MLA Elected Offices and Committee Chair Appointments
MLA
- Program and Convention Committee, Chair, 1975–1977
- Hospital Libraries Section, Charter Member; MLA Nominating Committee, Nominee, 1986
Chapter
- Medical Library Group of Southern California and Arizona
- (MLGSCA)
- Scholarship Committee, Chair, 1973–1974
- Nominating Committee, Chair, 1971
- Ad Hoc Committee to Investigate Purposes and Expectations of MLGSCA, Member, 1969
- President, 1962–1963; Vice President, 1961–1962
Other Accomplishments and Activities
- National Advisory Council, Regional Programs, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1975
- Taught continuing education courses
- Hospital library management, 1975, 1976
- Planning hospital library facilities, 1975
Honors and Awards
MLA
- Certificate of Service, Hospital Libraries Section, 1988
- Fellow, 1989
- Academy of Health Information Professionals, Distinguished Member
Other Awards
- Frances Ishii Medical Library, Hospital San José, Taisha, Ecuador
- Long Beach Memorial Parks Medical Center, Teacher of the Year Award
- Picasso print donated to Long Beach Memorial Parks Medical Library in her honor
Publications (5 representative)
Articles published in the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association or Journal of the Medical Library Association are available via PubMed Central.
- Lyon F. Organizing and administering the small hospital library [book review]. Bull Med Lib Assoc 1981 Jan;69(1):43.
Positions
- Director of Library Services, Long Beach Memorial Parks Medical Center, Long Beach, CA, 1959–1988
- Librarian, Seaside Hospital, Long Beach, CA, 1948–1959
MLA published statements about the fellow
- Byrd GD, ed. Presentation of awards. Proceedings, 89th annual meeting Medical Library Association, Inc. Boston, Massachusetts, May 19–25, 1989. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1990 Jan;78(1):90–115. [cited May 15, 2011].
Education
- MA, Librarianship, School of Library Science, University of Southern California–Los Angeles, 1960
- BA, College of Wooster, Wooster, OH, 1954
Contributed by Frances Ischii Lyon; 2012
