MLA Elected Offices and Committee Chair Appointments
MLA
- Sergeant-At-Arms, 2003-
- 2020 National Program Committee, Member, 2018-2020
- Rising Stars Program,
- Chair, 2018-2020
- Committee Member, 2017-2020
- Project Coordinator, 2017-2018
- Public Policy Toolkit, Mentor, 2014-2015
- Insight Task Force and 1st Cohort, 2018
- MLA Nominating Committee, Nominee 2015-2016
- Joint MLA/AAHSL Legislative Task Force
- Chair, 2013-2015
- Member, 2011-2015
- 2012 National Program Committee, Member & Hospital Libraries Liaison, 2011-2012
- Hospital Libraries Section, Member, 1987-
- Programming Review Task Force, Chair, 2011-2012
- Chair, 2010-2011
- Nominating Committee
- Chair, 2010-2011
- Member, 2002-2003
- Finance Committee, Chair, 2010-2011
- Program Chair, 2008-2009
- Chair Elect, 2008-2008
- Standards Committee, Member, 2006-2009
- 2003 National Program Committee, Member, 2000-2003
- Membership Committee
- Member, 1999-2001
- Chair, 2000-2001
- Awards Committee, Member, 1999-2000
- Continuing Education Committee, 1999-2000
- Lois Ann Colaianni Award for Excellence and Achievement in Hospital Librarianship
- Jury Member, 1999-2000
- Jury Chair, 2000-2001
Chapter
- South Central Chapter/Medical Library Association
- Parliamentarian, 2018-
- Local Arrangements Committee, Exhibits Chair, 2022
- Finance Committee
- Chair, 2003-2004
- Member, 2002-2003, 2018-2019
- Nominating Committee
- Chair, 2003-2004
- Member, 1998-1999
- Immediate Past President, 2003-2004
- President, 2002-2003
- President Elect, 2001-2002
- Program Committee
- Co-Chair, 2001-2003
- Member, 1999-2000, 1996-1997, 1995-1996
- Continuing Education Committee,
- Chair, 1999-2000
- Member, 1997-1999, 1995-1996
- Bylaws Committee, Member,1998-2000, 20182020
- Hospital Library Interest Section
- Nominating Committee Chair, 1998-1999
- President, 1995-1998
- Program Committee Chair, 1997
Honors and Awards
MLA
- Fellow, 2022
- President’s Award for Rising Stars, 2020
- Hospital Libraries Section Scroll of Exemplary Service, Multiple years
Other Awards
- South Central Chapter Distinguished Service Award, 2014
Other Accomplishments & Activities (selected)
- Journal of Hospital Librarianship Editorial Board, Member, 2018-
- National Network of Libraries of Medicine/South Central Chapter Hospital Library Advisory Board, Member, 2016-
- MLA Cancer Librarians Section, First Place, Elevator Speech Video Competition, 2011
- Instructor, MLA Continuing Education Course: Management and Leadership from the Middle
- MLA South Central Chapter Meeting, Oklahoma City, OK, October 2019 MLA Middle Atlantic Chapter, Richmond VA, October 23, 2022
Publications (5 representative)
- Hospital Libraries Section Standards Committee, Bandy M, Doyle JD, Fladger A, Frumento KS, Girouard L, Hayes S, Rourke D. Standards for hospital libraries 2007: Hospital Libraries Section Standards Committee. J Med Libr Assoc. 2008 Apr;96(2);162-9. doi: 10.3163/1536-5050.96.2.162. PMID: 18379675; PMCID: PMC2268237.
- Girouard L, Walters M. SCC/MLA Salary Survey 2000. MLA South Central Chapter, 2000.
Professional Positions
- Houston Methodist Hospital System, Texas
- Librarian, 1986–
- Houston Academy of Medicine, Texas Medical Center Library
- Night manager, 1979–1986
- Coordinator, Friends of the Texas Medical Center Library, February 1984– May 1986
MLA published statements about the fellow
Education
- MLIS, University of Texas, Austin, 1985
- BA, University of Houston, Texas, 1981
Contributed by Barbara Epstein
