How do medical librarians make a difference? What are the standards for our profession…and where can we do better? Who has shown us the data that will help shape our future?
The Ida and George Eliot Prize is presented annually for a work published in the preceding calendar year that has been judged most effective in furthering medical librarianship. Please consider nominating a publication, to honor high-impact medical librarian scholarship from 2023 that has asked (and answered) worthwhile questions about our profession and the communities we serve.
The deadline for nominations is October 15, 2023.
Submitters are asked to provide a citation and any other pertinent information regarding the availability, content, and impact of the work. A complete description of requirements and an online nomination form can be found at: http://www.mlanet.org/p/cm/ld/fid=244
Below are the last three publications honored by the Eliot Prize. Please take this opportunity voice your professional values by nominating this year’s recipient!
2023: “Finding Your Seat at the Table: Roles for Librarians on Institutional Regulatory Boards and Committees”: Susan Maria Harnett, AHIP and Laureen Patricia Cantwell
2022: “Integrating evidence-based medicine skills into a medical school curriculum: a quantitative outcomes assessment”: Laura Menard, Amy Blevins, Daniel J. Trujillo, and Kenneth H. Lazarus
2021: “Evaluating nursing faculty’s approach to information literacy instruction: a multi-institutional study”: Bethany S. McGowan, AHIP, Laureen P. Cantwell, Jamie L. Conklin, Rebecca Raszewski, AHIP, Julie Planchon Wolf, Maribeth Slebodnik, Sandra McCarthy, AHIP, and Shannon Johnson
If you have questions, please contact Lisa McGuire, Jury Chair, at lmcguire@umn.edu.