MLA Honors
MLA Estelle Brodman Award for the Academic Health Sciences Librarian of the Year
- 2021 Karen Gutzman, RTI Faculty
- 2019 Mark MacEachern, RTI Faculty
MLA Honorary Member
- 2024 Mary Langman, MLA RTI Liaison
MLA Ida and George Eliot Prize
- 2022 Laura Menard, RTI Fellow & Peer Coach
- 2019 Emily Vardell, RTI Faculty
- 2018 Mark MacEachern, RTI Faculty
MLA Lucretia W. McClure Excellence in Education Award
- 2023 Emily Vardell, RTI Faculty
- 2021 Jodi Philbrick, RTI Faculty
- 2019 Whitney Townsend, RTI Fellow
MLA President’s Award
- 2024 Mary Langman, RTI Lead
- 2022 Helen-Ann Brown Epstein, RTI Fellow & Peer Coach
- 2020 Sally Gore, RTI Faculty
- 2020 Jodi Philbrick, RTI Faculty
- 2018 and 2020 Susan Lessick, RTI Founding Director
- 2017 and 2018 Jodi Philbrick, RTI Faculty
MLA Research Advancement in Health Sciences Librarianship Award
- 2018 University of Illinois-Chicago, RTI Host Library 2018-2019
MLA Research, Development, and Demonstration Grant
- 2023 Lisa Acuff, RTI Fellow
MLA Rising Stars
- 2024-2025 Angela Murrell, RTI
- 2024-2025 John Mokonyama, RTI
- 2022-2023 Hilary M Jasmin, RTI Fellow
- 2022-2023 Alessia Zanin-Yost, RTI Fellow
- 2021-2022 Nancy Shin, RTI Fellow
- 2019-2020 Elaina Vitale, RTI Fellow
- 2018-2019 Liz Kellermeyer, RTI Fellow
MLA Virginia L. William K. Beatty Volunteer Service Award
- 2020 Margaret Hoogland, RTI Fellow & Peer Coach
MLA/Hospital Library Caucus Catch a Rising Star Award
- 2019 Liz Kellermeyer, RTI Fellow
Chapter Honors
MLA/Midcontinental Chapter (MCMLA) Awards
- 2024 Emily Vardell, RTI Faculty. 2024 Outstanding Achievement Award. https://www.mcmla.org/outstanding
- 2024 Liz Kellermeyer, RTI Fellow. 2024 Barbara McDowell Award for Excellence in Hospital Librarianship. https://www.mcmla.org/mcdowell
- 2019 Liz Kellermeyer, RTI Fellow. 2019 Stars Award. https://www.mcmla.org/honorsawards/
Professional Honors
Librarian of the Year
- 2024 Emily Gilbert, RTI Fellow. 2024 Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year. https://www.ila.org/content/documents/2024_il_academic_librarian_of_the_year_award_press_release.docx.pdf
- 2022 Michelle Nielsen Ott, RTI Fellow. 2022 Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year. https://www.ila.org/about/awards-grants-and-scholarships/2022-award-winners
- 2020 Sandy McCarthy, RTI Fellow. 2020 Michigan Academic Librarian of the Year. https://www.milibraries.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=926:michigan-library-awards-2020&catid=28:awards-mla
- 2020 Liz Suelzer, RTI Fellow & Peer Coach. 2020 Librarian of the Year (Wisconsin Health Science Library Association). https://whsla-wi.blogspot.com/2020/11/whsla-librarian-of-year-liz-suelzer.html
Marla Graber Award
- 2023 Liz Kellermeyer, RTI Fellow & Christi Piper, RTI Fellow & Peer Coach. 2023-2024 Marla Graber Award for Excellence and Achievement. Colorado Council of Medical Librarians (CCML). https://www.ccmlnet.org/marla-graber-award.html
Contributed Paper Awards
- 2024 Jaclyn Morales, Stacy Posillico, RTI Fellow & Saori Herman. 1st Place. MLA 2024 Annual Meeting Contributed Paper Award. https://journals.indianapolis.iu.edu/index.php/hypothesis/article/view/28301/25648
- 2024 Erin Reardon, RTI Fellow & Peer Coach. 2nd Place. MLA 2024 Annual Meeting Contributed Paper Award. https://journals.indianapolis.iu.edu/index.php/hypothesis/article/view/28301/25648
- 2024 Melissa Kahili-Heede, RTI Fellow. JMLA Biannual Research Article Award. https://www.mlanet.org/article/mla-2024-annual-meeting-and-jmla-biannual-research-caucus-research-awards/
- 2024 Rebecca Carlson, RTI Fellow. Best Paper Award. Drug Information and Library Science Section. American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP). https://doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2024.1742.
- 2023 Molly Montgomery, RTI. 1st Place. MLA/SLA 2023 Annual Meeting Contributed Papers. https://scholarworks.indianapolis.iu.edu/items/0e24a46b-8d93-4998-a5f6-77d5650622d5
- 2023 Amy Corder, RTI Fellow & Laura Haygood, RTI. SCCMLA Elizabeth K. Eaton Research Award. 2nd Place Contributed Paper. https://sccmla.org/eaton-research-awards#id_GU2MrSO
- 2022 Rachel Hinrichs, RTI Fellow & Peer Coach. 2nd Place. MLA 2022 Annual Meeting Contributed Paper Award. https://journals.indianapolis.iu.edu/index.php/hypothesis/article/view/26618/24921
- 2022 Toni Hoberecht, RTI. SCCMLA Elizabeth K. Eaton Research Award. 1st Place Contributed Paper. https://sccmla.org/eaton-research-awards#id_GU2MrSO
- 2021 Jolene Miller, RTI Fellow. Honorable Mention. MLA 2021 Annual Meeting Contributed Papers. https://journals.indianapolis.iu.edu/index.php/hypothesis/article/view/25529/23890
Poster Awards
- 2024 Katie Pierce-Farrier, RTI Fellow. SCCMLA. Elizabeth E. Eaton Research Award. 1st Place Poster Award. https://sccmla.org/eaton-research-awards#id_GU2MrSO
- 2023 Valerie Vera, RTI Fellow & Peer Coach. SIG-HLTH best Health-Related ASIS&T Annual Meeting Poster Award. Nonsuicidal Self-Injury and Content Moderation on TikTok. https://www.asist.org/2023/11/03/sig-hlth-best-health-related-asist-2023-annual-meeting-paper-and-poster-award-winners/