MLA Elected Offices and Committee Chair Appointments
MLA
- Veterinary Medical Libraries Section, Ad Hoc History Committee, cochair, 2013–2016
- MLA National Program Committee/11th International Congress on Medical Librarianship (ICML) Planning Committee, member, 2010–2013
- International Cooperation Section: Sister Libraries Committee, chair, 1999–2001
- Veterinary Medical Libraries Section: Ad Hoc Budget Committee, chair, 2010–2011; MLA Nominating Committee, member, 2007, 2008; Section Council representative, 1990–1991; Section Council alternate, 1988–1990; Bylaws Committee, chair, 1989–1990; Nominating Committee, chair, 1989; chair, 1986–1987; secretary–treasurer, 1985–1986; Survey Committee, chair, 1985–1986
Chapter
- Pacific Northwest Chapter: Nominating Committee, chair, 2005; chair, 2004, chair–elect, 2003; treasurer, 1993–1996
Honors and Awards
MLA
- Collection Development Section: Daniel T. Richards Prize for Collection Development, 2011: Ugaz AG, Boyd CT, Croft VF, Carrigan EE, Anderson KM
- Academy of Health Information Professionals, Distinguished Member, 1990–; Emeritus, 2015–present
- Section Project of the Year, 2016: Croft VF, Whitaker SK, Veterinary Medical Libraries Section
- Pacific Northwest Chapter, Life Member, 2015
Other Awards
International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists (ICAHIS), Founders’ Award, 2013
- Who’s Who in America, 2006–2007, 2013–2017
- Who’s Who of American Women, 2006–2007 2008–2009, 2010/2011
- Who’s Who in the West, 1986–1987, 1996–1997
- Who’s Who in Veterinary Science and Medicine, 1987–1988
Other Accomplishments & Activities (selected)
- National Network for Libraries of Medicine/Pacific Northwest Region, institutional representative, 1990–2014
- 11th International Congress on Medical Librarianship, Planning Committee, Brisbane, Australia, member, 2007–2009
- 7th International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists, Planning Committee, Boston, MA, member, 2010–2013
- 6th International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists, Planning Committee, Brisbane, Australia, co-convener 2009
- 5th International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists, Planning Committee, Onderstepoort, South Africa, member, 2004–2005
- 4th International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists, Planning Committee, Budapest, Hungary, member, 2002–2003, Scientific Committee, member
- 1st International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists, Planning Committee, Reading, UK, cochair 1992
- Inland Northwest Health Sciences Libraries, founding member, 1987–present
Publications (5 representative)
- Rey LM, Croft VF, Whitaker SK, Stephens GM. Impacting librarianship and veterinary medicine: history of the Veterinary Medical Libraries Section of the Medical Library Association from 1974 to 2014. J Agric Food Inf. 2014;14(2):253–70.
- Rey LM, Croft VF, Williams M, Boyd CT. A history of the International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists (ICAHIS) and its partnership in One Health. J Agric Food Inf. 2013;4(2):151–63.
- Ugaz AG, Boyd CT, Croft VF, Carrigan EE, Anderson KM. Basic list of medical serials, third edition: using a decision matrix to update the core list of veterinary journals. J Med Libr Assoc 2010 Oct;98(4):282–92. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3163/1536-5050.98.4.004.
- van der Westhuizen E, Croft VF, eds. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference for Animal Health Information Specialists; Pretoria, South Africa; July 2–5, 2005.
- Bancroft AF, Croft VF, Speth RA. Forward-looking library use survey: WSU libraries in the 21st century. J Acad Libr. 1998;24(3):216–24.
Professional Positions
- Head, Animal Health Library (previously the Health Sciences Library and the Veterinary Medical/Pharmacy Library), Washington State University–Pullman, 1976–2014
- Acting Head, Science Libraries, Washington State University–Pullman, 1997
- Science Reference Librarian, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 1971–1976
MLA published statements about the fellow
- MLA honors excellence in health sciences librarianship. MLA Fellowship, Vicki F. Croft, AHIP, FMLA. MLA News. 2017 June 30 [cited 2 Oct 2017].
- Mitchell N, ed. Proceedings, 113th Annual Meeting, Medical Library Association, Inc., Boston, MA. J Med Libr Assoc. 2014 Jan;102(1):E1–E22. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3163/1536-5050.102.1.E1.
- Fulda PO, Satterthwaite RK, eds.. Proceedings, 104th Annual Meeting Medical Library Association, Inc., Washington, DC, May 21–26, 2004. J Med Libr Assoc. 2005 Jan;93(1):143–88. [cited 23 Oct 2017].
Education
- MS, library science, University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign, 1971
- BS, biology, Dana College, Blair, NE, 1970