Chapter members Sandra Swanson and Marie-Lise Shams were among a group of Michigan librarians who received the Hospital Librarian Research Award for their poster Health Sciences Librarians in Michigan: Connecting to Emerging 2.0 Technologies presented at MLA '08.
Sandra Martin has been chosen to participate in the NLM/AAHSL Leadership Fellows Program. The program is jointly sponsored by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) and is focused on preparing emerging leaders for director positions in academic health sciences libraries. Terry Burton and Jim Shedlock are also participating in the program as mentors.
Virginia Gale, of Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, IL, received a 2008 Professional Recognition Award from the Hospital Libraries Section of MLA for her demonstrated leadership through participation, communication, and diligent work in researching and setting up a consortial group for hospital libraries in Illinois. In 2003-04, she served as the president of Health Sciences Librarians of Illinois, at which time she wrote about the consortium theory for their newsletter. She is now the licensing manager for the consortium.