Holst, Ruth
Wed August 17, 2022
Ruth Holst's oral history has been published
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Holst Oral History Available Now
Thu September 1, 2022
Ruth Holst, AHIP, FMLA directed the library at Columbia Hospital in Milwaukee for thirty-two years. Subsequently, she was associate director of the Greater Midwest Region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine based at the University of Illinois. Her oral history is available now.
Blog link: Announcements
Shipman, Jean P
Mon December 13, 2021
Jean P. Shipman's oral history has been published
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Naegele, Ray
Mon April 26, 2021
Ray Naegele's oral history has been published
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Fortney Lynn M. and Plutchak T. Scott
Fri April 23, 2021
Lynn M. Fortney and T. Scott Plutchak's joint oral history has been published
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Plutchak T. Scott and Fortney Lynn M.
Fri April 23, 2021
T. Scott Plutchak and Lynn M. Fortney's joint oral history has been published
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
News from the NLM History of Medicine Division
Thu February 4, 2021
Read about current National Library of Medicine (NLM) History of Medicine Division activities.
Blog link: Public Policy Center
Visit the Pacific Northwest through MLA Oral Histories
Thu July 2, 2020
While the MLA annual meeting has transitioned from the in-person meeting in Portland, OR, to a virtual meeting, the Oral History Committee is putting the spotlight on interviews of members who have ties to the Pacific Northwest.
Blog link: MLA ’20 | 2020 Vision The Future In Focus
Thibodeau, Patricia L
Mon March 16, 2020
Interviewer: Carol G. Jenkins, AHIP, FMLA
Date of Interview: January 22, 2019
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
81 pages
Date of Interview: January 22, 2019
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
81 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Doyle, Jacqueline Donaldson
Tue October 22, 2019
Intergerview conducted by Mary L. Ryan, FMLA and Julia F. Sollenberger, AHIP, FMLA
January 15-16, 2019
Edited by Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA, Project Director
October 2019
January 15-16, 2019
Edited by Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA, Project Director
October 2019
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Reid, Carolyn Anne, Funk, Mark E.
Fri August 30, 2019
Mark E. Funk and Carolyn Anne Reid's oral history has been published
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Funk, Mark E., Reid, Carolyn Anne
Fri August 30, 2019
Mark E. Funk and Carolyn Anne Reid's oral history has been published
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Honoring Our Past
Thu August 22, 2019
Reading about the passing of Donald A. B. Lindberg, former director of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) is a reminder of the commitment to our profession we share.
Blog link: Building a Better Future
Dudden, Rosalind Farnam
Wed May 22, 2019
Interviewer: Margaret M. Bandy, AHIP, FMLA
Date of Interview: July 6, 2018
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
77 pages
Date of Interview: July 6, 2018
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
77 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Ryan, Mary L.
Thu October 18, 2018
Interviewer: Rick B. Forsman, FMLA
Date of Interview: March 2, 2018
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
67 pages
Date of Interview: March 2, 2018
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
67 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Honoring Our Past
Fri August 31, 2018
A most interesting biographical article of a physician in the October 1970 Bulletin of the Medical Library Association (BMLA) was written by Katherine T. Barkley, medical librarian of the Jewish Hospital of Cincinnati. The physician is Samuel Nickles, and the author describes him as “dry and quaint"
Blog link: Building a Better Future
Honoring Our Past
Wed August 15, 2018
An interesting “Toast to MLA” by M. Doreen E. Fraser appeared in the editorial section of the April 1970 issue of the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association. Two Canadians, Sir William Osler and Miss Margaret Charlton, were among the charter members who brought MLA into existence
Blog link: Building a Better Future
Sollenberger, Julia F.
Tue July 24, 2018
Interviewer: Rick B. Forsman, FMLA
Date of Interview: December 5, 2017
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
39 pages
Date of Interview: December 5, 2017
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
39 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Humphreys, Betsy L.
Mon June 4, 2018
Interviewer: Joyce E.B. Backus
Date of Interview: October 23, 2017
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
61 pages
Date of Interview: October 23, 2017
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
61 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Honoring Our Past
Mon April 16, 2018
“The Clouded Crystal Ball and the Library Profession,” by Nina W. Matheson, AHIP, FMLA, provides a glimpse of the future at the time of the change from an industrial age to a communications and knowledge-based economy.
Blog link: Building a Better Future
Honoring Our Past
Wed February 28, 2018
“From Index Catalogue to Gopher Space: Changes in Our Profession as Reflected in the Handbook and CPHSL,” the 1993 Janet Doe Lecture by Alison Bunting, AHIP, FMLA, reviewed the history of health sciences librarianship
Blog link: Building a Better Future
MLA '18 Section Business Meeting
Fri February 9, 2018
MLA 2018 is upon us, so be sure to mark your calendars for the section business meeting:
Blog link: Incipit
Honoring Our Past
Tue January 16, 2018
In 1995, Nina W. Matheson, AHIP, FMLA, gave the Janet Doe Lecture,” The Idea of the Library in the Twenty-First Century.” Now as it is 2018, we need to look at our progress. Have we established the library that Matheson outlined?
Blog link: Building a Better Future
Watson, Linda A.
Thu December 7, 2017
Interviewer: Rick B. Forsman, FMLA
Date of Interview: June 9-10, 2017
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
68 pages
Date of Interview: June 9-10, 2017
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
68 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Honoring Our Past
Thu November 30, 2017
Letters to the editors are often interesting and sometimes informative. Erich Meyerhoff wrote one concerning the Union List of Medical Periodicals. He wrote a tribute to Jacqueline W. Felter as this publication was her creation.
Blog link: Building a Better Future
Honoring Our Past
Tue October 31, 2017
When you graduate from a school of librarianship, you feel ready to jump into a job. When you actually begin the job, you sometimes feel as though everyone else is talking about something you have never heard of before. Then you realize that you are beginning the next step
Blog link: Building a Better Future
Honoring Our Past
Fri September 29, 2017
Do you remember Women’s Lib in the 1970s? One of the great ladies of librarianship is Gertrude L. Annan.* She gave her opinion of this time in a letter to the editor of the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association (BMLA) in 1972. Miss Annan (one did not call her by her first name) challenged MLA
Blog link: Building a Better Future
Honoring Our Past
Wed August 30, 2017
An article, “The Rorschach Test,” was published in the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association (BMLA) in 1953 [1]. This personality test was created and developed by Swiss physician Hermann Rorschach and introduced to the United States in 1924 by child psychiatrist David Levy.
Blog link: Building a Better Future
Honoring Our Past
Mon July 31, 2017
Henry R. Viets, a Boston physician, wrote an interesting statement when he was named chairman of the newly formed Friends of the Armed Forces Medical Library in 1952.
Blog link: Building a Better Future
Schardt, Connie, AHIP, FMLA
Thu July 13, 2017
Interviewer: Diane McKenzie, FMLA
Date of Interview: October 10, 2016
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
36 pages
Date of Interview: October 10, 2016
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
36 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Honoring Our Past
Fri June 30, 2017
An interesting editorial by L. Margueriete Prime has a title that will catch the eye of readers: “Too Many ‘Librarians’?” Certainly, members of MLA would not suggest that we have too many librarians. You must read it to understand that she was describing the confusion
Blog link: Building a Better Future
Honoring Our Past
Thu May 18, 2017
The recent death of Eugene Garfield let to many items in the newspapers. His is a name that resounds in libraries because his creations—Science Citation Index, Current Contents, and The Scientist—proved to be valuable resources in the medical library.
Blog link: Building a Better Future
Bandy, Margaret M.
Tue May 16, 2017
Interviewer: Rick B. Forsman, FMLA
Date of Interview: July 6, 2016
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
48 pages
Date of Interview: July 6, 2016
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
48 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Honoring Our Past
Mon May 1, 2017
Alfred N. Brandon, former MLA president and editor of the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association from 1961–1968, wrote an editorial deploring the borrowing of common journal titles or seeking help on reference questions from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) [1].
Blog link: Building a Better Future
Keeping Track of Contributions to Historical Research
Fri April 14, 2017
How are contributions to published historical research shared, recorded, touted, publicized?
For many of us, showing the relevance and impact of specialized historical research services may require a multi-pronged approach. Special displays and open houses can be recorded in websites and reports an
For many of us, showing the relevance and impact of specialized historical research services may require a multi-pronged approach. Special displays and open houses can be recorded in websites and reports an
Blog link: Incipit
Honoring Our Past
Fri March 31, 2017
Dig into your issues of the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association (BMLA), and you will often find some unexpected treasures. Our predecessors had astonishing ideas, some unusual and some very odd suggestions, and comments about the profession
Blog link: Building a Better Future
What We're Doing: NLM Traveling Exhibits at Northwestern University
Wed March 29, 2017
Have you heard of the NLM traveling exhibits? Perhaps you've hosted one. Did you know they're a great way to combine history and medicine in your library!
At the Northwestern University's Galter Health Sciences Library we've been making the most out of the NLM traveling exhibits by selecting histor
At the Northwestern University's Galter Health Sciences Library we've been making the most out of the NLM traveling exhibits by selecting histor
Blog link: Incipit
Honoring Our Past
Thu March 2, 2017
MLA used to have a Committee on Committees. Its purpose was to review the organization and create new committees as needed and retire those no longer needed. The committee is no longer in existence, because we now have an effective president and Board of Directors
Blog link: Building a Better Future
Homan, J. Michael, AHIP, FMLA
Thu February 23, 2017
Interviewer: Rick B. Forsman, FMLA
Date of Interview: December 18, 2015
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
79 pages
Date of Interview: December 18, 2015
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
79 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Funk, Carla J.
Wed February 22, 2017
Interviewer: Ruth Holst, AHIP, FMLA
Dates of Interview: September 23-24, 2015
Editor: Rick B. Forsman, FMLA
Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
60 pages
Dates of Interview: September 23-24, 2015
Editor: Rick B. Forsman, FMLA
Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
60 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Honoring Our Past
Mon January 30, 2017
Is librarianship a profession? Professor E. Croft Long believed it was. He was a professor of physiology at Duke University Medical Center when his article was published in the April 1962 Bulletin of the Medical Library Association (BMLA). He states that medical librarianship deserves respect
Blog link: Building a Better Future
Happy Holidays From Your Leaders at HHSS
Mon December 19, 2016
Happy Holidays from your leaders at HHSS!
Wishing you a very happy holiday season. We may be a small section but we have a wonderful, diverse group of individuals scattered around the country. I hope wherever you are and however you celebrate that it is a very happy and peaceful time of the year fo
Wishing you a very happy holiday season. We may be a small section but we have a wonderful, diverse group of individuals scattered around the country. I hope wherever you are and however you celebrate that it is a very happy and peaceful time of the year fo
Blog link: Incipit
What We're Doing: New History of Medicine Area at Harrell Library
Fri December 16, 2016
At the Harrell Health Sciences Library: Research and Learning Commons we have just completed a spectacular renovation. Not only did the entire library undergo a wall-to-wall renovation taking the space down to the studs, but we’ve added lots of new technologies including 3D printing, virtual reality
Blog link: Incipit
Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus by William Harvey is known as the first book to correctly describe the human circulatory system. Not having a medical background, this tidbit of medical history trivia was foreign to me until several months ago when I discovered an edit
Blog link: Incipit
Jenkins, Carol G. (AHIP, FMLA)
Tue October 18, 2016
Interviewer: Joan S. Zenan, AHIP, FMLA
Date of Interview: April 13, 2015
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
57 pages
Date of Interview: April 13, 2015
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
57 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Lindberg, Donald, A.B., MD
Tue October 18, 2016
DONALD A.B. LINDBERG, MD
Interviewer: Linda A. Watson, AHIP, FMLA
Date of Interview: October 31, 2014
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
48 pages
Interviewer: Linda A. Watson, AHIP, FMLA
Date of Interview: October 31, 2014
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
48 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Welcome to the Incipit Blog!
Mon August 22, 2016
Greetings from the Chair:
Welcome to the new History of the Health Sciences blog, “The Incipit”. At the HHSS business meeting in May, we decided to move from our section newsletter, also named “The Incipit”, to a blog. Our hope is to write more frequently and informally. We will continue to use
Welcome to the new History of the Health Sciences blog, “The Incipit”. At the HHSS business meeting in May, we decided to move from our section newsletter, also named “The Incipit”, to a blog. Our hope is to write more frequently and informally. We will continue to use
Blog link: Incipit
McClure, Lucretia W. (AHIP, FMLA) (2015 Interview)
Thu June 2, 2016
Interviewer: Julia F. Sollenberger, AHIP, FMLA
Date of Interview: November 10, 2015
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
38 pages
Date of Interview: November 10, 2015
Editor and Project Director: Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
38 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Veterinary Medical Libraries Section Oral History
Interviewers:
Vicki Croft, AHIP and Ana Ugaz
Date of Interview:
March 3, 2011
Editors:
Vicki Croft, AHIP and Diane McKenzie, FMLA
50 pages
Interviewers:
Vicki Croft, AHIP and Ana Ugaz
Date of Interview:
March 3, 2011
Editors:
Vicki Croft, AHIP and Diane McKenzie, FMLA
50 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Marshall, Joanne Gard (AHIP, FMLA)
Mon March 21, 2016
Interviewer:
Rick B. Forsman, FMLA
Date of Interview:
November 19, 2014
Editor and Project Director:
Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
60 pages
Rick B. Forsman, FMLA
Date of Interview:
November 19, 2014
Editor and Project Director:
Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA
60 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Historical Marker Commemorating Founding of MLA in Philadelphia Unveiled!
Tue January 19, 2016
On Wednesday, November 4, 2015, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, MLA, and the Philadelphia Regional Chapter of MLA unveiled a historical marker commemorating MLA’s founding in 1898. The marker project was initiated to honor Carla J. Funk, CAE, for her almost twenty-three years of
Blog link: Building a Better Future
T. Mark Hodges: International Pioneer
Wed November 25, 2015
T. (Terrence) Mark Hodges didn’t set out to be a librarian, but like many of us, he fell into the love of organized books. While serving in the British Army, Mark was stationed in Egypt at the Army Education Center in Suez, where he was placed in charge of the library.
Blog link: Full Speed Ahead
Hamlyn, Grace*
Mon September 14, 2015
Interview Date:
April 22, 1983
Interviewer:
M.A. Flower
Number of pages:
31 leaves
April 22, 1983
Interviewer:
M.A. Flower
Number of pages:
31 leaves
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Troxel, Wilma (AHIP, FMLA)*
Thu September 10, 2015
Interview Date:
February 14, 1986
Interviewer:
M.A. Flower
Number of pages:
55 leaves
February 14, 1986
Interviewer:
M.A. Flower
Number of pages:
55 leaves
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Taylor, Madeline V. (AHIP, FMLA)
Thu September 10, 2015
Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA, Editor and Project Director
Interview Date:
April 18, 2011
Interviewer:
Cynthia L. Henderson, AHIP
Number of pages:
15 pages
Interview Date:
April 18, 2011
Interviewer:
Cynthia L. Henderson, AHIP
Number of pages:
15 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Taine, Seymour*
Thu September 10, 2015
Interview Date:
October 4, 1982
Interviewer:
Carol Fenichel
Number of pages:
80 leaves
October 4, 1982
Interviewer:
Carol Fenichel
Number of pages:
80 leaves
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Smith, Kent A. (FMLA)
Thu September 10, 2015
Editor:
Linda A. Watson, AHIP, FMLA
Interview Date:
September 1 and October 5, 2011
Interviewer:
Sheldon Kotzin, FMLA
Number of pages:
44 pages
Linda A. Watson, AHIP, FMLA
Interview Date:
September 1 and October 5, 2011
Interviewer:
Sheldon Kotzin, FMLA
Number of pages:
44 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Sheridan, Alice (Bethesda 11)
Thu September 10, 2015
Editor:
Jo Anne Boorkman, AHIP, FMLA
Interview Date:
December 22, 2005
Interviewer:
Diane McKenzie, FMLA
Number of pages:
20 pages
Jo Anne Boorkman, AHIP, FMLA
Interview Date:
December 22, 2005
Interviewer:
Diane McKenzie, FMLA
Number of pages:
20 pages
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Sewell, Winifred (AHIP, FMLA)
Thu September 10, 2015
Interview Date:
May 11, 1984
Interviewer:
Carol Fenichel
Number of pages:
101 leaves
May 11, 1984
Interviewer:
Carol Fenichel
Number of pages:
101 leaves
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Sargent, Charles W. (PhD, AHIP, FMLA)
Thu September 10, 2015
Interview Date:
February 28, 1985
Interviewer:
Ann Gilmer
Number of pages:
22 leaves
February 28, 1985
Interviewer:
Ann Gilmer
Number of pages:
22 leaves
Blog link: MLA Oral Histories
Runge, Elisabeth D. (AHIP, FMLA)*
Thu September 10, 2015
Interview Date:
March 12, 1980
Interviewer:
David A. Kronick, AHIP, FMLA
Number of pages:
42 leaves
March 12, 1980
Interviewer:
David A. Kronick, AHIP, FMLA
Number of pages:
42 leaves