This is a follow up call for nominations for the MLA Janet Doe Lecture at the 2025 MLA annual meeting. Nomination submissions are due October 15, 2023.
The Janet Doe Lectureship jury is calling on the MLA membership to nominate a colleague worthy of giving this prestigious lecture on the history or philosophy of medical librarianship during the MLA conference in 2025.
Criteria for Eligible Nominees
- Nominee must be a member of MLA.
- The nominee shall have been an active member of the profession a sufficient number of years to have acquired a broad perspective of medical librarianship and possess the qualities to communicate their experiences and ideas articulately.
- Nominees should be regular members of the association who have made a substantial contribution to its work through one or more of the following:
- leadership;
- contribution to medical librarianship as a profession;
- development of or sustained work within a particular area within the association;
- dedicated service to medicine and the allied health sciences;
- contributions to research or scholarship;
- effectiveness in administration/management;
- contributions to technology application and library practice; and/or
- effectiveness in teaching and training.
The nomination should include a current CV, a brief summary of the nominee’s career addressing contributions to the profession, letters of support and additional information.
Award recipients are honored via publication of their lecture in JMLA, an honorarium, and more.
Established in 1966, this lectureship honors Janet Doe (1895-1985), former librarian of the NY Academy of Medicine, historical scholar, and a past MLA president. Ms. Doe was also editor of the Medical Library Practice handbook.
*The deadline for nominations is October 15th.* For full details on the award, criteria, submitting a nomination and to view a list of past recipients and their lecture topics, please see: