd-Smith B, Markwell LG. The value of hospital library benchmarking. Med Ref Serv Q. 2002;21(3):85–95.
  • Brunelle B, Corbett P, Markwell LG, Nagle E. Providing and evaluating electronic full text information delivery. Chicago, IL: Medical Library Association Continuing Education; [1998].

 

Professional Positions

  • Head, Branch Library Services and Head, Grady Branch Library, Emory University Health Sciences Center Library, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 1992–

 

MLA published statements about the fellow

 

 

 

Recent Stories
Naegele, Ray (Honorary Member)

Girouard, Linné

Eldredge, Jonathan (PhD)