Medical Library Association Awards & Opportunities
MLA Awards
MLA Grant and Scholarship Opportunities
- Lois Ann Colaianni Award for Excellence and Achievement in Hospital Librarianship
- This award is given to a member of the association
who has made significant contributions to the profession through overall distinction
or leadership in hospital library administration or service, production of
a definitive publication related to hospital librarianship, teaching, research,
advocacy, or the development or application of innovative technology to hospital
librarianship. The recipient receives a cash award of $500 and a certificate.
- Estelle Brodman Award for Academic Medical Librarian of the Year
- The award recognizes an academic medical librarian
who at mid-career demonstrates significant achievement, the potential for
leadership, and continuing excellence. The Award was established in 1986 with
a gift from Irwin H. Pizer. The recipient receives a certificate and a cash
award of $500 at the Association's Annual Meeting.
- Majors/MLA Chapter Project of the Year Award
- This is a general award, sponsored by Majors
Scientific Books, for excellence, innovation and contribution to the profession
of health sciences librarianship. These attributes must be shown through special
projects beyond the normal operational programming of the chapter. The recipient
receives a certificate and a cash award of $500.
- Janet Doe Lectureship
- The Janet Doe Lecturer is an individual chosen
annually by the Medical Library Association for his/her unique perspective
on the history or philosophy of medical librarianship. The selected lecture
is presented at the Association's Annual Meeting, and is subsequently published
in the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association. The Lecturer
receives a $250 honorarium, travel expenses to the site of the Annual Meeting,
hotel expenses for 1 night, per diem for 1 day and a certificate.
- Ida and George Eliot Prize
- The prize is presented annually for a work
published in the preceding calendar year which has been judged most effective
in furthering medical librarianship. The award was sponsored by Login Brothers
Book Company, Chicago, IL, from 1962 to 2001. The recipient receives a cash
award of $200 and a certificate.
- Thomson ISI/Frank Bradway Rogers Information Advancement Award
- The award is presented annually in recognition
of outstanding contributions for the application of technology to the delivery
of health science information, to the science of information, or to the facilitation
of the delivery of health science information. The Award has been sponsored
by the Thomson ISI. The recipient receives a cash award of $500 and a certificate.
- Louise Darling Medal for Distinguished Achievement in Collection Development in the Health Sciences
- The medal is presented annually in recognition
of distinguished achievement in collection development in the health sciences.
Ballen Booksellers International, Inc., established the Medal in 1987. Blackwell
North America, Inc., currently partially supports it. The recipient receives
an engraved medal, a certificate and a $1,000 cash award.
- Murray Gottlieb Prize
- The prize is awarded annually for the best
unpublished essay on the history of medicine and allied sciences written by
a health sciences librarian. The Prize was established in 1956 by Ralph and
Jo Grimes of the Old Hickory Bookshop, Brinklow, MD in order to recognize
and stimulate the health science librarian's interest in the history of medicine.
The author of the winning essay receives a cash award of $100 and a certificate.
- Lucretia W. McClure Excellence in Education Award
- The award honors an outstanding librarian
or educator in the field of health sciences librarianship and informatics
who demonstrates skills in teaching, curriculum development, mentoring, research,
or leadership in education at local, regional, or national levels. The recipient
receives a cash award of $500.00 and a framed certificate.
- Marcia C. Noyes Award
- The Noyes Award is the highest professional
distinction of the Medical Library Association. The award was established
in 1947 and recognizes a career, which has resulted in lasting, outstanding
contributions to medical librarianship.
- Fellows and Honorary Members
- MLA Fellowship is conferred on Regular Members
in recognition of outstanding and sustained contributions to the advancement
of the purposes of the association. Fellows receive a certificate at the association's
Annual Meeting and lifetime Regular Member benefits at no charge.
Honorary Membership is conferred on individuals who are not Regular Members, who have made outstanding contributions to the advancement of the purposes of the association. Honorary members receive a certificate at the Association's Annual Meeting and lifetime Regular Member benefits except voting privileges at no charge.