GUIDELINES FOR NOMINATION

LISABETH M. HOLLOWAY AWARD

This distinguished service award for members of the Archivists and Librarians in the History of the Health Sciences was named in honor of Lisabeth M. Holloway who was a founder and who served as president Pro Tem in 1975, and was for many years the editor of The Watermark. The award recognizes significant contributions through leadership and service to ALHHS and the profession.

Award Recipients:

  • Lucretia McClure (2003)
  • Judith (Robin) Overmier (2000)
  • Nancy Whitten Zinn (1997)
  • Estelle Brodman (1993)

Nominations Procedure

Nominations should be submitted as a one- to two-page letter describing the nominee's outstanding professional achievements and the impact of his/her contributions on ALHHS and the profession. A current curriculum vitae as well as letter(s) of support (a limit of 2) are not required but provide helpful additional information to the Award Committee. The Committee may also seek additional information on a nominee from the nominator or other sources as needed.

Criteria for evaluation:

  • Membership in ALHHS
  • ALHHS office(s) held
  • ALHHS committee(s) chaired or served on
  • Outstanding service to one's institution
  • Contributions to the profession, i.e., history of health science librarianship/archival administration.

A nominee cannot be a member of the Committee nor can a Committee member nominate. If no worthy nominations are received, no award will be given.

The winner will be announced at the annual meeting of ALHHS and presented with an engraved crystal paperweight. The winner is not required to be present.

Submit nominations and any accompanying materials to:


Christine Ruggere
Chair, ALHHS Awards Committee
Institute of the Hsitory of Medicine
The Johns Hopkins University
1900 East Monument Street
Baltimore MD 21205-2113

For further information, please call (410) 955-3159 or send an e-mail to ruggere@jhmi.edu.

ALHHS RECOGNITION OF MERIT

The ALHHS Recognition of Merit is designed to honor and recognize individuals for their donations or service to health science libraries. It is awarded irregularly; and no more than one award per year may be made.

Award Recipient:

  • William Helfand (2003)

There are two categories of recognition:

The first category of recognition: individuals, either members or non-members, who make gifts of an extraordinary nature to health sciences libraries. Gifts of magnitude would include, but not be limited, to the following:

  • Materials such as rare/historical books, journals, or items in other formats, of significant value, book collections by author or subject, or furniture, computers or other kinds of equipment.
  • Artwork such as portraits, posters, paintings, photographs, sculpture, instruments, medical objects.
  • Monetary gifts sufficient to establish memorials or endowments or significant donations
    • .

The second category of recognition: non-members of ALHHS who have provided long-time excellent service to health sciences libraries. Examples include:

  • A supporter of a library over a long period of time
  • A person who has made an intellectual contribution to a library by surveying or indexing a collection
  • A person who has given extraordinary support to a library by serving as an advocate to the administration of the institution

Nominations Procedure

Nominations should be submitted as a one- to two-page letter describing the nominee's outstanding scope of donations, for the first category; and his/her achievements and the impact of his/her contributions on health sciences libraries, for the second category. Letter(s) of support (a limit of 2) are not required but provide helpful additional information to the Award Committee. The Committee may also seek additional information on a nominee from the nominator or other sources as needed.

A nominee under the first category, if a member of ALHHS, cannot be a member of the Awards Committee. A Committee member cannot also make a nomination. If no worthy nominations are received, no award will be given.

The winner will be announced at the annual meeting of ALHHS and presented with an engraved crystal paperweight. The winner is not required to be present.

Submit nominations and any accompanying materials to:


Christine Ruggere
Chair, ALHHS Awards Committee
Institute of the Hsitory of Medicine
The Johns Hopkins University
1900 East Monument Street
Baltimore MD 21205-2113

For further information, please call (410) 955-3159 or send an e-mail to ruggere@jhmi.edu.

ALHHS PUBLICATION AWARD

The Publication Award, established in 1992, is awarded to the author(s) of a publication related to the history of the health care sciences, or works on the bibliography, librarianship and/or curatorship of historical collections in the health care sciences, published in academic, trade or private publishers within the three years prior to presentation of the award.

Award Recipients:

  • Michael Flannery (2006) -- Civil War Pharmacy: A History of Drugs, Drug Supply and Provision, and Therapeutics for the Union and Confederacy (New York: Pharmaceutical Products Press, 2004)
  • Christopher Hoolihan (2002)
  • Joan Klein and Jodi Koste (1998)
  • Jeremy Norman (1994)

ALHHS CURATORSHIP AWARD

ALHHS established the Curatorship Award to recognize outstanding individual achievement by a member in the field of medical historical curatorship.

Award Recipient:

  • William Helfand (1996)