MLA Elected Offices and Committee Chair Appointments
MLA
- Awards Committee, Chair, 2000–2001
- Chapter Council Representative, 1992–1993 and 1990–1991
- Grants and Scholarship Committee, Chair, 1991–1992
- Sergeant at Arms, 1991–1994
- Program and Convention Committee, Member, 1978–1981
- Membership Committee, Member, 1976–1978
- Recruitment Committee, Member, 1974–1975 and 1975–1976
- Committee on Continuing Education, Member, 1971–1973
- Ad Hoc Advisory Council on Continuing Education, Member, 1970
Chapter
- South Central Chapter/MLA
- President, 1987
- Treasurer, 1983
- Local Arrangements Committee, Chair, 1984
- Mid-Atlantic Regional Group, President, 1976
Honors and Awards
MLA
- Fellow, 2000
- Academy of Health Information Professionals, Distinguished Member
- South Central Chapter, Distinguished Service Award, 1992
Other Awards
- Michael D. DeBakey Library Services Outreach Award, 2000
- Deborah King Library Staff Scholarship, University of California–Los Angeles, 1960
Other Accomplishments
- Helped establish library consortia in Tidewater, northern Virginia, and the Richmond area
- Worked closely with members of the Cherokee and Choctaw Nations to provide health information to the underserved
- SCAMeL, South Central Medical Libraries Consortium, Founding Member, 1982; Chair 1994–1996
- Governor’s Conference on Libraries and Information , Oklahoma City, OK, December, 1991
- Governor’s Conference on Libraries, Richmond, VA, March,1979
- Virginia Library Association, President, 1977
- Association of Western Hospitals, Hospital Librarians' Section, President, 1967–1968
- The Ninety-Nines, International Association of Women Pilots
Publications (4 representative)
Articles published in the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association or Journal of the Medical Library Association are available via PMC.
- Minnerath J. Importance of mentoring. Contributed paper: South Central Chapter/MLA, Annual Meeting; Albuquerque, NM; October 1997.
- Summers-Ables J, Minnerath J, Thompson CM. Native American Health Information Project (NAHIP) sites in Oklahoma. Contributed Paper: South Central Chapter/MLA Annual Meeting;Albuquerque, NM; October 1997.
- Minnerath J, Parker P. What Smartcom never showed us. OCLC Sys Serv. 1985;1(4):18–20.
- Minnerath J. Procedures manual for the hospital library. Virginia Medical Information System; 1970
Positions
- Library Director, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center–Tulsa, 1982–2000
- Library Director, Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans, LA, 1980–1982
- Director, VAMIS (Virginia Medical Information System) Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1969–1980
- Medical Librarian, Rancho Los Amigos Hospital, Downey, CA, 19641–1969
- Acquisitions Librarian, California State University– Los Angeles, 1963–1964
MLA published statements about the fellow
- Awards presentations. Proceedings, 101st Annual Meeting Medical Library Association, Inc., Orlando, Florida, May 25–30, 2001. J Med Lib Assoc. 2002 Jan;90(1):127–56. [cited 29 Jun 2012].
Education
- MLS, University of California–Los Angeles, 1963
- BA, University of California–Los Angeles, 1959
Contributed by Janet Minnerath
