Libbey, Miriam Hawkins*

MLA Elected Offices and Committee Chair Appointments

MLA

• Certification Committee, chair
• Standards Committee, chair
• Recertification Committee, chair
• Goals and Structure Committee, chair
• Future Development Committee, chair
• Committee on Internships, chair
• Consultation Editor, BMLA, 1978-79
• Medical School Group, chair
• Medical Library Education Group, chair

Chapter

• Southern Chapter, Convention Chair, 1974

Other

• Georgia Health Sciences Library Association, chair
• Special Libraries Association, South Atlantic Chapter, president
• Atlanta Health Sciences Consortium, founding member

Honors and Awards

MLA

• Fellow, 1984

Chapter

• Honorary Member, Southern Chapter, MLA

Other

• Miriam H. Libbey Annual Lectureship, established in 1991 by the Georgia Health Sciences Library Association

Publications (5 representative)

• Libbey MH. MLA certification: the certification program and education for medical librarianship. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1967 Jan;55(1):5-8. [Cited January 29, 2004]
• Libbey, MH, ed., et. al. Proceedings of the second international congress on medical librarianship. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1964 Jan:52:1-. [Cited January 29, 2004]
• Hawkins M. Questionable medical literature and the library: a symposium. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1963 Oct;51(4):475-9. [Cited January 29, 2004]
• Hawkins M, Parker SM, Libbey MH. Scientific translations: sources and services. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1960 Apr; 48(3):199-202. [Cited January 29, 2004]
• Libbey MH, Moseley E. Basic reference tools for small medical libraries. Washington DC: National Library of Medicine, 1960.

Positions

• Librarian, A.W. Calhoun Medical Library, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 1966-84
• Instructor, Medical Librarianship, Division of Librarianship, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 1966-1983
• Director, Southeastern Regional Medical Library Program, A.W. Calhoun Medical Library, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 1969-82
• Librarian, Health Sciences Library, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, 1963-1966
• Head, Indexing Section; Head, Special Projects Section, Assistant Head, Reference Section, Armed Forces Medical Library/National Library of Medicine, Washington, DC, 1955-1963
• Chief, Services to the Public; Reference Librarian, A.W. Calhoun Medical Library, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 1950-55

MLA published statements about the fellow

• Langner, MC. Miriam Hawkins Libbey. Obituary. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1985 Jul; 73(3):315-6. [Cited January 29, 2004]
• News item. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1967 Jan, 55(1):95, 98. [Cited January 29, 2004]
• News item. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1966 Jul, 54(3):285. [Cited January 29, 2004]
• News items. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1966 Jan, 54(1):82. [Cited January 29, 2004]
   

(Birth 1920; Death 1984)