The Nominating Committee is accepting member recommendations and applications for 2009 Chapter Awards. Award and grant descriptions are posted on the Chapter website: <http://www.mlaphil.org/wp/15/grants-and-awards/>. Recommend an admired colleague or your deserving self. Do you know a librarian providing vital consumer health information or doing innovative work with technologies? Is a promising library student working in your library? Could you use some monetary support to attend a professional development workshop?
Nominations were due by March 9; the required applications and related documents are due by March 23. Nominating Committee members are Betty Warner (Chair), Melanie Cedrone, and Steve Bogel. Send all paperwork to Betty (bwarner@samaritanhospice.org).
Awards will be made at our Annual Meeting to be held on April 15 for some or all of these awards:
- Beatrice Davis Education Award
At least every other year the Philadelphia Regional Chapter/MLA will offer an award of $600.00 to an individual pursuing a career in health science librarianship. - Randy Brenner Memorial Consumer Health Award
This award is given annually to an individual or group in recognition for outstanding contributions to consumer health information services and patient education. - Grant Program for Professional Development
The Chapter /MLA will offer one grant of up to $300.00 to a librarian/information scientist in order to pursue continuing education in the area of health science librarianship. - Robert Preston Lee Memorial Award
This award is given to an individual (or group of individuals) in recognition of outstanding contribution in the application of technology to the delivery of technical services.
submitted by Etheldra Templeton
Chair, 2008-2009
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