NY/NJ MLA Chapter members are recognized for a variety of achievements and contributions. Here are some members that have been given awards / honors.
- Research Grant Winners
- Lifetime Achievement Awards
- Outstanding Contribution by New Member Awards
- Outstanding Contribution by Member Awards
- Special Awards
- On the Shoulders of Giants (1998 – Centennial year celebration)
Research Grant Winners
Past Research Grant winners include:
2010 – Dorice Vieira
NYU Health Sciences Libraries
Fighting Obesity–Kids Who Cook, Kids Who Kick: A Pilot Study in Health Information Literacy among African American Adolescents
2006 – Elaine Wells
Kohn Vision Science Library
SUNY College of Optometry
The Impact of Information Seeking Behavior on Web Site Design: A Closer Look at the E-Journals Page.
2003 – Guillaume Van Moorsel and Colleen Kenefick
Health Sciences Center Library
Stony Brook University
Measuring the intervention of librarian-facilitated consumer health informatics instruction in a mini-med school program: results of a longitudinal 4-year study.
2002 – Guillaume Van Moorsel
Health Sciences Center Library
Stony Brook University
Determining the Effectiveness of Integrating Library-Sponsored Informatics Training into the Core Curricula of Healthcare Professionals.
2000 – Kristine M. Alpi
Public Health Library
NYC Dept of Health & Mental Hygiene
Web Volatility of Quality Health Web Sites.
Lifetime Achievement Awards
2010 – Laura P. Barrett
2010 – Carolyn A. Reid
2010 – Dorothy Schwartz
2009 – Karen Brewer
2008 – Erich Meyerhoff
2004 – Mary Mylenki
2003 – Ruth Marcolina
2003 – Joan Napolitano
2001 – Robert Braude
1999 – Luiza Balthazar
1999 – Rita Lee
1997 – Jacqueline Picciano
1996 – Erich Meyerhoff
1995 – Virginia Manbeck
1994 – Madeline Taylor
Outstanding Contribution by New Member Awards
2010 – Rich McGowan
2010 – Jamie Graham
2009 – Marie K. Saimbert
2004 – Konstantina “Dina” Matsoukas
2004 – Denise O’Shea
2002 – Nicole Cooke
2002 – Theresa Cuddy
2001 – Suzanne Crow
2001 – Michael Huang
2000 – Michael Huang
2000 – Elaine Wells
1999 – Susan Jacobs
1999 – Kristine Markovich
1997 – Jeff Alpi
1997 – Kathel Dunn
1996 – Danielle Zino
1996 – Doris Eaton
1994 – Christine Hunter
Outstanding Contribution by Member Awards
2010 – Timothy Roberts
2010 – Vicki Sciuk
2009 – Micki McIntyre
2008 – Marie Ascher
2004 – Janina Kaldan
2003 – Ellen Maleszewski
2003 – Patricia Tomasulo
2002 – Maria Astifidis
2002 – Gail Hendler
2002 – Bill Self
2002 – George Wahlert
2001 – Robert Dempsey
2001 – Joan Napolitano
2000 – Paul Barth
2000 – Roberta Bronson-Fitzpatrick
2000 – Veronica Plucinski
2000 – Patricia Tomasulo
2000 – Cathy Weglarz
1998 – Jeanne Becker
1998 – Erich Meyerhoff
1998 – Kerry O’Rourke
1998 – Jacqueline Picciano
1997 – Diana Cunningham
1997 – Patricia E. Gallagher
1997 – Kerry O’Rourke
1996 – Kathy Kwan
1996 – Veronica Plucinski
1996 – George Wahlert
1995 – Patricia E. Gallagher
1995 – Jacqueline Picciano
1995 – Valerie Rankow
1994 – Robert Gessner
1994 – Diane Thompson
1994 – Thea Thompson
1994 – Michelle Volesko
Special Awards
2001 – Yini Zhu
On the Shoulders of Giants (1998)
To celebrate MLA’s Centennial Year, 1998, the NY-NJ Chapter of MLA sponsored a program of recognition and acknowledgement of librarians and friends who have shaped and influenced today’s medical librarians and Chapter members. Chapter members sponsored letters to be sent to someone who was a “giant” in their professional lives. The letter contained a quote from Bernard of Chartres:
We are like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants so that we can see more than they, and things at a greater distance not by virtue of any sharpness of sight on our part, or any physical distinction but because we are carried high and raised up by their giant size.
We thank the giants listed below for their support and encouragement. We truly do see more because we stand on their shoulders.
| Giant | Honored By |
|---|---|
| Gabriel Bakcsy | George Wahlert |
| Chris Balonis | Dee Disardina |
| May Chariton | Ruth Lebowitz |
| Mrs. Barbara J. Frey | Dee Disardina |
| Prof. Marie F. Maroscia | Virginia Taffurelli |
| Erich Meyerhoff | Karin Wiseman |
| Erich Meyerhoff | June Rosenberg |
| Mr. and Mrs. Malte Pettersson | Laraine Tursi |
| Veronica Plucinski | John Mulhern |
| Ellen Poisson | Patricia Gallagher |
| Carole Post | Judy Lee |
| Frieda Rabkin | Patricia Gallagher |
| Dorothy Schwartz | Patricia Gallagher |
| Dorothy Schwartz | June Rosenberg |
| Reginald Smith | Kerry O’Rourke |