Research Awards 2003

The following are the 2003 Research Award and Research Honorable Mention recipients. Further information about the Awards Committee and abstracts of the winning papers and posters are available in the Summer 2003 issue of Hypothesis.

Research Award recipients:

"Evaluating the Effectiveness of Clinical Medical Librarian Programs: a systematic review"

  • Gary D. Byrd, Ph.D., AHIP, director, Health Sciences Library, University at Buffalo (SUNY), Buffalo, NY, and Kay C. Wagner, AHIP, director, Wegner Health Science Information Center, University of South Dakota School of Medicine – Sioux Falls

"Evidence-based Databases versus Primary Medical Literature: an in-house investigation on their optimal use"

  • Taneya Y. Koonce, Assistant Director, Education Services, Eskind Biomedical Library, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, NT; Clista Clanton, Web development and education librarian, Biomedical Library, Universiyt of South Alabama-Mobile; Garad M. Davis, library intern; Shannon Mueller, library intern; Katherine E. Szigeti, library intern; and Nunzi B. Giuse, M.D., AHIP, Director; Eskind Biomedical Library, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

"Sink or Swim: Making Sense of Productivity and Workload Measurement"

  • Sharon A. Phillips, AHIP, Director of Organizational Development, Wayne State University Library System

"eBay Sellers’ Opinions about “Librarian” Clothes: Frumpy or Bumpy?" (poster)

  • Sunny L. Worel, Library Information Specialist, R. N. Barr Library, Minnesota Department of Health – Minneapolis, and Allan R. Barclay, Information Architect, Health Sciences Libraries, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Research Honorable Mention recipients:

"Online Journals’ Impact on the Citation Patterns of Medical Faculty"

  • Sandra L. De Groote, Assistant Information Services Librarian, Library of the Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL ; Mary Shultz, Assistant Information Services Librarian, Library of the Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Urbana, IL ; Marci Doranski, Resident Librarian, Library of the Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL