2013 SC/MLA Research Award Winners

I want to first thank the volunteers of the research paper and research posters for the 2013 Annual Meeting. Irma Quinones and Lee Clemans-Taylor did an awesome job reviewing paper sessions. Because of concurrent research paper sessions, Kim Meeks (Membership Chair) graciously volunteered to assist in the judging of the papers. And Skye Bickett and Melissa Wright did a great job helping evaluate the research posters.

There were some wonderful submissions this year, however the Research Committee Award volunteers identified the following submissions as outstanding. Please join me in congratulating the winners!

PAPERS

1^st Place ($300) – A Sketch of the Future of Libraries

Authors: Rick Wallace, AHIP, Assistant Director; Nakia Joye Woodward, AHIP, Senior Clinical Reference Librarian; Katherine

Wolf, Clinical Librarian; Quillen College of Medicine Library, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN

                               

2^nd Place($200) – Survey of User Satisfaction: A Comparative Analysis

Authors: Roland B Welmaker, Sr, PhD, MSLS, Archivist/Librarian (rwelmaker@msm.edu), Joe Swanson, Jr, MSLS, Library

Director (jswanson@msm.edu), Xiomara E. Arango, MSLS, Division Head for Technical Services (xarango@msm.edu), Tara

Douglas-Williams, MSLS, Division Head for Information Services (tdouglas-williams@msm.edu), Morehouse School of Medicine

Library

3^rd Place ($100)  – A Study on the Art of Information: Publishing and Presenting by Medical Librarians

Authors:  Skye Bickett, MLIS, AHIP, Reference and Education Librarian, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine-Georgia

Campus; Christine Willis, MLIS, Librarian, Noble Learning Resource Center, Shepherd Center; Melissa Wright, MLIS, PhD,

Assistant Professor, Reference and Instructional Services Librarian, University of Mississippi Medical Center

POSTERS

1^st Place ($200) – A Closer Look for a Clearer Picture: Analyzing In-House Article Requests

Author: Eric Altmyer, Graduate Student, Preston Medical Library & Learning Resource Center

2^nd Place ($100) – Library Resource Survey: Preliminary Sketches Essential to Collection Design

Authors: Allison M. Howard, MLIS, AHIP-Distinguished, Catalog/Reference Librarian, University of South Florida, Shimberg Health Sciences Library; Krystal Bullers, MA, AHIP-Provisional, Emerging Technologies and College of Pharmacy Librarian; Randall Polo, JD, MA, Instructional/Reference Librarian; Kristen Sakmar, MA, Graduate Medical Education Librarian

3^rd Place ($50) – Trends in Published Study-types in Core Physical Therapy Journals from 1992-2011

Authors: Dennis Fell, PT, MD; Judy Burnham, MLS, AHIP; Joni Barnes, SPT; Yan Goh, SPT; Sarah Taylor, SPT, Biomedical Library, University of South Alabama