(The following information comes from Rebecca Carlson, member of the Honors and Awards Committee.)

The deadline for 2015 MCMLA Award nominations is August 31 and the Honors and Awards Committee is still seeking nominations! 

Nominate a fellow member or yourself for one of the three annual Midcontinental Chapter awards. These awards are a great way to recognize the outstanding service of a coworker or professional colleague. 

Awards will be announced at the 2015 MCMLA Virtual Meeting, but if you are unable to attend the Virtual Meeting you are still eligible to be nominated for an award. 

 

Bernice M. Hetzner Award for Excellence in Academic Health Science Librarianship

This award was established in 1991 in honor of Bernice M. Hetzner, Library Director and Professor Emeritus at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, who retired in 1973. This $500 award recognizes an academic health sciences librarian who has achieved a high level of professional accomplishment.

For more information and to see the nomination criteria, visit the award webpage.

 

Barbara McDowell Award for Excellence in Hospital Librarianship

The Barbara McDowell Award was established in 1984 in memory of Barbara McDowell, Chief of Library Services at the Sioux Falls, South Dakota Veterans Administration, who died in 1983. This $500 award honors a chapter member who has made an outstanding contribution to hospital librarianship.

For more information and to see the nomination criteria, visit the award webpage.

 

Outstanding Achievement Award

Established in 1983, this award honors a member for significant contributions to health sciences/hospital libraries, to the profession and to the goals and objectives of the chapter. Award winners receive a plaque and $500 monetary gift at the MCMLA conference.

For more information and to see the nomination criteria, visit the award webpage.

The nomination form is available on the MCMLA website. Contact the Honors and Awards Committee Chair, Cindy Perkins, at cynthia.perkins@alegent.org or (402) 398-6092 with any questions.​

 

Rebecca Carlson

Director, Mercy College of Nursing & Health Sciences Library

Southwest Baptist University

4431 S. Fremont Ave. 

Springfield, MO 65804

417-820-2104

rcarlson@sbuniv.edu