The Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Medical Library Association is thrilled to announce the MAC Diversity Task Group as the winner of the Marguerite Abel Service Recognition Award. The recipients are Ene Belleh, Carenado Davis, Brenda Linares, Beverly Murphy, Tony Nguyen, and Carolyn Schubert. This committee was tasked to investigate ways MAC can
The Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Medical Library Association is very happy to announce that Alessia Zanin-Yost is the winner of the 2020 MAC Award for Professional Excellence by a New Health Sciences Librarian. Alessia started as Health Science’s Librarian at Slippery Rock University in August 2019. She is the liaison to students
The Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Medical Library Association is excited to announce that Emily Mazure is the winner of the MAC Award for Professional Excellence by a Health Sciences Librarian. The COVID-19 pandemic required rapid changes in healthcare, and information was key to these efforts. Emily led the charge to quickly create,
The Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Medical Library Association is very happy to announce that the inaugural winner of the MAC Outstanding Health Sciences Library Paraprofessional Award is Erin Latta. In 2018, Erin launched a DOCLINE webinar series in collaboration with NLM’s DOCLINE development team with close to 900 attendees at the first
The Janet Doe Lectureship is one of the most prestigious awards given by the Medical Library Association. It recognizes a MLA member who has contributed significantly to the profession and offers them the opportunity to present their unique perspective on the history or philosophy of health sciences librarianship. The recipient will deliver
The Lois Ann Colaianni Award for Excellence and Achievement in Hospital Librarianship is open for nominations! Do you know an MLA member who has demonstrated excellence and achievement in their contributions to hospital librarianship? Or are YOU this person? Please consider submitting your nominations for this award. You can find more information and
This prize was established in 1956 by Ralph and Jo Grimes of the Old Hickory Bookshop, Brinklow, MD, in memory of Murray Gottlieb, a New York antiquarian book dealer. Since 2010, this award has been sponsored by the MLA History of the Health Sciences Section. In 2016 it was renamed to honor
MLA is seeking nominations for the Virginia L. and William K. Beatty MLA Volunteer Service Award The award was established in 2007 to recognize a medical librarian who has demonstrated outstanding, sustained service to the Medical Library Association (MLA) and the health sciences library profession. The award is named in honor of Virginia
MLA is now accepting nominations for Fellows and Honorary Members! Throughout its history, MLA has recognized individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the advancement of the purposes for which the Association stands by conferring a special membership status. “Honorary Member” was the term used until 1976, when a distinction was then
It is time again to solicit your nominations for awards to be presented at the next annual MAC meeting, hopefully this October 18-20 in Pittsburgh, PA. The deadline for submission of nominations is extended to July 20, 2020. This is how we can recognize our colleagues who have made significant contributions to the