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
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Thank you very much,
Toni
Toni C. Yancey, MLS
Health Sciences Librarian
Saint Elizabeths Hospital
DC Department of Behavioral Health
1100 Alabama Ave, S.E., Suite 256.01
Washington, DC 20032
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202.299.5203
Julia M. Esparza, MLS, AHIP, FMLA
Associate Director/Professor
LSUHS Library/Department of Medical Library Science
Comegys Endowed Professor in Medical Library Science
LSU Health Shreveport
318.675.4179 office