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Education Steering Committee, member, 2019–2020
Fellows and Honorary Members Jury, Lois Ann Colaianni Award for Excellence and Achievement in Hospital Librarianship Jury, and Section Project of the Year Award Jury, liaison, 2018–2019
Federal Libraries Section, secretary, 2017–2019; chair-elect, chair, Nominating Committee chair, 2008–2011
Hospital Libraries Section, chair-elect, chair, past-chair, 2013–2016, secretary, 1993–1994
Scholarly Communications Committee, member, 2012–2014
Section Council, Credentialing Committee liaison, 2010–2014
Lois Ann Colaianni Award for Excellence and Achievement in Hospital Librarianship Jury, chair, 2013–2014, member, 2012–2013
Ethics Task Force, member, 2008–2011
Pharmacy and Drug Information Section, Bylaws Committee, chair, 2006–2009
Leadership and Management Section, Section Council representative-elect, 2007–2008
Vital Pathways for Hospital Librarians Task Force, member2006–2008
Research Section, Hypothesis, coeditor, 2005, editor, 2006–2007
Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section, treasurer, 2005–2006, secretary-treasurer, 2001–2005
Continuing Education Committee, member, 1999–2002, chair-elect, chair, 2002–2004

Philadelphia Regional Chapter: secretary, 2010–2012; Quad Chapter Meeting Steering Committee, chapter liaison, 2011–2012; Tri-Chapter Meeting Steering Committee, cochair, 2015–2016
Southern Chapter: Research Committee, chair, 2002–2004, chair-elect, program chair, chair, past-chair/Strategic Planning, 2005–2008

Fellow of MLA, 2019
Lois Ann Colaianni Award for Excellence and Achievement in Hospital Librarianship, 2013
Hospital Libraries Section, Professional Recognition Certificate for Leadership, 1991, 1992, 2010
Hospital Libraries Section, Scroll of Exemplary Service, 2013
Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP), Distinguished Member, 1990–

Fellow, BioMedical Informatics, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, 2008
Kappa Delta Pi, International Honor Society in Education, University of Memphis, 2005
Beta Phi Mu, International Library and Information Studies Honor Society, University of Kentucky, 1973

VA Library Network Mentoring Task Force, member, 2018–
Medical Reference Services Quarterly, Hospital Information Services [annual column], coeditor, 2012–
Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet, WebHealth Topics [quarterly column], editor, 2002–2006, coeditor, July 2006–
WebHealth for Seniors: Training Seniors to Access Electronic Health Information, principle investigator, NLM contract N01-LM-1-3522, 2003–2005
NLM Grateful Med contract, Rural Outreach for Physicians in Central Illinois, project director, 1990–1992

Stephenson PL, Coady TR, Kromke DK, Barnett LA, Camerer CE. Consumer health and the Department of Veterans Affairs Library Network. In: Wood SM, ed. Consumer health information services and programs: best practices. New York, NY: Rowman & Littlefield, 2016. p. 103–17.
Stephenson PL, Clever S, Coady TR, Ender D, Heyd M, Peth S. Book clubs—outreach opportunities for hospital libraries. Med Ref Serv Q. 2014 Oct;33(4):448– DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02763869.2014.957096.
Stubbs ND, Sanders S, Jones DB, Geraci SA, Stephenson PL. Methods to reduce outpatient non-attendance. Am J Med Sci. 2012 Sep;344(3):211– DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31824997c6.
Kronenfeld M, Stephenson PL, Nail-Chiwetalu B, Tweed EM, Sauers EL, Valovich McLeod TC, Guo R, Trahan H, Alpi KM, Beth Hill B, Pamela Sherwill-Navarro P, Allen MP, Stephenson PL, Hartman LM, Burnham J, Fell D, Kronenfeld M, Pavlick R, MacNaughton EW, Nail-Chiwetalu B, Bernstein Ratner N. Review for librarians of evidence-based practice in nursing and the allied health professions in the United States. J Med Libr Assoc. 2007 Oct;95(4):394– DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3163/1536-5050.95.4.394.
Stephenson PL, Green BF, Wallace RL, Earl MF, Orick JT, Taylor MV. Community partnerships for health information training: medical librarians working with health-care professionals and consumers in Tennessee. Health Inf Libr J. 2004;21(suppl. 1):20–6. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/1111/j.1740-3324.2004.00498.x.

Chief, Library Service, James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital and Clinics, Tampa, FL, 2016–
Chief, Library Service, Cpl. Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, 2009–2016
Chief, Library Service, G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center, Jackson, MS, 2006–2009
Associate Professor/Coordinator Reference Services, Health Sciences Library and Biocommunications Center, University of Tennessee Health Science Center–Memphis, 2005–2006
Assistant Professor and Coordinator Reference Services, Health Sciences Library and Biocommunications Center, University of Tennessee Health Science Center–Memphis, 1998–2005
Director, Medical Library and Office of Continuing Medical Education, Columbia Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, Las Vegas, NV, 1995–1998
Director, Medical Library, Baptist Hospital, Nashville, TN, 1993–1995
Coordinator, Perlmutter Library, Illini Hospital, Silvis, IL, 1980–1993
Instructor, Reference Services, Library Technical Assistant Certificate Program, Black Hawk Community College, Moline, IL, 1992
Medical Librarian, Bristol Memorial Hospital, Bristol, TN, 1979–1980
Assistant Librarian for Public Services, King College, Bristol, TN, 1975–1979

Medical Library Association. 2019 MLA Fellows. MLAConnect [Internet]. 23 May 2019 [cited 1 Jul 2019]. <https://www.mlanet.org/blog/2019-mla-fellows>.
Mitchell N, ed. Honors and awards. Proceedings of the 114th annual meeting of the Medical Library Association, Inc., Boston, MA. J Med Libr Assoc. 2014 Jan;102(10):E1–E22. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/3163/1536-5050.102.1.E1.

MSEd, leadership and educational policy studies, Northern Illinois University–DeKalb, 1984
MSLS, library and information science, University of Kentucky–Lexington, 1973
AB, teaching English and political science, Transylvania University, 1969

Contributed by Jean P. Shipman and Priscilla Stephenson

Released: May 20, 2020 01:14 PM | Updated: May 20, 2020 01:14 PM

Keywords: Awards, Grants, and Scholarships