MLA Fellow Brief Vitae

Betsy L. Humphreys

Fellowship Conferred: 2008

MLA Elected Offices and Committee Chair Appointments

MLA

Nominating Committee, Elected Member, 1989/90, 1998/99
Research Task Force, Member. 1992-1994
Medical Informatics Section, Chair, 1992/93
Awards Committee, Chair, 1988/89

Honors and Awards

MLA

Fellow, 2008
Marcia C. Noyes Award, 2007
President�s Award, 2004
Janet Doe Lecture, 2001
Distinguished Member, Academy of Health Information Professionals, 1996-

Other

Member, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, 1999
Fellow, American College of Medical Informatics, 1990
Cornerstone Award (1st recipient), Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries, 2006
President�s Award, American Medical Informatics Association, 2002
Alumna of the Year, University of Maryland College of Information Studies, 2002
NLM Regents Award for Scholarship or Technical Achievement, 2001
National Institutes of Health Director�s Award, 1990
National Library of Medicine Director�s Award, 1988
National Institutes of Health Award of Merit, 1978
Phi Beta Kappa, 1968

Publications (5 representative)

Articles published in the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association or Journal of the Medical Library Association are available via PubMed Central http://pubmedcentral.gov/

Humphreys BL. Building better connections: the National Library of Medicine and public health. J Med Libr Assoc. 2007 Jul;95(3):293-300.
Lindberg DA, Humphreys BL. 2015--the future of medical libraries. N Engl J Med. 2005 Mar 17;352(11):1067-70
Humphreys BL. Adjusting to Progress: interactions between NLM and health sciences librarians, 1961-2001. J Med Libr Assoc 2002 Jan;90(1):4-20.
Humphreys BL. Electronic health record meets digital library: a new environment for achieving an old goal. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2000 Sep-Oct;7(5):444-52.
Lindberg DAB, Humphreys BL, McCray AT. The Unified Medical Language System. Meth Inf Med 1993; 32: 281-91.

Positions

Deputy Director, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, 2005 -
Associate Director for Library Operations, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD,1999-2005
Assistant Director for Health Services Research Information, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, 1993 -2006
Project Director, Unified Medical Language System, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, 1986 - 2006
Deputy Associate Director, Library Operations, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, 1984 � April 1999
Chief, Technical Services Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, Dec. 1980-Jul. 1984
Deputy Chief, Technical Services Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, Nov. 1979-Nov. 1980
Assistant Head, Serial Records Section, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, Mar. 1976-Oct. 1979
Librarian, Serial Records Section, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, Jan. 1973-Feb. 1976

MLA published statements about the fellow

Proceedings of the 107th annual meeting of the Medical Library Association. J Med Libr Assoc. 2008 January; 96(1). [cited April 7, 2008] http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?iid=159590
Awards ceremony. Proceedings of the 104th Annual Meeting. J Med Libr Assoc 2005 Jan; 93(1):162-3. [cited April 20, 2006] http://pubmedcentral.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=545145

September 14, 2008