MLA Elected Offices and Committee Chair Appointments
MLA
- Annual Meeting, Local Arrangements Committee, hospitality chair, 1974
- Nominating Committee, member, 1966; chair, 1968–1969
- Committee on Standards for Medical Librarianship, assistant chair, 1962–1963; Subcommittee on Recruitment, chair, 1961–1963
- Committee on Committees, Organization and Procedures Manual, compiler, 1959–60
- School of Aviation Medicine Facilities, Brooks Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX, MLA representative at dedication ceremonies, November 14, 1959
- MLA Board, member, 1954–1960
- MLA treasurer, 1954–1958
- Finance Committee, member, 1954–1958
- Gifts and Grants Committee, member, 1954–1958
- Periodical and Serial Committee, member, 1948–1955
- Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, archives curator, 1946–1951
- Medical Society Section, chair, 1953–1954; Nominating Committee, chair, 1966
Chapter
- South Central Chapter, Texas Council of Health Sciences Libraries (later Southern Chapter), founding member, secretary, 1966
- Southern Chapter, secretary-treasurer 1968–1969; convention chair, 1953–1955; member, 1960–1961; program chair 1953–1955; member, 1960–1961
Honors and Awards
MLA
- Fellowship, 1974
- Academy of Health Information Professionals, Distinguished Member
Other Awards
- Recognized for long service to the Texas Medical Association (TMA) at the TMA House of Delegates at November 8–9, 1975, meeting
- TMA Board of Trustees established the Pauline Duffield Library Development Fund, 1972
- Honored with profile in Austin American, October 7, 1958, by National Business Women’s Week in Texas as example of successful professional woman
Publications (5 representative)
- Duffield P, Wiley R. A film department in a medical library. Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1964 Jul;52(3):579–87 [cited 29 Nov 2012].
- Duffield P. The medical society in a changing world; a symposium the library’s service to a state medical society. Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1962 Apr;50(2):218–21 [cited 29 Nov 2012].
- Duffield P. Discarding sets of medical books. Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1953 Oct;41(4):361–4 [cited 29 Nov 2012].
Professional Positions
- Librarian, Texas Medical Association Memorial Library, 1952–1976
- Librarian of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, 1947?–1952
- Assistant Librarian, Vanderbilt University, 1944–1947
- Physical Education Teacher, 1930–1943
MLA published statements about the fellow
- Proceedings, Seventy-third Annual Meeting, Medical Library Association, San Antonio, Texas, June 2–6, 1974: business meeting—certificates of honorary membership for outstanding service. Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1975 Jan;63(1) [cited 29 Nov 2012].
Education
- Medical Library Training, Orleans Parish Medical Library Society and Tulane University School of Medicine Library, New Orleans, LA
- BS, George Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville, TN
Contributed by Diane McKenzie, FMLA, and Barbara Tysinger, 2012
